E: Eat it! Weird Al Yankovic

 

Welcome AtoZ-ers and other blog friends! This month I'm participating in the AtoZ blogging challenge, and you'll see a post every day (except Sundays) about one of the Songs of my Heart. Today's edition: Eat it!, as recorded by Weird Al Yankovic.  (This one has "embed" blocked, so you can listen at this link).

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I'm an old school Weird Al fan, from back in the early 80s, in the heyday of MTV and music video culture. I'm not sure which of his song parodies I fell in love with first--they were all so much fun! I've remained a fan to the present day and I'm hoping to catch a show in his latest tour.

Weird Al is a one of a kind act made of clever twists on the original lyrics and hilarious and fun videos that play with the videos for the original songs. The wholesome, silly humor always pleased me. 

He did especially good work with Michael Jackson songs. "Eat it" is of course based on "Beat it" (see that video here) The video for Eat it is a scene by scene redo of Michael Jackson's video, with additional comedy. 

Lyrics from Weird Al and the source material: 

Eat It: by Weird Al Yankovic (from AZ lyrics) How come you're always such a fussy young man Don't want no Captain Crunch, don't want no Raisin Bran Well, don't you know that other kids are starving in Japan So eat it, just eat it Don't wanna argue, I don't wanna debate Don't wanna hear about what kind of food you hate You won't get no dessert 'til you clean off your plate So eat it Don't you tell me you're full Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it Get yourself an egg and beat it Have some more chicken, have some more pie It doesn't matter if it's boiled or fried Just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it Just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it, ooh Your table manners are a cryin' shame You're playin' with your food, this ain't some kind of game Now, if you starve to death, you'll just have yourself to blame So eat it, just eat it You better listen, better do what you're told You haven't even touched your tuna casserole You better chow down or it's gonna get cold So eat it I don't care if you're full Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it Open up your mouth and feed it Have some more yogurt, have some more spam It doesn't matter if it's fresh or canned Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it Don't you make me repeat it Have a banana, have a whole bunch It doesn't matter what you had for lunch Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it If it's gettin' cold, reheat it Have a big dinner, have a light snack If you don't like it, you can't send it back Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it Get yourself an egg and beat it (oh lord) Have some more chicken, have some more pie It doesn't matter if it's boiled or fried Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it Don't you make me repeat it (oh no) Have a banana, have a whole bunch It doesn't matter what you had for lunch Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

Beat it: By Michael Jackson (from AZ lyrics) They told him, "Don't you ever come around here Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear" The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear So beat it, just beat it (Ooh!) You better run, you better do what you can (Ooh!) Don't wanna see no blood, don't be a macho man (Ooh!) You wanna be tough, better do what you can So beat it, but you wanna be bad Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky and strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right Just beat it (Beat it) Just beat it (Beat it) Just beat it (Beat it) Just beat it (Beat it, uh) They're out to get you, better leave while you can Don't wanna be a boy, you wanna be a man You wanna stay alive, better do what you can So beat it, just beat it (Ooh!) You have to show them that you're really not scared (Ooh!) You're playin' with your life, this ain't no truth or dare (Ooh!) They'll kick you, then they'll beat you, then they'll tell you it's fair So beat it, but you wanna be bad Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky and strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky and strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right Just beat it (Beat it, beat it, beat it) Beat it (Beat it, beat it, ha, ha, ha, ha) Beat it (Beat it, beat it) Beat it (Beat it, beat it) Beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky and strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right (Who's right) Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it (Hoo-hoo!) No one wants to be defeated (Oh, lord) Showin' how funky (Hee-hee!) and strong is your fight (Hee-hee-hee!) It doesn't matter who's wrong or right Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it (Beat it!) No one wants to be defeated (Oh-no!) Showin' how funky (Hoo-hoo!) and strong is your fight (Hee-hee! Hoo!) It doesn't matter who's wrong or right Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it No one wants to be defeated Showin' how funky and strong is your fight It doesn't matter who's wrong or right (Who's right) Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it (Hoo-hoo!) No one wants to be defeated

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