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This Year's FAWM (is gonna be awesome) (*21898)

mattwestcott

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pop song-about-fawm meta comedy chorusfirst

Liner Notes:

The trusty writing-a-song-about-the-start-of-FAWM ploy.

Updated 26/03/2012: As the opener to yesterday's London FOP http://fawm.org/forums/thread/2507/ , I performed a special edition version of this song - "This Year's FOP (Is Gonna Be Awesome)". Scroll down for lyrics...

Lyrics:

This year's FAWM is gonna be awesome
This year's FAWM is gonna be great
I'll make it to fourteen this time, just see if I don't
I'll collaborate with Errol and a bunch of other folk
This year's FAWM is gonna be awesome
This year's FAWM is gonna be great
I'll master the fine art of hanging out on IRC
Without it sucking up my evening's productivity

I'll fight the urge to use ideas
that I've been sitting on for years
that never turn out half as good
as when I heard them in my head

This month is going to be a riot
If there's a skirmish then I'll try it
But I'll sustain a balanced diet
And a full eight hours in bed

This year's FAWM is gonna be awesome
This year's FAWM is gonna be great
I'll take the opportunity to dust off my cajon
My African kalimba and my Korg Monotron
This year's FAWM is gonna be awesome
This year's FAWM is gonna be great
We're going to show the world that strangle disco isn't dead
I'll burn my rhyming dictionary just like Helen said

I'll check out songs by other people
Write and comment as an equal
My internet won't turn to treacle
At the most annoying times

We'll avoid procrastination
When we're in a situation
where we're awash with inspiration
And that's the reason why

This year's FAWM is gonna be awesome
This year's FAWM is gonna be great
All the tracks I write will be at least three minutes long
And I won't flake out at commenting on other people's songs
This year's FAWM is gonna be awesome
This year's FAWM is gonna be great
I'll keep my demos simple, 'cause that's all they need to be
And not waste time recording pointless three part harmony

And if it doesn't work that way
I have to post a bunch of ma-
-de up titles on the final day
…well, that's OK

If my best intentions go amiss
I think we all agree on this:
This year's FAWM will still be excellent
Because it always is…

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This Year's FOP (Is Gonna Be Awesome)

This year's FOP is gonna be awesome
This year's FOP is gonna be great
It's time to meet old friends again, as well as brand new faces
And not be inconvenienced by the lack of double basses
This year's FOP is gonna be awesome
This year's FOP is gonna be great
We'll make as much noise as we want 'cause we're down here in the basement
If anyone's guitar string breaks we're sure to have replacements

Pull up a chair and grab a table
Use a beermat to make it stable
Try not to trip over a cable
and knock out all the lights

At lunch we'll have a good old natter
There'll be some steampunk from Tom Slatter
The camera won't run out of batter-y
half way through the night

This year's FOP is gonna be awesome
This year's FOP is gonna be great
I'm sure if you ask nicely you can borrow Sven's cajon
My African kalimba and Helen's Monotron
This year's FOP is gonna be awesome
This year's FOP is gonna be great
We'll jam along together, and not get any of it wrong
'Cause we've got twenty printouts of the chords to Morti's songs

And if it doesn't work that way
We blow a fuse on the PA
Or you're too jittery to play…
well that's okay

If our setlists go amiss
We'll just drink cider and get pissed
This year's FOP will still be excellent
Because it always is…

This year's FOP is gonna be awesome
This year's FOP is gonna be great
We'll have some fine performances, accompanied by beer
And teach the world the correct pronunciation of Worcestershire
This year's FOP is gonna be awesome
This year's FOP is gonna be great
We'll rock around the clock tonight, in the manner of Bill Haley
With mandolin, Kaossilator, and a ukulele

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murexa 3 months ago

Best lyrics ever. Super awesome! And thanks for the inspiration!
besatree 3 months ago

Awesome! Quiky, catchy and relevant. Great work.
sonofadiplomat 3 months ago

great theme
hoopshank 4 months ago

Brilliant! You said recently something like that "Poppy" by Hellshank was the ultimate meta-FAWM song. Well you've definitely taken the title here. I think you've covered all the major quirks in your excellent-as-ever lyrics. Nice catchy music too - can definitely picture a bunch of us singing along to this at a FOP. And the illustrative extra sounds and harmonies are fantastic. And I was genuinely thinking this wants some shoobies at the end like Millionaire and suddenly there they were! Great work!
pianoman 4 months ago

Every year I look forward to your songs more than any others. This is a wonderful example why; I've always disdained the write-a-song-about-fawm-itself idea, but you've changed my mind completely. African calimba - genius!
alyssarayalden 4 months ago

I adore this song! I was bouncing up and down the whole time! Your lyrics are so clever yet so simple all at the same time - which of course is the best way to do it. Looking forward to hearing the other 13 songs!
stephenwordsmith 4 months ago

With the exception of a few author-specific lines, this would be an ideal mantra for the average FAWMer.

Love your work, as always. Brilliant rhyming scheme: every syllable bounces along like a toddler on their father's knee, even though the subject matter is downright transactional most of the time.
majidae 4 months ago

Here's to eight hours of sleep! And a balanced diet of Twizzlers and chocolate and, oh, treacle, thanks for reminding me...
Love this song. <3 It captures what I think of FAWM every year!
(And, personally, I love pointless three part harmonies. )