# "Weird Al" Yankovic on the economy- Whatever You Like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068 "2008-10-08T21:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/1 "2008-10-08T21:12:51Z")
You can have whatever you like…as long as it’s in within my budget. [New official single](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRVi0paZlfI) from “Weird Al” Yankovic, satirizing the economic crisis and [the hit single by T.I.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQJACVmankY). It’s all about the Washingtons! Also, an [interesting interview/article](http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/16-10/ff_weirdal?currentPage=all) from _Wired_ about Al and his possible place as the father of modern Internet parody. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/2 "2008-10-09T03:01:24Z")
Hey, cool! Thanks for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/3 "2008-10-09T03:43:25Z")
Brilliant. He’s still at the top of his game. Government cheese! ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/4 "2008-10-09T04:49:00Z")
I’m doing the poor college student thing at the moment and this song describes my girlfriend and I. Sad really. ---
**Author:** ![Dosipede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dosipede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dosipede)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/5 "2008-10-09T06:15:19Z")
Seriously. Has Wierd Al been watching me and taking notes? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/6 "2008-10-09T18:50:39Z")
Is that a song parody, or an original? I’m going to guess parody, because the music is too bland and uninspired for an Al original. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/7 "2008-10-09T20:45:51Z")
Yeah, it’s a parody of T.I. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/8 "2008-10-09T21:09:09Z")
One of my family’s favorite recipies growing up was a concoction of my mom’s called (creatively) “Stew Rice” consisting of, yes, Minute Rice and a can of Dinty Moore stew. I love this song with all my heart. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/9 "2008-10-09T22:33:28Z")
The parody rocks better than the actual song. Weird Al rocks. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/10 "2008-10-09T22:45:22Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Is that a song parody, or an original? I’m going to guess parody, because the music is too bland and uninspired for an Al original. A parody curiously titled the same as the original- a “Weird Al” first. “Whatever You Like” by “Weird Al” Yankovic A Parody of “Whatever You Like” by T.I. Little bit confusing, but keeping the same title to deliver an exact opposite message is kinda a cool twist on Al’s song parody formula. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/11 "2008-10-10T04:51:41Z")
Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/12 "2008-10-10T05:00:16Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > The parody rocks better than the actual song. Al’s parodies generally do. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-on-the-economy-whatever-you-like/467068/13 "2008-10-10T05:58:14Z")
I’ll visit the hated iTunes store and buy it to support this experiment.