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From: Pete.Granzeau@f236.n271.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Copyright Questions, And
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Oct  1 1992
Date: 02 Nov 92  17:43:00

SB>  I think the MAD Magazine decision covers the case of publishing a set of
SB>words with a "Sung To The Tune Of" notation.  Actually -singing- the result
SB>for recording or other publication is another matter.

Isn't professional performance one of those things ASCAP and BMI were
set up to handle?  I figured there wasn't a real "permission" thing, you
just paid them the money (whatever their schedule fee is).  Kind of like
the radio stations having to keep track of what they play and how many
times, for the purpose of royalty payments.  Recording for resale,
however, might involve something else, but does it require only payment
(based on sales, I assume), or does it also require permission?

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From: Leonard.Erickson@f51.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Never set your cat on fire...
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Oct  1 1992
Date: 03 Nov 92  00:41:00

In a message to All <10-29-92 15:44> Anna Ruthorod wrote:

AR> Organization: SEANEWS - Seattle Public Access News & Mail
AR> From: tria@seanews.akita.com (Anna Ruthorod)
AR> Message-ID: 1992Oct29.234429.9269@seanews.akita.com
AR> Newsgroups: alt.music.filk,rec.music.folk
AR>
AR>
AR> Last night, for no reason I can fathom, a song I heard ages ago
AR> at a convention started to obsess my brain.  If anyone
AR> recognizes it, I'd like to know who wrote it.  I know the whole
AR> thing by heart, even though I've only heard it once.
AR>
AR> The refrain was:
AR>
AR>    Mind your manner, as circumstances may require.
AR>    And never set your cat on fire.

Actually it's:

        Mind your manners, as circumstances may require
        And never set the cat on fire.

The title is "Never Set The Cat on Fire" and I believe it's by Frank Hayes.  
 
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From: Steve.Powell@f1066.n374.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: New around the courtyard....
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Oct  1 1992
Date: 03 Nov 92  02:29:00

Pardon me, but could someone confirm or deny my guess that
"filk music" refers to song parodies?

Thank you very much.

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From: Kettlingurr@f708.n362.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Sandworm on the roof
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov  5 1992
Date: 08 Nov 92  12:30:02

>>I think I saw this in Major Matt Mason's message: 

 MMM> If I were a Fremen, yaidel daidel daidel daidel daidel daidel daidel
 MMM> dai... All day long I'd hang out on the dunes
 MMM> If I wore a stillsuit, man...

Oy vey.

...and should "deedel" (phonetically spelled) be in that first line
somewhere?  (from what I remember of "If I Were a Rich Man" from _Fiddler
on the Roof_)




... Reality is for people who can't cope with science fiction.
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.10

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From: chris@keris.demon.co.uk (Chris Croughton)
Subject: Filk hogs, fact or fiction 
Distribution: world
Organization: Keristor Systems
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 10:56:26 +0000


In article <100582@bu.edu> hjfeld@acs.bu.edu writes:

>Um, well, I certainly did not mean to start a flame-war.

I didn't think you did - the fact that some people get hot about it
isn't your fault...

>One person listed a long list of perfectly legitimate
>reasons why 'name' filkers may be off in a private circle
>somewhere, far from the main-sing.

I would add to your comments that it would be a good idea if they let it
be known why they were leaving.  I've known people percieved as BNFs who
just want to go to bed early, but that can be seen as 'they don't want
to listen to us'...  Incidentally, if the BNFs (or anyone else) want to
go to a private place for their own amusement, that's fine by me.
However, if they take over a public place (like a bar) then by
implication they are saying "We're having our own group - we'll let you
listen but not join in" - i.e. they're expecting a performer / audience
relationship.

>Personal experience time:  I sometimes think the problem may
>not be with 'name' filkers, but their fans.

Good point - as you say, it's the performer's responsibility to ask
other people to perform in that situation.  Some like to have the
'adoring fans', whereas others like Leslie, Dr. Jane Robinson, Cynthia
McQuillin, etc., genuinely like to hear other people...

>I also remember Bill Sutton pushing very strongly for a
>ranking system within filking on the Apprentice-Journeyman-
>Master type.

I'm surprised at him doing that - I'd thought he was more of the
'anything goes' type.  OTOH, I can see that it can get frustrating
hearing someone struggle through song after song...

A problem with the 'ranking' system is "who decides?".  I don't know if
there's anyone who I'd trust with that sort of decision.  I know where
*I'd* put myself relative to a trained musician - pretty low! - but
some other people who's playing I admire seem to think that I'm better
than them.  Certainly if there were a "masters' circle" then I wouldn't
be there - that's an extreme case of the "them and us" syndrome I've
mentioned before...  At least with the current position it's not a
defined "you're not good enough", just the way it works out.

IMO there is *no* justification for anyone or group taking over a
general filking room and excluding others.  If they want to have a
room-party that's fine, but not in a public area.  The same goes for any
other group - a fan club, gamers, etc. - if they want a room and book it
for their own use, there's no problem, but if they are in public then
they should accept that other people will want to join in, and allow
them to do so.

Chris

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From: Scott.Malcomson@f110.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Slick willie
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov  5 1992
Date: 05 Nov 92  18:55:00

 Kay Shapero denied allegations of involvement with Scott Malcomson over Slick 
willie:

 KS> (In other words, Scott, how's about a filk on the perfidys of Rush
 KS> Limbaugh?  Just think - it'll still be useful when most of the
 KS> campaign filks are outdated!)  

BTW: That "Best of Rush Limbaugh" tape is on sale now from Frozen Phoenix
Tapes
(a subsidiary of BattleGroup Phoenix) for a MERE $5 plus postage and handling!
Call us at (602) 833-5278 for your copy now! :)


---LCD


... Reality checks are old-fashioned... I use Reality CD's.
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From: Mike.Liebmann@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Getting everyone involved
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov  5 1992
Date:  8 Nov 92 11:39:55

Kay, you're correct: everyone should have the chance to sing if they want. 
However, w/the filk hogs, they may just take turn after turn and someone who
may try to get in is cut off rudely (as I myself have seen and experienced).
 
It's been said that in a non-bardic situation, everyone watches out for
everyone else, and if someone sees that "X" is trying to come in with a song, 
will try to get "X" into it by saying, "I think 'X' has a contribution to
make" or something like that.  It doesn't always work. 

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From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: identify lyrics
Date: 12 Nov 1992 16:53:51 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
NNTP-Posting-Host: grissom.larc.nasa.gov

In article <BxJGK0.2LA@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> lrfox@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (linda ream fox) writes:
>A friend who claims his UNIX editors have been excommunicated (don't ask me,
>that's all he said) wants to know the source of the following lyrics

I do not know who wrote the lyrics, but I know that the name of the beast is
vi- vi- vi.
--scott
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: S.S.B.Glover@bradford.ac.uk (SSB GLOVER)
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Singalongs
Date: 12 Nov 92 11:48:28 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
Originator: 92909131@ccw305
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Mike Van Pelt (mvp@netcom.com) wrote:
: In article <n0e13t@ofa123.fidonet.org> Uucp@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
: >Well, you're right that performance is overwhelmingly dominant these days, and
: >the hootenany style can be a lot of fun.  If you want one, why not organize
: >one?  Show up at a con with song sheets ready, and either gather folks in
: >a hallway or talk to the concom about getting a room one evening.  Then
: >sing the oldies to your heart's content.  You'd probably attract some folks
: >who don't even realize the style exists.  Heck, if I'm there, I'd love to
: >stop in for a while.
: 
: This is a very good idea.  I'm going to pass it along to the people
: doing Worldcon '93 -- maybe we can have a "Singalongs only" filk room.
 
Noted.

I`m not filk programme, we've got Valerie Housden for that, but there's an
overlap here with our "the way fen were" strand -- The fact I loved the older
style is beside the point ;-)

Steve Glover, Worldcon '95 Fan programme. Tell us what YOU want
From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Slick willie
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Oct  1 1992
Date: 02 Nov 92  09:01:00

On <Oct 31 00:32>, Scott Malcomson (1:114/110) wrote to Bruce Tomlin:

 SM> JAEJ> Slick Willie
 JB> Lovely! You ought to send it to Rush Limbaugh!
 BT> My thoughts exactly.  I think he should send Yellow Ross of Texas too.

 SM>Sorry...regardless of anyone's opinions of Perot, Clinton, or 
 SM>Bush, Limbaugh
 SM>is basically the unofficial Republican Minority Whip. I cannot 

OK, guys - lambasting politicians and such lowlives in song is quite all right 
in here, but try to keep this from turning into a prose argument, ok?  

(In other words, Scott, how's about a filk on the perfidys of Rush Limbaugh?  
Just think - it'll still be useful when most of the campaign filks are
outdated!) 

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From: Gerald.Bliss@f281.n120.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Never set your cat on fir
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Oct  1 1992
Date: 01 Nov 92  13:44:00

 AR> The refrain was: 
 AR> 
 AR>    Mind your manner, as circumstances may require. 
 AR>    And never set your cat on fire. 
 AR> 
 AR> The first lines of the stanzas were: 
 AR> 
 AR>    Never set your cat on fire. 
 AR>    Don't open up the cabin hatch. 
 AR>    Don't change the navigator's data. 
 AR>    Don't start an interstellar war. 
 
The song is Never Set the Cat on Fire, it's by Frank Hayes, and it's on 
his Off Centaur (now Firebird) tape, "Don't Ask". 
 
... OFFLINE 1.39 * ROM wasn't built in a Cray. 

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Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Date: Thu,  5 Nov 1992 17:27:52 -0500 
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Subject: "Slick Willie"
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From  ucivax!heifetz.msen.com!dgsi!puck!markb
From: markb@puck (Mark Bernstein)
To:   filk@ofa123.fidonet.org
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 08:30:44 EST

Joseph A. Ellis Jr. (be726@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
: Interesting... I wrote "Slick Willie" and "Yellow Ross of Texas" because of 
the
: rather one-sided Bush-bashing going on whenever things took on a political 
: slant at a filk. I figured "What's fair is fair". NONE of the people
running, 
: including the minor candidates, would be _my_ first choice as president. I
guess
: it's funny only when the _OTHER_ guy's candidate is getting the shaft... all 

: depends on whose jackass is getting Gored.
: 
Speaking as a firm Clinton supporter (currently in a celebratory mood), I can
only say . . . keep writing!  We should never be afraid of expressing
ourselves,
even if we seem to be in the distinct minority.  Opposing viewpoints should
*always* be welcome.

(Besides, *I* certainly wouldn't contend that nothing about Clinton merits
parody. :-) )

(FWIW, Joe, my reading of the post you were responding to was that it was
bashing Rush Limbaugh, not your song.)

Mark Bernstein
markb@cimage.com


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From: jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Xanadu and Hemingway spelling (Re: Xanadu or Zanadu)
Date: 12 Nov 92 23:11:01 GMT
Reply-To: jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

William Camden Daniel writes
> So which one is it Xanadu or Zanadu?

I believe the proper spelling is Xanadu.  And to address another spelling note,  
Hemingway only has one 'm' in his last name.
-- 
-- Jeff (jeffo@uiuc.edu)
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Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast)
Subject: Re: Losing It
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:05:45 GMT

In article <92315.134752IO11330@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> The illustrius Pat Ellis (the DM) <IO11330@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes:
>It should be noted that while talking about this song that if (as I
>believe most agree) it is about Hemmingway, that he wrote a book or
>poem or something called the bell tolls (or something like that (thats
>from an english major)) and he did commit suicide when many would say
>that he was past his prime.
>    that sheds a whole new light on the lyrics......
>Sadder still to watch it die than never to have know it,
>For you the blind who once could see the bell tolls for thee.........

	Yeah, it is _For_Whom_The_Bell_Tolls_, a book about the Spanish 
civil war, I think.  But Hemmingway gets the quote, and title, from this
British Poet Dude that I posted about a while ago.  He wrote a piece of prose
called "Meditation 14" I think.  It contains the also famous quote "No man
is an Island, If a clod be washed away, Europe is the less." along with the
quote "Do not send for whom the bell toll's, It tolls for thee."  Please, can
anyone tell me the name of the author of this.  Studied him senior year in 
High School but can't remember him...
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From: lee@bones.et.byu.edu (Bruce Lee)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Distribution: world
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
Subject:  What is Freewill?



I now have read a dozen or more arguments about the lyrics in Freewill.
I find it ironic that the argument exists at all.  Does not the song
sing of freedom of choice?  It should not matter what the lyric sheet says
and what Geddy is singing.  It is HIS freewill to sing whatever his heart
and conscience dicates, and it is our right to interpret the words however
we want.  The song has no more or less meaning to me if the lyrics printed
on the cover do not agree with what is actually sung.   Freewill is a wonderful
song with a powerful message -- Freedom!
-- 
Bruce Owen Lee				|"We will pay the price
Brigham Young University		| But we will not count the cost"
College of Engineering & Technology	|  
Email: lee@bones.et.byu.edu		|		-- RUSH --
From: clarktodd@bvc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: THE STORY OF KINGS interview cd
Date: 11 Nov 92 11:45:35 CDT
Reply-To: clarktodd@bvc.edu
Organization: Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA

I haven't seen this posted on here (or maybe it was hidden under another 
title) yet but has anyone else bought the Rush cd THE STORY OF KINGS?  It 
is not an Atlantic release and does not contain music (as it says on the 
back).  I picked it up last Saturday in a Musicland.  I had read about it 
earlier this summer in a Goldmine issue (the tribute issue to Freddie 
Mercury).  It's copyrighted 1992 by tabak (I assume in England).  The cd 
lasts about 40 minutes and is a 2 track interview with Alex Lifeson around 
the HOLD YOUR FIRE period.  The interview took place in a restaurant 
because in the middle of it, Alex tells the waitress, errr waiterperson to 
put it over there and we hear a big thud and the patter of dishes, etc. in 
the background.  Initial comments, complaints, etc.?

Bravado,
todd clark

clarktodd@bvc.edu
From: jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: red sector a
Date: 7 Nov 92 03:52:39 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Boston University Physics Department

In article <SCOTTM.92Nov6164907@intime.intime.com> scottm@intime.intime.com (Scott Michel) writes:

>   Why would this make a difference? Do you think they're closet
>   Trinitarians ( :) ) or are into numerology?

>Nope. It's pretty well established (IMNSHO) that Neil Peart is an afficianado
>of Ayn Rand. Numerology is a *big* no-no: it means that you have to take
>something on complete faith, which Ayn proved very conclusively (also IMNSHO)
>to be a Very Bad Thing.

Proved? Like it _needs_ proof! :)

I should've put a smiley on the numerology comment also; twas a joke
son!

Gregg




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                "You may _not_ touch my monkey" -Dieter
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
From: cubsfan@camelot.bradley.edu (Michael Silverman)
Subject: Re: Rush's (Worst?) song
Organization: Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
Date: 11 Nov 92 21:08:50 GMT

My choice for worst Rush songs (or, least awesome Rush songs :-)
would be.......Tai Shan, High Water, Hand Over Fist, and
COuntdown, with COuntdown being the worst of all. I wonder if
Neil got hit on the head before he wrote the lyrics to that one!

--
cubsfan@camelot.bradley.edu

"One likes to believe in the freedom of baseball" - Geddy Lee
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
From: @expert.cc.purdue.edu (student.user)
Subject: Re: Hemispheres
Organization: Purdue University
Distribution: alt.music.rush
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:15:18 GMT

In article <1992Nov05.191723.16245@news.mentorg.com>, gam@sun_jimh.mentorg.com (Gary Merrick) writes:
> 
> Although I've only been subscribing to this newsgroup for two or three
> months, I'm surprised that I haven't heard any discussion about the
> album Hemispheres.
> 
> I'm curious as to what other Rush fans think of it... Personally, I
> consider it one of my favorites. I love the whole thing, particularly
> the lyrics. Does anybody know what, if anything, influenced Neil
> on such an interesting concept?
> 
> Does anybody else think La Villa Strangiato is one of the most
> jammin' songs they've ever done? I'd enjoy hearing more "excercises
> in self indulgence." I'd also love for Rush to come out with another
> album with a theme to it, like 2112, CoS, Hemispheres, etc. What's
> that called, anyway? Is that a "concept album"? Why don't they do
> them any more?
> 
> Have you ever been in a record store and seen the expression on
> somebody's face who inadvertently ran across the Hemispheres 
> album cover? It's hilarious! For those who don't know what it's
> about, it comes across to them as totally bizarre. Sometimes I
> entertain myself by putting the Hemispheres album out in front
> just to freak out some browsing teeny-bopper.

Gary


Regarding Hemispheres, it is also my favorite Rush album.
I don't think they'll be doing any more suites/extended songs
like Hemispheres, 2112 and The Fountain of  Lamneth.
While I find this kind of sad, I also agree with their
reasons. It's better for them to move on and do new things
than become stagnant (like some groups I could name, but I
won't in case some of their fans are reading this).
Besides, in my humble opinion, with every new album
they come closer to actually surpassing Hemispheres
(especially Roll The Bones, which with every listening
comes closer to usurping Hemispheres as my favorite 
album of all time). That and the new Beastie Boys
album, of course. Hey, put down the baseball bat, Geddy,
I was just kidding!!!

The Blue Racer  
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
From: fes9s@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Frank Erick Sellin)
Subject: Re: Rush Archives
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 23:51:36 GMT

Archives is merely just the first three albums compiled together (for
some undiscernable marketing reason, IMHO): Rush, Fly By Night, Caress
of Steel.  To the best of my knowledge, there are *no* extra tunes
that are not on these albums.  Unless it's been repackaged recently
such that it can compete with all the boxed sets floating around
these days...

Frank Sellin
===============
"Harry - it sucks."
    --Tom, Stephen Chapin
===============
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
From: sauron@pico.engr.mun.ca (Patrick Ryan)
Subject: Re: Rush on "the Rock" 
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Distribution: alt
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:46:59 GMT

glocke@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Gordon Locke  ) writes:

>	There are *tons* of Rush fans in Newfoundland.  By the way, I
>hate the expression "the Rock".  Not your fault, I know. 

Which leads to the question WHEN ARE THEY COMING BACK?


By the way, I knda like "the Rick"...
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From: slj1k@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: What else do Rush fans like?
Date: 12 Nov 92 12:41:40 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <92316.150156ADB103@psuvm.psu.edu>, <ADB103@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
> I am pretty good musician-well schooled in theory and all...

  <minor deletion to save bandwidth, something about being techy and e-music>

> ... What other artists do RUSH fans appreciate-I think this would give me 
> an idea as to where you are coming from. All replys welcome.

	in no particular order (and remember, you asked for this):
	
	j.s. bach
	j. brahms
	w.a. mozart
	rollins band
	philip aaberg
	michael manring
	miles davis (a.k.a. god) 
	peter gabriel w/ or w/o genesis (pref. w/o)
	prefab sprout
	al di meola
	john mclaughlin
	jake and elwood blues
	shadowfax
	primus
	nomeansno
	kate bush
	g. faure
	m. ravel
	charles ives
	the english beat
	the specials
	thomas dolby
	queen
	matthew sweet
	social distortion
	jethro tull
	bob marley
	roy hargrove
	branford marsalis
	pink floyd
	otis day and the knights
	jeff beck
	the rolling stones
	the doors
	john coltrane
	los lobos
	pat metheny
	david sanborn
	amy grant
	little women
	muddy waters
	steve winwood
	roxy music
	d. shostakovich
	a. schnitke
	neil young
	husker du
	sting
	steely dan
	paul simon
	r.e.m.
	the grateful dead
	the blue nile
	h. villa-lobos
	eric clapton
	a. vivaldi
	t. albinoni
	r. vaughan williams
	soundgarden
	harry conick, jr.
	joe satriani
	the cult
	shreikback
	the pretenders
	elton john
	joe jackson
	lone justice
	david bowie
	stevie ray vaughan
	devo
	and just a smidgen of motorhead

	oh, and a little bit of RUSH when i find the time
	
Mark L. Reece SLJ1K@CC.USU.EDU + ``... and the trees are all kept equal with
hatchet, axe and saw.'' - the professor on the drum kit, Neil Peart.
From: swhst1+@pitt.edu (Steven W Herer)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: If you could only buy 1 Rush CD(s)???
Date: 13 Nov 92 04:21:55 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

IMHO, it's a tossup between Moving Pictures  and Power Windows.  You might try
Chronicles if not sure exactly what Rush period your friend enjoys.
		Steve Herer