[Sca-cooks] Food Songs: The FIlk

[Olwen the Odd]

>Also sprach Ann Sasahara:
>>On Sat, 4 May 2002, Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
>>>  Also sprach ariann:
>>>  >There are many SCA and SF & F food songs, such as <snip> "Fish Heads"
>>>
>>>  How did a song from Barnes and Barnes' album, "Voobaha" become a filk
>>>  song? Or is this something else?
>>>
>>>  Adamantius
>>
>>"Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads.
>>Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, Yum!"
>
>Yesyesyes,
>rolypolyfishheadsareneverseendrinkingcappucinoinitalianrestaurantswithorientalwomen.
>I guess I was asking whether, if, or how this song became adopted by
>the fandom community and whether its actual origins as a regular,
>commercially published piece of music (such as it is) had been
>forgotten. It seems that filk songs, by definition, are essentially
>stolen songs with new lyrics; "Fish Heads" doesn't seem to fit the
>mold. To be honest, I was completely unaware of any involvement Mumy
>may have had with Babylon 5. But then a lot of people have probably
>forgotten "Lost In Space". And rightly so. ;-)
>
>Adamantius

you people scare me...I have not one single idea what this whole
conversation is about but it certainly seems to bring out the weird in lots
of you.
Olwen, now waiting for the taco shells to dry hard

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