Filk Song: Difference between revisions
Rescuing 3 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v2.0beta9)
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (copyedits) |
(Rescuing 3 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v2.0beta9)) |
||
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."
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130920062009/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.
* Julia Ecklar.
Line 212:
*** 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415023717/http://www.cthulhulives.org/
* 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.''}}
Line 218:
* 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 & Dragons]].
* The British "Time Lord Rock" band [https://web.archive.org/web/20100403201219/http://dftba.com/shop/categories/Music/Chameleon-Circuit
* ''[[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"].
* Spider Robinson, as part of a [[Robert A. Heinlein]] tribute essay called "Rah, Rah, R.A.H.", wrote his own filk song, "Ol' Man Heinlein" (to the tune of "Ol' Man River" by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein). It can be found in Robinson's anthology ''Time Travelers Strictly Cash''.
| |||