parody

The Library Bards

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Hey there!

I wanted to reach out to you because my band, The Library Bards are babies in the filking community, but would love to get more involved! We do nerdy parody songs, and you can hear one of them (about our favorite wizard) here: https://youtu.be/R7i-Cg5DiWo

We have other songs as well, and more music videos to come!

Thanks,

Xander

(A Library Bard :D)

Submitted by xanderiffic!  The video is definitely worth watching, if only to see Gandalf dance.  I mean, there are other reasons, but that should be sufficient.

The Darkness Soon

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I used to write and sing filks for a group in Israel, but I haven’t been involved in the community for many years. The songs I’ve written since then have languished without an audience; this one in particular, based on Order of the Stick, is the one I most regret never having had the chance to perform.

Submitted by Daniel Sterman
The Darkness Soon

Al Jabr – Will Sturman

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dog-of-ulthar:

So a while ago I wrote a filk song about a relatively unloved character in an obscure comic book, to the tune of the random folk song that was stuck in my head at the time, “The Lowlands of Holland.”  If you don’t know the song, it’s not relevant, but it’s a nice song.

…and then yesterday somebody left me alone in a recording studio.
Forgive my somewhat unsteady guitarring, and the fact that the scansion may or may not entirely hinge on a mispronunciation of one Arabic word.

Anyway, Al Jabr is the character sometimes referred to as “medieval Muslim Tony Stark,” this song is basically fanfic about what happens in the distant future when everyone on your superhero team but one is immortal.

The Last Centurion’s Song – Will Sturman

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I got left alone in a recording studio last week, so I thought I’d do a recording of the Doctor Who song thebastardofgloucester and scribefindegil wrote, to the tune of Leslie Fish’s “Roman Centurion’s Song.”  Because it’s great and I want people to hear it.

Lyrics and a link to the original song here

Vodka in the Jar – Lojo Russo & Adam Stemple

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I heard this at Minicon last weekend and will forever regret I didn’t take a video of the performance, but this will give you an idea.
“Vodka In The Jar,” a Russian version of the Irish standard, written by Lojo Russo and performed by Lojo Russo and Adam Stemple

A Grazing Mace

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A grazing mace, how sweet the sound, that felled my foe for me
I bashed his head, he struck the ground, and thus came victory
My mace has taught my foes to fear, that mace my fear relieved
How precious did my mace appear, when I my mace received
Through many tourneys wars and fairs, I have already come
My mace has brought me safe thus far, my mace will bring me home
The King has promised good to me, his word my hope secures
I will his shield and weapon be, when he gives me my spurs
And when my mace my foeman nails, that mortal strife shall cease
And we’ll possess within our pale, a life of joy and peace
A grazing mace, how sweet the sound that flattened a wretch like thee!
whose head is flat, that once was round done in by my mace….and me!

SCA fight song (To the tune of Amazing Grace)