Filk Song: Difference between revisions

Line 56:

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cVOOXQo22o Hope Eyrie], written about the landing of ''Apollo 11'' on the moon (though it took a number of years to finish), is sometimes considered the "anthem of filk."

** In addition to her original work, Leslie frequently sets [[Rudyard Kipling]] poetry to music; the resulting songs are called "Kipplefish."

**

* [http://www.heatherlands.com Heather Alexander], and her "heir" [http://www.faerietaleminstrel.com/ Alexander James Adams] (long story). The most famous song is probably the archetypal song of battle, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCrnF844_ww March of Cambreadth].

* Bill Sutton.

Line 111:

** [[Iron Maiden]]: Many songs, including "[[Phantom of the Opera]]", "[[Children of the Damned]]", "[[Quest for Fire]]", "[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner|Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]", "[[Brave New World (novel)|Brave New World]]", "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner", "The Clansman" (about ''[[Braveheart]]''), "To Tame a Land" (about ''[[Dune]]''), and "Out of the Silent Planet" (about a sci-fi novel by [[C. S. Lewis]]).

** Even [[Metallica]] did "The Thing that Should Not Be" and "The Call of Ktulu" about [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. "One" is from the book/film ''[[Johnny Got His Gun]]'', "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" is inspired by ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]],'' "For Whom The Bell Tolls" is from the eponymous [[Ernest Hemingway|Hemingway]] film/book, and "Creeping Death" is the [[The Bible|Exodus story]] from the point of view of the Angel of Death.

** Death metal band Bolt Thrower have a few songs based on ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~]].'' Yes, really.

** Death metal band Bolt Thrower have a few songs based on ''[[Warhammer 40,000]].'' Yes, really.

** Burzum, one of the most musically and criminally notorious Norwegian Black Metal bands, features lyrics based largely on ''LotR'', generally viewing Morgoth in a sympathetic light. Despite being a church-burning Neo-Nazi murderer (for real), it's hard to take Varg Vikernes seriously when he writes a song called "The Crying Orc."

** It's pretty obvious that the inspiration for [[Judas Priest]]'s "Blood Red Skies" was the ''[[Terminator]]'' saga, as it very much fits the "[[Robot War|War Against The Machines]]" theme of the movies.

Line 134:

* Rapper Daniel Dumille recorded the album "Take Me To Your Leader" under the pseudonym "King Geedorah". It's an album about Godzilla's [[Arch Enemy]].

** In his alternate persona of "Viktor Vaughn", he bases his "character" on [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Doctor Doom]], and makes many other geek-culture references along the way.

* [[~~Jib Jab~~]] turns famous public-domain songs (and at least one that's still under copyright) into satirical songs about politics and pop culture.

* [[JibJab]] turns famous public-domain songs (and at least one that's still under copyright) into satirical songs about politics and pop culture.

* Australian University Revues, particularly at the University of Sydney. Recent examples include "Livin' la Vida Broker", from the Commerce Revue, and 'Sing Us A Song, We're The Taliban', from the Law Revue.

** A particularly good example is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbe42aHQ_Ro 500 Yards] from the CSE Revue at the University of New South Wales.

Line 154:

* When Marni Nixon ("the Ghostess with the Mostest," a great singer famous for having dubbed over many [[The King and I|great]] [[My Fair Lady|movie]] [[West Side Story|musicals]] and never once getting credit) performed at the Hollywood Bowl in ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'' (which itself frequently features filks), she sang a parody of "[[My Fair Lady|I Could Have Danced All Night]]," called "[[Crowning Moment of Funny|I Could Have Dubbed Myself]]."

* Greg Champion of Australian radio show ''The Coodabeen Champions'' writes song parodies and original songs, mainly about [[Australian Rules Football]], but also [[Cricket]], other sports, and miscellaneous subjects.

* [[College Humor]] turned [[Jay-Z]] / [[Alicia Keys]] "Empire State of Mind" into "[[Star Wars|Galactic Empire]] [http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1931187 State of Mind]".

* [[College Humor]] turned [[Jay Z]] / [[Alicia Keys]] "Empire State of Mind" into "[[Star Wars|Galactic Empire]] [http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1931187 State of Mind]".

* Raccoon Factory's "Kimi ga Kureta Yume", an original song written as a tribute to the [[Takotsuboya K-ON! Trilogy|Takotsuboya K-ON Trilogy]]. It covers the first two volumes of the trilogy, with a later released song, "Day alternates with night", covering the last part.

* Archie Fisher's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg_MtqTESME "Witch of Westmoreland"]

Line 178:

* Wumpscut's ''Soylent Green''; you can guess [[Soylent Green|what this is based on]]. Uses samples from the film's German dub.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Sea Monster Song]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAvE0AYajk4 a song] by two college students for a school project. It features The Loch Ness Monster, the Kraken, [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|dinosaurs that never died out]], [[Mix-and-Match Critters]], [[Sharktopus]], [[Fish People]], and [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|Shark Week.]] Warning: it's a total [[Ear Worm]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vG1oVgKzkc Searching For The Golden Eye] by Motiv 8 & Kym Mazelle is based on [[~~Goldeneye~~|a certain Bond film]], and even uses the 007 theme's chord progression during the verse.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vG1oVgKzkc Searching For The Golden Eye] by Motiv 8 & Kym Mazelle is based on [[GoldenEye (film)||a certain Bond film]], and even uses the 007 theme's chord progression during the verse.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Iwio2YH1I Boardwalk Empire State of Mind] by Erik Weiner (aka Agent Sebso). Samples from the show's theme song and the chorus takes off [[Jay-Z]]'s "Empire State of Mind".

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Iwio2YH1I Boardwalk Empire State of Mind] by Erik Weiner (aka Agent Sebso). Samples from the show's theme song and the chorus takes off [[Jay Z]]'s "Empire State of Mind".

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bcPb__JA7A Deathstar]" by Sevendust. [[Star Wars|Darth Vader's new theme song?]]

* [[Roger Ebert]] wrote his one-star review of ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' as a parody of "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" by [[Allan Sherman]] ("I stole from him, and he from Ponchielli").

Line 203:

** And don't forget BOC's ''[[Godzilla]]'', though that was probably more about the guitar solo...

** Plus, Hawkwind also did "Needle Gun," which about Moorcock's other notable character Jerry Cornelius (on "Chronicles FWIW"), as well as several songs based on the works of [[Roger Zelazny]].

* Actor Robert Picardo has written a fair number of songs about ''[[Star Trek: ~~Voyager|Star Trek~~ Voyager]]''—which makes sense given that he was part of the main cast.

* Actor Robert Picardo has written a fair number of songs about ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''—which makes sense given that he was part of the main cast.

* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' had an entire gothic/industrial album with a song for each of the thirteen vampire clans.

* [http://tfradio.net Radio Free Cybertron] has aired several of [http://knoledge.org/mormegil/ Túrin's Transformers Song Parodies].

Line 213:

*** Sekken-ya also have their share of examples. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSATa5ZooEQ Tewi!], which sounds like TOY from The Slut Banks. Also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6EjxcgOlmw "Marisa"], which sounds like MARIA, from Kuroyume. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMSMTwCOW5U "True Blossom"], which sounds like True Blue from [[Luna Sea]], between more examples.

* The [[H.P. Lovecraft]] Historical Society have done two albums of reworked Christmas carols. This includes such classics as "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Fishmen" and "Carol of the Old Ones".

** Not to mention the [http://www.cthulhulives.org/Shoggoth/ stage musical] ''[[Shoggoth On the Roof|A Shoggoth on the Roof]]'', based on and using the music from ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''.

** Not to mention the [http://www.cthulhulives.org/Shoggoth/ stage musical] ''[[Shoggoth on the Roof|A Shoggoth on the Roof]]'', based on and using the music from ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''.

* There's a [[WoW]] Filk Song for pallies going around, sung to the tune of "I'm a little teapot."

{{quote|''I'm a little pally, short and stout, here is my mallet, here is my mount; when I get scared I scream and shout! I pull out my bubble and hearth right out.''}}

* There was a filk song written about the [[GameFAQs]] message board Life, The Universe and Everything done to the tune of Piano Man by Billy Joel. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mDlFb2xLMM Here is this troper's attempt to sing it.]

* A whole album of music for the ''[[Deadlands]]'' roleplaying game exists, produced by the people who published the game. It's not songs, but instrumentals intended to help set the mood for an evening's session.

** Ditto for the [[Eberron]] setting of [[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]].

** Ditto for the [[Eberron]] setting of [[Dungeons & Dragons]].

* The British "Time Lord Rock" band [http://dftba.com/shop/categories/Music/Chameleon-Circuit/ Chameleon Circuit] focuses on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGqrrmZXtqg "Doctor Who"-themed music], but performs gigs outside of the usual filk venues.

* ''[[The Guild]]''s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU "Do You Wanna Date My Avatar"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMrN3Rh55uM "Game On"].

Line 234:

** "[http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_birdsofprey.htm Birds of Prey March]" by [[Rudyard Kipling]], presumably to the tune of [[Crimean War]] song 'Cheer Boys Cheer' or cockney song 'Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road'.

* Tabletop crowd won't stay behind LARP, so there are "adaptations", too. From /tg/: [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/4762354/] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7018103/] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7403186/] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/8413729/] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18043629/#18045741] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/22839538/] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/23023418/] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/24074738/] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/30754093/] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/25968902/#p25969828]

** Given that ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~]]'' is one of the most popular sources for [[Fusion Fic]]s, it really should not be surprising that [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Grimdark_Songwriting this extends] to songs and musicals (the latter are already goofy enough, after all).

** Given that ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' is one of the most popular sources for [[Fusion Fic]]s, it really should not be surprising that [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Grimdark_Songwriting this extends] to songs and musicals (the latter are already goofy enough, after all).

** Just in one thread: ''[[My Chemical Romance|Black <s>Parade</s> Crusade]]'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2727253/], and then a whole musical, plus [[Memetic Mutation/Tabletop Games|METAL BAWKSES, Cultist-Chan and Love Can Bloom]], and an illustrated version of ''[[The Lion King|Be prepared!]]'' (Disney is always better with WAAGH, isn't it). ''[[Major-General Song|I am the very model of a modern Governor-General]]'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2727253/#2731396]. Tau<ref>they are "weeaboo" faction</ref> ''[[Pokemon]]'' theme [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2727253/#2732564], Orkified ''[[Darkest of the Hillside Thickets|20 Minutes Of Oxygen]]'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2727253/#2733144], etc.

** Annuva fread: ''[[Major-General Song|I am the very model of a modern Governor-General]]'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3599241], ''[[Springtime for Hitler|Springtime For Horus]]'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3599512], ''[[Fiddler on the Roof|Mekboy on Da Roof]]'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3600341], ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street|Sweenus Todd]]'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3600491], ''I'll make a slogga outta you'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3600559] (''I'll Make a Man Out of You''), ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (novel)|Inquisitor Frollo]]'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3600714], and ''[[The Lion King|Be prepared!]]'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3600870 again], ''[http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3600921 An Harlequin's life for me]'', ''[[Grease|Greasey Loightnin']]'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3601288], ''IT’S TIME TO TRYYYYYY <s>[[Wicked (theatre)|Defying Gravity]]</s> BEIN’ MORE OOOORKY!'' [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3602715], ''I Have Confidence'' ([[The Sound of Music|The Sound Of Bolter]], apparently) [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3603415], ''[[An American Tail|Somewhere Out There]]'' with [[Memetic Mutation/Tabletop Games|Cultist-Chan]] [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3604056], ''[[The Great Mouse Detective|The World's Greatest Criminal]]'', Orky vershun [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3599161/#3604839]...

Line 252:

[[Category:Music Tropes]]

[[Category:Parody Tropes]]

⚫

[[Category:~~Filk Song~~]]

[[Category:Self-Demonstrating Article]]

⚫

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]