If I ran a game store I would play the song Don't Go Drinking with Hobbits by Marc Gunn.
Of all the races in Middle Earth which one holds their liquor the best? It's a well known fact that man is the lightest of the lightweights when you compare the races. Marc Gunn reminds us what a bad idea it is for us humans to share pints with the halfling people in Don't Go Drinking with Hobbits. In his customary fashion, Marc plays the autoharp while melodically singing his poetry so the song sounds like something you'd hear at a Ren Faire. That's a selling point, though, because this song is of a jovial night in a Hobbiton watering hole and Ren Faire music is what you expect is played there.
Don't Go Drinking with Hobbits was inspired by real life events. As the story goes, Marc was at a 2004 convention and went drinking with the people behind a hobbit fan fiction website and he was left in a horrible booze haze for the rest of the con. He posted the lyrics for the song on his blog in 2007 and released the recorded song on his 2008 album, What Color is Your Dragon?. He later released the song on The FuMP and on his 2011 album, titled Don't Go Drinking with Hobbits.
Don't Go Drinking with Hobbits on Google Play
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
A Well-Dressed Hobbit
If I ran a game store I would play the song A Well-Dressed Hobbit by Marc Gunn.
Gamers like hobbits and gamers like lists of gear, ergo gamers like lists of hobbit gear. This is a song about a hobbit checking to make sure he's properly attired for his night at the pub. It's a filk tune played by Marc Gunn using only an autoharp and it sounds right out of the Renaissance Faire. It's also a cumulative song, meaning there's a list of items in the verse that grows one item longer every time the verse is sung. By the time the song ends it's been sped up and the list has grown so long that listeners can't keep up with singing along. A Well-Dressed Hobbit has been called the "hobbits' version"* of The Rattlin' Bog, which is a popular Irish folk tune.
A Well-Dressed Hobbit is from Marc Gunn's 2011 album, Don't Go Drinking with Hobbits. Expect more from this album to appear on X Marks the Beat.
A Well-Dressed Hobbit on Google Play
* Quote taken from The FuMP.
Gamers like hobbits and gamers like lists of gear, ergo gamers like lists of hobbit gear. This is a song about a hobbit checking to make sure he's properly attired for his night at the pub. It's a filk tune played by Marc Gunn using only an autoharp and it sounds right out of the Renaissance Faire. It's also a cumulative song, meaning there's a list of items in the verse that grows one item longer every time the verse is sung. By the time the song ends it's been sped up and the list has grown so long that listeners can't keep up with singing along. A Well-Dressed Hobbit has been called the "hobbits' version"* of The Rattlin' Bog, which is a popular Irish folk tune.
A Well-Dressed Hobbit is from Marc Gunn's 2011 album, Don't Go Drinking with Hobbits. Expect more from this album to appear on X Marks the Beat.
A Well-Dressed Hobbit on Google Play
* Quote taken from The FuMP.
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