GAGA APPROVES WEIRD AL PARODY

There was a big mix up!! Yesterday Weird Al Yankovic reported that Lady Gaga had made him jump through all kinds of hoops in order to try to gain permission from the artist to do a parody of her single Born This Way entitled Perform This Way. After submitting lyrics AND a demo of the song, he was told Gaga herself would not allow the parody to be released. He wrote in frustration on his blog:
"I'm especially confused as to why she waited until I actually recorded the song (at her insistence!) before saying no. It's not like there were any surprises in the finished song that she couldn't have foreseen by, you know, READING THE LYRICS."
He also pointed out that he would be donating all proceeds from the single and video to the Human Rights Campaign, an organization that Gaga supports. WELL, it turns out that Gaga herself never even knew any of this process was taking place. Her manager was speaking FOR her and never gave her any of the info Yankovic was sending. Rude! Gaga has now okay'd the release of the single for inclusion on Al's upcoming album. Yankovic put out a follow-up statement:
"Gaga's manager has now admitted that he never forwarded my parody to Gaga - she had no idea at all. Even though we assumed that Gaga herself was the one making the decision (because, well, that's what we were TOLD), he apparently made the decision completely on his own. He's sorry. And Gaga loves the song."
All cleared up. Now Al doesn't technically HAVE to get permission to parody any song, but he has always given the artist the benefit of the doubt. BUT this time he did post it on youtube, so take a listen and read the lyrics below (with the disclaimer of Gaga's refusal still attached). It's pretty darn funny. Best parody I've heard from him in a while. I guess Gaga inspires him as well.