When alyankovic was six years old, a door-to-door accordion salesman convinced his parents to buy him music lessons. A decade later, his first comedy song aired on “The Dr. Demento Radio Show.”
. There’s still a timeless pleasure in hearing his transformations, as when the groovy but odious “Blurred Lines” becomes “Word Crimes,” a feisty song about grammar , or when, as in “Canadian Idiot,” he pairs sly political satire with genial teasing . His widely shared videos maintain a golden-era-of-MTV vibe, in which he transforms to fit the joke: Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Tatooine desert, Lady Gaga covered in bees.
I mean, I can’t say that they played polka around the house constantly, but they appreciated it. And they were well aware of Frank Yankovic, but as far as we could tell there’s no relation. I got to meet Frankie in the mid-eighties, and we were friends until his passing. But, yeah, I think the fact that my parents were aware of him and possibly even had some of his records may have played into their decision to give me accordion lessons.I suppose I liked it. I was very young, obviously.
You did really well in school—you were the valedictorian of your high school, and then went to college to study architecture. And you had a radio show in college? I listened to Dr. Demento growing up, too—that’s where you learned a lot of important stuff about funny music. I obviously try to satirize pop culture as much as possible. And in the last few albums I got a bit into Internet culture, as well. I just try to stay away from things that would age poorly, politics being one of them, because not only does it age poorly but certainly these days it’s very divisive to do political humor. It’s not that I’m not a political person, but I tend to stay away from that.Thank you.
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