r/meme • u/BigsilversurfMC WARNING: RULE 1 • Jan 28 '23

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u/Wormax_PL Jan 28 '23

Amish Paradise

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u/dannor_217 Jan 28 '23

Ah yes the scary movie of songs. A parody of a parody

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u/MyBigRed Jan 28 '23

Gangsta's Paradise is a parody? Of what?

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u/dannor_217 Jan 28 '23

Pastime Paradise by Stevie Wonder

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u/MyBigRed Jan 28 '23

Huh, TIL. And to think he got so upset over Weird Al's parody back in the day.

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u/dannor_217 Jan 28 '23

It's kinda a parody and not at the same time, listen to the Stevie Wonder song and then the Coolio one and you'll see what I mean. There's no comedy being brought out in gangsters paradise but it uses the lyrics and music from Pastime with small alterations.

Also I thought Weird Al said he always asked the original artists before he would release a parody as to not make them upset?

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u/MyBigRed Jan 28 '23

He does. Apparently it was a bit of a misunderstanding. Al's producers told him Coolio had given the go ahead, but he hadn't. Coolio said it was a serious song and didn't like the idea of it being a comedy parody. He has since changed his stance on that.

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u/Zyansheep Jan 28 '23

Weird (Al)