Parody

  • …came from thinking about a confusion of Marleys

    Original:

    Redemption Song, by Bob Marley

  • …considers that some who have donated organs may not have volunteered

    Original:

    Always Something There To Remind Me, by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

  • …is another Babylon-5 filk with Londo thinking maybe Morden’s reassurances aren’t that valuable

    Original:

    Don’t Worry Baby, by Brian Wilson and Roger Christian

  • …was possibly written solely to play with the word “pine”

    Original:

    Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter, by Trevor Peacock

  • …foreshadowing of everything, including Shadows, had to be some kind of joke, right?

    Original:

    Farther Along, by The Byrds

  • …pokes fun at a fast-food chain, low-hanging fruit…I know

    Original:

    Scarlet Ribbons, by Jack Segal and Evelyn Danzig

  • …is a brief look at Faramir, his troubles, and especially his recovery

    Original:

    The Great Pretender, by Buck Ram

  • …is a semi-rare visit to the world of nursery rhyme

    Original:

    Guess Things Happen That Way, by Jack Clement

  • …started when the title arrived from nowhere and then went from bad to worse (or “verse”).

    Original:

    Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?, by John Sebastian

  • …was written in a moment of clarity when I realized that there are enough maladjusted people in real life without wasting time on an imaginary one

    Original:

    I Don’t Want To Play House, by B. Sherril and G. Sutton

  • …describes the frustration of trying to figure out the actual problem when attempting to provide tech support

    Original:

    I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing, by Backer / Davis / Cook / Greenaway

  • …is a celebration of accepting yourself for what you are. Sure, let’s go with that!

    Original:

    I Enjoy Being A Girl, by Rodgers and Hammerstein

  • …was inspired by Ben Carson quotes and the general insanity of gun culture. The choice of source material seemed appropriate

    Original:

    If I Only Had A Brain, by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg

  • …had its beginning while watching a Firefly episode

    Original:

    I Hear You Knocking, by Dave Edmunds

  • …kept sneaking into my head, so I had to write it in order to concentrate on another song I was trying to write

    Original:

    I Am A Pilgrim, by Merle Travis

  • …is a bit of political fun, inspired by advances in legal decisions around gay marriage

    Original:

    I’m Still Standing, by Elton John

  • …in which our hero learns that the only way to get some lines out of his head is to force them into other people’s heads

    Original:

    Coming Into Los Angeles, by Arlo Guthrie

  • …came from wanting to write a parody about writing parodies

    Original:

    Killing Me Softly WIth His Song, by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox

  • …exists solely because the phrase reminded me so much of a song I heard in my childhood

    Original:

    Brennan On The Moor, 19th century ballad

  • …began as a LiveJournal discussion about elves…of course

    Original:

    Lady Came From Baltimore, by Tim Hardin

  • …the only excuse for this song’s existence is ‘cleverness’

    Original:

    The Lady Is A Tramp, by Rodgers and Hart

  • …was conceived as a birthday surprise for a friend

    Original:

    Starsoul, by Burton-West / Krangle

  • …is one I’d been wanting to do ever since my first filk con car pool

    Original:

    Life During Wartime, by Talking Heads

  • …combines Douglas Adams with total disrespect for a song thatsome take far too seriously (IMNSHO)

    Original:

    God Lives On Terra, by Julia Ecklar

  • …is a very silly LotR song, done mostly because the title caught my fancy

    Original:

    Beechwood 4-5789, by Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, and George Gordy

  • …comments on Seanan McGuire would rewriting each Pegasus nominee to the tune of another

    Original:

    Redemption Song, by Bob Marley

  • …is an anthem of misplaced stuff

    Original:

    Your Wildest Dreams, by Justin Hayward

  • …seemed like a natural way of describing a bit of music theory

    Original:

    Wedding Song, by Paul Stookey

  • …is hard to put into any sensible context at all

    Original:

    Suzanne, by Leonard Cohen

  • …was another quick song, written to externalize a mind worm

    Original:

    Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen

  • …came about when I sang a serious, semi-ose song at a house filk and everyone kept waiting for the punch line

    Original:

    Peace, Love and Understanding, by Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello

  • …from back when I did all my music-related work on a Windows PC

    Original:

    Heartbreak Hotel, by Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, and Elvis Presley

  • …discusses parenting as it applies to fairy tales

    Original:

    Gentle On My Mind, by John Hartford

  • …was inspired by a line in a comment of a friend’s LiveJournal. Iwas given permission to paraphrase to something I could put into song

    Original:

    Younger Generation, by John Sebastian

  • …has an anonymous character trying to describe Aragorn to Denethor. (It may be confusing but it’s a personal favorite.)

    Original:

    The Stranger, by Billy Joel

  • …produced by the “War on Christmas” backlash against Starbucks’ plain red cup

    Original:

    Black and White, by David I. Arkin and Earl Robinson

  • …is going to be about Sauron if I write ia song by that name

    Original:

    Things, by Bobby Darin

  • …is needed to open a door to Moria — a rather contrived plot point, I’ve thought

    Original:

    Brand New Key, by Melanie Safka

  • …describes an entirely fictional RPG campaign

    Original:

    It Never Rains, by Albert Hammond and Michael Hazelwood

  • …came from practicing a certain tune over and over in preparation for FKO 2006

    Original:

    A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow, by Michael McKean and Annette O’Toole

  • …seemed like an obvious treatment of the “Crossroads” tale

    Original:

    Soul Man, by Isaac Hayes and David Porter

  • …is based on a wonderful song by Rob Balder
    and Tom Smith. After hearing Rob perform it Friday night at
    OVFF, 2005, it seemed to me that my cats were the ones with the richest fantasy lives

    Original:

    Rich Fantasy Lives, by Rob Balder and Tom Smith

  • …is one of a few songs I’ve written about email spam

    Original:

    Rhiannon by Stevie Nicks

  • …because the big, bad wolf intrigues me in his various incarnations

    Original:

    Silhouettes by Frank C. Slay Jr. and Bob Crewe

  • …was a quick inspiration one morning after cleaning the normal load of junk out of my email inbox

    Original:

    The Things We Do For Love, by 10CC

  • …becomes more real as I get older and increasingly forgetful

    Original:

    Things We Said Today, by Lennon / McCartney

  • …from reading Bob Kanefsky’s notes on parody from Torcon 3, parodies can be serious

    Original:

    These Days, by Jackson Browne

  • …parodies a song that was popular in the late-60s, while explaining what happened next in the story of Merlin vs. the shopping mall

    Original:

    Those Were The Days, by Gene Raskin

  • …was the first song I evercompleted. Like, how long could it possibly have taken?

    Original:

    Precious And Few, by Climax

  • …takes a quick shot at the intellectual property pirates

    Original:

    The Best Things In Life Are Free, by De Sylva / Brown / Henderson

  • …is about clothing with a Star Trek Theme

    Original:

    Yes It Is, by Lennon / McCartney

  • …is an alternate take on the Streets Of Laredo story

    Original:

    Rhinestone Cowboy: Things, by Larry Weiss