I'm going to limit myself to the topic of fannish music only.
Thanks for the additional names and comments on events! That will help me with finding the right primary sources (ie fanzines) later on, whenever I can manage to get to spend time with a larger collection than my own.
As an active filker, I have a slightly different view of filk than you. You need some form of active performance. It's the difference between having a series of lone oneshots and having a real APA together with a variety of fanzines.
What Kjell Gerhard did was revue songs, as did Povel Ramel. I covered the styles, not the artists themselves.
As for songs about space, yes, of course Swedish fans have written songs about space. But songs of space was a very important part of American filking in the 70s to 90s, much more so than in Swedish fandom. There is also a thematic difference. Swedish filk about space tends to be didactic or humorous. American filk have space songs in that style too, but the main theme about space is expressed by songs like "Hope Eyrie", "Fire in the Sky", "Starsoul", or "Witnesses' Waltz". Swedish filk has nothing comparable to this tradition, and neither does German or UK filk in what I've seen.
Re: Corrections and additions
Date: 2017-07-18 08:54 am (UTC)Thanks for the additional names and comments on events! That will help me with finding the right primary sources (ie fanzines) later on, whenever I can manage to get to spend time with a larger collection than my own.
As an active filker, I have a slightly different view of filk than you. You need some form of active performance. It's the difference between having a series of lone oneshots and having a real APA together with a variety of fanzines.
What Kjell Gerhard did was revue songs, as did Povel Ramel. I covered the styles, not the artists themselves.
As for songs about space, yes, of course Swedish fans have written songs about space. But songs of space was a very important part of American filking in the 70s to 90s, much more so than in Swedish fandom. There is also a thematic difference. Swedish filk about space tends to be didactic or humorous. American filk have space songs in that style too, but the main theme about space is expressed by songs like "Hope Eyrie", "Fire in the Sky", "Starsoul", or "Witnesses' Waltz". Swedish filk has nothing comparable to this tradition, and neither does German or UK filk in what I've seen.