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== Filk and Filk Artists of Note == |
== Filk and Filk Artists of Note == |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20210511033714/http://lesliefish.com/ Leslie Fish], whose name has been described as "practically synonymous with filk." She has what might be the two most famous filk songs of all time: |
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q50UBIWXvfc "Banned From Argo,"] an original song (and the old [[Trope Namer]] for what is now [[Persona Non Grata]]) describing what happened when the the crew of the ''U.S.S. [[Star Trek|Enterprise]]'' went on shore leave on the planet of Argo, and the swath of destruction they left in their wake. [[Memetic Mutation|The piece became so popular]] that Leslie [[Creator Backlash|eventually became sick of it]], and many other filkers started to follow suit. |
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q50UBIWXvfc "Banned From Argo,"] an original song (and the old [[Trope Namer]] for what is now [[Persona Non Grata]]) describing what happened when the the crew of the ''U.S.S. [[Star Trek|Enterprise]]'' went on shore leave on the planet of Argo, and the swath of destruction they left in their wake. [[Memetic Mutation|The piece became so popular]] that Leslie [[Creator Backlash|eventually became sick of it]], and many other filkers started to follow suit. |
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*** Worse, to Leslie's loud but (mostly) good-natured complaint, "Banned from Argo" has been refilked so much, about everything from other ''[[Star Trek]]'' series to other TV shows to SCA storytelling to just [[Hurricane of Puns|random puns]], that there's an entire songbook, "The Bastard Children of Argo." |
*** Worse, to Leslie's loud but (mostly) good-natured complaint, "Banned from Argo" has been refilked so much, about everything from other ''[[Star Trek]]'' series to other TV shows to SCA storytelling to just [[Hurricane of Puns|random puns]], that there's an entire songbook, "The Bastard Children of Argo." |
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