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Did anyone say no to him other than Prince?
by justin66 2y ago
Did anyone say no to him other than Prince?
- apengwin 2y agoPaul McCartney
- MBlume 2y agoAs I recall McCartney didn't like the idea of Live And Let Die being parodied as Chicken Pot Pie, since he's vegetarian. Funny thing is so's Al.
- morkalork 2y agoCoolio didn't say yes to Amish paradise but the record label that had the rights agreed to the deal without him (which certainly shows who's in charge in that industry eh?). Many years later, Coolio admitted that he was wrong about the whole thing though.
- justin66 2y agoOh my. That’s disappointing, in the sense that I believe I’ve heard Al say that he always checks with the artist.
- zamadatix 2y agoIf you take Weird Al's word for it, he was told Coolio had approved and only later found out it was the other way around: "…two separate people from my label told me that they had personally talked to Coolio… and that he told them that he was okay with the whole parody idea…Halfway into production, my record label told me that Coolio’s management had a problem with the parody, even though Coolio personally was okay with it. My label told me… they would iron things out — so I proceeded with the recording and finished the album." https://www.vulture.com/2011/12/gangstas-parodist-revisiting-weird-al-vs-coolio.html https://www.vulture.com/2011/12/gangstas-parodist-revisiting...
- justin66 2y agoThanks. Yeah, I don't think Weird Al would lie about something like that.