Wow, someone actually linked my composition of "Uru Launching Day." I'm touched. Thanks.
I have a brand new filk parody, by the way! Here it is:
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"Atrus and his Sons" (to the tune of "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin)
My sons arrived just the other day
They came to the age in the usual way
But there were books to write, no time for play
They learned to walk while I was away
And they were linkin' 'fore I knew it, and as they grew
They said, "We're gonna be like you, dad
You know we're gonna be like you"
And Katran's in the ages that were made by Gehn
Start with Inception and end with Riven
"When you teach us D'ni Dad?" "I don't know when
But we'll write some ages then, sons
You know we'll have a good time then"
In Channelwood just the other day
They said "Thanks for the link Dad, please let us stay"
I had Everdunes, and Stoneship's quay
I had a lot to do, I said "That's okay"
And they played with natives while the waters dimmed
And said "We're gonna be like him, yeah
You know we're gonna be like him"
And Katran's in the ages that were made by Gehn
Start with Inception and end with Riven
"When you teach us D'ni Dad?" "I don't know when
But we'll write some ages then, sons
You know we'll have a good time then"
Well they came home from N'arayan the other day
They'd passed all my tests I just had to say
"Sons, I'm proud of you, let me teach you to write?"
They said "There's pirate flags black as night
What we'd really like dad is the Mechanical age
See you later, trust us and our ways"
And Katran's in the ages that were made by Gehn
Start with Inception and end with Riven
"Let me teach you D'ni sons," "We don't care when
Cause we'll have your ages then, Dad
You know we'll have a good time then"
I've long since been working on Gehn's fifth age
My sons came back, all in a rage
They took my books and library and burned them all
I shed a tear as I watched Myst fall
But they said "Cathrine's on Riven, through the book in K'veer
And she said she's waiting for you, Dad
She said she'll be waiting for you"
And as they tore out my page, I realized then
They'd grown up just like Gehn
My boys were just like Gehn
And Katran's in the ages that were made by Gehn
Start with Inception and end with Riven
"Who cares for your D'ni Dad, we realized when
We knew we'd have your ages then, Dad
And yes we had a good time then"
If I made a fan recording with my limited equipment of my two filk songs (this one, and "Uru Launching Day," plus some of the others I've written ("Ballad of the Bat", "Ballad of Darth Vader", "Harry and Cho", "The Sorcerer's Stone", etc.) would anyone actually be interested? I've thought about making a go at filking for a while, but I'm a little rusty on parody and fair use law. What are the rules on that?[/quote]