RE: Top 20 Filksongs

replyHmmm. Narrowing down to 20 is d*mned hard -- I assembled thirty or so between thinking out loud and glancing over the previously supplied list. After culling, I came up with the list that follows, although I should note that I tilted the "slant" of my list in a somewhat different direction than its predecessor. I deliberately did not include "found" filk from the broader folk world; it's not that the songs aren't good, but IMO if I'm going to call it a list of filksongs I prefer to keep the focus on those written by and for the filk community. I also did my cutting with an eye toward maintaining diversity, both of artists and of subject matter.

Anyhow, here's mine:

--


 = John C. Bunnell

 = JCBunnell at sff.net


 = http://www.sff.net/people/jcbunnell/


 "The essence of kittens is in the motion."
          -- Karawynn Long


 Alexander
  Dance in the Circle
  March of Cambreadth

 Eng
  Helva's Song
  Red as Blood

 Fish
  Banned from Argo
  Witnesses' Waltz

 Hayes
  Never Set the Cat on Fire
  "There's a Hole" (Cosmos)

 Kare
  Fire in the Sky
  The Designer/The Engineer

 Dr. Jane
  Moving the Bones
  Nessie Come Up

 Other
  307 Ale (Smith)
  Acts of Creation (Faber/Hills)
  Calm Down (Mar)
  Captain Jack & the Mermaid (Davis)
  Do It Yourself (Sutton)
  Monsters in the Night (Gallagher)
  Rocket Riders' Prayer (Savitsky)
  You Bash the Balrog (Lee Gold)