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Weebles Wobble​/​We Are The Fandoms

from Holy Crap, A New Album by Tom Smith

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The first part is a paean to the toys of my childhood. Which hasn't stopped, really....

The second is a tribute to fans and fandoms. Fandom truly is a way of life.

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Buddy you’re a boy, got your Nerf guns, playing in the
Street with your Frisbee and a baseball glove
You got slime on your face, hot wheels race,
With Major Matt Mason you’re going to space.
Weebles, weebles wobble
Weebles, weebles wobble

Buddy you’re a young man, grown into a connoisseur
Of collectible Lego sets,
You got eleven or twelve Tolkien elves, and
D&D hardcovers straining your shelves
Weebles, weebles wobble
Gollum, Dobby, Hoggle

Buddy you’re an old man, poor man, but they’ll have to
Pry your lightsaber from your cold dead hands
You got woad on your face, no living space,
But so much cool stuff in all those crates.
Archie, Dark Horse, Marvel
She-ra, Twilight Sparkle
Starscream’s lost his marbles
Xenomorph’s gone larval....

I’ve paid my dues with technology,
I ran my kitchen with an Apple 2e.
But ordinary folks still call me a nerd
But the nerds are dictating the culture, or haven’t you heard?
(Up up down down left right left right B A start)

We are the fandoms, my friends,
The main demographic that spends,
The collectible market, our demand sparked it,
Show us the cool merch, ‘cause we are the fandoms...
Of the world!

Six middle-earth films, Harry Potter’s got ten,
Marvel did twenty-two and now with Phase 4 they’ll start over again.
We love Shakespeare and Austen, but manga’s sublime,
And zombies and kaiju, and SuperWhoLock, it’ll sell every time!
(Shut up and take my money, money, money now!)

We are the fandoms, my friends,
And we dictate cultural trends,
Gaiman, McFarlane, media darlings,
No boring cop shows,‘cause we are the fandoms...
Of the world!

We are the fandoms, my friends,
And our memes justify the weekends,
Imagination will beat stagnation,
Now is the future, for we are the fandoms...

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from Holy Crap, A New Album, released March 20, 2020
Music: "We Will Rock You" by Brian May and "We Are The Champions" by Freddie Mercury

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Weird Al with more books, JoCo with more jokes, Carlin with more Cthulhu. Since 1985, Tom Smith has been breaking hearts, minds, and laws of propriety and physics with his insane blend of sf/fantasy, Life With Computers, pop culture, politics, and puns. More than twenty albums later, he maintains the best is yet to come. ... more

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