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		<title>Weird Al releases &#8220;Happy&#8221; parody, &#8220;Tacky&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weird Al took on the biggest song of last spring with his new track, &#8220;Tacky.&#8221; The song parodies Pharrell Williams&#8217; hit, &#8220;Happy,&#8221; and was produced by Nerdist. It features Guest appearances from comedians Aisha Tyler, Margaret Cho, Eric Stonestreet, Kristen Schaal and Jack Black, the video shot on location at the historic Palace Theatre in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>Weird Al took on the biggest song of last spring with his new track, &#8220;Tacky.&#8221;</p>
<p>The song parodies Pharrell Williams&#8217; hit, &#8220;Happy,&#8221; and was produced by <a href="http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/weird-al-yankovic-gets-tacky-with-pharrells-happy/">Nerdist</a>.</p>
<p>It features</p>
<blockquote><p>Guest appearances from comedians Aisha Tyler, Margaret Cho, Eric Stonestreet, Kristen Schaal and Jack Black, the video shot on location at the historic Palace Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, the same space that was used as Julianne Moore’s apartment in <em>The Big Lebowski</em>.</p></blockquote>
<p>In his treatment of what is tacky, Weird Al does not discriminate. Targeting tacky hipsters (&#8220;I instagram every meal I&#8217;ve had / All my used Lincoln bibles are on display&#8221;), tacky bros (&#8220;I get drunk at the bank and take off my shirt&#8221;), tacky Hollywood types (&#8220;And now I&#8217;m dropping names, like constantly&#8221;) &#8212; none are spared in this genocide of bad taste.</p>
<p><strong>Update:<br />
</strong>It turns out this is only the first of 8 music videos in 8 days that Weird Al will be releasing.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I&#39;ll be premiering 8 brand new music videos &#8211; one every single day for 8 days &#8211; starting TOMORROW MORNING. (11 AM Eastern, 8 AM Pacific)</p>
<p>&mdash; Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) <a href="https://twitter.com/alyankovic/statuses/488373905602519041">July 13, 2014</a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>This video of young Iranian&#8217;s dancing to &#8216;Happy&#8217; is everything good in the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 23:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It might seem like just another video of some enthusiastic Pharrell fans dancing to &#8220;Happy,&#8221; but this time it&#8217;s different. The people in the video are from Tehran, Iran. What you&#8217;re seeing is a visual representation of the huge rift growing among the young, progressive majority of the population that wants a change in their [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>It might seem like just another video of some enthusiastic Pharrell fans dancing to &#8220;Happy,&#8221; but this time it&#8217;s different.</p>
<p>The people in the video are from Tehran, Iran.</p>
<p>What you&#8217;re seeing is a visual representation of the huge rift growing among the young, progressive <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/06/the_iranian_baby_boom.html">majority of the population</a> that wants a change in their country.</p>
<p>Look at this video. The women aren&#8217;t wearing head scarves. The men are dancing. They&#8217;re dancing <em>together.</em> Granted, the majority of this video seems to be show behind closed doors, but it&#8217;s indicative of a rising anti-authoritarian population that supports pro-western ideals like music, dancing, and happiness.</p>
<p>See you soon, Tehran.</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> Sadly, the ruling party is opposed to things like music, dancing, and happiness. <a href="http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2014/5/Eight-Iranians-arrested-for-making-video-to-Pharrell-Williams-hit-Happy">The 8 people in this video have been arrested</a>.</p>
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