Retro Rocket Science

Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff

I've not met Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff. My first contact with them was an e-mail where they told me they had put a CD together, would I be interested in selling it. After getting a sampler, I was amazed: they had taken popular music of the 1960's and 70's (both rock and non) and filked them. The first time I listened to "Hotel Dealer Floor," I thought "waita minute, this is the original song," until I heard Maya singing the vocals. "This isn't the Eagles, this is filk! Rock and roll filk!" Well, why not? It's a great album. Very professionally done. I just never really considered doing filk rock as it's done here. This is NOT your parent's filk stuff.

Here's the play list, along with the tunes filked:

Hotel Dealer Floor	The Eagles "Hotel California"
Every Single Song She Sings	"Every Little Thing She Does (is Magic)"
The Actor	Paul Simon's "The Boxer"
Hangin' Out at Cheers	"Reelin' in the Years"
Mock the Turkey	Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey"
Pharoahs of Filk	"Sultan's of Swing"
Every Breath	Sting's "Every Breath You Take"
Knight's in White Satin	"Nights in White Satin"
Eldorado	G. Frey's "Desperado"
Closer to the Plot	"Closer to the Heart"
Another Job at the Mall	R. Waters "Another Brick on the Wall"
Won't Get Fooled	Peter Townshend's "Won't Get Fooled Again"

The CD is $16.00 and well worth it, in my opinion.

store entrance	Celtic music
Filk and folk music	music books
new stuff in the store	non-musical stuff

Copyright of the page text stays with me and is presently October 10, 2002.

© 2002 sffilk@bellsouth.net

---

This page hosted by Get your own Free Home Page