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I think I need serious help. I just filked an Oklahoma! song in a

babb_chronicles post:

[the fic quote:] It was a beautiful day, Voldemort was dead, dead, dead!

There's a faint golden haze over Hogwarts,
There's a dawn-golden haze over Hogwarts
Tom got it all wrong 'bout that ol' Elder Wand
An' it looks like his downfall went just as was planned

Oh, what a beautiful mornin',
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
Voldemort has died today.

All the students are standin' like statues,
All the house elves are standin' like statues
They don't turn their heads as they see me walk by,
But Neville Longbottom is winkin' his eye.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin',
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
Voldemort has died today.

All those mem'ries from Snape in the Pensieve,
All those mem'ries from Snape in the Pensieve
They kind of disturbed me 'bout him an' my mum,
But I guess I could still name a kid after 'um!

Oh, what a beautiful mornin',
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
Voldemort has died today.

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(In my defense, I have precedence within my own life. We did this musical in high school, and a few of the boys filked some of the songs and performed them at one of the cast parties. There was supposed to be some sort of Los Angeles theme, as I recall, which is pretty rich for a bunch of kids from the south San Francisco Bay. "There's a dark smoggy haze on the skyline..." is all I remember of this one. Better "Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City": "I counted twenty drive-bys in the neighbourhood / Every time I tried to push some pot / 'Nen I put my ear to a 900 number an' a strange womern started talkin' hot" "To you?" "What next!"...)

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They kind of disturbed me 'bout him an' my mum,
But I guess I could still name a kid after 'um!

Your genius is very twisted, but nonetheless GENIUS!

So you know "Oklahoma!" then?

...I'm sorry.

the filking bug, it's a spreading!

Oh no, I'm quite sure you and I are independent infections.

You and I are some kind of strange Oklahoma wavelength!

I thought about posting the video of "Many a New Day" on my LJ yesterday because I was writing about Ginny and Harry, and it suddenly reminded me of Lori and Curley. *lol* Actually, HBP should be "People Will Say We're in Love." :)

Being able to filk is a talent unto itself! I think the best one I ever heard was YEARS ago at a Doctor Who convention in Philly. A group of five people dressed as various characters from Doctor Who sang a cappela a very funny song called "Traveling Through Time", which was sung to the melody of Billy Joel's "The Longest Time". I was laughing my ass off! I wish I could remember some of the lines from it...

Doctor Who conventions. Yes. I am a geek.

I remembered a couple lines, which will only make sense to those familiar with the Tom Baker / Peter Davison era:

Once I thought the Cybermen were gone.
Now I know their villainy lives on.
I think it's tragic --
Look at what they did to Adric.
That's what you get for travelling through time...

...oh dear.

Your genius both astounds and disturbs me ;-)