While speaking with Vulture in 2018, “Weird Al” Yankovic explained that there were certain words he’d used on his early records that he excludes when performing those songs today. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Says He Skips Older Lyrics That Feel Offensive NowA few years later, Yankovic appeared on Dave & Ethan’s 200” Weird Al Podcast, where he revealed that his self-censorship didn’t end with “midget.” The 2013 song “Word Crimes,” Yankovic points out, contains a verse in which he uses the word “spastic.” You can listen to Yankovic talk about his reasons for omitting the material from his sets in the clip below. The post Why ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Censors Some of His Own Songs Now appeared first on VICE.