NEW FILK PARODY fresh from GAFilk 2009

[thatcrazycajun]

GAFilk 11 passed into history late last night with a yummy rib dinner with osewalrus and his family (being kosher, they had salad and were kindly tolerant of their carnivorous old goy friend) and a truly off-the-hook Dead Dog Filk featuring Juanita Coulson singing a bawdy tune about an incident in ancient Alexandria, Egypt being acted out by bedlamhouse and billroper, complete with togas. Pictures will be up shortly, so as to forestall any denials on their part.

In other news, the Songbird is as of this evening safely back in Nairobi, Kenya, having flown out on KLM yesterday afternoon about 3:30P Atlanta time. She sends thanks for the kindnesses of all whom she saw at the con, apologies to any she didn't get to chat with and hugs to any who didn't get one from one of us.

Over the last couple of days shuttling back and forth between the con hotel, the apartment and the airport with the Songbird, I came up with this from an old Nineties tune that has been stuck in my head since it was overplayed daily on the radio while I was living in NYC.

FILK TONIGHT
Music: "Save Tonight" by Eagle Eye Cherry
Parody Lyrics: Matt G. Leger

At the con, day is ending
Parties go 'til after three
As for us, we've our own thing
Time to sit and play and sing
Sunday comes, we're going away
And how I wish, I wish it weren't so
Take this Tully and drink with me
Let's hold off mundanity

Chorus: [2x]
Filk tonight 'til the break of dawn
Come tomorrow, we will all be gone

There's a song that needs singing
And it's written by me and you
Hotel staff comes with one desire
To chase us away, it's true
How I hate to say goodbye
Pack and go, home to drive or fly
But I know we've got to go
Ghu, I wish it wasn't so
Repeat Chorus 2x

Monday comes, one more mundane day
Wish at the con we could all stay
But they're tearing down, you know
Hauling out the stuff to go
Repeat Chorus to fade

Parody lyrics ©2009 by Matt G. Leger. Any for-profit use, in whole or in part and in any medium, requires prior written consent from all copyright holders and payment of royalties per ASCAP/BMI standards. All other use of lyrics freely permitted so long as this notice is retained unaltered. No infringement on existing copyrights is intended or should be inferred.

Comments

[jodimuse.livejournal.com]

It was brief, but it was great to see you and songbird this weekend, Matt. :) And *hear* you too - though it was from across the room. ;)

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Awww...right back atcha, hon. And hug your husby, Allison and Deb for me when you get back.

[jodimuse.livejournal.com]

Will do! :)

[robin-june.livejournal.com]

bedlamhouse & billroper would have no excuse for denying the schtick with Juanita. I saw them do that ~20 years ago up here at these here Northren Convenshuns.

Although, I must admit, I'm bummed to have missed the togas this time.

[gorgeousgary]

To give credit (or blame) where it is due, Juanita and The Bills (there's a band name for 'ya) were performing Norman Levy's Thais.

(Which, as you allude to, is based on a real 4th century Egyptian figure. A fact I did not know until I followed links from the Mudcat page...)

[hms42]

Did you perform this in the dead dog/open filk? (Just wondering if I need to search for a song, for Songbird to hear.) It was also nice to put a face to the wonderful lady you have been talking about in here.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Alas, no. Had I been able to stay at the Dead Dog past 11:30 last night, I might have chanced performing it; but I was flat-out exhausted and had to work today.

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

I'd seen Bill and Bill do their shtick on "Thais" at a west coast convention where the lovely and talented Juanita was singing it (I think it was a northern California filk con, but am not sure).

Did Songbird make it safely back to Nairobi-land?

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Yes, she did. She is now back in her very, very, very fine house with two cats (only occasionally) in the yard.