Filed under: Audio, Humor, Internet
Weird Al: "Don't Download This Song"
Love or hate him, Weird Al has unquestionably cranked out some of the most notable humor and satire of the late 20th - and now 21st - centuries. The Digital Music Weblog (a sister site) has discovered Mr. Weird is at it again with "Don't Download This Song," a tongue-in-cheek anthem about the dark road of lying, cheating and stealing that file sharing can lead down. Weird Al is using a small marketing site to pimp the song, complete with a music video and a download link (yes, of course it's free), as well as the upcoming album the song is featured on.
Grant at TDMW cites a favorite line of Christopher Springman at Public Knowledge: "Cause you start out stealing songs/then you're robbing liquor stores/and selling crack/and running over schoolkids with your car." Personally, I don't think the record labels care where you're getting your cash, just as long as you use it to pay their outlandish monopoly prices.
Feel free to grab the song, as the RIAA can't nail you for downloading this one. At least, I think.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
thickslab said 1:09PM on 8-24-2006
Weird Al has unquestionably cranked out some of the most notable humor and satire of the late 20th - and now 21st - centuries.
What? You're kidding, right?
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Battery Recall said 1:24PM on 8-24-2006
Ummm.... Apple is recalling 1.8 million batteries and I'm looking at Weird Al?
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Dave said 1:30PM on 8-24-2006
What does this have to do with Apple?
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Ralph said 1:35PM on 8-24-2006
To be fair, this isn't MacNN, MacMinute, MacInTouch, etc. It's not a news source, it's a blog.
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Stephen C. said 1:40PM on 8-24-2006
Go Weird Al! -- Does anyone remember the Poodle Hat CD, where he gaveyou a "bonus" (extra computerness features) for not downloading the CD? Gotta love it.
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Aaron Hoffman said 2:16PM on 8-24-2006
Remind me again why this is on TUAW?
Oh. 'The Unofficial *Al* Weblog.'
Right. Got it. My mistake.
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rob said 2:32PM on 8-24-2006
Go Weird Al!
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Gedeon said 2:38PM on 8-24-2006
Wow! You're all pretty much party poopers aren't ya? Last time I checked Apple had a little thing called the iTunes music store that is in the thick of the discussion about legally downloaded music vs. stolen music grabbed from file sharing sites like Limewire and Kazza... you know like the ones Al sings about in this song. Oh RIGHT, you probably didn't bother to go listen to the song. My mistake.
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paul said 2:44PM on 8-24-2006
Please don't clog up my newsreader with non-Apple news. Thankyamuch.
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baxtr said 3:48PM on 8-24-2006
I prefer the Camp Chaos Sue all the World version.
http://www.campchaos.com/blog-archives/2006/05/napster_bad_sue_all_the_world.html
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Scattered Applause said 8:05PM on 8-24-2006
Some people have to lighten up! I love Weird Al, and I think his music is great. I think the person who said that this is a blog, not a complete Apple news site is right. It may not be 100% Apple, but really, some people should loosen up.
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south said 10:09PM on 8-24-2006
i hate the RIAA. any news featuring anyone who opposes them is ok with me on any blog.
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Mike Harris said 11:48PM on 8-24-2006
Ahem. Let me paraphrase the above comments: How dare you cover something that I am not interested in! It is my right and entitlement to dictate as to the form of the product of the time, money and effort that you invest in creating this website!
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Dave said 4:12PM on 8-29-2006
What a bunch of dumb cry babies! Can you do anything with your life other than gripe about something? Weird Al sings down on stealing music, while telling you to take his song about for free! What a laugh riot! HUMOR IS KING!!!!
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