Very cool, Coolio! I wonder how Eminem feels today. He initially gave Weird Al permission to do a music video for his parody of Lose Yourself, titled Couch Potato, but changed his mind just before Weird Al was finished filming it. Weird Al released a faked interview where he asks questions and Eminem’s responses are clips of him from other interviews. It mostly centers around how much of a strong supporter of artistic expression he is and how he’s against censorship of artists.
The fake interview wasn’t unique to Eminem. He’s been doing that since the 80s.
Here’s all of them in order, starting with the first Al TV MTV special in 1984.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqD1fWGCa1A&list=PL5jyHzWb-o-2RNJbv5wMvegcXSYJlly91
starting with the first Al TV MTV special in 1984
24 years old at the time and it feels like he has barely aged since.
RIP to Coolio. It takes a real man to admit when you’re wrong - props to him for acknowledging that. It’s also hard to imagine anyone legitimately “beefing” with Weird Al as well.
There are fewer songs that have been parodied by Wierd Al than have won Grammys, therefor making it the more prestigious accomplishment in the music industry.
You’re confusing prestigious with rare. Like how there are fewer albums that I’ve literally shat on than albums that have gone platinum, but me shitting on albums is rarer, not more prestigious.
They may have used the word wrong, but getting parodied by Weird Al is actually more prestigious than winning a Grammy. Not because Weird Al parodies are rare, but because he only parodies songs that are actually pretty good. I have trouble believing that if the song were actually bad, playing it on accordion with jokey lyrics would be an improvement. There’s no Weird Al parody of a Nickelback song, that I know of.
but because he only parodies songs that are actually pretty good.
Counterpoint: he parodied Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by the Crash Test Dummies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU95v23MQ4c
(It’s also his most dated song.)
This was refreshing to read.
The story I heard was that Coolio had beef right up until he got his first royalty cheque. Because of parody, Weird Al isn’t required to pay a royalty, but he does anyway because he’s a class act.
This looks like a story of personal growth. I’m proud of you, Coolio
Coolio won me over when he changed his name to El Cool Magnifico half-way through Celebrity Fear Factor, which he of course won. He even changed his hairstyle to reflect the altered persona lol
I’m shocked to see that someone else remembers that lol.
IIRC Ol’ Dirty Bastard died around that time. I remember Coolio talking about that during his appearance.