Forchette - A Song
We’re going to break things down for you now a little bit; change the tempo with this next one. This is called Forchette.
It’s a song about what greed does to good people. It’s based loosely around the invention of the spork, the hybrid eating utensil which has made millions of lives easier, revolutionising eating on the go.
Not much was known about the invention of this implement. It’s actually French in origin, invented by a couple in happier -well, you’ll see.
Anyway, I wrote this so that unsung heroes of the spork can finally be sung. By you.
Click the picture to see the chords and lyrics and have a go yourself if you play an instrument. It’s in 4/4 with kind of a blues-rock feel to it, but if you want to make any changes, then that’s cool. Whatever works best for you, man. It’s all about the music.
October 1st, 2007 at 8:15 am
Very nice! I couldn’t make out some of the words though - might be a poor quality monitor. Did I read something about cleaning up after a stork, and you claiming your name is Ken?
October 1st, 2007 at 8:43 am
Not me, Wendy - the protagonist. Ken Forchette, yes.
October 1st, 2007 at 10:21 am
It all makes sense now I can actually read it! Thanks for changing the link.
And protagonist is one of my favourite words.
October 1st, 2007 at 12:10 pm
I don’t think it’s just the spork they twisted.;)
October 1st, 2007 at 4:49 pm
According to certain parts of Wikipedia, I share a birthday with the Spork. I’m so proud.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:31 pm
That is hilarious. Very creative. I think you should check out this guy’s spork vision.
I’m happy they called it ‘Spork’ and not ‘Foon.’ Spork is heaps sillier.
October 1st, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Ed - Also my melon.
FB - I did not know that. In fact, you’ve made me look it up now, and I can say that the word spork was around in 1909, with sporks dating back to the 1870’s.
Kathryn - Thanks. That’s a great picture. Click it, everyone. CLICK IT.
You know those cake forks with the knifey bits on them? Are they knorks or fives?
It’s amazing how little we know.
You rarely see one oat.
October 1st, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Unless you’ve just put it there, Wiki seems to go for knork. But I am somewhat suspicious of the entry, it has to be said. Though in its favour, there is a rather elaborate website…
On closer examination, I’m slightly disappointed that my birthday isn’t actually mentioned on the spork page, even though sporks are mentioned on the page for the day. All very confusing. So many patents, so little time.