Re: is there a word for this?

From: David Seidman <seidmad[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:02:26 -0800 (PST)

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Timothy Phillips <hrothgar[_at_]telepath.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Howard Lurie <lurie[_at_]law.villanova.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I am wondering if there is a word to describe the process or end
> > result of writing words to be sung to the tune of another song.
> > It isn't really a parody. I think Alan Sherman did some of this,
> > although some of his stuff was probably true parody. Do we have a
> > word for it in English?
>
> It is "parody" in the most general sense of the word (which doesn't
> necessarily imply ridicule). It is also called "contrafactum". Some
> call it "filk" but this word is not documented in any dictionary, so
> it might not be widely understood.

The term "piggyback song" apparently has some currency. See, e.g.,

   http://www.pentatonika.com/piggyback.html

David Seidman
<seidmad[_at_]yahoo.com>

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