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Okay...*embarrassed look*...so, about half a year back I got this idea for writing new lyrics based on the Thriller Bark storyline to an old favourite song from the '80s. (I thought this kind of thing was called a filk, but looking up Wikipedia now it appears I was mistaken about that.) Possibly unwisely, I posted it to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
one_piece - it was actually my very first post there - where it had a total response of zero. ;) So I figured, well, either people don't go for this kind of thing in general, or they don't know or care for the original song - or, to be fair, maybe my lyrics were just too stupid. ^_^ (Could even be that some may not have thought it appropriate to use a political song with a very strong anti-apartheid message in this fashion.) In any case, fair enough.
And there the matter should probably have rested. But...erg. I really like the original song, and watching recent anime episodes I got the old idea back in my head and I kinda went, "I don't know, I still think the chorus fits Thriller Bark so well...hum...maybe I should post it again".
Then I valiantly tried to suppress this urge until I eventually succumbed. As is my wont.
It is entirely okay to ignore this if you, say, don't care for this kind of thing, don't know or like the song, or think the lyrics are awful. ^_^ It's also fine to tell me any of those things, of course.
Spoilers for Thriller Bark up to and including chapter 476.
Mel. "Gimme Hope, Jo'anna" by Eddy Grant
Link to song on Youtube
Link to original song lyrics
( Okay, that's enough apologising. )
one_piece - it was actually my very first post there - where it had a total response of zero. ;) So I figured, well, either people don't go for this kind of thing in general, or they don't know or care for the original song - or, to be fair, maybe my lyrics were just too stupid. ^_^ (Could even be that some may not have thought it appropriate to use a political song with a very strong anti-apartheid message in this fashion.) In any case, fair enough.And there the matter should probably have rested. But...erg. I really like the original song, and watching recent anime episodes I got the old idea back in my head and I kinda went, "I don't know, I still think the chorus fits Thriller Bark so well...hum...maybe I should post it again".
Then I valiantly tried to suppress this urge until I eventually succumbed. As is my wont.
It is entirely okay to ignore this if you, say, don't care for this kind of thing, don't know or like the song, or think the lyrics are awful. ^_^ It's also fine to tell me any of those things, of course.
Spoilers for Thriller Bark up to and including chapter 476.
Mel. "Gimme Hope, Jo'anna" by Eddy Grant
Link to song on Youtube
Link to original song lyrics
( Okay, that's enough apologising. )
