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    Sing Along As The World Ends, With Folkalypse Band We'll Write

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sing Along As The World Ends, With Folkalypse Band We'll Write
    Also, isn't this just one long Lebowski reference?
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    05/06/09

    In reply to Sing Along As The World Ends, With Folkalypse Band We'll Write
    Um, while we're on the topic of Sci-Fi musicals... has anyone bothered to click on the banner ads for Grail, cause I think if you haven't you should, cause it's awesome, and by awesome I mean -REDACTED BY GAWKER-.
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sing Along As The World Ends, With Folkalypse Band We'll Write
    It's not CGI- it's good old fashioned stop motion animation and physical effects (with a little Photoshop and After Effects thrown in). Totally charming- thanks for the post! I will definitely check out all the bands being discussed here.
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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    05/06/09

    @John Hazard: Oh, very cool! I didn't realize that! Apologies, Tom.
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sing Along As The World Ends, With Folkalypse Band We'll Write
    My personal favorite pre-apocalyptic song is, of course, Tom Leher's wonderful, cute, little ditty about a full thermonuclear war:



    + Watch video
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/06/09

    @corpore-metal: How about:

    "Well, so long Mommy

    I'm off to bomb a Commie

    So pack me a salami

    And try not to cry somehow--

    I'll be back to you

    When the War is over...

    An hour an'a half from now!"
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    05/06/09

    @corpore-metal:
    Ah yes! One of my favorites! I didn't even know these concerts had been filmed.
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    05/06/09

    In reply to Sing Along As The World Ends, With Folkalypse Band We'll Write
    If you're going to sing a folk song about a post-apocalyptic robot uprising you'll be hard pressed to do a better job than Flight of the Conchords:



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    Image of Plague Plague
    05/06/09

    @bluehinter:

    Who own these two tools without even trying.
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    05/06/09

    @bluehinter: This had me laughing out loud at my workdesk like a raving idiot. I'm not much for their show, but their songs are hilarious- the Bowie Song is incredible.


    When I'm sad, thinking about all humans being dead usually makes me feel a little better- now it will make me crack up laughing. Thanks!

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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    05/06/09

    @John Hazard:
    Yeah, their recorded stuff, and watching them play live is absolutely hilarious.


    The TV show, on the other hand, is mostly just them shoehorning truncated versions of their best songs into an awkward semblance of a plot.


    I don't fault it, since it vastly expanded their audience and probably netted them a bigger paycheck than any project they've worked on so far, but definitely make sure you listen to the "pure" version of their songs first.

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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    12/19/08

    In reply to Singing Supervillains Perform Their Diabolical Numbers
    Gotta go with the Robot Devil singing "Here in Robot Hell."


    Also the "Devil's Hands" episode where Fry writes the opera.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/18/08

    In reply to Singing Supervillains Perform Their Diabolical Numbers
    David Wayne, yay!
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    Image of Dormouse: Corporate Tool Dormouse: Corporate Tool
    12/18/08

    In reply to Singing Supervillains Perform Their Diabolical Numbers
    Just rewatched Labyrinth the other night. So.....good.


    I want to marry David Bowie.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/18/08

    @Dormouse II: The Wrath of Gryphon: Never could understand why she went back to suburbia with the screaming brat and the stepmom when she could have had, literally, everything she ever dreamed of.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    12/18/08

    @Dormouse II: The Wrath of Gryphon: I fell in love with David Bowie as The Goblin King. What an awesome movie! Definitely one of my favorites.... though it came out a year before I was born lol.
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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    12/18/08

    In reply to Singing Supervillains Perform Their Diabolical Numbers
    Wow. Comprehensive and awesome. Nice one.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    12/18/08

    In reply to Singing Supervillains Perform Their Diabolical Numbers
    I'm always amazed at how sad and chilling Hal's rendition of Daisy is...
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    12/18/08

    In reply to Singing Supervillains Perform Their Diabolical Numbers
    Robot Devil! Labyrinth!!! The 'Once More with Feeling' ep!!!!! GLaDOS!!!!!!


    This whole post is made of win.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    12/18/08

    @Belabras: Mm... I liked the Killing Joke reference. Freakin awesome. The triviagasms are coming (ha!) closer and closer to completely overwhelming me with goodness. Freud take me away!
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