Re: Art of Filking question (was: Wolf in the Night)

Andrew Ross said with breathless anticipation:
>Suppose you want to filk "Wall of Death" so that it becomes a song about
>a particular card from Cardboard Crack^H^H^H^H^HMagic:The Gathering. You
>have the following options:
>
> [snip]
>
>In other words, what do you think are the most important parts of a good
>filk? Do you like to retain some of the original lyrics? The spirit of the
>song? Retain only the music and make the lyrics completely original?

        Usually I try to keep a tag line or two close to the original song as it helps make the song close enough to the original so that you get the humor value out of it. If the lyrics are completely different and you're just reusing the melody, it isn't as funny.

        But it depends on what you're going for.

Jeff

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http://www.wolfenet.com/~santa Received on 09/15/97