You maniacs! You really did it!

[mmcirvin]

Casey B. actually set to music and recorded my stupid Eighties poser-pop parody, Chalice of Fire. I cannot explain this.

He says that "AFAIK, there are more versions coming."

Update Having listened to it a couple of times, I have to say: This thing REALLY COULD HAVE gotten airplay in 1983.

At the time he announced it, I happened to be listening to COMAR, his fine collaboration with Eddie Lowther, which seems to be a soul-flavored tribute to a change-of-supplier notification clause in State of Maryland alcohol taxation regulations.

Update update 1. I have reason to believe that some alternate version(s) mentioned above may feature the talents of Interröbang Cartel rock and roll ultra-stars NEVER YET CAPTURED IN RECORDED FORM as they are still TOO HOT FOR MP3. 2. The bridge of Casey B's version can only be fully comprehended by special people.

Comments

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

I always thought the music for "Chalice of Fire" would be something like that of "Maniac," that song from the Flashdance soundtrack. So while CB's rendition is nothing short of incredible, a small, 20-year-old part of me is let down.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, if you do a Google Groups search for "chalice of fire," you get some really strange results. The phrase apparently had much, much more preexisting cultural and religious resonance than I realized at the time I picked it out of the air as a cool-sounding bit of nonsense with overtones of Atari 2600 Adventure.

[astrange.livejournal.com]

Once the Harry Potter movies get up to Goblet of Fire, a music video is required, or a recording of http://world.std.com/~mmcirvin/kibology/vaquero.html with accordions.

(And if you're wondering who I actually am, I lurk on ARK, because I'm too lazy to get a Google Groups account to make posts)

I thought as much.

[(Anonymous)]

So *you* were the mysterious 18th member of Toto...