Musical Montage: Weird Al “Dare to Be Stupid”
Weird Al provides the theme song for the pop culture quoting Junkicons in Transformers: The Movie while also parodying all things Devo with “Dare to be Stupid”.
Musical Montage: Weird Al “Gump”
Weird Al parodied the look and sound of the Presidents of the United States song, Lump, to recap the events of Forrest Gump for “Gump”, off the Bad Hair Day album.
Musical Montage: Weird Al “Jurassic Park”
Hitting the same year as the movie, Weird Al turned Jimmy Webb’s “MacArthur Park” into “Jurassic Park” for the main single off of the Alapalooza album.
Musical Montage: Weird Al Star Wars
It’s Weird Al Month for Musical Montage in May and, to kick things off, we’re featuring his two tributes to Star Wars.
Musical Montage: Three 6 Mafia “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp”
The phrase “Academy Award Winners Three 6 Mafia” probably seemed like the ramblings of a madman before 2006 but at the 78th Annual Academy Awards, that phrase became a reality.
Musical Montage: Cyndi Lauper “The Goonies R Good Enough”
Cyndi Lauper goes on a quest to find treasure to save her family’s gas station from a trio of evil creditors/wrestlers in the epic two part music video for The Goonies theme song.
Musical Montage: 707 “Megaforce”
A movie as cheesy as Megaforce needs an equally as cheesy theme song and the band 707 delivered in spades.
Musical Montage: “Party All the Time” by Eddie Murphy
With help from Rick James, Eddie Murphy created the cheesy masterpiece that is Party All the Time, which took 80’s America by storm and hit number 2 on the Billboard charts.
Musical Montage: “Afternoon Delight” by the Channel 5 News Team
When Ron tries to explain love to his news team, the only way he can think of is with Starland Vocal Band’s “Afternoon Delight”.
Musical Montage: MacGruber
With a soundtrack to rival any of the cheesy 80’s action movies it’s parodying, MacGruber features songs from the likes of Mr. Mister and Eddie Money along with original songs from their resident songbird, Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig).