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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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    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:



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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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    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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