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cahnI would like to show you a thing mildred_of_midgard, selenak, and I have been working on! Two things :D Two covers of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire," 18th-century versions!
Chronological, Prussian-centric version:
Non-chronological, Euro-centric (but not quite as Prussian-centric) one:
These were inspired by the Hildegard von Blingin' medieval/Renaissance cover that came out a year and a half ago. Clearly this was not something salon could let stand without trying to produce its own 18th-century version. (In fact,selenak posted about it on her DW and within twenty-four hours I was reading not one but TWO first drafts, one written by selenak and the other by mildred_of_midgard!)
So then we were committed to putting this thing together. It obviously took a while from there (quite a lot of that gap was unfortunately due to me, as I had limited times that I could record properly, and it took me a while to figure out the best way to do it -- the last time I did something even faintly like this was in grad school).mildred_of_midgard is the real MVP in terms of doing all the video/video-audio syncing, which was a LOT. Also: I apologize abjectly for pronunciation, which has never been my strength even in English, let alone anything else. But I hope you enjoy anyway! (And of course if you have any questions as to what any of the lines refer to, feel free to ask here or there and someone will answer! :D )
mildred_of_midgard, selenak, and I have been working on! Two things :D Two covers of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire," 18th-century versions!Chronological, Prussian-centric version:
Non-chronological, Euro-centric (but not quite as Prussian-centric) one:
These were inspired by the Hildegard von Blingin' medieval/Renaissance cover that came out a year and a half ago. Clearly this was not something salon could let stand without trying to produce its own 18th-century version. (In fact,
selenak posted about it on her DW and within twenty-four hours I was reading not one but TWO first drafts, one written by selenak and the other by mildred_of_midgard!)So then we were committed to putting this thing together. It obviously took a while from there (quite a lot of that gap was unfortunately due to me, as I had limited times that I could record properly, and it took me a while to figure out the best way to do it -- the last time I did something even faintly like this was in grad school).
mildred_of_midgard is the real MVP in terms of doing all the video/video-audio syncing, which was a LOT. Also: I apologize abjectly for pronunciation, which has never been my strength even in English, let alone anything else. But I hope you enjoy anyway! (And of course if you have any questions as to what any of the lines refer to, feel free to ask here or there and someone will answer! :D )
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Date: 2026-01-05 11:28 pm (UTC)TWO first drafts written by selenak and mildred_of_midgard
Respectively, if that wasn't clear to anyone.
So then we were committed to putting this thing together.
Only because you agreed to do the vocals and music! I didn't think I was going to be able to talk you into it, but you were GAME! \o/
This is another excellent example of that magical alchemy of salon. <333
I apologize abjectly for pronunciation, which has never been my strength even in English, let alone anything else
I told my wife about how hard the task of singing all those unfamiliar foreign names so fast was, and she was duly impressed!
mildred_of_midgard is the real MVP in terms of doing all the video/video-audio syncing, which was a LOT
30+ hours a lot!
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Date: 2026-01-07 05:26 am (UTC)Hee, I amended that in the post!
I didn't think I was going to be able to talk you into it, but you were GAME! \o/
This is another excellent example of that magical alchemy of salon. <333
Lol and yay! The vocals and the music I was up for! :D It was the recording I was worried about, haha. Yay alchemy!!
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Date: 2026-01-08 08:35 pm (UTC)(Out of curiosity: Was the "didn't"/"did not" change in the refrain from the first to the second just for variety or did you have a different reason?)
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Date: 2026-01-08 08:42 pm (UTC)I do like that we ended up following different versions, as it results in more variation and makes it more worthwhile having two 18th century covers.
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Date: 2026-01-09 05:30 pm (UTC)But yeah, what Mildred said -- and I mostly sang whatever was given to me, except for very occasionally having to e.g. elide something so that I actually *could* sing it in meter, lol!