"Weird Al" Yankovic: Even Worse - Good Old Days

Part 11: "Good Old Days"

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[megamarsvin]

I think we can all think back fondly to the first grocery store owner we bludgeoned to death. Ah memories.

[idealflaw]

this is definitely one of his finest songs...

[JPMcFly1985]

It's not a parody. Around half of Al's songs are originals, which any true fan would know.

He does do "style parodies" (which generally are done in the sound of a certain artist or band), and this is a James Taylor style song.

[benracerfromRoblox]

Oh, and mom would be fixing up something in the kitchen

Fresh biscuits or hot apple pie

And I'd spend all day long in the basement

Torturing rats with a hacksaw

And pulling the wings off of flies

[imgoldnow]

lol the cover xD

[90SuperSpartan]

ALF!!! I knew you were real!!

[darkdialga777]

not weird al's best

a bit too creepy

[exexalien]

No, you shouldn't. Otherwise I'd have to be embarrassed too as I sang the whole song a capella earlier today (and I can safely say I haven't played my "Even Worse" cassette since the last century). But should I be embarrassed that I still own this on cassette?

[Chris Bensler]

I have always wondered also, so I just looked it up (25 years later!)

This song is actually a Weird Al original song, done in the styling of James Taylor.

... Should I be embarrassed that I can still sing the entire song a capella without having listened to it in 2 decades?

[MrRandomrupert]

please tell me what song this was a parody of. cos i love this song but do not know what it takes the piss out of.

[imwellawareofnothing]

haha my girlfriends middle name is Michelle. XD

[Tucker Latham]

I was... oh, probably not even ten when this came out. Thankfully, my mother judged albums by song titles.

Weird Al's "Good Old Days" seemed innocuous enough. :)