Wolfe filk from Wolfe folk

Michael Andre-Driussi26 Feb 2002, 19:00original

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Blattid, he quoted Nutria and wrote: 2. I wrote Wolfe a decade ago a list of questions, including what kinds of music he likes best ... He replied that he favors filk, and that was his hobby music. So, SF all the way when it comes to old Gene!

Now, that may be the single scariest thing about GW I have ever heard. Is he also a Sherman-Yankovic fan, we must wonder?

I hardly need to mention it, but gee. And we have such proven talent around here--alga's paean to Cordwainer Smith "Miyameefla" (sung to tune of "Mona Lisa") springs to mind. I bet the filk would brew, bubble, and flow. =mantis=

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes26 Feb 2002, 19:08original

↳ follows, by subject match Michael Andre-Driussi

My dear Mantis, Actually, Wolfe's work doesn't in general seem all that amenable to filkification, but really that should be perceived as a challenge. If nothing else, I'm amazed that nobody has yet written anything using the obvious natural pun (like unto Yankovic's "this here Anakin guy") "the dawning of the Age of Severian." But I don't think I will.

Michael Andre-Driussi26 Feb 2002, 21:50original

↳ follows, by subject match Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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Blattid wrote: If nothing else, I'm amazed that nobody has yet written anything using the obvious natural pun (like unto Yankovic's "this here Anakin guy") "the dawning of the Age of Severian." But I don't think I will.

My thoughts were more toward using old folk songs. Turning "Greensleeves" into something like: "Alas, Thecla, you do me slight Your final friend, your last boy-slave When I have loved you from first sight And will love you beyond your grave. Chatelaine of Matachin Chatelaine of my heart bright Chatelaine of traitor kin Escape with my shiny knife." =mantis=

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