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Music To Go With Your Wookie Costume

Posted at 10:18 AM on July 2, 2009 by Steve Seel (3 Comments)

All this weekend, the CONvergence science fiction and fantasy convention is taking place in Bloomington, for those who want to spend at least a part of their holiday weekend indoors wearing chain-mail or a Boba Fett helmet. From what I understand, it's a big party - billing itself as it does as "a celebration of the funny side of science fiction and fantasy."

So fantasy and sci-fi was our topic for the 9:30 Coffee Break today. Our favorite requests:

1) David Bowie, "Starman"
2) Queen, "Flash Gordon Theme"
3) The Faint, "The Geeks Were Right"
4) Leonard Nimoy, "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins"
5) Led Zeppelin, "Ramble On"
6) "Theme from Mystery Science Theater 3000"

Lots of spacey Bowie songs to pick from, not just "Space Oddity." "Starman" has always been a fave of mine. I loved hearing the dialog featuring Ming the Merciless at the beginning of the Flash Gordon Theme; as for Zeppelin, you get a few choices of Middle Earth-referencing tunes in their catalog, and "Ramble On" refers to Mordor and Gollum; and as for Leonard Nimoy - what's that? You didn't know about his "Ode To Bilbo Baggins?" Well shoot, the video is gonna blow your mind then:

Comments (3)

That video was the funniest thing I've seen all day! Except, why are the women wearing elf ears? (Or are they.....vulcan ears?)

Posted by Kim V | July 2, 2009 11:22 AM

Oh my...hearing you play the theme from MST3K made me run out of the shower and crank up the radio. You totally made my day. Love you guys!

Posted by Carrie | July 2, 2009 11:49 AM

Ah I loved it all, especially the Bilbo Baggins song. One of my old roommates introduced me to that video about a year ago and it's still the funniest thing I've ever seen. Also, loved hearing the theme to MST3K.

Posted by Lauren Baker | July 2, 2009 12:53 PM

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