Swarthmore parody song

interesteddad
Wed, 11 May 2005 21:54:28 +0000

Came across this yesterday. It is a parody song about Swarthmore set to the music of an REM song. Kid started it when he was a freshman in 1990 and, for whatever reason decided to finish and record it this week, fifteen years later. Recorded it on his Mac, sang all the parts and played the guitar parts:

Here’s a link to his Live Journal with the lyrics. From that page is a link to the MP3. It is terrific. The journal entries explain a few of the “insider” jokes.

Why buy a cow when you can get the filk for free?: jere7my — LiveJournal;