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Weird Al Yankovic Pulled Out of ai Ad Despite Offer to Make a ‘Nice Pile of Money’: ‘I Can’t Be the Poster Boy for ai’ (variety.com)
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Ahead of a Syracuse, New York, stop on his “Bigger & Weirder” tour, Yankovic revealed to Syracuse.com in an interview published this week that he was offered “a nice pile of money” to appear in a commercial for business-focused software, but he backed out once he realized the ad would involve AI. “I’m not a fan of AI,” he said.

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[–] 46 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Weird Al does a lot more than just parody. He has a lot of original music as well. My wife and I saw him do an “unplugged” concert a couple years ago that was only original music and not a single parody.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The Ridiculously Self Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour? I wanted to see that show but couldn't make it happen.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    He did both his ones based on other's songs and original songs, but didn't do all the costumes and big production stuff on that tour. They did play at least one of those original songs in a completely different musical style among other variations from the original styles. It was just the musicians on stage in a smaller venue doing fun stuff and it was a blast.

    Funny enough, despite being a fan of him as a kid in the 80s that was the first time I saw him on tour because I just didn't really go to many concerts. Saw him on the next(?) tour where it was the large venue and it was also a blast but with tons of costume changes, sets, and all kinds of over the top showmanship. Both were fantastic!

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