You know what's missing from this forum?

jerry phoenix · Mar 10, 2009

that rocks

now, DO SOME WRITING

badducky · Mar 10, 2009

If filking is good enough for C J Cherryh, it's good enough for D "The Filk Fpider" Clary.

dclary · Mar 10, 2009

GONE SQUEE (the Joss Whedon Ballad)

(to the tune of "born free")

Gone squee
my little mind's woozy
cause I just got to see
A slayer stake Drac!

Shiny!
I'm in love with Kalee
She fixes serenity
I'll be in my bunk!

Buffy!
How hot can Spike get?
Willow makes me wet!
I'm still in my bunk!!!!

GONE SQUEE
And everything's happy
Cause I have in my mem'ry
these wonderful squeeeeeeeees.

dclary · Mar 10, 2009

RSD said:
dclary, nice... very nice. Tell me you sing that in the voice of Gollum at Christmas parties. Any way you can fit "my precious" into your next one?

I also have two others in my christmas carol collection. Palantir (to the tune of Jingle Bells) and The Ballad of Merry and Pippen (to the tune of Deck the Halls).

benbradley · Mar 12, 2009

Pthom said:
Betcha one of our members, Ben Bradley, would write some FILK just for this forum if we asked him nicely.

badducky said:
So... Here we all are... Asking nicely...

Okay, watch for the World Internet Premier of "Be Thou My Fiction" as soon as I do a proper fixup on the words and record it.

Shadow_Ferret said:
Nerdiness?

I think you've got filk down to its essence using ordinary words.

Pthom said:
That's why we have the cantina. All the punch and pie you want right there, for free.

Yeah, but you know, those Gargle Blasters sure are expensive (hesitating to say they cost an Arm and a Leg...) - if the management would just charge for the punch and pie they could sell Gargle Blasters for a reasonable price. The Cantina sure is a harsh satellite.

dclary said:
I also have two others in my christmas carol collection. Palantir (to the tune of Jingle Bells) and The Ballad of Merry and Pippen (to the tune of Deck the Halls).

Yeah, that's it...

Pthom · Mar 13, 2009

benbradley said:
...you know, those Gargle Blasters sure are expensive (...

You've been going to the wrong cantina. Everything in there is free--even your opinions, and the responses from others there. Even the rep points you likely get by being especially witty.

dclary · Jun 14, 2012

I want to resurrect this dead thread just long enough to say:

I have RECORDED my filk.

Enjoy:

http://hardhobbittobreak.com/?p=229

Album art:

dclary said:
I admit to being new to filk... but do my middle earth christmas carols count?

The Fields of Pelennor
Orcs are near, can you hear them?
Nazgul fly, do you fear them?
The battle is nigh
tonight we will ride
Fighting on the fields of Pelennor.

Gimli's axe, it is ringing
Legolas' bow, hear it singing
A beautiful sight
we're winning tonight
Fighting on the fields of Pelennor.

In the rubble they have built a tower
and they move it closer to the wall.
Denethor is raving like a madman
but with Gandalf here we know we'll never fall

Later on, we'll perspire
as we clash in the fire
there's victory tonight
everything is alright
Fighting on the fields of Pelennor.

Alessandra Kelley · Jun 14, 2012

Awww. I thought this was a new thread.

Ah well ...

Many years ago I met Peter David at -- oh, it was probaably a CapriCon, but it might have been WindyCon. He was very nice, and had just written a filk I thought was awesome. I asked him for a copy of the lyrics and performed it at a few cons, giving away copies of the words to anyone who asked.

(I still sing it to amuse my kids)

"For a Lord of Time"
by Peter David
(to the tune of Billy Joel's "For the Longest Time")

Whoah-oh-oh-oh
For a Lord of Time!
Oh-oh-oh
For a Lord of Time!

When I next return from time and space
I might have a somewhat different face
Don’t start debating:
I’ve been off regenerating.
That only happens for a Lord of Time.

When I fight my enemies again,
Master, Dalek, or the Cybermen,
It won’t surprise me,
When they do not recognize me.
That is a hazard for a Lord of Time

Whoah-oh-oh-oh
For a Lord of Time!
Oh-Oh-Oh
For a Lord of Time!

Be it body five, four, three or two,
Inside I’m still Doctor you-know-who.
When change is urgin’,
I don’t call some plastic surgeon.
No one does a face job like a Lord of Time.

When I opt to trade in some parts,
I say to myself,
“Hold on to your hearts”
Each time I seem younger than before.
If this keep up much more
I’ll wind up wearing Pampers.

I don’t know where all the time has gone.
Seems like yesterday the show came on.
I keep on travelin’,
Although my scarf’s unravelin’,
I just get off on being Lord of Time.

Year in, year out, year without end,
I’ve traveled alone,
Sometimes with a friend.
Stewardess, savage, robots and boys,
And now they’re action toys
You can find in your K-Mart.

Don’t know how much longer I will last
Maybe someday my time will have passed.
Until that day comes
I’ll keep on dodging ray guns
And go on living as a Lord of Time.

AceTachyon · Jun 14, 2012

Filk?

I'm game. Here's "I'm the Kwisatz Haderach."

And here's a litty ditty about an Old One in the sea.

Mr Flibble · Jun 14, 2012

AceTachyon said:
Filk?

I'm game. Here's "I'm the Kwisatz Haderach."

My son will love you forever (but will never say so)

thothguard51 · Jun 14, 2012

There is plenty of Filk and Milk in SF/F, but not enough Filf or Milf

Just saying...

AceTachyon · Jun 14, 2012

And here's one about mecha.

RichardGarfinkle · Jun 14, 2012

Here's a huge amount of funny filk (Tom Smith, Luke Ski, and Ookla The Mok among others).
http://www.thefump.com/

Here's a link to the HP Lovecraft Historical Society. They do Cthulu Carols which are the only things that keep me sane against the onslaught of Christmas Music (yes, Cthulu keeps me sane).

They also did a fantastic parody of Fiddler on the Roof called A Shoggoth on the Roof.

http://www.cthulhulives.org/

You know what's missing from this forum?

jerry phoenix

Almost expert!

badducky

No Time For Chitchat, Kemosabe.

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary

benbradley

It's a doggy dog world

Pthom

Word butcher

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary

Alessandra Kelley

Sophipygian

AceTachyon

Odd person

Mr Flibble

They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

thothguard51

A Gentleman of a refined age...

AceTachyon

Odd person

RichardGarfinkle

Second Edition and Second Laughter