FILK - Amateur singer Julia Ecklar's "Temper of Revenge" done to Tombstone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgEbFsG9dwM&list=PLYTtL1FB2XCrgxwSSRs-XjTgTlvsL9kKn&index=1 ^

[mairdie]

Filking is said to derive from misspelled folk music. Julia Ecklar is one of the most famous amateur singers and songwriters. Her fans gathered the money to buy her a recording session and backup band. "Temper of Revenge" done to video from the Wyatt Earp movie "Tombstone."

[mairdie]

Julia also won the John W. Campbell Award science fiction writing award. The 8th music video I ever made, back in 1984, was made to one of her Star Trek songs. I was able to show her my work in that fandom and, years later, she came up to my room with the man who played Blake in Blakes 7, Gareth Thomas, to see songs I'd done of hers to his show. I heard later she sang for him in the bar and brought him to tears. Her work is really wonderful. Besides writing songs, she wrote professional novels. If I'm not mistaken, she was professionally, among other things, a coroner.

[PapaBear3625]

Julia is famous among the SF and Filk communities.

Another famous Filk singer is Leslie Fish. Here’s her “Lock and Load” album, including The Ballad of Flight 93

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPYMS9a8ELE&list=PL9WlXdfA191TVJ2iDXz_hClckg_VSc95J

[PapaBear3625]

A bunch more videos by Julia Ecklar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGi2Nt-GTF4&list=PL8apA_KiJ30-uuUQCQiXuhNMRDWwm9Ack

[mairdie]

Leslie Fish is another amazing singer.

[coydog]

Leslie Fish is one of the RKBA’s best friends in SF fandom. “Black Powder and Alcohol” is one of my faves

Don’t try this at home, kiddies...

https://youtu.be/kconhr6aVG0

[yuleeyahoo]

I was always partial to Michael Longcor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4-7SfFVT6Q&list=PLFC3479969BE34007

[bravo whiskey]

I am trying to find the actual 1982 factory explosion the song THE DAY EVERYTHING FELL APART might be based on. This looks like a new genre to explore.

[yuleeyahoo]

My favorite filk album, Carmen Mirandas Ghost:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5p8YhhaVlA&list=PLD9577E6CEBD077B4

[PapaBear3625]

Banned from Argo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN1WSkFXmzU