# Talk:Bad Hair Day

Billy Joel?  Are you kidding?  It's pretty clearly a style parody of the Hilly Michael song "Calling All Girls", at least the verses are.  And if you haven't heard that song, then I send you to the Ask All archives:
Ask Al
The artists that Iíve style-parodied range from the extremely popular (Bob Dylan, Nine Inch Nails, James Taylor, etc.) to the semi-obscure (Tonio K, The Rugburns, Hilly Michaels, etc.)  but they're all favorites of mine, and my homages to them are always done with great affection and attention to detail.
Clearly at least one of his style parodies is of Hilly Michaels, and if it isn't this one then I'd love to know which one it is.  - Kargach, 10:18 PM EDT, 23 Oct 2006

Listen to "Good Old Days" on Even Worse.  There's your answer. 24.205.96.182 (talk) 01:37, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
Addendum: For those who want to compare the two, YouTube has a video of "Calling All Girls" taken from Al TV of all places: Calling All Girls
I agree...there are no obvious Billy Joel parodies in I Remember Larry at all...lyrically or musically.  The production is about as far from Billy Joel as possible. ZimZimmah 20:47, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
Anyone know where i can find an MP3 of the backwards message?--Vfdtyler 22:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Hilly Michaels has confirmed the style parody on his FaceBook page, so I added the attribution in: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hilly-Michaels/50431923545  --Jere7my (talk) 07:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I've always thought this song sounded more like "Black Gold" by Soul Asylum than Ozzy. Anyone else? --JT706 19:46, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Only the very beginning sounds like Ozzy to me. It's clearly a style parody of "Black Gold" though.  --Elvis 23:56, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
It's such a spot-on rendering of Soul Asylum's "Black Gold" that if Al hasn't come out and said it's a parody, it sure makes it obvious.  I can see where people would confuse it for "Mama I'm Comin' Home" in the first four measures, but the rest of the song clears that up. 24.205.96.182 (talk) 01:36, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
I think it is fair to say that the opening/main riff is Ozzy's "Mama, I'm Coming Home," but the rest does sound like Soul Asylum. PrinceTyke (talk) 03:06, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

I find the line "Al did not get permission from Coolio to make this parody, but he made it anyway." under "Amish Paradise" a little strange and a little incorrect. Al DID get permission from Coolio's label and he was under the impression that Coolio granted permission also. The current wording puts across that he went out of his way to go against Coolio's wishes. You can read Al's answer to a fan's question on this matter on his FAQ archive (second question). I suggest changing the wording to a more correct statement, such as "Al had received permission from Coolio's label to write the parody and was under the impression that Coolio had granted it also. In reality Coolio had not given permission and was upset over Al's parody but did not take legal action." Or something along those lines. :) -- Zenith 19:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

How about this:  "Al had received permission from Coolio's label to write the parody and was under the impression that the label was speaking for Coolio. In reality Coolio had not authorized his label to give permission and was upset over Al's parody but due to his label's actions was not able to take legal action." - EmiOfBrie 21:23, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Yep, that sounds good to me :) -- Zenith 00:29, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
It's still flawed, as Coolio can take no legal action, I think due to freedom of speech since he did not take credit for anyone else's work. I'll fix it.Mr.hotkeys 20:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

It sounds like Elvis Costello, alright. In fact, it sounds very close to "Pump It Up", particularly the bassline. - Ndrly 11:28, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Unless there's actually a source for specific songs... I know he lists parodies but not style parodies in the liners... there shouldn't be listings in this article uncited - it's just personal opinion - anyone can hear any song in any parody. I don't hear ANY Monkees in Larry - I suggest all songs should be wiped of this info unless citable. TheHYPO  —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 05:22, 23 September 2007 (UTC) 

I agree. It's just speculation, and doesn't belong here. --Marcg106 (talk) 18:41,  28 December 2007 (UTC)
What is this on everything you know is wrong, I don't see how a comedy troop having an album by that name has any relevance.  There are also several books by that name, its not that uncommon of phrase.  --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 05:38, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Do you really need to list so many on the template? 83.148.246.254 (talk) 14:45, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

There is no reason at all for each individual song to have it's own page, especially when they are all so short and lack useful, verifiable, information. They should all be merged back to this page. I'll let it sit for a bit, but I will eventually redirect them all back here. Spman (talk) 01:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

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Shouldn't Green Eggs & Ham be listed on the Alapalooza page instead? It was first performed on the Alapalooza tour and the Al Music promoting Alapalooza. 2603:6081:4503:4F1A:1810:A1A4:90B1:2E9A (talk) 21:21, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Yankovic responded to a question on his site specifically about why the song wasn't on Bad Hair Day[1]. That's why it's listed here.--Gen. Quon[Talk] 15:59, 21 July 2024 (UTC)