That whole sequence is my favorite part of any music video ever, right from the very first moment I saw it. Al gargling water, the doofus in the background getting hit in the head with the ball, and the guy on fire nonchalantly walking into the frame. Absolute pinnacle of parody, the whole history of comedic acting distilled into a single scene.
It is the same set and some of the same extras, ya. And Al did that when he filmed some Michael Jackson parodies as well, as Jackson let him use the same sets and stuff, too, like the subway in "Fat".
"ur merely making fun of all the poor littel kiddies in africa who have to bargle all the nawdle zouss every day for a living uv neever bargled nawdle zouss so you're merely here to disinform people and laugh at their struggles ppl like yuo disgust meeeeeeeeeee"
If it takes one induction for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to gain some much needed credibility, it's Weird Al as far as I'm concerned. Single handily proved to be the measuring stick of the music industry.
When Weird Al Yankovic asked Kurt Cobain for permission to parody this, Kurt asked him if it would be about food. Al said it would be about how no one could understand his lyrics. Kurt found that hilarious, and said absolutely.
Lyrics; What is this song all about? Can't figure any lyrics out How do the words to it go I wish you'd tell me, I don't know Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no Don't know, don't know, don't know Now I'm mumblin', and I'm screamin' And I don't know what I'm singin' Crank the volume, ears are bleedin' I still don't know what I'm singin' We're so loud and incoherent Boy, this oughta bug your parents Yeah Blergh Haai It's unintelligible I just can't get it through my skull It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss With all these marbles in my mouth Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no Don't know, don't know, don't know Well, we don't sound like Madonna Here we are now, we're Nirvana Sing distinctly, we don't wanna Buy our album, we're Nirvana A garage band from Seattle Well, it sure beats raisin' cattle Yeah And I forgot the next verse Oh, well, I guess it pays to rehearse The lyric sheet's so hard to find What are the words? Oh, never mind Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no Don't know, don't know, don't know Well, I'm yellin', and we're playin' But I don't know what I'm sayin' What's the message I'm conveyin'? Can you tell me what I'm sayin'? So, have you got some idea? Didn't think so, well, I'll see ya Sayonara, sayonara Ayonawa, hodinawa Odinaya, yodinaya Yadda-yadda, yah-yah Aye-yaah
Here's a fun fact. You can see it by watching both videos and it was said in an interview with Mr. Yankovic. He's using the exact same set... More so. The chearleaders, janitor, and audiance extras are made up of many of the exact same people from the original video. He didn't just make a parody. He mirrored the entire video and got just about the entire original crew to help him do it.
Fun fact: Even though he's allowed to parody whatever, under the protection of fair use, Weird Al almost always asks permission first. Absolute legend.
Not all his parodies are actually fair use. Unless it's critical or a review (like this) then it's probably not. You can't just take someone's song, change the lyrics to something unrelated, then claim fair use.
yeah thank god they did that just wouldn't have known what he was maybe the pianist, guitarist or just someone nodding his head and playing with sticks!
Al Yankovic's parents died of CO poisoning before a show, he got the news and went on stage anyways because "since my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well" The guy is probably the best dude in the industry
I think Walt Disney's parents died of that too. He bought them a new house which had a problem with the heating system leading to the accident. I could be wrong however.
This has got to be my favorite Weird Al music video, and probably the funniest music video of all time. All the background gags make this feel like it was made by the guys who made Airplane. Weird Al is so good.
Cobain: "Ok sure you can make a parody, but it's not going to be about food is it?" Weird Al: "No it's going to be about how nobody can understand your lyrics."
It's actually "Don't want you (to) buy our album..." -- A jab at grunge which was a response against going with the labels and "getting popular, and rich" was the biggest offense you could do, you have to stay like a garage band.
At the end of the Nirvana song, I swear I hear Kurt repeating "Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga". I know Kurt isn't saying that, but that's what I hear every time.
This has to be one of the greatest music videos ever created, surely? The amount of visual gags and jokes is unmatched here. Weird Al on top of his game.
Personally i didnt understand the joke about tearing off the head and hand and the part with the children, where their tray flies away and then they are dragged. Is this a reference or kind of absurd?
@Josh Tiger Actually no. When he saw the video, he was honored (as he said being parodied by Al means "you've made it" in the music business), and thought it was absolutely hilarious and apparently fell over laughing.
Ich Chee Kok Weird Al is trying to be heavy or a better singer. His style is to make fun of and make a joke of songs. It would take an absolute idiot to not understand that.
I find the "this outta bug your parents" line funny because the generation that made this IS my generations parents. So if they heard us playing this full volume they'd prolly join in on the head banging.
Fun fact. Victoria Jackson was in Weird Al’s movie UHF. At the time she was a cast member for SNL. Al was having trouble contacting Kurt Cobain to get his permission to release this parody. So he waited until Nirvana was a musical guest on SNL and then called Victoria who went and got Kurt who felt privileged that Al wanted to parody Teen Spirit.
I just read today on Facebook that Smells Like Teen Spirit was recently scientifically calculated to be the most iconic rock song ever written. I don't know about you lot, but I prefer Smells Like Nirvana myself.
O forgot about the part of Nirvana where the entire audience spontaneously pulls out their kazoos that they all brought and played them in a perfect solo
@@slappy8941 Hey Slappy. It's actually the bridge of the song, not the chorus, and they're playing kurt's guitar solo with kazoos, which he plays during the bridge. The arrangement goes...Intro Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Verse Chorus (Outro).
Too bad his real genius is overlooked. Less than half of the songs on Al's 14 studio albums are parodies. 80% of Al's songs are originals. I've been to 3 of his Vanity Tours and he only performs his amazing origina songs. Al and his band of over 40 years are incredible!!
only the staple ones, you didn't want to mention the fat cheerleader dude or the dude with a braided ponytail on the top of his head with all of his head shaved except for the patch above his ears.
+TheGamingMonkeys. that's why i liked this version and video so much because I'm a HUGE nirvana fan and they liked it too ... they said you know you made it when someone makes a parody of your work..
3:06 Holy fuck the kid was stage diving and he was holding its nose as in actual diving. The little details on weird aI parodies is what makes it so perfect
I've seen AL perform this live and he is an impressive singer and gargler! He throws the cup of water into the audience after he gargles, it's hilarious!
At 1:42 the song switches from being a parody of Nirvana to being a promotion; telling the listeners about what kind of band Nirvana is, where they're from, what their music sounds like (or rather, who they don't sound like) and telling everyone to buy their album. It's no wonder Kurt enjoyed it so much!
I dunno if you were alive when Smells like Teen Spirit hit the charts, but EVERYONE knew who Nirvana is back then. EVERYONE. From the poppers to the hair metal fans. This record was number 1 for like an eternity.
Guys. . . Kurt loved this parody. Even if he didn't, the entire premise of Kurt's philosophy is to just be yourself and not care what anybody thinks of you. Just go all out or don't go out at all. If you said this was a disgrace just because you think Kurt would, you completely miss the point of his message.
I saw an interview they did to Kurt Cobain, and he said that he loved this video, and he laughed his ass off when Weird Al showed him. So, ``hyperrespect my artist´´ fans can laugh too.
***** he didn't hate smells like teen spirit. he hated the fact that there were lots of fans that requested that songs and only that one. and I can see his POV considering that Nirvana had so many other awesome songs like: Aneurysm, Heart Shaped Box, Lithium, Milk It etc. and people only wanted to listen to Teen Spirit. In the late days there were concerts where Cobain actually refused to sing it, despite the audience's frantic requests.
Fun Fact: 1:17 is such an impossible guitar bend that many artists, even kurt himself, could not replicate, making weird al the absolute MOST underrated guitar player of ALL TIME
@@JohnnyShagbot Al himself said it was all an overblown misunderstanding (TL;DR, Coolio's producers gave the okay without clearing it with Coolio, it all worked out). If anyone could be said to have feuded with Weird Al, it was Prince who actually had his minders give Al a telegram not to even look at him when they were seated in the same row at the Grammys.
This music video was my introduction to Weird Al as a kid. Loved it then, still love it now. Al’s stuff always manages to be as timeless as the songs he does parodies of.
I love this parody, too. I makes me sad, though, that 80% of Al's songs are his amazing originals, and hardly anyone even knows about them. I was over the moon, though, to go to 3 of his originals only tours, and hear the crowd go crazyy for these incredible songs. His band is unbelievable!!!
This brings me back to my childhood. Not sure I ever heard it during my childhood but being a swedish kid that doesn't know english I definitely didn't know what they were singing in the original but I still wanted to sing along.
Folks shouldn't be whiney about this song. Cobain is on record as having liked it and in fact considered this parody as a sign that Nirvana had achieved the big time. Parody requires a lot of work to pull off accurately and in fact it is rather difficult to do a good and humorous parody without having love and respect for the source material. Heck just LOOK at this video. They went through the trouble of getting most of the people from the original video to play in it, act similarly to the way the original was shot and even get their instruments to sound similar. Then listen to the lyrics, creative, funny, and stylized in Al's usual way without feeling a leap from his usual style of music. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get a result like that? To have a sound that is both your own yet similar to someone else's and still be entertaining all on its own? Te amount of dedication put into this one production of video and song shows a deep love and respect for the source material.
I couldn't agree more. Al Yankovic manages to perfectly mimic the style and sound of the original work in all of his parodies, and yet give it his own touch. That takes a lot of skill of both Al and his band, and it shows respect to the original work. Also: legally speaking, Al doesn't even need to ask for permission; but he does so anyway to make sure there are no hard feelings, and he abandons his plans when the original artist doesn't like the idea.
534DaHill Spot on Gskaloyan, Daniel K. and 534Dahill! (Bookplate, that is a bit harsh... might be true as far as him killing himself... but as to me personally.. I am too old to make a call on Nirvana being overrated. I was born in 62 so I am not the target audience. I was soo jaded I considered most of the bands in the 80's to be "New bands" or "Upstarts", (obviously I was in my 20's so that was a bit silly). Once I pulled my head out of my butt, I had to admit I really liked many bands in the 80's... I liked them a lot! I am slow to like a new song/band, but I do like some of the newer stuff, (not much... still have a very hard time liking Rap/Hip Hop, but that is OK). As I said, ... I am not the target audience.Sluggo
gskaloyan In fact the only worry Kurt had was that the song was going to be about food until Al said "I'm going to make fun of the way that no one can understand your lyrics". This whole song was done with a huge amount of respect and all of the members of Nirvana knew this.
gskaloyan yep! and im sure Al had to get permission to even do the Parody anyways or it would violate copy right laws not to mention Nirvana would get paid in the process for it
Fun fact: Kurt said that hearing his song being parodied by Weird Al was what made him realize that Nirvana had made it
Are you sure ?
@Shy Cutie it's so innovated
At certain Mode,Weird Al said that Kurt Cobain is the closest thing that have USA with the True Punk Rock XD
I see.
@@lexkanyima2195 anyone who grew up in the 90's saw that VH1 special that everyone is quoting from in these comments, yes he did say it.
I'm glad the drummer's shirt said "Drummer" or I might not have guessed who he was supposed to be.
Knowing Drummers, he was wearing it so he wouldn't forget.
Whoever it is, it’s not Dave Grohl.
The kick drum says "drum" on it.
No One I thought it was a large bagel
Good thing the drum said drum on it I forgot what it was jeeze
As a lifelong Wield Al fan, his gargling water 2:13 cuts so straight to the point, I die laughing evertime
It's fing brilliant
That whole sequence is my favorite part of any music video ever, right from the very first moment I saw it. Al gargling water, the doofus in the background getting hit in the head with the ball, and the guy on fire nonchalantly walking into the frame. Absolute pinnacle of parody, the whole history of comedic acting distilled into a single scene.
this had be rolling :D
He even does it live too 🤣
Yes I agree very hilarious 😂
"Sing distinctly? We dont wanna! Buy our album, were Nirvana!" 🗣️🔥🔥
Lowkey the line that hits hardest.
"The garage band, from Seattle! Well it sure beats, raising Cattle! Yeah!"
This was actually filmed at the same place as the original and has some of the same actors in it, Wierd Al went all out on this one
@Ninjakitten42 Weird Artificial Intelligence.
The Janitor is the same
It is the same set and some of the same extras, ya. And Al did that when he filmed some Michael Jackson parodies as well, as Jackson let him use the same sets and stuff, too, like the subway in "Fat".
Including the headless man and the mannequin?
Source?
"It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss" LMAO
JL Ikr so relatable
with all these marbles in my mouth!!!!!!
I too like to bargle nawdle zouss. I think.
"ur merely making fun of all the poor littel kiddies in africa who have to bargle all the nawdle zouss every day for a living
uv neever bargled nawdle zouss so you're merely here to disinform people and laugh at their struggles
ppl like yuo disgust meeeeeeeeeee"
Koltox are you fucking serious we got an sjw here fuck off with your minecraft profile pic
Who agrees that Weird Al needs to be inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame if he's not already in there
Absolutely!
Hell yeah!
Fr
Absolutely lol I love weird al he is a legend and deserves his place in the rock and roll hall of fame
If it takes one induction for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to gain some much needed credibility, it's Weird Al as far as I'm concerned. Single handily proved to be the measuring stick of the music industry.
"Sing distinctly? We don't wanna! Buy our album, we're Nirvana!"
Best lyric ever
"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life" -Homer Simpson.
Amen
Ha ha I remember that episode hommers band was sadgasmm
Liam Egan bruh it was a nirvana parody
Irish Blade yes I get that but homers band that was a parody of nirvana was called sadgasm
Brain freeeezee
When Weird Al Yankovic asked Kurt Cobain for permission to parody this, Kurt asked him if it would be about food. Al said it would be about how no one could understand his lyrics. Kurt found that hilarious, and said absolutely.
And this is why I still love music artists.
Well it is so funny as Al Yankovic's song wasn’t that different from original
Actually this is a parody of a song by Seattle grunge band "Nirvana"; the parodical song is made by the artist "Weird" Al Yankovic.
@@keithklassen5320 Kurt Cobain is the singer from Nirvana
@@TheLovelySheri *was
Lyrics;
What is this song all about?
Can't figure any lyrics out
How do the words to it go
I wish you'd tell me, I don't know
Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no
Don't know, don't know, don't know
Now I'm mumblin', and I'm screamin'
And I don't know what I'm singin'
Crank the volume, ears are bleedin'
I still don't know what I'm singin'
We're so loud and incoherent
Boy, this oughta bug your parents
Yeah
Blergh
Haai
It's unintelligible
I just can't get it through my skull
It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss
With all these marbles in my mouth
Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no
Don't know, don't know, don't know
Well, we don't sound like Madonna
Here we are now, we're Nirvana
Sing distinctly, we don't wanna
Buy our album, we're Nirvana
A garage band from Seattle
Well, it sure beats raisin' cattle
Yeah
And I forgot the next verse
Oh, well, I guess it pays to rehearse
The lyric sheet's so hard to find
What are the words? Oh, never mind
Don't know, don't know, don't know, oh no
Don't know, don't know, don't know
Well, I'm yellin', and we're playin'
But I don't know what I'm sayin'
What's the message I'm conveyin'?
Can you tell me what I'm sayin'?
So, have you got some idea?
Didn't think so, well, I'll see ya
Sayonara, sayonara
Ayonawa, hodinawa
Odinaya, yodinaya
Yadda-yadda, yah-yah
Aye-yaah
Thanks for the lyrics
I can't seem to figure out any lyrics...
Weird al really captured the spirit of grunge music with this
The gargle solo. LMAO. The greatest gargle solo ever.
I ALWAYS lose it when he does that 🤣🤣🤣
EVER? Top 10, sure. But ever? Idk.
Hard to argue this statement.
Closely followed by the kazoo chorus 🙌🏻😂
No! I disagree. The Gargoyle who gargled Gershwin on the Muppet Show was equally as talented.
funny trivia: the janitor is the same person in both videos.
And all the kids who are sitting, are the same lol
I'm guessing no?
duh!
I heard he specifically re-hired the same actors to make the parody more legit
The singer too
Every single time he gets to the part about the marbles in his mouth, I can’t help but laugh
Here's a fun fact. You can see it by watching both videos and it was said in an interview with Mr. Yankovic. He's using the exact same set... More so. The chearleaders, janitor, and audiance extras are made up of many of the exact same people from the original video. He didn't just make a parody. He mirrored the entire video and got just about the entire original crew to help him do it.
Fun fact: Even though he's allowed to parody whatever, under the protection of fair use, Weird Al almost always asks permission first. Absolute legend.
ALWAYS and he pays every artist royalties.
Al's a class act.
chickadee Kurt's daughter apparently still gets royalties from this as well
Unfortunately, some artists had said no.
Not all his parodies are actually fair use. Unless it's critical or a review (like this) then it's probably not. You can't just take someone's song, change the lyrics to something unrelated, then claim fair use.
Yup.
There are two ways you know you made it in showbiz:
- Guest starring in The Simpsons
- Weird Al parodying your song
Weird Al appeared on The Simpsons twice so yeah
Now he just needs to parody one of his own songs.
There actually was a Simpsons episode based on the success of grunge and nirvana with homer as Kurt but obviously without the sad ending
Don't forget the South Park
I want to see a concert where everyone he's parodied performs the parodies.
I can only imagine how much Nirvana loved this song.
Weird Al was the first man to point out that all grunge singers speak in fluent garbaflaggaboogawa
When he performs this live, after “I forgot the next verse...” he just stares out into space for thirty seconds 😂
Can i get a link
Weird Al live is a must-do experience, I took my (then) 4th grader to see him in Charlotte, great show.
I saw him in Mt Pleasant during the Poodle Hat tour.
The audience went nuts when he did that.
Comedy is easy when you have good timing!
@@petergant8767 Timing and Delivery
What amazes me is that he got the all the extras in the original video to be in this song!! 😂😂
*video not song ugh*
Even the cow?
What about the cheerleader with hairy arm pits
I was not aware of that detail, but now I can see it.
Casting agencies are wonderful things aren't they.
Some of these actors went on to get real jobs!
I understand why Kurt thought this was so funny this is absolutely hilarious
"It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss with all these marbles in my mouth" has me dying. Weird Al is truly a national treasure.
I enjoy how professional they are. The drummer is even labeled in case of confusion.
yeah thank god they did that just wouldn't have known what he was maybe the pianist, guitarist or just someone nodding his head and playing with sticks!
And the drum says "drum" xD
Documentation is important
Why are they fliping hair up and down?
Al Yankovic's parents died of CO poisoning before a show, he got the news and went on stage anyways because "since my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well"
The guy is probably the best dude in the industry
What is co
@@profound369 carbon monoxide
I think about that sometimes. What a sad, awful thing to go through. 😔
@@profound369 Russians calls that "угарный газ"
I think Walt Disney's parents died of that too. He bought them a new house which had a problem with the heating system leading to the accident. I could be wrong however.
He starts losing his mind at the end...pulls off a man's nose, demolishes a building, and cuts his hair off?! Lmao!!
Yes and so hilarious 😀
This has got to be my favorite Weird Al music video, and probably the funniest music video of all time. All the background gags make this feel like it was made by the guys who made Airplane. Weird Al is so good.
Cobain: "Ok sure you can make a parody, but it's not going to be about food is it?"
Weird Al: "No it's going to be about how nobody can understand your lyrics."
Well, he /did/ do Fat and Eat it...
Hot ones?
Kirby Z he did an entire album on just food ..
That's an actual statement from Weird Al himself for those that don't know
Well he did have marbles in he’s mouth
"buy our album, we're nirvana"
That's what I call songwriting
It's actually "Don't want you (to) buy our album..." -- A jab at grunge which was a response against going with the labels and "getting popular, and rich" was the biggest offense you could do, you have to stay like a garage band.
@@pulli23 it's buy our album
@@pulli23 he's saying don't wanna sing distinctly
We don’t sound like Madonna
We’re nirvana 🤣🤣🤣
@@thedoc5879 I'm waiting for someone to correct you not that you are wrong I'm just saying thats youtube
THE DRUMMER COLLAPSING AT THE END IS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER
Wow I didn’t even notice that until I read this comment 😂 there is so much going on in this video
Truth be told, you understand more words in this than you do in the original
It might be the truth, but is it a Fun Fact?
At the end of the Nirvana song, I swear I hear Kurt repeating "Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga". I know Kurt isn't saying that, but that's what I hear every time.
Fun fact: Tony Hawk is an extra in this video and Weird AL didn't know until a tweet in 2009 from Hawk himself.
@Andrew Brooking Thanks!
@Andrew Brooking thats him?
Nobody ever recognizes Tony Hawk lmao
Dang you're right!
fortige is gay
This has to be one of the greatest music videos ever created, surely? The amount of visual gags and jokes is unmatched here. Weird Al on top of his game.
@@qjinx1 No, it was not directed by John Landis, it was directed by Robert K. Weiss, one of the *producers* of Kentucky Fried Movie.
the visual gags 😆 i love all the details he puts in his videos… yep Al the man !!!
@@qjinx1 Samuel L. Bronkowitz?
Yo u have 666 likes !
Personally i didnt understand the joke about tearing off the head and hand and the part with the children, where their tray flies away and then they are dragged. Is this a reference or kind of absurd?
I was laughing throughout the entire video but Weird Al chopping his fringe at 3:29 had me in hysterics.
The fact Kurt Cobain loved this parody should be considered the highest compliment.
_"This was our right of passage. When Al did us, we knew we'd made it."_ -Kurt Cobain.
J G yeah, rite
I mean, listen to the lyrics in the original. "Here we are now, imitate us."
@Otto Von Bismarck I'm surprised. I always thought it was "entertain us."
It was a great honor werid Al got to parody Kurt cobin song
Just to clarify my "imitate" comment...I'm just screwing with everyone.
Just a joke, sorry about the confusion.
Fun fact: Weird Al went through the trouble of tracking down many extras from the original video to make this as authentic as possible.
Thats dedication
And they managed to film this on the same set as the original version
that's awesome
He pays a lot of attention to detail, like he mimics the style of the artists really really well too
Stretching the definition of fun fact. Maybe it’s a fact but that’s as much ill grant you
@@jaystreet46 thanks I appreciate it!
I can NOT believe that I missed this one! Weird Al is too much. LOLOL Gotta love that guy!
Love the "Drummer" shirt. And "Sing distinctly, we don't wanna!" gets me every time.
Apparently Kurt Cobain loved this and was incredibly honored to have been parodied by Weird Al.
Makes sense, Being parodied by Weird Al is like a stamp of "You made it!" in the music business
@@ArtistTheArtist05 thats actually what Kurt said
Also, he thought that it would be another parody on food.
@Josh Tiger Actually no. When he saw the video, he was honored (as he said being parodied by Al means "you've made it" in the music business), and thought it was absolutely hilarious and apparently fell over laughing.
Yeah, he said it in an MTV interview
I am amazed by the number of commentators on this video who didn't know that Nirvana gave Weird Al permission to do this song.
It's still a shit cover version. Nirvana is way more heavy and Kurt Cobain is 100 times better singer than this try hard clown.
Ich Chee Kok Weird Al is trying to be heavy or a better singer. His style is to make fun of and make a joke of songs. It would take an absolute idiot to not understand that.
You're the idiot if you think this is good.
Ich Chee Kok Again you miss the point, it's not meant to be good, it's meant to be funny. You're awfully dense.
this isn't good…it's BRILLIANT!
I find the "this outta bug your parents" line funny because the generation that made this IS my generations parents. So if they heard us playing this full volume they'd prolly join in on the head banging.
nirvana killed so many careers.
this is one they saved.
that rubber guitar bend never gets old 🤣
Thats my favorite part. I lose it all the time. 😂😂😂
Never seen this video before but that crippled me 😂
Legit had me rolling
No joke I did a spit take first time I saw that guitar arm bend
You're a mang of fine taste.
I love how Dave ghrohls shirt just says drummer lol
beaver pancakes and his drum says “drum”
need more 'h'
Lol
Ghrhohlhs*
only realised now lmao
Fun fact. Victoria Jackson was in Weird Al’s movie UHF. At the time she was a cast member for SNL. Al was having trouble contacting Kurt Cobain to get his permission to release this parody. So he waited until Nirvana was a musical guest on SNL and then called Victoria who went and got Kurt who felt privileged that Al wanted to parody Teen Spirit.
Fun fact: Weird Al called Kurt Cobain while Nirvana was on the set of SNL for permission to parody the song and Kurt instantly gave him permission
the biggest honor as a musician is getting a weird al parody of your song
Iris Ianovale yea that and Bart baker
But Paul turned him down.
Or if you get referenced in JJBA
Yeah you’d know wouldn’t you?
Not to coolio
the water gurgle solo is absolutely beautiful.👏😌
It shows the spine tingling power of that melody
I liked the kazoos and the tuba. 😁
I laughed so hard at this my lungs refused accepting air 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I reckon every song now should replace their guitar solos with gurgling sections
Shit kills me 😂
I just read today on Facebook that Smells Like Teen Spirit was recently scientifically calculated to be the most iconic rock song ever written. I don't know about you lot, but I prefer Smells Like Nirvana myself.
The gargling part was my favorite.
when he said "bargle nawdle zouss" that really hit deep
Yeah it really spoke to my soul
And marbles just took it to next level man
Sadly, it reminds me of how I must of sounded when I was a heroin addict.But I still giggled.
I dont understand xd
Too, too?! It went deep into my core!
I feel like being parodied by Weird Al is one of the highest honours an artist can receive. Screw Grammys. This is the shit.
That's the way Kurt took it-he knew Nirvana had 'made it', when he heard this song :)
musiclovingchick6
Even Dave Grohl today remembers watching this music video with the band. They all loved it and had a great laugh watching it.
AdderTude That's awesome!! Love it :)
So did Kurt, if what I read is right.
***** That....is.....AWESOME!
This dude is an absolute NATIONAL TREASURE!!!
3:24 The entire ending sequence kills me, but the moment I see that nose getting stretched with the pliers I lose it😂😂😂NEVER. GETS. OLD.
Fun fact: Kurt loved this.
Of course. How could I forget.
+Lee MacWilliams (KiraHeisenberg) ?
I know you're trolling. Everyone knows he died in 94, this song came out before that. The video was uploaded in 09.
This came out in 92. Kurt died in 94.
wow someone is stupid
Over 4000 dislikes? I guess it doesn't even matter if Kurt fucking Cobain himself thought this was brilliant...
He actually thought it was better than the original...which he wasn't so serious about to begin with.
Haters gonna hate.
...and I bet you all the dislikes are people who were born after Nirvana wrote this song and after Al decided to parody it. Figures.
best ever
Nirvana fans (born after Cobain's death) are soooo so so serious
Another fun fact Weird Al Yankovic called Nirvana while they were on the set of SNL to ask if he can make a parody of Smells Like Teen Spirit
Everyone commented this
I honestly didn't read any of the comments beyond the first one
"Bug your parents"
Best line..!! xD
O forgot about the part of Nirvana where the entire audience spontaneously pulls out their kazoos that they all brought and played them in a perfect solo
Pure Al genius!
I always have my kazoo handy, just in case
I legit read that a second or two before the audience did that.
It's a chorus, not a solo.
@@slappy8941 Hey Slappy. It's actually the bridge of the song, not the chorus, and they're playing kurt's guitar solo with kazoos, which he plays during the bridge. The arrangement goes...Intro Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Verse Chorus (Outro).
My old band covered the original song; sometimes I would switch to this song in the third verse just to fuck with people...
Lmafo that's just perfect xD
+zendaddy link please
+zendaddy621 Did you sing "It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss..."?
+zendaddy621 That is classic dude.....I bet nobody hardly noticed......too funny.
+zendaddy621 Could anyone understand it well enough to notice?
Easily one of the funniest videos ever.
Al has been the master of parodies and videos for four decades now😂
Too bad his real genius is overlooked.
Less than half of the songs on Al's 14 studio albums are parodies.
80% of Al's songs are originals. I've been to 3 of his Vanity Tours and he only performs his amazing origina songs. Al and his band of over 40 years are incredible!!
Another fun fact: After this song was released Nirvana sold another million units. It pays to be parodied kids.
I think that is why Madonna came up with the idea Like a Surgeon
oh well, I guess it pays to rehearse
@J G You Mean Micheal Jackson?
@@Ofek_92 Yeah Lol
This parody really fits my perspective on Teen Spirit: It makes no sense at all.
Fun Fact: a lot of the actors in this are the same as the original nirvana video.
The janitor for example :D
f off
@@bradymetzinger8755 No
@@bradymetzinger8755 I'm telling mom
only the staple ones, you didn't want to mention the fat cheerleader dude or the dude with a braided ponytail on the top of his head with all of his head shaved except for the patch above his ears.
That gargled solo is legendary
Best line:
"Well we don't sound like Madonna."
The greatest honour for any singer - to get a Weird Al version.
If i started a band and weird al covered one of our songs id feel like i was a king
Eminem took it as an insult because it was a hit single
"Couch Potato" was Wierd Al's version and "Lose Yourself" was Eminem's version
Fun fact: Kurt actually liked this video more than the actual music video.
yes he did, the whole band thought it was hilarious
Of course he did
@@thundergroot22 we *all* did
Lol! Really???
same to be honest
People still take Nirvana way too seriously, they all need to watch this & lighten up.
One of his best. I like the appearance of Dick Van Patten getting into the festivities.
for some reason the rubber guitar at 1:17 always gets me
lmao i thought i was the only one!!
Same here but i disliked the video Because i love nirvana and kurt cobain
+TheGamingMonkeys That's stupid. Kurt loved this song.
+TheGamingMonkeys. that's why i liked this version and video so much because I'm a HUGE nirvana fan and they liked it too ... they said you know you made it when someone makes a parody of your work..
+Kendrya Monique ok
3:06 Holy fuck the kid was stage diving and he was holding its nose as in actual diving. The little details on weird aI parodies is what makes it so perfect
"its nose"
@@derrrtee because kids are objects (?)
Released on April 3rd, 1992
This is better than Nirvana's version.
Tony Hawk being in this video and Weird Al not knowing for twenty years is the most Tony Hawk thing ever.
And it’s just a reminder how freaking awesome the world is
timestamp?
@@ma5ticore 2:55
@@nikbol43below thank you
I just think Tony Hawk has a really unrecognizable face. He just looks like someone randomly generated a white guy in the sims.
The kazoo solo is honestly a banger
Sa MooMoo I Kazoo to it when this video pops up in my autoplay
The gurgling on water as well tbh
And the tuba.
Actually that's a kazoo choir!
If you wanna get technical its a soli... maybe Im a band geek...
This is total fire. The marbles in his mouth is the best part (personally)
I heard “smells like teen spirit” on the radio the other day and just started singing “smells like nirvana” instead.
I find it impossible to believe Weird Al is now 61, cause he doesn't even look older than 40.
Yeah, but he also looked 40 when he was 25!
Clean living
Me too! I am the same age and I am going bold and have a few grey hairs.
Dude he was 40 in the 80s
@@jharvey433 He was born in 1959, soooo no he wasn't.
"It's not going to be about food, is it?"
"No, it's going to be about how no one can understand your lyrics."
Swag Feather Spice lords reunite
Was looking for a comment mentioning this😂🍗
lol
Nirvana ,"Oh, nibblyvous!
"The lyric sheet's so hard to find" will never not be funny
Fun fact Weird Al has outlived many of the artists he has parodied.
That's not very fun.
I'm not inviting you to any more parties.
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Outlived or just outlasted?
@@ericstromberg9608 *OUTBE'ED*
Sad fact.
Cobain reportedly really loved this parody and was able to laugh with it.
He's quoted as saying that he knew "we made it when Weird Al covered our song!'
“He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life”
This is as good as the original
2:14 is actually insanely impressive. Al fuckin gargles water 100% perfectly in tune.
I've seen AL perform this live and he is an impressive singer and gargler!
He throws the cup of water into the audience after he gargles, it's hilarious!
He also DID make the basketball shot. (This is just something my other nirvana loving friend told me so I’m not sure.)
At 1:42 the song switches from being a parody of Nirvana to being a promotion; telling the listeners about what kind of band Nirvana is, where they're from, what their music sounds like (or rather, who they don't sound like) and telling everyone to buy their album. It's no wonder Kurt enjoyed it so much!
Al loved Nirvana's music. There was a lot of mutual respect there.
I dunno if you were alive when Smells like Teen Spirit hit the charts, but EVERYONE knew who Nirvana is back then. EVERYONE. From the poppers to the hair metal fans. This record was number 1 for like an eternity.
@@0x777 I was alive but quite young.
@@0x777 yep I was like 6 or 7 at the time, and I can confirm this is true 🤘
Kurt was excited about being covered by Weird Al. He felt that's when they hit the big time.
Guys. . . Kurt loved this parody. Even if he didn't, the entire premise of Kurt's philosophy is to just be yourself and not care what anybody thinks of you. Just go all out or don't go out at all. If you said this was a disgrace just because you think Kurt would, you completely miss the point of his message.
Add to that the fact that the setting is the EXACT same studio used by Nirvana and many of the extras were in the real video (the janitor for one).
DaRozeman
Alfred Unkovic used the same footage from the original clip but added in his footage.
I saw an interview they did to Kurt Cobain, and he said that he loved this video, and he laughed his ass off when Weird Al showed him. So, ``hyperrespect my artist´´ fans can laugh too.
***** he didn't hate smells like teen spirit. he hated the fact that there were lots of fans that requested that songs and only that one. and I can see his POV considering that Nirvana had so many other awesome songs like: Aneurysm, Heart Shaped Box, Lithium, Milk It etc. and people only wanted to listen to Teen Spirit. In the late days there were concerts where Cobain actually refused to sing it, despite the audience's frantic requests.
If you look at the recent interview with dave on jimmy fallon he said that yankavic asked kurt permission to do a parody of it and he said yes
With Nirvana getting a lifetime achievement award, Al needs to play this for their award ceremony
Instead of copying the guitar solo, he sings the vocal melody with a mouthful of water. That is genius.
2:22 Kazoo part is still epic
Fun Fact: 1:17 is such an impossible guitar bend that many artists, even kurt himself, could not replicate, making weird al the absolute MOST underrated guitar player of ALL TIME
Is this a joke?
This IS a joke
I understand this joke
I like this joke
@@noshutup6617 Top 10 Character Arcs
This song parody is literal gold. I’m in love.
When Al started gargling water from a glass in rhythm to the song, I died laughing.
Sing distinctly, we don't wanna hahahahaha
marball in my moth.
+Reagan Lavallee hm
Yeah, that got me too
It should be considered an absolute honor to get covered by Weird Al.
I believe Kurt Cobain actually said that this song made him realize that nirvana had "made it" in the music industry
Yes! Exactly.
Most artist do except Coolio but I think he did it to draw more attention to himself.
@@kissmy_butt1302 Coolio retracted that a while back to be fair, he eventually came to terms with and appreciated it as I recall.
@@JohnnyShagbot Al himself said it was all an overblown misunderstanding (TL;DR, Coolio's producers gave the okay without clearing it with Coolio, it all worked out).
If anyone could be said to have feuded with Weird Al, it was Prince who actually had his minders give Al a telegram not to even look at him when they were seated in the same row at the Grammys.
This music video was my introduction to Weird Al as a kid. Loved it then, still love it now. Al’s stuff always manages to be as timeless as the songs he does parodies of.
I love this parody, too.
I makes me sad, though, that 80% of Al's songs are his amazing originals, and hardly anyone even knows about them.
I was over the moon, though, to go to 3 of his originals only tours, and hear the crowd go crazyy for these incredible songs.
His band is unbelievable!!!
This brings me back to my childhood. Not sure I ever heard it during my childhood but being a swedish kid that doesn't know english I definitely didn't know what they were singing in the original but I still wanted to sing along.
he likes those pretty songs
Folks shouldn't be whiney about this song. Cobain is on record as having liked it and in fact considered this parody as a sign that Nirvana had achieved the big time.
Parody requires a lot of work to pull off accurately and in fact it is rather difficult to do a good and humorous parody without having love and respect for the source material.
Heck just LOOK at this video. They went through the trouble of getting most of the people from the original video to play in it, act similarly to the way the original was shot and even get their instruments to sound similar.
Then listen to the lyrics, creative, funny, and stylized in Al's usual way without feeling a leap from his usual style of music. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get a result like that? To have a sound that is both your own yet similar to someone else's and still be entertaining all on its own? Te amount of dedication put into this one production of video and song shows a deep love and respect for the source material.
People are only whiny because Cobain blew his brains out. Nirvana is overrated anyways.
I couldn't agree more. Al Yankovic manages to perfectly mimic the style and sound of the original work in all of his parodies, and yet give it his own touch. That takes a lot of skill of both Al and his band, and it shows respect to the original work.
Also: legally speaking, Al doesn't even need to ask for permission; but he does so anyway to make sure there are no hard feelings, and he abandons his plans when the original artist doesn't like the idea.
534DaHill Spot on Gskaloyan, Daniel K. and 534Dahill! (Bookplate, that is a bit harsh... might be true as far as him killing himself... but as to me personally.. I am too old to make a call on Nirvana being overrated. I was born in 62 so I am not the target audience. I was soo jaded I considered most of the bands in the 80's to be "New bands" or "Upstarts", (obviously I was in my 20's so that was a bit silly). Once I pulled my head out of my butt, I had to admit I really liked many bands in the 80's... I liked them a lot! I am slow to like a new song/band, but I do like some of the newer stuff, (not much... still have a very hard time liking Rap/Hip Hop, but that is OK). As I said, ... I am not the target audience.Sluggo
gskaloyan In fact the only worry Kurt had was that the song was going to be about food until Al said "I'm going to make fun of the way that no one can understand your lyrics". This whole song was done with a huge amount of respect and all of the members of Nirvana knew this.
gskaloyan yep! and im sure Al had to get permission to even do the Parody anyways or it would violate copy right laws not to mention Nirvana would get paid in the process for it