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I know the song isn't parodying one song exacly but the chorus is killing me

2006-12-03 13:18:43 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music Music

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"Don't Download This Song" is the first single from "Weird Al" Yankovic's 12th studio album Straight Outta Lynwood, which was released on September 26, 2006. It is an original song in that it is not a parody of any one song in particular, but it is a style parody of "We Are the World" and other similar charity songs. The song "describes the perils of online music file-sharing" in a tongue-in-cheek manner. [1] The song is currently available for streaming and download in "DRM-free" MPEG fileformat at Weird Al's MySpace page (96 kbit/s, 22050 Hz), at dontdownloadthissong.com (160 kbit/s, 44100 Hz), and for download at Cnet.com's music downloads section (link below).

The song references several court cases related to the RIAA and music piracy. Among these are lawsuits against "a grandma" (presumably Gertrude Walton, who was sued for piracy six months after passing away) and a "7-year-old girl" (presumably a reference to 12-year-old Brianna LaHara, who received a lawsuit from the RIAA for copyright violation), as well as Lars Ulrich's strong stance against the music pirating industry in the days of Napster. Mention is also made of Tommy Chong's time spent in prison.[2] [3] The song is one of Weird Al's few outright political songs.

2006-12-03 13:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by Lil Miss Answershine 7 · 0 0

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