Camp Sick!Wilson: Filk Song Challenge

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

Good morning campers! Welcome to Session 4 of Camp Sick!Wilson. I will be your counselor.

For today's challenge:

If you have not participated in camp before, or in a filk writing activity, you may be asking yourself, what is a filk song?

According to Urban Dictionary:

Filk - The art of changing published and/or known music lyrics to fit a specific theme. Different lyrics sung to a well known tune.

A well-known example is: Jingle bells, Batman smells. Weird Al Yankovic has made a career out of writing and singing songs like these. (The song in the challenge video, "Addicted To Spuds," is by Weird Al; it's a parody of "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer.)

With regard to this community, the filk song must be sick!Wilson related.

You'll find plenty of examples at Camp Sick!Wilson Scrapbook - 2012 from last year's camp.

Have fun!

Edit: Just to clarify, in case it wasn't clear, this is a song lyric writing challenge. (The vids are merely decorative.)

Comments

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Oh - I love the videos! 'Dumb ways to die' lol ! And Wilson in full 'hunting' gear never gets old - excellent!

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

Lol. Thanks! RSL is in some movie where he's in a Navy Uniform. I think it's some sort of made-for-TV film.

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

RSL is in some movie where he's in a Navy Uniform. I think it's some sort of made-for-TV film.

Gotta love a man in uniform :) I just googled it (A Glimpse of Hell) and yum (http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf4tjvIe6x1qf92qjo1_400.jpg)! and this (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcejowitCH1rx5o7jo1_500.jpg) one :)

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

OMFG I CANNOT EVEN. Thanks so much for the links!

Seems more like A Glimpse of Heaven to me....

[sassyjumper.livejournal.com]

Well, hot damn.

And now I want an AU where House and Wilson meet as Naval doctors. No, I don't know why House would be in the Navy. Maybe John House hated Navy people, so it seemed like a good idea? And Wilson ... really liked "In the Navy" by the Village People. It doesn't matter, because H/W in uniform.

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

YES. YES TO ALL OF THIS.

[yarroway.livejournal.com]

Dumb Ways To Die is wonderful!

I can't make vids. Is it ok if I just write lyrics to a song instead?

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

Sure. Writing lyrics to a song is the challenge. I just posted mini intro videos for fun lol.

[sassyjumper.livejournal.com]

Love that first vid!

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[mnstrtruckslash.livejournal.com]

Okay, I finally finished one: http://sick-wilson.livejournal.com/705498.html (http://sick-wilson.livejournal.com/705498.html)

[barefootpuddles.livejournal.com]

Great job with the Dumb Ways to Die Video - I love that song and original video - and you did a super job making it Sick!Wilson centric.

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Love Dumb Ways to Die. The captions are hysterical. :D

[petitecuriosity.livejournal.com]

Lol. Thanks!