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Medleys of cover songs in polka style are a distinguishing part of the catalog of American musician, satirist, parodist, and songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic. They have appeared on twelve of his fourteen albums; his self-titled debut album and ''Even Worse'' do not contain medleys. The medleys are composed of various popular songs, each one reinterpreted as a polka (generally an instrumentation of accordion, banjo, tuba, clarinet, and muted brass interspersed with sound effects) with the choruses or memorable lines of various songs juxtaposed for humorous effect. Yankovic has been known to say that converting these songs to polka was "...the way God intended." Yankovic said that the medleys were something he did "even before I had a record deal" in live performances, and that many of the songs are included due to not receiving a full parody version - "if there’s a song that I think is really ripe for parody but I just can’t think of a clever enough idea, sometimes it’ll end up in the polka medley." Regarding their popularity, Yankovic has said, "At this point, it's sort of mandatory for me to do a polka medley. Fans would be rioting in the streets, I think, if I didn't do a polka medley."〔 Yankovic has always asked permission from every artist whose songs compose a medley due to royalties issues. He acknowledged some influence of Spike Jones in the medleys, such as the sound effects. Two of Yankovic's polka medleys, "Hooked on Polkas" and "Polka Power!" were released as singles in Japan and Germany respectively. "Polka Your Eyes Out" and "Polkas on 45" were also the only polkas to appear on a greatest hits album and "Polka Face" is the only polka to have an official video released for it. =="Polkas on 45"== "Polkas on 45" is Yankovic's first polka medley. It appears on his second album, ''In 3-D''. This and "The Hot Rocks Polka" are Yankovic's only polka medleys to focus on popular rock songs from the 60s and 70s rather than contemporary songs, though "Polkas on 45" includes some of the latter. The song title is a take on the medley-releasing novelty band Stars on 45 and their self-titled 1981 single. The following songs are contained in the medley: *"Beer Barrel Polka" by Jaromír Vejvoda *"Jocko Homo" by Devo *"Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple *"Sex (I'm A...)" by Berlin *"Hey Jude" by The Beatles *"L.A. Woman" by The Doors *"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly *"Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix *"Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads *"Hot Blooded" by Foreigner *"Bubbles in the Wine" by Bob Calame (1913–1967), Lawrence Welk's long-standing theme song *"Every Breath You Take" by The Police *"Should I Stay or Should I Go" by The Clash *"Jumpin' Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones *"My Generation" by The Who *"Ear Booker Polka" by "Weird Al" Yankovic 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medleys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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