Dare to Be Stupid is an original song by Weird Al Yankovic. It is a musical pastiche (or “style parody”) of the band Devo. Lyrically, the song dares the listener to be stupid in various ways; this mostly by advising the listener to do the opposite of common idioms (e.g. “let the bedbugs bite” or […]
Weird Al’s parents both died on the same day of carbon monoxide poisoning. Only hours later, he performed a concert and started by saying “since my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well.” Yankovic changed his diet to become a vegan in 1992, after […]
Weird Al Yankovic has never accepted any outside ideas or titles for a song, with one exception- Madonna herself asked when he was going to turn “Like a Virgin” into “Like a Surgeon” While Yankovic’s song parodies (such as “Eat It”) have resulted in success on the Billboard charts (see List of singles by “Weird […]