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You like music? Of course you do. You like Weird Al? Of course you do.
The great thing about an article like this one is that you learn some of the inside dope on how the album happened, who was involved, what unexpected events transpired. If anything, that kind of stuff is more interesting when it's a pop-culture icon like Al Yankovic that you're talking about.
Yankovic: I only met Kurt in person once at a restaurant in Los Angeles. He just happened to be eating at an adjoining table with his friends. This was after the parody had come out, so I got to go over and thank him in person. I just profusely thanked him and said, "Anything I can do for you, let me know." Kurt extended his hand to me and said, "Polish my nails."
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Looks Back at 20 Years of ‘Smells Like Nirvana’
How the loud and incoherent voice of a generation revived the career of pop’s premier parodist