christmas wish ( gina jeffreys album )
gina jeffrey' s song my christmas wish to the stunning photo' s taken by ken duncan. merry christmas everyone! xx
gina will sing her song my christmas wish with the choir on the cd to be released in november .
’s billy dean ‘if i could find the heart’ released. in november ‘christmas wish’ album released .
rhiannon mcveigh, jess abbott and claudia roberts were awe struck when they met country music star gina jeffreys recently ahead of their collaboration on the beyond the stars this christmas album .
gina jeffreys & quot; angel & quot; cd [ as new ] - $ 10. 40 | picclick
2003 - in january – gina’s son jackson is born. gina only performs at several leukaemia foundation charity events .
meeting their fellow collaborators are (from left) claudia roberts, rhiannon mcveigh, john borserio, gina jeffreys and jess abbott .
angel is the fifth studio album by australian country singer gina jeffreys. it was released in april 2002 and became her third album to chart on the aria top 50 after it debuted at no. 42 .
2002 - golden guitar award for video clip of the year with ‘angel’. ‘the best of gina jeffreys…so far’ album released. apra award - most performed country work – ‘angel .
i have a tiny fake christmas tree that dances when you sing to it .
director of catholic education in toowoomba john borserio was with the girls when they met ms jeffreys .
2005 - more charity functions. gina produces fund - raising 2006 telstra child flight calendar .
2004 - gina starts to perform again at some of the major festivals. appointed ambassador for the
festival. this album achieves four final 5 nominations for the 2008 country music awards. gina with beccy cole and sara storer join together to form “songbirds”
it was on stage in ottawa, ontario, and thousands of people showed up! wish you could’ve been there .
. more leukaemia foundation and cancer council charity functions. gina starts recording again with husband / producer rod mccormack .
i' m glad to be able to support the children as they set out to help other children in need ,
ms jeffreys said .
absolutely not. “poodle hat” was my last album. my upcoming album is my next one. i don’t know how these silly rumors get started .
ms jeffreys was in town to take part in a concert featuring adam harvey and the wolverines at club glenvale and was keen to meet up with some representatives from her choir .
2001 - ‘angel’, the first single from the album, is released in march, and the album in april the ‘angel’ video is named a finalist in the australian animation awards .
the album was nominated for the' aria award for best country album' at the 2001 ceremony. it lost out to
looking forward, looking back
by slim dusty .
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was produced by garth fundis, who had worked with alabama, don williams and trisha yearwood. he signed up for the project on the spot after hearing gina' s third album, ‘somebody’s daughter’. whilst discussing the album, jeffreys said ;
i feel i' ve evolved since ‘somebody' s daughter’, and now have a more diverse range of musical influences. but i also believe my fans are evolving and maturing with me, and i' m looking forward to performing the new songs for them .
i wish i knew how to play the guitar, so that every time i have to fake it for a video, i’d at least have clue as to what i should be doing .
chris reichert of yucca vally ca. asks: why did you dislike making the food album ?
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peaked at no. 42 on the aria album chart in its third week .
gina in greenbelt, md, asks: in “jerry springer” under the line “he put the sin in syndication”, you sing something in the background. what is it you are saying ?
that’s ruben (our tour keyboardist) finally getting his long - awaited first picture on an album .
the last album of mine available on vinyl was the uhf soundtrack, released in 1989. in case you’re wondering, no, i’ve never had an album released on 8 - track or edison cylinder .
johnalan norris of rockbridge, il asks: al, during your concert at six flags in eureka, mo you called your mom and had the audience wish her a happy anniversary. did she know what was going on ?
no, it’s been lot of fun. sometimes i wish i could turn the fame on and off like a light switch, but overall i get a kick out of it. more fun than being an architect, i bet .
no. i’ve never been to darwin, minnesota, but i hear that since the song came out, they have built a “twine ball inn” and have postcards that say “greetings from the twine ball, wish you were here. ”
john “i wish my name were cooler” colvin of oregon, oh asks: hey al! i was just watching “uhf” and i was wondering how you did that stunt with emo cutting off his thumb. so let us in on the secret .
that song was inspired by a christmas card given to me one year by mark osborne, one of the directors of the jurassic park video. i used the art work from that card as the cover of the cd single for “the night santa went crazy. ”
concert in four years at trecc. finishes her new album ‘walks of life’ – first single ‘live it’ released in october .
. it was released in 1994 and it was the first album by an australian female country singer to be certified gold .
yes. (unfortunately, i can only answer one question about the new album, and i’m afraid that was it. )
i know you produce your own albums. would you be willing to produce the album of another parody artist? (ian bonds )
tim burrow of osklaoosa iowa asks: is “mr. popeil”, off of the “in 3 - d” album, referring to ron popeil ?
rene’ shaw of st. marys, ga asks: i was just admiring the artwork on your debut album when i noticed something. all of the songs on the album have a drawing associated with them on the cover. am i the only one who has noticed this ?
in 1987, keith whitley (thursday 1 july 1954 - tuesday 9 may 1989) and earl thomas conley recorded' brotherly love', as a duet, but it was not included on an album until it concurrently appeared on keith whitley' s posthumous 1991 album' kentucky bluebird' (rca records, 1991) and earl thomas conley' s 1991 album' yours truly' (rca records, 1991) .
at the apra awards of 2002, it won ‘most performed country work’ .
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won jeffreys her fifth golden guitar award at the tamworth country music awards of australia in 2002 for ‘video clip of the year’. the song was a finalist in the australian animation awards of 2001 .
1997 – the album “the flame” achieves platinum status. mo awards wins female country performer of the year. inducted into the hands of fame .
those were, in fact, two band members. so never let it be said that i don’t feature the band on my album covers !
kevin of lexington, ohio asks: i thought i had heard a rumor about the upcoming album being your last one. is there any truth to this ?
probably never. but then again, i never thought my record company would force that “food” album on me. so i guess i can’t say for sure .
1998 – apra award for most performed country work for “i haven’t got a heart”. third album “somebody’s daughter” is released. mo awards wins entertainer of the year .
gee, i don’t know… i’m not sure that i would have put out “gump” as the first single… maybe i would still be waiting to put out the album .
jeffrey recorded a full album and it was released in 1994 and won the' female vocalist of the year' again in 1995 with the song “girls’ night out” .
there is a “royalty ceiling” on parodies for each album (meaning there are only so many parodies i can put on each album before it starts eating into my own profits), and i needed to eliminate a song from the list, so i chose “girls just wanna have lunch. ” that song has never been one of my favorites, mostly because i was basically forced to do it. for some reason, my record label was dead - set against releasing the “dare to be stupid” album unless i had a cyndi lauper parody on it. i grudgingly obliged them – and that was pretty much the last time they told me what to put on an album .
billy dean' s debut album,' young man' (capitol records, 1990), reached no. 12 on the billboard top country albums chart in 1990, and no. 99 on the billboard top 200 albums chart in 1990; the album was certified' gold' by the recording industry association of america (riaa) .
actually, i’ve been listening to quite a lot of zydeco recently, so i wouldn’t be too surprised if a zydeco - flavored original crops up on the next album .
adam shuler of casa grande, az asks: in the catalogue section of the site, where it lists your albums and such, i saw the tv album. i just bought one of those the other day, but mine is called the muchmusic tv album. i know these are the same songs, but what is the difference between the 2 ?
that’s jim west laughing – i thought it would be a good way to end the album. he’s cracking up because of the stupid chord he played at the end of the song .
1996 – golden guitar for female vocalist of the year with “didn’t we shine”. victorian country music awards wins female vocal of the year. released the album “up closes” which achieves gold status .
on tuesday 29 october 1996, actress and singer crystal bernard saw the release of her debut album,' girl next door' (river north records, 1996); the debut single from the album,' have we forgotten what love is' (co - written by billy dean), reached no. 56 on the billboard hot country singles & tracks chart in 1996 .
tim montgomery of decatur, il asks: i noticed you thanked “local high school shop teacher” joe earley on the back of your debut album. i’m just interested in knowing why you thanked him .
here’s a little secret – i’ve already released a live album! in fact, it’s secretly encoded in every single copy of the “‘weird al’ yankovic – live! ” video. all you have to do to access it is to put the video in your vcr, press “play, ” and then turn your head away from the tv so that you can’t see the screen. voila! live album !
although we usually suggest that they keep mum on the parody, it really isn’t appropriate to swear anybody to secrecy. this is why there are sometimes “leaks” on parody information before the album comes out .
that’s the one thing in the special i kinda wish they’d left out. my grandmother used to make dresses for little girls, some of whom were “just about my size, ” so she’d have me try them on to make sure they looked all right. at least, that’s what she told me at the time. i’m starting to think she just wanted some juicy blackmail footage for later on in my life .
david wester of st. louis, mo asks: i know you don’t want to say much about the parodies on the new album, but can you tell us one song that you won’t be parodying ?
jeremiah of south paris, maine asks: one of my absolute favorite songs of yours is “everything you know is wrong”. was the title at all inspired by the firesign theatre album of the same title ?
oh, okay. well, if you must know, the big “27” that appeared briefly on this web site was the beginning of a teaser campaign to announce that the new album was coming out on june 27. i’m very sorry to say that the album is not coming out on june 27 anymore, due to something which threw a major monkey wrench into our release plans. (don’t worry, it’s just silly record company politics. maybe i’ll tell you the story someday .) anyway, we’re obviously trying to resolve the issue, and hoping to get the album out as soon as humanly possible. i’m bound and determined to get it out… well, sometime this year, for sure. i really think it’s a great album (although i may be just a little biased) and i sure hope everybody will think it’s been worth the wait .
tiffany “pretty fly for a shicksa” baxendell of clairton, pa asks: every time i hear “albuquerque” i laugh out loud. how did you handle what all that screaming does to your voice while you’re recording an album ?
i don’t think so. the fact is, it’s the parodies that “sell” the album to the bulk of the population, so i think it would behoove me to keep a healthy mix of the parodies and originals .
1995 –golden guitar for female vocalist of the year with “girls night out”. mo award wins female country performer of the year. victorian country music awards wins female vocal of the year. the album “the flame” achieves gold status .
i don’t have the most current information on me, but as of 1 / 17 / 97 the ranking of my albums from best - selling to worst - selling is as follows: bad hair day, even worse, in 3d, dare to be stupid, off the deep end, alapalooza, “weird al” yankovic, polka party, greatest hits, greatest hits vol. ii, the food album, the uhf soundtrack, the tv album, permanent record .
i was just very upset at the time over the fact that scotti bros. was putting out this cheesy compilation against my wishes and better judgment. they needed to make a certain amount of money that fiscal quarter, and they wanted a new weird al album, no matter what. their original concept for the album was even worse… they wanted to call it “al unplugged” – with me holding a bunch of unplugged kitchen appliances on the cover – but it wouldn’t be a live recording, just a remix of the studio versions of the songs with most of the electronic instruments missing. i managed to talk them out of it, and into just doing “the food album, ” a concept i hated only slightly less .
you mean those crazy - quilt pants from the back cover of my first album? well, even though they’re still the height of fashion, they’re heavy and hot. especially on stage. so now, they’re just a cherished museum piece .
okay, i think this is what happened: i had already written the originals for “alapalooza” by the time we were finishing “off the deep end. ” one of those originals was “i was only kidding” and i was rightly concerned that the line “i really love you… not! ” would be about as funny as “where’s the beef? ” by the time 1993 rolled around. and since there’s a ceiling on the number of songs i can put on an album, i decided to record iwok and save “waffle king” for the next album. and i put “waffle king” on the flip side of “smells like nirvana” single just in case there wasn’t going to be a next album. (hey, you never know in this business! )
adam barager of dartmouth, nova scotia, canada asks: hey al! i just bought your “running with scissors” album and i was wondering, did you make the read - me file for the movie clip yourself? i found it quite funny .
i don’t think i’ve ever recorded more songs than i had room for on an album – every song that i record makes it on. (it usually costs several thousand dollars to record a song, so i try not to waste any! )
al nennig of new london, wisconsin asks: i just bought your second album “‘weird al’ yankovic in 3 - d” and because it was reissued it doesn’t have any liner notes inside. so i’m confused on “king of suede” as to whether the background singers are saying “is my size on sale” or “is my size avail (able). ” i know, i know, i should have bought the album the day it came out but i kinda wasn’t born yet. sorry. thanks a lot .
greg of youngstown, oh asks: i love the dead wax inscriptions on even worse, dare to be stupid, and your first album. are there any others and what exactly does “100, 000, 000” mean on even worse? make more vinyl .
i almost always record the lead vocals first. the only exception that comes to mind is “it’s all about the pentiums. ” i had pitched puff daddy on the parody idea, and by the time i finally got his official approval, we were already in the final studio sessions for “running with scissors”! it was such a last minute addition to the album that i had no choice but to record all the instrument tracks and background vocals first, just to buy me some time to come up with the lyrics. we were mixing the last few songs on the album by the time i finished writing the lyrics to “pentiums, ” and i wound up recording the lead vocals just a couple days before the album had to be mastered. it’s a good thing i work well under pressure !
i wrote that in 1980, but even by 1983 (when my first album came out) it felt a bit dated. also, we figured that billy wasn’t very likely to give us his blessing on that one anyway, so we never even bothered asking .
just the title. i’m not sure how you got a copy of the muchmusic version in arizona – it was meant for canadian release only. we let muchmusic put their name on the album as part of a promotional deal we had with them at the time .
well, i think the concept of a tv album is every bit as ridiculous as the concept of a food album – but at least the record company was a whole lot nicer when they asked the second time (i. e. , more groveling, less demanding). for what it’s worth, i believe the scotti bros. used up all their “compilation options” before they sold off my contract to volcano – so you probably won’t be seeing any more “greatest hits” packages until a reasonable amount of time has gone by .
well, we were going to call it “alapalooza: two videos based on songs from the album, and two other videos that really don’t have anything to do with alapalooza but we thought you’d appreciate having them on this collection anyway”… but the retailers liked the shorter title better .
oh, don’t you worry. we’ve just been biding our time, slowly and meticulously planning for our huge denmark media blitz! actually, my new record label is very much hoping to establish a stronger presence for me outside of north america once the new album comes out .
john turnbull of kona, hawaii asks: hey al! so i’ve been wondering. did you have an alternate album cover / title picked out before the entire issue arose with “you’re pitiful”? any chance you’ll ever show it to us (if you had taken it already) ?
i met them at a party for the premiere for the movie “baseketball, ” and found out that we were mutual fans. i mentioned that i was writing a ska song for my new album, and they gladly accepted my invitation to lay down some tracks in the studio .
jordan d. white of naugatuck, ct asks: is the song “i’m so sick of you” based on the sound of elvis costello’s earlier records? it reminds me of the album “this year’s model, ” especially the bass part which sounds a lot like “pump it up. ”
what i believe you saw was an al - tv where i just took the original “rico suave” video by gerardo and substituted my own music. i’ve done that trick a few times – it’s an ultra - cheap but somewhat effective way for me to get more album tracks heard on mtv !
frankly, i’m a little embarrassed by the really early stuff, and i don’t have any burning desire to flaunt my musical shortcomings by releasing those songs on an album. if you’re really dying to find out what i sounded like as a teenager, i understand there’s a “rarities” tape floating around…
i don’t think jim actually played on the first album – rick derringer was doing pretty much all the guitar work in the beginning. however, jim was playing live with us at the time and he was definitely part of the band, so we felt he should at least get a mention !
following the release of his first three studio albums,' young man' (capitol records, 1990),' billy dean' (capitol records, 1991) and' fire in the dark' (liberty records, 1993), billy dean saw the release of a' greatest hits' album .
ken miller of philadelphia, pa asks: way back in 1985, you showed a video on altv by a group called “pancreas joe and the eskimo leftists. ” i love that song and i’ve been obsessed with it since then – who was this group, and did they ever put out an album ?
the album was always going to be called straight outta lynwood and have some kind of gangsta imagery on it. i had decided on that even before i knew i was going to do a james blunt parody, but i thought it actually would have worked very well with “you’re pitiful. ” i really liked the irony of having that kind of title and cover with such a toothless ballad for the lead parody… but as it turns out (with the upcoming chamillionaire parody) the cover has become unintendedly appropriate. for the record, all of the photographs for the album were taken on april 22, 2006 by michael blackwell .
back when frank sinatra was still around and doing his “duets” albums, i asked him if he would do a duet with me on my album – maybe do a new version of “one more minute” or something. (hey, it doesn’t hurt to ask .) well, guess what. he said no .
it takes between 3 and 5 hours, depending on the number of braids. i’ve done it three times now (the album cover shoot, the ama’s and the new video) and i really don’t recommend it to anyone with a fragile scalp… it hurts! it takes about half as long to untangle it .
billy dean' s' greatest hits' (liberty records, 1994) reached no. 29 on the billboard top country albums chart in 1994, and no. 148 on the billboard top 200 albums chart in 1994; the album was certified' gold' by the recording industry association of america (riaa) .
sounds to me like you got a first printing of the box set, which unfortunately contained the wrong version of “my bologna” (the debut album version, not the capitol records single version). if it’s important to you to have the right version, you might consider trying to return and exchange it. sorry .
the soundtrack album has the long version, and the greatest hits version has the much shorter “single” version that was remixed specially for the video (mtv generally doesn’t like to play 6 minute videos, and besides, they’re a lot more expensive to make). i just thought fans would appreciate having both versions available .
there are a lot of fans out here who would love to see a live album & video from one (or more) of your tours. do you think you’ll ever make us happy and release something like that? pam ritchie (speaking for many, many people who also yearn for a “live” al video! )
the capitol records version is the original bathroom recording – the only instrument is the accordion. the album release version was done in the studio and features the whole band. on the “permanent record” box set, the initial pressing went out with the incorrect version of “my bologna, ” which caused a great disturbance in the force .
the demento society has been doing their part by releasing some of my pre - record contract rarities on the doctor’s annual basement tapes collections for the last few years. i think that way, the hard - core fans can hear how lousy i used to sound, and the run - of - the - mill fan won’t be subjected to it. if a decent copy can be located, there should be a live - on - the - air early recording of “school cafeteria” on the next edition. as far as songs from the weird al show, a soundtrack album is highly unlikely at this point, although i’m considering throwing the theme song on the next album .
cliff of somewhere around detroit, michigan asks: al, you usually only have a couple of videos for each album. why do six (although i appreciate the extra work that you, the band and the behind - the - scenes people do so fans like me can watch more amazing videos than ever) for straight outta lynwood ?
it’s a nice change of pace. i’m actually quite amazed – it’s like clark kent… i take off my glasses, and 90% of the people have no idea who i am! i’m actually still debating about what to do when the next album comes out – do i continue to wear glasses even though i don’t need them? ? hmmm…
archbishop jason polland of santa barbara, ca asks: your first album is one of my favorites because, yes, the accordion is prevalent on every track. subsequent albums only have accordion in the polkas… why did you choose to downplay the instrument? (i’m not trying to criticize or anything, i’m just genuinely curious about your creative processes. )
jimmy was great, and it was a real thrill for me getting to know him. i think he was getting kinda tired of “macarthur park” himself – when he heard my parody, he wrote me a letter saying, “well, this oughta bury that song once and for all! ” i wound up actually performing the song with him on stage a couple times – once in new york and once at the roxy in los angeles. he was doing a concert, and near the end of the show he’d launch into “macarthur park. ” after a couple bars he’d pretend to forget the words… and then he’d call me up out of the audience to sing my version! he was the coolest – he even sent me a rubber dinosaur mask for christmas that year !
i have very mixed feelings about it. on one hand, i’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright - protected material over the internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career. on the other hand, i can get all the metallica songs i want for free! wow! !! ! !
on bass virtuoso stuart hemm’s 1st solo album “radio free albemuth, ” there is a song called “country music (a night in hell). ” at the very end of the track, an extremely al - like voice yells, “hey! play a polka! ” i’d like to know if that is really you, or just an amazing facsimile .
in 2001, billy dean joined suzy bogguss and twelve - year - old singer jillian arciero (credited as jillian) on' please keep mom & dad in love', which reached no. 51 on the billboard hot country singles & tracks chart; the track was issued on kenny rogers' dreamcatcher records, but the track was never included on any album .
i could work on an album forever, but like anything else of a creative nature, at a certain point you just have to “give up” on it and let it live its own life. i can certainly feel empathy for how george wanted to re - do his earlier works. maybe someday i’ll get around to doing “in 3 - d – the special edition” !
i was strongly considering a title and cover concept based on star wars – i kind of liked “album one” for the title, but nobody else did. basically, nobody could come up with a star wars - based title that we all could agree was clever or catchy enough, and everybody seemed to like “running with scissors, ” so we went with that instead .
back when we thought the album was coming out in june, we were fully intending to have a tour starting in august. now, unfortunately, that’s not going to happen. the plan at this point is for us to tour next summer – no matter what. i suppose it’s possible that we’ll hit the road before then, but i’m sorry to say it’s pretty unlikely .
we played the song (“take me down”) at our previous cal poly show, but not this last time. for what it’s worth, the original recording (from 1978, i believe) is going to be on a local album called “slo unplugged” (with benefits going to the homeless), and it will probably also be on the next dr. demento basement tapes collection .
there were inscriptions on most if not all of my vinyl releases. “100, 000, 000” was a reference to a story in the media about michael jackson, who apparently at the time was scrawling the number everywhere because he had set a personal goal to sell 100, 000, 000 copies of his “bad” album. so i figured that i might as well set the same goal for myself .
john chadwick of orlando, fl asks i recall back in the eighties when i first bought “dare to be stupid” on vinyl (vinyl is a thing we used to buy our music on, kids. we called them records .) i noticed that the phrase “mores songs about tv and food” was etched into the inner groove area. was this a reference to the talking heads album with a similar title ?
on tuesday 11 may 1999, kenny rogers saw the release of' she rides wild horses' (dreamcatcher records, 1999); the album included the billboard hot country single' buy me a rose' (no. 1 for one week in may 2000), which featured guest vocals from billy dean and alison krauss. the song also reached no. 40 on the billboard hot 100 pop music singles chart in 2000 .
blair freeman of canton, il asks: i just got the new demento society newsletter in the mail that said it would have another rare cut of yours. i think you said at alcon ’98 that research of a live recording of “school cafeteria” from the doctor’s show was being done. ever consider releasing a new demo rather than an old one as a sort - of “sneak peak” for the demented devotees from the new album ?
cbs had absolutely insisted on putting new song parodies in the weird al show, so my concession was doing the “firestarter” parody (“lousy haircut”). i think it’s pretty funny, but it’s meant to be a quick visual gag – i don’t think the joke would sustain for much longer than about thirty seconds, and it just wouldn’t be as funny without the accompanying video. therefore, don’t expect to see it on the next album
nowadays, i only use it on original songs where i feel an accordion is appropriate, and on parody songs where i feel an accordion is extremely in appropriate (for comic effect) … and of course, on the polka medleys. i’m not really downplaying the accordion at all – i usually feature the accordion on three or four songs every album, which is three or four more accordion - based songs than most top 40 albums have !
we weren’t able to finish that video until just a couple weeks before the scheduled release of the album. i would have included that video if i could have, but to do so would have meant delaying the release of “straight outta lynwood” by a couple months, and obviously i wanted to get the album out as soon as possible (before the parodies got too dated). of course, the video is available on itunes (in fact, it was the # 1 best - selling music video for a couple months !) and i’m hoping it will also be available on some kind of dvd compilation in the future. actually, i can’t wait until hd - dvd or bluray discs are more prevalent in the marketplace – most people have only seen the video in low res on myspace or on you tube, and as i’ve said before, we shot the thing in hd… it looks gorgeous !
oddly enough, we were underwater. in fact, we were in the very same swimming pool (in pasadena, california) where the cover of nirvana’s “nevermind” album was shot (with the swimming baby, remember ?) it wasn’t easy – the camera crew had all this scuba gear on, and the guys in the band could only hold their breath for three or four minutes at a time before they started complaining about “needing oxygen. ” sheesh .
for one thing, getting permission for an audio recording and getting permission for a video are two different things (we had not secured the “synch rights. ”) secondly, we were somewhat limited in our video budget, so we can’t always do as many videos as we’d like from an album. and perhaps most importantly, i thought that a video for “addicted to spuds” would essentially be one joke – and you saw it in the uhf video .
yeah, you’re absolutely right. it’s a completely dead issue – people stopped illegally downloading songs off the internet years ago, and the riaa is no longer taking legal action against p2p sites or criminalizing people who share files. what was i thinking? thanks for setting me straight. by the way, don’t forget to e - mail neil young and ask him why he’s still writing songs about iraq on his new album. i mean, come on… that war is so 2003 !
i used it on the road for the bad hair tour – it’s the red one that i play during “biggest ball of twine. ” it’s great – i can make the accordion sound like just about anything i want (during that song, i used an ordinary piano sound, but the possibilities are endless). i used that same accordion acoustically for one of the songs on the new album, and i’m sure it’ll be in all its midi glory on the next tour .
um… okay… the last time i was in australia (1989, i think), i was doing promotion for my movie “uhf” (which was released there as “the vidiot from uhf”). since running with scissors seems to be doing so well there (a top 20 album the last time i checked !) – and since we’ve always wanted to tour outside of north america (which to this date we’ve never done) – we’ll be making every effort to bring the tour there sometime next millennium .
at the time, everybody thought “yoda” was just a cool album track, not a potential single. after all, “the empire strikes back” was already five years old when “dare to be stupid” came out, and “lola” was fifteen years old – so the bulk of the video budget went toward the then - current madonna parody. nobody could have guessed what a perennial favorite “yoda” was to become. (plus, it would have been legally difficult and very expensive to do a decent video for it. )
i wanted to emulate nirvana, who also had a song following ten minutes of silence at the end of their “nevermind” album. but i also thought it would be a great practical joke to make the “song” a six - second burst of the most anxiety - provoking sounds imaginable, thereby scaring people out of their minds. we actually spent a lot of time recording and mixing that – adding feedback, fingernails on chalkboards, etc. we wanted to create the most annoying six seconds of audio ever recorded .
“i’ll repair for you” was never officially approved, and is destined to be a concert - only song. “theme from spy hard” was already released on the “gump” single, and also seems way too dated to include on the next album. “the ballad of kent marlow” was done specially for the “safety patrol” tv movie, and it would make very little sense out of context. however, i would say “the weird al show theme” is a definite contender, and has a decent chance of showing up on my next release .
whenever i do an album, video or film, during the entire process i’m looking for mistakes, weak points and glitches. i’m never absolutely 100% happy with anything i do, but after a while, you just have to stop and declare something “done. ” the problem with this whole process is, even after a project is finished, for a long time afterwards all i can hear are the “mistakes. ” it usually takes quite a while before i can really enjoy watching or listening to something that i’ve done .
from all reports, he wasn’t that thrilled. at one point we were considering doing a video for that song, and we inquired if jerry would be in it. we sent him a rough mix of the song while we were still in the studio finishing up the album. before he had heard the song, he seemed excited about the prospect of being in a weird al video, but after hearing the lyrics, he balked, saying that the song was just too “negative” towards the show, and that he didn’t want to associate himself with it. oh well .
i am extremely grateful for your support, no matter which format you choose to legally obtain my music in, so you should do whatever makes the most sense for you personally. but since you asked… i actually do get significantly more money from cd sales, as opposed to downloads. this is the one thing about my renegotiated record contract that never made much sense to me. it costs the label nothing for somebody to download an album (no manufacturing costs, shipping, or really any overhead of any kind) and yet the artist (me) winds up making less from it. go figure .
i would have to say probably not, although you never know what my wacky record company might insist on someday. the food medley in particular would be nearly impossible to get legal clearance for (because, among other reasons, it contains a few “unauthorized” parodies). the other songs performed live in concert stay pretty close to the original arrangements, and i think there’s more than enough al compilations floating around already, so i’d probably veto the idea of a live album. (of course, if mtv ever wanted to do a weird al unplugged, i might have to reconsider .) in the meantime, go ahead and bootleg the shows – just don’t let me catch you !
yes and no. in principle i don’t need permission, but if i paid everybody their full royalty rate for songs in the medley, i would wind up losing money on each album! so each and every songwriter needs to agree to only take their rightful share of the royalties (meaning, if a green day song takes up 11% of the medley, then green day will only get 11% of the songwriting royalties for that one song). we can’t make exceptions because it’s a “favored nations” deal, meaning that if one person gets the full amount, everybody gets the full amount. obviously, a whole lot of artists have been good sports about this – but it’s a mountain of paperwork every time i do a medley .
nickelback was nice enough to give their permission for me to use their song “photograph” in the latest polka medley. i typically get clearances for the songs in the medley before i actually arrange it… and when i was putting “polkarama! ” together, i just couldn’t find a way to incorporate the nickelback song into it where it didn’t sound wedged in or tacked on – so unfortunately i had to leave it off. you may notice that i also mentioned t pain in the “special thanks” – similarly, he had given his blessing for me to do a parody of one of his songs. at the last minute, i decided against recording the song for the album, but if you come to one of my live shows this summer, you may hear a snippet of it somewhere in the medley…
slava & leonard, joseph & james - - one super group, two sets of siblings, and four internationally acclaimed musicians: this brotherly collaboration displays sibling revelry at its best. regarded as two of australia' s finest classical guitarists, slava and leonard grigoryan join joseph tawadros, master of the oud, and james tawadros, world - class percussionist specialising on the req, an egyptian tambourine, to perform a repertoire that crosses cultural and stylistic barriers… from world music, to jazz, to classical and traditional. a must - have album, for all! track listing: anubis journey ten ten req solo – freo intro freo sahara blackbird moon beam lucca performers / instruments: slava grigoryan – classical guitar, guitar synth leonard grigoryan – classical, electric and 12 string guitars joseph tawadros – oud, violin james tawadros – bendir, cajon, req
camille saint - saens was one of the finest french composers of the 19th and early 20th centuries. the pieces on this double cd span the period 1863 - 1910 and are a musical snapshot of an age of elegance and style. from the well - known and well - loved “the swan” to the lesser - known gem “the muse and the poet”, this album shows saint - saens’ mastery of the piano trio form. track listing: saint - saëns cd1 piano trio no. 2 in e minor, op. 92 piano trio in e - flat major, after septet, op. 65 la muse et le poète (the muse and the poet), op. 132 le cygne (the swan), from le carnaval des animaux (the carnival of the animals) cd2 piano trio no. 1 in f major, op. 18 cello sonata no. 1 in c minor, op. 32 violin sonata no. 1 in d minor, op. 75 the australian trio: donald hazelwood violin fenella gill cello michael brimer piano
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a musical collaboration three st saviour' s primary school students would never have dreamt of happening has taken one step closer to becoming a reality .
we talked about how much we all love singing and how thrilled we are to be a part of making a cd that will raise money to help other kids ,
choir captain rhiannon mcveigh said .
the funds raised through the sale of the cd will be donated to catholic mission' s work for children, the royal flying doctor service and st vincent' s hospital' s toowoomba children' s ward .
momentum for the project is growing and we are looking forward to gaining further support and sponsorship from local businesses ,
he said .
as her mother struggled with the everyday battles of dementia, janelle mary knight was siphoning a total of $ 26, 000 out of her pension behind her back .
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" christmas wish " is the fourth studio and first christmas album by australian country singer gina jeffreys . the album contained four original tracks and nine christmas classics . the lead single was " there 's no gift " , which jeffreys and mccormack co-wrote with american singer jason sellers . the album includes a duet with australian jazz musician james morrison and australian a cappella vocal ensemble the idea of north . 
" christmas wish " is the fourth studio and first christmas album by australian country singer gina jeffreys. the album contained four original tracks and nine christmas classics. the lead single was " there's no gift ", which jeffreys and mccormack co-wrote with american singer jason sellers. the album includes a duet with australian jazz musician james morrison and australian a cappella vocal ensemble the idea of north.
" christmas wish " is the fourth studio and first christmas album by australian country singer gina jeffreys. the album contained four original tracks and nine christmas classics. the lead single was " there's no gift ", which jeffreys and mccormack co-wrote with american singer jason sellers. the album includes a duet with australian jazz musician james morrison and australian a cappella vocal ensemble the idea of north.