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Originally Posted by DeepPurple
I watched the Weird Al Yankovich bio on the A&E channel over the weekend, and he said the only artist not to give him permission to do a parody of his songs was Prince. He said even Michael Jackson loved his version of "Beat It' (Eat It).
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Parody songs are for artists that realize that they have short lived careers.
I'd imagine that Michael's "handlers" advised him that it was okay because Michael had zero controls over his business since about 1981.