Sasha Frere-Jones explores “Weird Al” Yankovic’s enduring appeal: http://nyr.kr/1o7cvqS
“With his parodic versions of hit songs, this somehow ageless fifty-four-year-old has become popular not because he is immensely clever—though he can be—but because he embodies how many people feel when confronted with pop music: slightly too old and slightly too square. That feeling never goes away, and neither has Al, who has sold more than twelve million albums since 1979.”
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