real life

Emerald Green – Vixy & Tony

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I’ll show you heights of stone and steel, a city brave and bold
That the rainfall turns to silver and the sunset turns to gold
Nestled down in velvet mountains and water’s satin foam
Where alchemy is everyday routine
And of all the jewels I’ve seen
Emerald green is the color of my home

I love a song that paints a fantasy picture of a real place.  “Emerald Green,” a song for the Pacific Northwest, by Vixy & Tony

Got to Fly – Marian Call

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I don’t know how you got the stomach for reality when
You could go circle the stars, you wouldn’t be-lieve where I’ve been
Just this week, I’ve made some freakishly fabulous finds
My corpse has been here, but my mind’s covered miles
I’m cravin’ altitude, so kindly step aside — I got to fly.

“Got to Fly,” by Marian Call

Dairy Queen – Technical Difficulties

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“Dairy Queen,” a parody of Shiela Willis’ “Come Ye Knights,” performed by Technical Difficulties

The original song is somewhat necessary for context, because alone you just kind of think “why…why are they doing this…”

(at least, I would)

All the Birds are Gone – Talis Kimberley

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All the birds are gone, and all the stones are shaking;
On and on and on, every day in turn
What will burn, will burn, and they dare to call this ‘needful’
But the birds do not return

“All the Birds are Gone,” by Talis Kimberley
One of the things that most complicates the constant question of “what is filk, anyway?” is that filkers tend to write about things that aren’t typical filk subjects as if they were.  And so you get songs like this one, which sounds like it could be about Mad Max but is really about fracking.

The Ballad of Sandra Bland

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Miles Vorkosigan posted this on Facebook and called it “a revenge ballad that is maybe the most controversial thing I perform in public.”  Seems like the kind of folklore we need right now.
Lyrics under the cut.

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