MANIC MUNDANE (to the tune of "Manic Monday" popularized by the Bangles) Music by Prince Lyrics by Paul Estin © 2003 (v. 2003-Mar-2) {Verse:} / D Dsus4 A - D Dsus4 G A / / / D Dsus4 A - D... / I was at a science fiction con, the weekend a new movie came out, We got a special showing; with three hundred folks we had enough clout, On the way to the theater, our buses all got stuck in a crowd, (way-ay...) But Darth Vader and Chewbacca scared 'em off while we kazoo'd very loud! {Refrain:} A7 - D - G It's just another manic mundane (oh, ooh-whoh) G D - G From Friday night to Sunday (oh, ooh-whoh) G D - G It's such a fun game (oh, ooh-whoh-oh) G D - A love-to-watch-them-run game (oh...) G A D - It's just another manic mundane Getting on the elevator, heading on up to my room, Next to me a klingon, two Ren ladies, and a bride and a groom, The couple dressed up like the newlyweds get off at the seventh floor, (oh-oh...) "Who are all these freaks?!" we hear her yelling through the closing door... {Refrain} Bm - - - "All the hotels, why did you have to pick here E7 - - - With these weirdos around?" (SF, SF) G - A - "Why couldn't it be lawyers, or even the Shriners, (couldn't...) (couldn't...) Bm - - - not the Trekkies in town?" G - E7 - He tells her with a voice full of fear A - - - "C'mon honey, let's get out of here!" (ooh ooh ooh ooh...) A... A6 A.. Time it goes so fast... when you're at a con... {Final refrain:} {n.c} - D - G - Just another manic mundane (oh, ooh-whoh) G D - G From Friday night to Sunday (oh, ooh-whoh) G D - G It's such a fun game (oh, ooh-whoh-oh) G D - A love-to-watch-them-run game (oh...) G A D - G - It's just another manic mundane (oh, ooh-whoh) G D - G From Friday night to Sunday (oh, ooh-whoh) G D - It's such a fun game (oh...) G A D - It's just another manic mundane Notes: Both incidents are true. The "wedding couple on the elevator" incident happened to me at ConClave in Lansing, Michigan; I think it was in 1996. (What the couple said to each other later, of course, is fictionalized.) As for the "buses on the way to Star Wars" incident, I heard about it from this Usenet post: From: Kim Dyer (21329KAD@MSU.BITNET) Subject: freaking the mundanes Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers Date: 1990-10-13 16:28:39 PST I recall once an entire convention had booked a private showing of Star Wars (when it was first run) in a theater in an outlaying area of New York City. Well, the entire convention membership climbed on 4 rented buses ... and many decided to go in costume. (Fannish group ... the only people at the theater were going to be fans ... could be fun.) Well, the bus I was on made wrong turn due to some construction. We found ourselves in the middle of Manhattan. To make it worse, the New York Islanders had just won the Stanley Cup. HUNDREDS of DRUNKEN HOCKEY FANS filled the streets. People were spraying the bus with beer and champagne. The bus stopped. The crowd started to rock the bus. Well, on our bus were 2 people who stood over 6'6" in their stocking feet. (One of these people is now a makeup specialist in California, but he was a talented amateur at the time.) We had a pro-quality Darth Vader and Chewbacca available, so while 75 of us either "dum-dum-de-dummed" Vader's theme or played kazoos, Darth and Chewie stationed themselves at the bus doors. The bus driver snickered and opened the doors. Jaws dropped, and the crowd parted enough for us to get our tails out of there. Not folklore. I was there and stone cold sober. ------- ************************************************************************ * KIM DYER * * * 208 COMPUTER CENTER * ANY TECHNOLOGY DISTINGUISHABLE * * MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY * FROM MAGIC ISN'T ADVANCED ENOUGH * * EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN * * ************************************************************************