Speaking of music II: Weird Al
Speaking of music still, I discovered today courtesy of Slate that Weird Al has an incredible presence on YouTube. The most entertaining, I think is his parody of "American Pie" as a Phantom Menace summary. More interesting, perhaps, is his parody of "Like a Virgin", which closes with a rather amazing series of contortions atop a gurney (around 3:10, if you want to skip through the boring stuff), prompting us to wonder if this was something Madonna did in the video.
Indeed. That’s sort of all that there is to the video. That and her wandering through Venice (somehow looking like she’s not on a gondola but floating above one). Oh, yes, and a dark prince wearing a Carnivale lion mask (2:42). It’s incredibly kitchy, perhaps far more so than Weird Al’s parody. Makes me wonder why he even tried.
