\Weird Al\" Yankovic" Negative What is Negative? I don't know. Why was Weird All negative? One of Yankovic's most controversial parodies was 1996's "Amish Paradise", based on "Gangsta's Paradise" HOw was AMish paradise received? controversial Are there any other interesting aspects about this article? Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea told Behind the Music that he was unimpressed and disappointed by Yankovic's 1993 song "Bedrock Anthem
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Yankovic changed his diet to become a vegan in 1992 after a former girlfriend gave him the book Diet for a New America and he felt "it made ... a very compelling argument for a strict vegetarian diet". When asked how he can "rationalize" performing at events such as the Great American Rib Cook-Off when he is a vegan, he replied, "The same way I can rationalize playing at a college even though I'm not a student anymore." In a 2011 interview with news website OnMilwaukee, Yankovic clarified his stance on his diet, saying, "I am still a vegetarian, and I try to be a vegan, but I occasionally cheat. If there's a cheese pizza on the band bus, I might sneak a piece." Yankovic married Suzanne Krajewski in 2001 after being introduced by their mutual friend Bill Mumy. Their daughter, Nina, was born in 2003. Yankovic identifies as Christian and has stated that a couple from his church appeared on the cover of Poodle Hat. Yankovic's religious background is reflected in his abstinence from alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and profanity. He and his family currently live in Los Angeles in a house previously owned at separate times by Jack S. Margolis and Heavy D. On April 9, 2004, Yankovic's parents were found dead in their Fallbrook, California home, the victims of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning from their fireplace. Several hours after his wife notified him of his parents' death, Yankovic went on with his concert in Appleton, Wisconsin, saying that "since my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well" and that it would "at least ... give me a break from sobbing all the time." Their deaths occurred following the release of Poodle Hat, which was Yankovic's lowest-selling album in 20 years, but he considered continuing the show and tour therapeutic, saying "if I didn't have anything to distract me, I probably would have spiraled into an even deeper depression. For a couple of hours each night, I could go onstage and put on a big fake smile and pretend like everything was just OK." In a 2014 interview, Yankovic called his parents' death "the worst thing that ever happened to me." He added, "I knew intellectually, that at some point, probably, I'd have to, you know, live through the death of my parents, but I never thought it would be at the same time, and so abruptly." Yankovic is well known for creating parodies of contemporary radio hits, typically which make up about half of his studio releases. Unlike other parody artists such as Allan Sherman, Yankovic and his band strive to keep the backing music in his parodies the same as the original, transcribing the original song by ear and re-recording the song for the parody. In some cases, in requesting the original band to allow for his parody, the band will offer to help out with the recreation: Dire Straits members Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher perform on "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*", Yankovic's parody of Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing", while Imagine Dragons provided Yankovic with advice on how to recreate some of the electronic sounds they used for "Radioactive" in Yankovic's parody "Inactive". Yankovic's career in novelty and comedy music has outlasted many of his "mainstream" parody targets, such as Toni Basil, MC Hammer, and Men Without Hats. Yankovic's continued success (including the top 10 single "White & Nerdy" and album Straight Outta Lynwood in 2006) has enabled him to escape the one-hit wonder stigma often associated with novelty music. Although many of Yankovic's songs are parodies of contemporary radio hits, it is rare that the song's primary topic lampoons the original artist as a person, or the song itself. Most Yankovic songs consist of the original song's music, with a separate, unrelated set of amusing lyrics. Yankovic's humor normally lies more in creating unexpected incongruity between an artist's image and the topic of the song, contrasting the style of the song with its content (such as the songs "Amish Paradise", "White & Nerdy", and "You're Pitiful"), or in pointing out trends or works which have become pop culture cliches (such as "eBay" and "Don't Download This Song"). Yankovic's parodies are often satirical of popular culture, including television (see The TV Album), movies ("The Saga Begins"), and food (see The Food Album). Yankovic claims he has no intention of writing "serious" music. In his reasoning, "There's enough people that do unfunny music. I'll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline." Yankovic considered that his first true satirical song was "Smells Like Nirvana", which references unintelligible lyrics in Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Other satirical songs include "Achy Breaky Song", which refers to the song "Achy Breaky Heart", "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long", which refers to the repetitious lyrics in "Got My Mind Set on You", and "Perform This Way", set to Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" that drew inspiration from Lady Gaga's outlandish but confident attitude. Yankovic is the sole writer for all his songs and, for "legal and personal reasons", does not accept parody submissions or ideas from fans. There exists, however, one exception to this rule: Madonna was reportedly talking with a friend and happened to wonder aloud when Yankovic was going to turn her "Like a Virgin" into "Like a Surgeon". Madonna's friend was a mutual friend of Yankovic's manager, Jay Levey, and eventually Yankovic himself heard the story from Levey. One of Yankovic's most controversial parodies was 1996's "Amish Paradise", based on "Gangsta's Paradise" by hip-hop artist Coolio, which, in turn, was based on "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder. Reportedly, Coolio's label gave Yankovic the impression that Coolio had granted permission to record the parody, but Coolio maintains that he never did. While Coolio claimed he was upset, legal action never materialized, and Coolio accepted royalty payments for the song. After this controversy, Yankovic has always made sure to speak directly with the artist of every song he parodied. At the XM Satellite Radio booth at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show Yankovic and Coolio made peace. On his website, Yankovic wrote of this event, "I don't remember what we said to each other exactly, but it was all very friendly. I doubt I'll be invited to Coolio's next birthday party, but at least I can stop wearing that bulletproof vest to the mall." In an interview in 2014, Coolio extended his apology for refusing his permission, stating that at the time "I was being cocky and shit and being stupid and I was wrong and I should've embraced that shit and went with it", and that he considered Yankovic's parody "actually funny as shit". In 2000, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea told Behind the Music that he was unimpressed and disappointed by Yankovic's 1993 song "Bedrock Anthem", which parodied two of the band's songs. He was quoted as stating "I didn't think it was very good. I enjoy Weird Al's things, but I found it unimaginative." For the Poodle Hat Al TV special, Yankovic raised the question of artistic expression in a fake interview with Eminem. As Yankovic has always done for his Al TV specials, he edited the footage of a previous Eminem interview and inserted himself asking questions for comic effect. CANNOTANSWER
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Thomas John Digweed (born 1 January 1967) is a British DJ and record producer.<ref>IMO Records. "John Digweed Biography", IMO Records' Retrieved on 29 February 2011. </ref> DJ Magazine voted him World No 1 DJ in 2001. As well as achieving success as a solo act, he has collaborated with Sasha as Sasha & John Digweed, and with Nick Muir as Bedrock.

Biography
Digweed began DJing at the age of 15, and made a name for himself in his home town of Hastings, where he put on successful club nights, the most famous of which were his successful raves on Hastings Pier, where the likes of Carl Cox and The Prodigy performed. His breakthrough came in 1993, when he sent a mixtape demo to Geoff Oakes, founder of the Renaissance nightclub in Mansfield, who played it to fellow DJ Alexander Coe (aka Sasha). The two DJs struck up a long-term friendship and working relationship, despite Sasha twice failing to turn up for gigs that Digweed had booked him for in Hastings.

In partnership with Sasha, Digweed is known for promoting progressive house and notable for producing the first commercial compilation for a nightclub, when they released their 1994 compilation of mixes from Renaissance entitled Renaissance: The Mix Collection. Until then, mixtapes from clubs had only been circulated by DJs on an amateur basis. The Renaissance CD was the first time that a compilation CD had been planned strategically for marketing, from artwork to promotion. The two DJs famously followed this up with their Northern Exposure compilations and those on Global Underground.

Digweed then started the record label Bedrock Records to further promote the music that he was playing at the time. He and his friend Nick Muir went on to produce under the Bedrock alias, getting their big break when their first track "For What You Dream Of" was used in the film Trainspotting. The Bedrock duo also produced the soundtrack for the MTV adult cartoon superhero drama series, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series in 2003. In his sets, Digweed is noted for adopting tracks with new and different styles.

Between 2000 and 2005, Digweed promoted his "Bedrock" sound with monthly club nights for club members and newcomers to the electronic music scene. He played on Thursday nights at Heaven in London, and on Friday nights in a smaller club night at The Beach in Brighton. These nights featured numerous guest DJs, including Danny Howells, Phil Thompson, Hernan Cattaneo and Chris Fortier. As Digweed's international schedule increased, these events drew to a close, although occasional reunions have been held at Heaven since. He celebrated ten years of his Bedrock club night on 10 October 2008 at Matter in London, with a near on ten-hour set.

Digweed has enjoyed popularity throughout North America as well as Europe. He and Sasha established a monthly residency at the now defunct New York club Twilo, which proved a key location for the American electronic music scene. The residency began in 1997 with a lukewarm reception, but grew into one of the most popular club nights in New York City by the end of its run in 2001. Sasha and Digweed played at Twilo on the last Friday of every month, playing sets that lasted between eight and twelve hours. In early 2001, Sasha suffered an ear injury and was unable to play for their last four dates before Twilo was closed by the New York City authorities. Digweed continued to play the time-slot by himself until 6 May 2001, when Twilo was raided by the NYPD and subsequently forced to close down.

Digweed has a cameo of himself playing music in Greg Harrison's 2000 movie Groove, which tells the story of an all-night rave in San Francisco.

In early 2002, Digweed along with Sasha and Jimmy Van M undertook a six-week countrywide tour of the United States called Delta Heavy. The tour was promoted by Clear Channel and attendance reached 85,000. It took place in a variety of venues but was completely self-reliant from a technical point of view; sound, lights, and visual setups were brought along to every gig of the tour. Also in 2002, Digweed curated and compiled the soundtrack to the film Stark Raving Mad.

From September 2000 to January 2011, Digweed hosted a weekly two-hour radio show on Kiss 100 in the UK, in which he played the first hour of music and a guest DJ played the second hour. Beginning in September 2006, his show was available on all three Kiss radio stations. By that time, the show's name had become Transitions, which was also the name of a four-volume series of mix albums by Digweed that was released every six months during 2006–2008. In January 2011, Transitions aired for the last time on Kiss 100, but the show continues to be broadcast online. On December 27, 2019, Transitions aired its 800th episode.

2008 saw Digweed and Sasha reuniting for a Spring Club Tour that once again featured performances all over North America. In 2011, Digweed's music was featured in the film movie adaptation of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novelIrvine Welsh's Ecstasy.

He featured among the top ten artists from 1998–2008 and was voted DJ Mag's number 1 DJ in 2001. In 2010, he was voted number 29 in DJ Mag's annual Top 100 DJs vote. In 2013, Digweed was ranked the number 17 best DJ in the world in Resident Advisor's top 100 DJ charts; he currently is number 43 as of June 2016.

John is the brother of 26 times World Clay Shooting Champion George Digweed, MBE.

Discography

Compilation albums
 1994: Journeys by DJ Volume 4: Silky Mix (Music Unites)
 1994: Sasha & John Digweed – Renaissance: The Mix Collection (Renaissance)
 1995: Renaissance: The Mix Collection Part 2 (Renaissance)
 1996: Sasha & John Digweed – Northern Exposure (Ministry of Sound)
 1997: Sasha & John Digweed – Northern Exposure 2 (Ministry of Sound)
 1997: The Winning Ticket (Jackpot)
 1998: Global Underground 006: Sydney (Boxed)
 1999: Bedrock (INCredible)
 1999: Sasha & John Digweed – Northern Exposure: Expeditions (INCredible)
 1999: Global Underground 014: Hong Kong (Boxed)
 2000: Sasha & John Digweed – Communicate (INCredible) (Billboard 200 #149)
 2001: Global Underground 019: Los Angeles (Boxed)
 2002: MMII (Bedrock Records) (Billboard Top Electronic Albums #7)
 2003:  Stark Raving Mad (soundtrack)|Stark Raving Mad  (Thrive Records) (Billboard Electronic #9)
 2004:  Layered Sounds  (Bedrock Records)
 2005: fabric 20 (fabric) (Billboard Electronic #13)
 2005: Choice – A Collection of Classics (Azuli Records)
 2005: Layered Sounds 2 (Bedrock Records)
 2006: Transitions (Renaissance) (Billboard Electronic #16)
 2007: Transitions Vol. 2 (Renaissance)
 2007:  Transitions Vol. 3  (Renaissance)
 2008:  Transitions Vol. 4  (Renaissance)
 2008:  Bedrock 10: Past Present Future  (Bedrock Records)
 2009:  Bedrock Eleven  (Bedrock Records)
 2010: Structures (Bedrock Records)
 2010:  Bedrock Twelve  (Bedrock Records)
 2011:  Structures Two  (Bedrock Records)
 2012: Live in Cordoba (Bedrock Records)
 2012: Bedrock 14 (Bedrock Records)
 2012: Live in London (Bedrock Records)
 2013: Live in Slovenia (Bedrock Records)
 2013: John Digweed & Nick Muir – Versus (Bedrock Records)
 2013: Live in Argentina (Bedrock Records)
 2014: Live in Miami (Bedrock Records)
 2014: Live in Toronto (Bedrock Records)
 2015: Live in South Beach (Bedrock Records)
 2016: Live in Montreal (Bedrock Records)
 2016: Live in Montreal - Finale (Bedrock Records)
 2016: Bedrock 18 - Signals (Bedrock Records)
 2017: Live in Brooklyn (Bedrock Records)
 2018: Bedrock XX (Bedrock Records)
 2018: Live in Tokyo (Bedrock Records)
 2020: Quattro (Bedrock Records)
 2021: Quattro II (Bedrock Records)

Singles
 1993: Bedrock – "For What You Dream Of" (Stress Records) (UK #25)
 1997: Bedrock – "Set in Stone" / "Forbidden Zone" (Stress Records) (UK #71)
 1999: Bedrock – "Heaven Scent" (Bedrock Records) (UK #35)
 2000: Bedrock – "Voices" (Bedrock Records) (UK #44)
 2001: Bedrock – "Beautiful Strange" (Bedrock Records)
 2002: Bedrock – "Emerald" (Bedrock Records)
 2003: Bedrock – "Forge" (Bedrock Breaks)
 2005: Bedrock – "Santiago" (Bedrock Records)
 2006: Bedrock – "Warung Beach" (Bedrock Records)
 2007: John Digweed – "Gridlock" (Renaissance)
 2009: John Digweed & Nick Muir – "Tangent" (Bedrock Records)
 2010: John Digweed & Nick Muir – "Satellite / Meteor" (Bedrock Records)
 2010: John Digweed & Nick Muir – "Satellite / Meteor (Remixes)" (Bedrock Records)

DJ Magazine Top 100 rankings
 1997: No. 12 (First year that DJ Mag poll was changed to a readership vote)
 1998: No. 7 (Up 5)
 1999: No. 6 (Up 1)
 2000: No. 3 (Up 3)
 2001: No. 1 (Up 2)
 2002: No. 3 (Down 2)
 2003: No. 5 (Down 2)
 2004: No. 8 (Down 3)
 2005: No. 6 (Up 2)
 2006: No. 8 (Down 2)
 2007: No. 3 (Up 5)
 2008: No. 9 (Down 6)
 2009: No. 17 (Down 8)
 2010: No. 29 (Down 12)
 2011: No. 55 (Down 26)
 2012: No. 98 (Down 43)
 Since 2013: Not on List

DVD
 Sasha & John Digweed present Delta Heavy (System Recordings)
 A Tale of Two Cities, Live in Argentina 2013 (Bedrock Records & Ourmaninthefield)
 A Tale of Two UK Cities, 2015'' (Bedrock Records & Ourmaninthefield)

References

External links
 Official site
 Bedrock Records
 
 Transitions – official tracklistings
 Transitions – official Mixcloud tracklistings
  Interview John Digweed – Actualites Electroniques
  Interview John Digweed – Actualites Electroniques
 10 years of Bedrock interview  by Laptoprockers
 Digweed the Bigwig Who Lives Forever in the Future Interview with John Digweed by Popspoken

English DJs
Club DJs
Electronic music radio shows
Living people
People from Hastings
Remixers
1967 births
English house musicians
English record producers
Progressive house musicians
Electronic dance music DJs
INCredible artists Bedrock Records is an English record label for trance, progressive house and techno started by Nick Muir and John Digweed. Its name comes from a long running and successful club night held in Hastings and also at Heaven nightclub, London - both also called Bedrock. Bedrock Records has released many singles from artists such as Astro & Glyde, Brancaccio & Aisher, Steve Lawler, Shmuel Flash, Steve Porter, Sahar Z, Guy J, Henry Saiz, Stelios Vassiloudis, Electric Rescue, The Japanese Popstars and Jerry Bonham.  Bedrock is also the name that Digweed and Muir use as their production moniker.

Bedrock has had different imprints: Bedrock Breaks, B_Rock and Black (Bedrock). Currently it has Bedrock Digital and one called Lost & Found belonging to Guy J.

The first Bedrock album compiled and mixed by John Digweed was released in 1999, containing several tracks signed to the Bedrock label. 

In 2018, Digweed marked the 20th anniversary of the label with the release of Bedrock XX.

See also 
 List of electronic music record labels

References

External links
Official site

British record labels
Trance record labels
House music record labels
Techno record labels "Bilādī, laki ḥubbī wa fuʾādī" (; "My homeland, you have my love and my heart"), also known by its incipit as "Bilady, Bilady, Bilady" (), is the national anthem of Egypt, composed by Sayed Darwish and written by Muhammad Yunis al-Qadi. It was adopted in 1979.

History 

The lyrics were written by Mohamed Younis al-Qady and Sayed Darwish composed the music and maintained close ties with early leaders of the national movement for independence in Egypt, such as Mustafa Kamel. In fact, the chorus of Egypt's national anthem was derived from one of Kamel's most famous speeches.

Egypt's first national anthem dated back to 1869 when a royal anthem was composed to honor the monarch. It is unclear how long this anthem was in use. Although the monarchy was deposed in 1952, the anthem was used as part of the anthem of the United Arab Republic with Syria in 1958.

Lyrics

See also 
 List of national anthems

Notes

References 
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National Anthems of Egypt
National anthem compositions in F major
Egyptian patriotic songs