For space is wide and good friends are too few.
Superheroes never die
They only fade away
They tried to save the future
But the future was yesterday
I thought this was going to be a funny song about how nobody ever really dies in comics (that’s a brilliant parody idea, by the way, somebody should do it), but instead it was sad and then kind of funny but still sad.
“Superheroes Never Die,” by Chris Conway
i blame @rabbittmouth’s brilliant poem and @dog-of-ulthar’s terrible influence.
to be sung to the tune of the tom lehrer march of the same(ish) namebe prepared,
for the gays are coming back!
be prepared,
to face their gay and undead wrath!be prepared to face the monsters that you made
when you said our love would send us to our grave.be prepared,
for every tragic story told
there’s a corpse
ready to come back for your soul.you thought “oh what a plot twist!” when you killed her for the grief
of her girlfriend’s watching horror, or his husband’s disbelief…
now for each gay who had to die, it’s eye for eye,
so be prepared!be prepared,
for the gays are gonna rise!
be prepared,
‘cause now they’re coming for your lives!when we’re dead make sure to bury us real deep,
or we’ll come back up to catch you when you sleep!you couldn’t bear
to keep the queers around,
but don’t bur-
-y what you can’t keep underground.is it too much to ask for, for a story we survive?
is it too much to ask for, for the queer kid not to die?
“apparently” the undead hordes declare,
well, be prepared!
The filk song of Swedish fandom, “Pappersframmatningen är trasig” written by David Nessle (ttto “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”) and performed by Erik Andersson in a recording from 1980.
Rough translation:
The paper feed is broken
The papers are squished into small small balls
Oh, the fanzine will come out too late
(Cause) the paper feed is broken, so brokenThe subscribers will be angry
If the fanzine isn’t out by Friday
Oh, then I will get lots of hate mail
(Cause) the paper feed is broken, so brokenThat I don’t know how I
Can get the fanzine out on time
Before it gets far too late
Cause my mimeo is far too weakThe paper feed is broken
The papers are squished into small small balls
Oh, the fanzine will come out too late
(Cause) the paper feed is broken, so broken
That I cannot stand it no more
I think I want to gafiate
(mod note: this is the best day of my life, also I’m a little ashamed I had no idea what “gafiate” meant and thought it might have been mistranslated)
For all of you who have been asking me for a recording of “Creatures of Dream”: BEHOLD.
Released as part of a four-song single, or ~quadringle~, entitled Subversive Ciphers by Jesse Dangerously & Friends. If you liked my song, you might do well to listen to the others; I feel like it’s in good company. (Probably of particular interest to some of you will be the first track, which is a tribute to the classic fantasy film Labyrinth.)
Lyrics below the cut.
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There are women I’ve been who you would not have liked
Very much – and I can’t say I’d blame you for that;
But I had to be them before I could be me
They are threads on the loom of the woman you see
Another song off the Pegasus brainstorming poll for 2016. Lyrics available here.
But it’s not pain that I’m feeling, it’s more like a thirst for revenge
And I really want to text you
What happens at the Red Wedding
I really really really really really want to ruin your year.
There are a decent number of nerdy love songs in the world, but surprisingly few angry nerd breakup songs. This is one of those. “Paper Cranes,” by Hello, The Future!
“If You Post Spoilers I Will Kill You,” by Kraken Not Stirred with Kari Maaren
This song is relateable and…certainly creative.
On the scale of the sky even species must die;
Mortality’s all that is sure.
Generations have gazed up the path that he blazed
Where his footprints beyond us endure.
“Neil Armstrong,” by Cat Faber – written they day after she found out Neil Armstrong had died.
Okay, so I think this song is hilarious. I have no idea if anyone else will think this song is hilarious. It’s something about the combination filk lyrics and the song being filked, which is a weird old ballad about trying to force people to marry you.
…anyway. “Geeky Girls,” by Eben Brooks (from his new album! which can be found here)
Prometheus they say brought god’s fire down to man
And we’ve caught it, tamed it, trained it since our history began
Now we’re going back to Heaven just to look Him in the eye
And there’s a thunder ‘cross the land and a fire in the sky.
“Fire in the Sky,” by Jordin Kare, performed by Kristoph Klover – for when you want to be REALLY PUMPED ABOUT SPACE but also kind of sad and afraid.