Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (/ˈjæŋkəvɪk/ YANG-kə-vik;) was born on October 23, 1959. He
is an American singer, songwriter, parodist, record producer, satirist,
actor, voice actor, music video director, film producer, and author. He
is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, and polka medleys of several popular songs, featuring his favored instrument, the accordion.
The title refers to the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) analog television broadcasting band on which such low-budget television stations often were placed in the United States.
It is a satire of the television and film industries, the film starred Yankovic as George Newman, a man who stumbles into managing a low-budget UHF television station and finds success with his eclectic programming choices. It brought the floundering studio Orion their highest test scores since the movie RoboCop. Although the movie made slightly over US $6 million domestically — out of a budget of $5 million — it was considered unsuccessful.
UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff, featured songs (and commercials) from the movie as well as his own new, unrelated studio material.
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies is a great cover of the song by Dire Straits with some nice anime.
Spam is an excellent parody of the song, Stand, by R. E. M. The lyrics are hysterical! I'm not sure Spam liked it, however.
UHF (released internationally as The Vidiot from UHF) is a 1989 American comedy film starring "Weird Al" Yankovic, David Bowie, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary, Emo Philips and Trinidad Silva;
the film is dedicated to Silva who died shortly after principal
filming. The film was directed by Jay Levey, Yankovic's manager, who
also co-wrote the screenplay with him. It was released by Orion Pictures on July 21, 1989, and is currently owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The title refers to the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) analog television broadcasting band on which such low-budget television stations often were placed in the United States.
It is a satire of the television and film industries, the film starred Yankovic as George Newman, a man who stumbles into managing a low-budget UHF television station and finds success with his eclectic programming choices. It brought the floundering studio Orion their highest test scores since the movie RoboCop. Although the movie made slightly over US $6 million domestically — out of a budget of $5 million — it was considered unsuccessful.
UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff, featured songs (and commercials) from the movie as well as his own new, unrelated studio material.
Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies is a great cover of the song by Dire Straits with some nice anime.
Spam is an excellent parody of the song, Stand, by R. E. M. The lyrics are hysterical! I'm not sure Spam liked it, however.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
A1 - Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies, written by M. Knopfler*, P. Henning*, Sting - 3:10
A2 - Gandhi II - 1:00
A3 - Attack Of The Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars - 3:29
A4 - Isle Thing, written by A.T. Smith*, M. Young*, M. Dike*, M. Ross*- 3:38
A5 - The Hot Rocks Polka, written by M. Jagger & K. Richards* - 4:51
A6 - UHF - 5:10
Side :2
B1 - Let Me Be Your Hog - 0:17
B2 - She Drives Like Crazy, written by D. Steele*, R. Gift* - 3:42
B3 - Generic Blues - 4:35
B4 - Spatula City - 1:08
B5 - Fun Zone - 1:45
B6 - Spam, written by W. Berry*, J. Stipe*, M. Mills*, P. Buck* - 3:00
B7 - The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota - 6:48
Companies, etc.
Record Company – Scotti Bros. Entertainment
Manufactured By – CBS Records
Distributed By – CBS Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Records Inc.
Credits:
Arranged By – Al Yankovic*
Producer – Rick Derringer
Written-By – A. Yankovic*
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode: 0 7464-45265-1
Other (Side A label): AL 45265
Other (Side B label): BL 45265
- Band members and production:
- "Weird Al" Yankovic – accordion, keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, arranger
- Jim West – banjo, guitar, backing vocals, background music
- Rick Derringer – guitar, backing vocals, producer
- Steve Jay – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz – drums, percussion
- Tony Papa – engineer
- Daryll Dobson – engineer
- Jamey Dell – assistant engineer
- Bill Malina – assistant engineer
- Other personnel:
- Kim Bullard – synthesizer
- Jimmy Z. – harmonica
- Mark Knopfler – guitar on "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies"
- Guy Fletcher – synthesizer on "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies"
- Warren Luening – trumpet
- Jim Rose – vocals, announcer
- Donny Sierer – saxophone
- The Step Sisters – vocals
- The Waters Sisters – vocals, backing vocals
"Weird Al" Yankovic – UHF Original Motion Picture Soundtrack And Other Stuff
Label: Rock'n'Roll Records – SZ 45265, Rock'n'Roll Records – Z 45265
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Parody, Soundtrack
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