He is a relentless lampooner of high society who, in his nightclubs, has often suddenly leered over an especially low neckline with a solicitous '"Pardon me, madame, dew you .
Rosen: The Lonely Island Lead the Pop-Parody Boom If you want to begin reckoning with the phenomenon of parody music, a good place to start is the Parable of Madonna and “Weird Al” Yankovic. It was 1985. The Like a Virgin album was shattering sales records, and Madonna wondered aloud why Yankovic, the star musical lampooner, hadn’t gotten ... More »
June 14, 2013 - Vulture