VHF: The Complete Book of Lyrics
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| Title: | VHF: The Complete Book of Lyrics |
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| Date(s): | 1983 |
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| Subject: | Harrison Ford, American Graffiti, Heroes, Frisco Kid, Hanover Street, Indiana Jones, Mosquito Coast, Star Wars, Blade Runner, The Conversation, science fiction |
| Language: | English |
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VHF: The Complete Book of Lyrics is a 98-page print zine of lyrics for 130 original songs by Martie Benedict.
VHF stands for "Very Harrison Ford."
The focus of the songbook is original music (not filks) written and performed by Martie Benedict that has a focus of the characters portrayed by Harrison Ford, as well as some general science fiction themes.
From the songbook: "Ever know a man who made you feel like singing?"
This zine had illos by Wanda Lybarger and Carlotta Vaughn.
Sample Interior
Contents
VHF
- Heavy Times (Star Wars)
- Kessel Run (Star Wars)
- Life on the Edge (Star Wars)
- Indiana (Indiana Jones)
- The UPGIGIBFHS Blues (Star Wars)
- No One Will Know I'm Gone (Star Wars)
- Run with the Sun (Indiana Jones)
- All the Stars That Burn (Star Wars)
- Ballad of Ludee and Hon (Star Wars)
- Galaxy Turns (Star Wars)
- Celestial Gardens (fantasy)
- To Hell with the Corporate Sector (Star Wars)
- Eternity Man (Star Wars)
- Keep It Together (Star Wars)
- Starport Lady (science fiction)
- Smiles (Star Wars)
- Feel Like a Woman (Star Wars)
- Rocky Mountain Wine (Heroes (film))
- Raiders (Indiana Jones)
More VHF I
- Dedication Reggae (Indiana Jones)
- Road Muse (Frisco Kid)
- Who Do You Love? (American Graffiti)
- Let Me Rest You (Heroes)
- Halladin's Womon (Star Wars)
- Ladies of Abilene (Frisco Kid)
- Bock of My Mind (Heroes)
- Quit Messin' With My Heart (Frisco Kid)
- Free Flight (Star Wars)
More VHF II
- Damn Sore Ready (Heroes)
- After the Mission (Hanover Street)
- Fortune's a Woman (Star Wars)
- Feels So Good (Blade Runner)
- My Whole Life Over (Frisco Kid)
- Where in Creation..,? (Indiana Jones)
- Summer on the Mountain (Star Wars)
- Eufordia (multifandom)
- Coda (Star Wars)
More VHF III
- Gunhand of Fate (Frisco Kid, from J.A. Berger's story of the some name)
- Eyes of Love (Indiana Jones)
- Naturol Man (Harrison Ford)
- Odyssey (Indiana Jones)
- Hangin' On (Star Wars)
- Backseat Heaven (American Graffiti)
- Boy Out of Time (Heroes)
- Typical Wednesday on Zoris (Star Wars)
- Angles Have Wings (Frisco Kid)
- Lovin' Han (Star Wars)
More VHF IV
- Reservations ((Star Wars), from Wanda Lybarger's story "Choice")
- Simple Pleasures (Frisco Kid)
- Siren's Song (Indiana Jones)
- Damn Gypsy Spacers (Hon, et al.)
- Friends (Heroes)
- Pillow Song [Corellion Lullabye] (Star Wars)
- Love Machine (Star Wars)
- Middle of the Night (Heroes)
- Wherever You Go (Frisco Kid)
- Lying in the Dappled Shade (Star Wars)
More VHF V
- Time on My Hands (Heroes)
- Gettin' Back to England (Hanover Street)
- Cage Bird Sings (Frisco Kid)
- Alone (Star Wars)
- Indiona Mon (Indiana Jones)
- Don't Go Away (American Graffiti)
- Touch Me (Voolon Love Chant, Stars Wars by extension)
- Kenny's Improvisation Song (Heroes, based on characters and situations created by Sherry Magee and Dionne Wickes)
- One Step Ahead of the Low (Star Wars)
- All the Gentle Ladies (Harrison Ford)
- Toke Me Away (Hon, from a Wanda Lybarger painting)
- A Short Conversation (The Conversation)
- Moonsilver (Star Wars, from the story of the same name)
- One More Time (Frisco Kid)
VHF Love Songs/Star Songs
- Night's Almost Over (Star Wars)
- Silence When You're Gone (Star Wars)
- Spiral Down (Star Wars)
- If I Could (multifandom ["any or all"])
- I'm Your Pillow (Star Wars)
- Leaving for Aurellia (Star Wars)
- Gettin' the Feelin' (Indiana Jones)
- Share a Little Love (Star Wars)
- Wanderer (Star Wars)
- No One Ever Kissed Me Like You (ladies' choice)
- Deep and Secret Places (ladies' choice)
- Maggie, for a Moment (Hanover Street)
- Lady of Fantasy (Star Wars)
- Every Inch a Spacer (science fiction)
- Sundog Solli's Cosino (Star Wars)
- Survivor (Star Wars)
- Portsiders' Blues (science fiction)
- Spread Your Wings (science fiction)
- The Ballad of D'Koto Lee (Star Wars, by extension)
- Queen of the Constellations (science fiction)
- The Ballad of Traeger Jona (science fiction)
Fan Comments
The Lyric Book covers almost every tape Martie has ever recorded—from VHF to VHF Addendum, and it's a God-send to anyone who may want to sing or play along. Monitoring and transcribing off tape can be a real labor. By producing her lyric 'zine, Martie has saved the would-be singers among us a great deal of work—which leaves us energy for singing. Bountifully and beautifully keyed by full-page Wanda Lybarger illos of Harrison Ford's characters and Carlotta Vaughn's companion spot illos, the book has been clearly and carefully printed and bound with a spiral ring so that it will lie flat when open. For the illos alone, the book would be worth its purchase price. But, more than this, as you read the words to these pieces, you can see, really see, the poetic skill of this special musician/singer/writer/artist/mage, Martie Benedict.[1]