I Love Rocky Road video.
Song: I Love Rocky Road
Running Time: 2:35
Year: 1982
Album: Al-In-The-Box "Weird Al" Yankovic The Food Album I Love Rocky Road Eat It The Saga Begins
Parody of: I Love Rock 'N Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' (originally by The Arrows)
Genre: Hard rock
Guitar tuning: D standard
Lyrics: Lyrics
Video: Yes
Download/Listen: Mp3
Forum: Forum Discussion Page
Alternate Versions: I Love Rocky Road (Demo), I Love Rocky Road (2022 Version)
Music Video[]
The music video parodies the "I Love Rock 'n Roll" music video, with these differences from the original:
- It takes place in an ice cream parlor, rather than in a bar.
- It was shot in color rather than in black and white (although the Joan Jett original was shot in color initially).
- It was videotaped rather than filmed.
- In "I Love Rock 'n Roll", Joan Jett says "Ow!" twice for her enthusiasm. In "I Love Rocky Road", Weird Al says "Ow!" because he eats ice cream so fast that he gets a brain freeze. The second time he says "Ow!" because a kid comes up to him and bites his leg.
Trivia[]
- This song was on Weird Al's self-titled 1983 debut album.
- The music video for this song was filmed a restaurant in Agua Dulce, California.
- Dr. Demento plays the cashier in the video.
- The ice cream in the video looks smilar to mashed potatoes, because real ice cream would melt under the stage lights.
- This song is part of the Food Medley.
- Originally, the lyric "All the soda jerkers know my name" was going to be "The folks at Baskin Robbins all know my name".
- This is Al's second food based parody after My Bologna.
- This is the first time we saw Al without his glasses in a music video.
- This is only song on the album that is referenced twice on the cover: with the bumper sticker and the actual ice cream