And now for something completely different

[maradydd]

Today's dear brain, what the hell? moment: realising that the verses of Tom Lehrer's Alma can be sung to the tune of Take This Waltz by Leonard Cohen. (Not the chorus, just the verses. But still. 3/4 time, you're a slut.)

Comments

[quirkybird.livejournal.com]

Everything ever written in ballad meter is just ripe for tune-matching. If I hear one more person explain how Emily Dickinson can be sung to "Yellow Rose of Texas" I'm going to flip over a table.

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, you've just uncovered one of the Wellsprings of Filk. ;)

[q-pheevr.livejournal.com]

And it really doesn't hurt that the lines Once you picked her up on your antenna/ You'd never be free of her spell sound very much like something Leonard Cohen could have written.

[cassandrasimplx.livejournal.com]

My brain always gets stuck on "Charles Schultz", but that's because the rest of the filk is so brainless.

"Charles Schultz, Charles Schultz, Charles Schultz. Wah wah wahwah WAH-wah wah wahhhhh...."

[thn1kk4man.livejournal.com]

Will it work with the Avalanches' "Love in 3/4 time?"