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So you asked for it. You got it! In the last Weird Al Rejections episode I offered to release a follow-up if you wanted it. And the response was overwhelming. You wanted it. Viewer after viewer said “yes.” How could I say no” But for some reason today’s artists did say “no.” And it just doesn’t make any sense. Last time it was McCartney, Prince, MJ, Weezer, and Coolio. This time it’s five more rejectors, plenty more parodies, and a few surprises along the way… And guess what, the Purple One is back for this episode, in a sort of roundabout sort of way… So strap in, because our flight into the Weird Al universe starts now… beginning with the mothership of rock: at #5 we have: Led Zeppelin.
So Weird Al has definitely confirmed that he is a fan of the mighty Zeppelin. And believe it or not, at least one member of the Led Zeppelin crew is a fan of Weird Al as well: the great Jimmy Page. So if Al likes Zeppelin and Zeppelin likes Al, what’s the problem here? Why are the lords of rock virtually missing from Weird Al’s catalog? In the Ask Al Archive on Yankovic’s website, we get the answer. One fan asked Al if he was into Zeppelin and suggested doing a parody of Stairway to Heaven or Dazed and Confused, or maybe a Zeppelin polka. And as it turns out, the thought had definitely crossed Weird Al’s mind. In response Al answered, “Oddly enough, a few years ago Jimmy Page called my office to get some copies of my videos, so I knew he was a fan. Unfortunately, when I asked him shortly after that how he’d feel about my doing a Led Zeppelin polka medley… he was less than thrilled with the prospect. So I didn’t pursue it.”
Man, an entire polka medley devoted to Zeppelin. That would've been an epic cheese-fest. It’s a bummer that never happened, but the good news is that Al parodied Led Zeppelin anyway… In concert in the 80s and the 90s Al performed a compilation of songs called the
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