TFW you realize Jed knew he probably wouldn't survive the acceleration and said that his ship needed 3 hands just to made sure that there were two people on the bridge.
@@gabrielstrong2186 He was trying to get out of there as fast as he could. He doesn't need an engineer. He DOES need a navigator and pilot. That's why he asked Molly if she could navigate.
@@gabrielstrong2186 Assuming Molly was a part of his crew and seeing as no one else was mentioned, that means that they likely came to the station with a crew of two and didn't need anyone else to operate the ship normally. So yeah, they seemed to know that at least one of them would die and someone else would have to take their place.
@@basicallyarobloxian4533 heh, people who end up on meth do horrible things to their friends and family just to get the next fix. the horrible part is that they genuinely don't want to, but their brain is shorting out.
I just noticed something. "I never once thought about backing away; i think i would rather have died." He doesn't realize. That makes him just the same as them. He may not be a leader; but hes the same kind of hero as them. Cheers!
I have known a Molly. She could take an old computer and make it sing and on batteries she could run a control system on half the milliiamps I could. I tried my best to help her pull up, we all did. But she crashed. Feed all meth dealers to the space kraken.
I like to think we all try our best, but you can't save everyone, a hateful little truth. For your sake as well as hers I hope the same as the previous comment.
It’s very likely Captain Jed would have made it if he hadn’t taken the time to save the rest- He would have left minutes earlier and wouldn’t have had to accelerate nearly as hard if he’d abandoned the rest
That's a really good point I hadn't thought about before... Cap'n Jed's death never really felt like a sacrifice to me, it was just the acceleration they needed to clear the station. If Jed had consciously decided to stay docked until the last possible moment to save as many as possible though... 😢😢
They mention the pov from "the hero of antelopes run" but i like that you only get the actual names of Molly, jed, and the Antelope, but not the real name of the hero.
same, for some this song just resonates with me personally. I dont understand why, but i tear up every time i hear it. and I've heard it some 400 some times.
It's amazing, the kinds of stories these songs tell. Better writing than most sci-fi pieces of media, all condensed in 8 minutes or less of pure awesomeness. Shame they aren't known more.
I've been listening to this song for years, and it wasn't until recently that I realized Molly was already dead when the narrator came to... I always figured she was _almost_ dead, and was giving her last words... realizing that he was the only living thing on the bridge the whole time, and he was reading her last words instead of hearing them... much more chilling, no pun intended.
Listening to her last words, finally being able to take pride in herself after so long without, it hits like a planet killer every time. How these people can write something like this, its got so much feel and soul, it just leaves me shattered yet feeling privileged to have been able to experience it. Heroes indeed.
I have been a filker for decades and had the pleasure of having dinner and sharing Leslie Fish's moonshine at many conventions over the years. I too wish filk would get more mainstream-such great voices and stories pertaining to books/movies as well as real events such as the powerful song by Julie Eckler called the Ballad of Apollo 13 based on the song Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald..amazing song indeed.
Thank you for these uploads. I often found comfort and peace im these songs, since I discovered them on youtube a few years ago. I made it a ritual at some point to listen to Dawsons Christian before going into an exam. Now I'm before my final Exam of medschool and I can listen to these hq versions. This really means a lot to me.
Because it doesn't have to get by book keepers and bureaucrats to get to the audience. The same reason Bohemian Rhapsody, Another Brick In The Wall, and Rush's Tom Sawyer wouldn't be released today.
Because this is actually pretty niche? A generic pop song might be incapable of evoking actual emotion but it also has a far easier time spreading as it won't step on any toes.
I forget if I saw it in this comment section/the one on the non-HQ video, or if my mind just formed it, but I like the idea that the narrator accomplished some genuinely incredible thing after Molly died to get the ship into port, like navigate through a crazy debris field or something, but because of his survivor’s guilt he totally disregards that in favor of the stories of Molly and Jed, and the pianoman respects his wishes.
I only clicked on this because I liked "he just flies the bomber" expecting a great song, but instead I got a great story and tear in my eye, t'was beautiful!
It's only now that I realize that the version of this song that I have, saved on my computer from three computers back when my godfather copied his music library over to my pc for me, somehow Isn't Quite The Same as the recordings I'm finding elsewhere. The most noticeably difference is the section of Molly's death- in the recording I have, the pacing slows down, and the tune mellows out a bit. That implies to me that there was more than one recording run of this song, which I think is really neat!
@@komentator9829 I'll have to see if I can figure out how to manage that, but absolutely. I'm starting to think it might have been a recording of a live performance, honestly!
the other upload I have heard made it feel like a relic from history that was dug up a thousand years later, even though I know it's just a tape from the 80's.
Some of the songs in this album are better with distortion, Dawson's Christian for example, others sound much better as high quality tapes, Some Kind Of Hero is in my opinion one of the songs that's better off without the distortion
This is based on a short story, right? I need to find that. That scene where Molly hits him in the back of the head… thats drama gold. I dont know if its written anywhere but I can just picture her knocking him out and saying something about the strong surviving or people having to put themselves first. She starts suiting up and drops something because she’s shaking from withdrawals. She goes to pick it up and sees the kid’s face. Just seeing this kid laying there. Fresh faced and innocent. Memories of previous crewmates flash before her. Some of them dead, others moved on. She remembers deaths she blames herself for, lovers lost and the beginning of her drug addiction. She looks at her shaking hands. A decision. She quickly strips the part of the suit she was already wearing, wraps up the kid and begins work on the next jump. Its getting cold, and she’s starting to struggle. Finds something tie herself down with and gets back to the math. Cant breath. Its cold. Starting to lose her vision. But she finally finishes the math. Checks it twice. Its the last thing she sees.
The narrator was willing to give their life despite claiming they only do what they're told. They're a hero just like Jed and Molly, even if they came back alive.
wow, i thought this would be some kind of repost of the ones from weyrdmusicman. But no they are actually considerably better quality. I am guessing you got the studio reel to reel master or something? you can even hear the slight echo from the singer as the room must not be sound proofed properly.
This song's story is infinitely better than the entirety of the star wars sequel trilogy, holy shit. I was more emotionally attached to the characters after 3 minutes than I was to any of the main characters of those movies after a whole 3 movie saga, and the song hadn't even gotten to the first death
So i have a mental image of that Jed is missing half of one of his fingers and when he says that the antelope needs 3 to crew her he is holding up 2 good fingers and his half finger knowing before he even got on the ship that he a wasn't gonna make it
Jokes aside damn what a song. I feel the gut punches every time I hear it. God bless Molly and Ted (Jed?), and our would-be naval cadet for their service.
"The gravity went then the air pumps cut out and the bartender started to pray. Ah stow that bilge head for the antalope now! Jed's voice cut the dark like a knife, the station's reactor's gone critical low, so run for the docks for yoyr life!" Kinda hard to run when the gravity cuts out. Also it makes me wonder, is gravity more important than air? Or is air more important? Because as the song says the gravity cuts out first before the air pumps.
I assume “run” is just a way of saying “go quickly.” As for the order in which the systems fail, it could be that 1) air is more important, 2) artificial gravity requires more power, or 3) it's just a song.
@@SongsfromtheStars I've listened to this song over and over, actually the entire playlist. It's to the point I'm starting to question things I overlooked many times. But it does make me think that the ventilation systems would be designed in a way that in case of emergency the air flow would help propel people towards the nearest exit. Sorry if I'm overthinking everything I just really like these songs.
I am going to assume that the artifical gravity generator was somwhere near the reactor. The reactor (which I assume was a fusion one) has reached dangerous fusion rates and started producing a strong EMP, causing the gravity generator to short out and shut down.
Air is definitely more important than gravity. Doing things in zero g is harder but not impossible. Doing things with zero air without vac suits is impossible.
God ! You got me crying like a baby! I must be getting sentimental in my old age! Tough old cantankerous bastard, that i'm called,crying for something that never happened!
This is wild... I never thought I’d get anything better than weyrdmusicman. Thank you for posting this man. Gotta go clean some condensation off my visor now Also, any chance you’ll be posting Bill Sutton’s work? The ones on weyrdmusicman are pretty degraded in a few tracks. I’ve never heard it any other way so I don’t mind but still.
I would love to, but, unfortunately, I don't have past due, I do, however, have another one of his albums I intend to post soon, there is also a rerelease of most of the songs from past due, you can buy it here; billbrendasutton.bandcamp.com/album/passing-through
@@SongsfromtheStars wow, did not expect that so quickly. Absolutely didn’t expect a 2020 remaster of the album, good news for once. Pretty crazy to hear stray dog man without the audio glitches. Wish the background singer lady was in the remaster but still 11/10. Keeping notifications on, looking forward to whatever else to you post, Sutton or otherwise :)
LYRICS: Will you do me a favor, pianoman, please? I want you to write me a song They call me the Hero of Antelope’s Run And I’ve got to show them they’re wrong You see, it all started a week ago In the bar down on corridor three There was nobody there but the regular bums: Two losers, the barman, and me Slopping up booze in the north corner booth Was the old man they called Captain Jed ‘Cause he owned a tramp freighter, the old Antelope A ship that, like him, was half dead Now Molly, they say, was a crack pilot once A gal with a brilliant career But then she started doping on Regulus One And finally washed out down here And me, well, I wanted the Navy, bad But it seems that they didn’t want me So I stopped chasing stars, started sweeping up bars For bed, board, and all my drinks free It was quiet that night, with the docks closed down There was nothing due in for a week Not a ship was in port but the old Antelope When the red alert started to shriek: The whole station shook like a hurt living thing Then the lights dimmed and faded away Then the gravity went, and the air pumps cut out And the bartender started to pray “Ah, stow that bilge, head for the Antelope now!” Jed’s voice cut the dark like a knife “The station reactor’s gone critical load So run to the docks for your life!” When we got to the docks, we found waiting out there Every soul that had been left alive They begged with their eyes for poor old Captain Jed To tell them all how to survive “Break out the suits,” said the captain to them “For it’s dark and it’s airless and cold But I swear I can get you all out of here safe Packed in to the Antelope’s hold.” “Molly,” he asked, “Can you navigate?” “Aye,” she said. “Who do we have for a crew?” “The Antelope needs only three hands,” he said “And I think our young friend here will do.” The confident look that he flashed at me then Made my heart turn over with pride I never once thought about backing away I think I would rather have died Two hundred alive in the Antelope’s hold And the Captain, and Molly, and me We slammed the locks just as the station blew wide Jed hit the main jets to get free Now, that kind of G-force is rough on the heart Too much for his ticker to take So when we came around and we saw how he lay We knew Captain Jed wouldn’t wake So I took the comm, and the engineer board And Molly took helm and the nav With the manual spread out all over the deck And her mind for what they didn’t have She worked at that comp like a crazy machine While her hands shook like grass in the breeze But her skills were still sharp, and she jumped us three times Never minding the shakes and DTs Three jumps made clean, only one more was left When the ship’s alarm started to blast - Her old worn-out seals had come loose in the stress We were losing our heat and air fast On the bridge, there was only one vacuum suit left Well, they say Lady Luck is stone blind “Heads or tails,” was the question I started to ask When I felt myself hit from behind When I came to again, I was sealed in the suit She was belted down tight in her chair With her hands on the console, a smile on her lips And the ice on her face and her hair “Here’s the instructions to get us all home,” I saw she had left on the screen “If any old shipmates should ask after Mol Just tell them she finally died clean.” I made the last jump just like she told me to And I brought the ship in like she’s said They call me a hero now, for what I did But they don’t mention Molly or Jed So write me that song now, pianoman, please And sing it out often and loud So they all know the story of one kind of hero The kind that makes everyone proud For some kinds of hero are lunkheads like me Who only do things that they’re told And some kinds of hero are out for the glory They’re heroes on purpose, and bold Some become heroes for bravery, sure And some just because all is lost But a few are true heroes, like Molly and Jed Who give without counting the cost
I came here from TCC56's story on FimFiction with the same name, "Some Kind of Hero." The story made me tear up. Now I know what song it was based off of.
Unfortunately, the lyricist has repeatedly declined the requests we (and others) have made for recording her music. So it tends to be at the bottom of the priority list for anyone I know.
These song and Sam Jones hit hard and I don't know why maybe because I'm a roleplayers and can put myself in these shoes easy. But now I want to make character based on molly and another on Sam
Nothing was done to it but the same that was done to the warped tapes. I think the warping just sort of stretched out the sound and changed the pitch, giving it something that it didn't have before.
@@ProjectileWaterfowl there is an entire layer of sound to the voice and music that has been cut out. Its like someone used a static cleaner autofunction in audacity or some other audio editor. Those things DO reduce the quality and cut out part of the audio.
This is a better preserved digitization of the old tapes, you probably heard a more worn out tape that has the sound extend and pause as a result of use.
@@centurion7993 This is literally a different performance altogether. Possibly even with different singer too. Songs literally don't match lengths even.
![Carmen Miranda's Ghost 11 - Sam Jones [HQ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TyxFnPMHJ6s/mqdefault.jpg)
![Carmen Miranda's Ghost 11 - Sam Jones [HQ]](/img/tr.png)
![Carmen Miranda's Ghost 02 - Dawson's Christian [HQ]](/img/n.gif)
TFW you realize Jed knew he probably wouldn't survive the acceleration and said that his ship needed 3 hands just to made sure that there were two people on the bridge.
Holy shit, you're right.
He also realized that withdrawal would kill Molly even if nothing else did.
I though it was interesting that he said the Antelope only needed three hands but there were four duty stations
@@gabrielstrong2186 He was trying to get out of there as fast as he could. He doesn't need an engineer. He DOES need a navigator and pilot. That's why he asked Molly if she could navigate.
@@gabrielstrong2186 Assuming Molly was a part of his crew and seeing as no one else was mentioned, that means that they likely came to the station with a crew of two and didn't need anyone else to operate the ship normally. So yeah, they seemed to know that at least one of them would die and someone else would have to take their place.
"Tell them Molly died clean"
damn... hits hard
Really makes you wonder what terrible thing she did to make herself redeem her like that. Cause doping on Regulus One doesn't sound like it cuts it.
@@basicallyarobloxian4533 heh, people who end up on meth do horrible things to their friends and family just to get the next fix. the horrible part is that they genuinely don't want to, but their brain is shorting out.
@@basicallyarobloxian4533 Could have just failed at life and bombed her career. Doesn't have to be anything immoral.
@@speurtighearnamacterik8230 Drink your own piss. Stop lashing out at strangers.
😭
"Real heroes give without counting the cost" is a phrase that has guided me in my adult life.
o7
Yes, but successful capitalists must count every ha-penny and invent a value for every action.
@@bryan314cool
I just noticed something. "I never once thought about backing away; i think i would rather have died." He doesn't realize. That makes him just the same as them. He may not be a leader; but hes the same kind of hero as them. Cheers!
Hearing this song over 30 years later and I just realized the same thing. :)
@@Greybeardfit it's fun how a song older Than me can bring people together
I have known a Molly. She could take an old computer and make it sing and on batteries she could run a control system on half the milliiamps I could. I tried my best to help her pull up, we all did. But she crashed.
Feed all meth dealers to the space kraken.
May she be at peace, wherever she ended up.
I like to think we all try our best, but you can't save everyone, a hateful little truth.
For your sake as well as hers I hope the same as the previous comment.
Survivor's guilt in excellent song form.
It really is... It's so good...
Oh I bid farewell to the port and the land...
@@barragethree5047 as I paddle away from brave England's white sands...
To search for my long ago forgotten friends
To search for the place I hear all sailors end
It’s very likely Captain Jed would have made it if he hadn’t taken the time to save the rest- He would have left minutes earlier and wouldn’t have had to accelerate nearly as hard if he’d abandoned the rest
That's a really good point I hadn't thought about before... Cap'n Jed's death never really felt like a sacrifice to me, it was just the acceleration they needed to clear the station. If Jed had consciously decided to stay docked until the last possible moment to save as many as possible though... 😢😢
Some heroes give without counting the cost
They mention the pov from "the hero of antelopes run" but i like that you only get the actual names of Molly, jed, and the Antelope, but not the real name of the hero.
Who was the hero?
The narrator of the song is the person everyone in the song celebrates as the hero, as they are the one who survived.@@tmikesecrist3
This one goes out to all my homies back on the station. Hail Cargonia!
HAIL, HAIL CARGONIA
LAND OF STOLEN THINGS
OBEY THE QUARTERMASTER
UNLESS HE'S A LING!
o7
o7
Push freight.
Miners, don't die!
@@Ultrawup Fuck that, QM is QM, ling or not.
o7 Spessmens.
o7
It's this song specifically that never fails to make me tear up.
same, for some this song just resonates with me personally. I dont understand why, but i tear up every time i hear it. and I've heard it some 400 some times.
Same here. So far it doesn't seem to matter how many times I hear it. The waterworks come every time.
Makes me outright weep every time. I don't even care who sees.
This one, Guardians, and Sam Jones bring out the waterworks. Beautiful songs.
This comment called me out so hard. 😢
It's amazing, the kinds of stories these songs tell. Better writing than most sci-fi pieces of media, all condensed in 8 minutes or less of pure awesomeness. Shame they aren't known more.
"The whole station shook like a hurt living thing" is genuinely great writing. It immediately puts you in the moment.
Well, help spread the word!
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@@SongsfromtheStars going to have to check that out after work
This story is good enough to be a full length movie.
I've been listening to this song for years, and it wasn't until recently that I realized Molly was already dead when the narrator came to... I always figured she was _almost_ dead, and was giving her last words... realizing that he was the only living thing on the bridge the whole time, and he was reading her last words instead of hearing them... much more chilling, no pun intended.
Listening to her last words, finally being able to take pride in herself after so long without, it hits like a planet killer every time. How these people can write something like this, its got so much feel and soul, it just leaves me shattered yet feeling privileged to have been able to experience it. Heroes indeed.
To freeze for?
Still brought to tears by Molly’s smile :)
If you have to die, die like a hero
She did it, clean like she was dreaming
She finally died clean
I have been a filker for decades and had the pleasure of having dinner and sharing Leslie Fish's moonshine at many conventions over the years. I too wish filk would get more mainstream-such great voices and stories pertaining to books/movies as well as real events such as the powerful song by Julie Eckler called the Ballad of Apollo 13 based on the song Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald..amazing song indeed.
Thank you for these uploads. I often found comfort and peace im these songs, since I discovered them on youtube a few years ago. I made it a ritual at some point to listen to Dawsons Christian before going into an exam. Now I'm before my final Exam of medschool and I can listen to these hq versions. This really means a lot to me.
You're welcome.
There seems to be some...condensation collecting on my visor
Damn you Oberstein, and here I thought you didn't have emotions.
Get back inside! Someone else will go!
@@shermanwilliams9248 rip Sam and Kate...
@@shermanwilliams9248 But then I heard the aftlock work two levels down below
Holy shit. How does filk hit harder than any mainstream song?
Filk doesn't need to be anything other than honest.
it's the nature of mainstream songs to not hit hard, for that would alienate audiences
Because it's not about heroes past, or heroes that will never be.
It's a story that gives us a rare look at the heroes of the future.
Because it doesn't have to get by book keepers and bureaucrats to get to the audience. The same reason Bohemian Rhapsody, Another Brick In The Wall, and Rush's Tom Sawyer wouldn't be released today.
Because this is actually pretty niche? A generic pop song might be incapable of evoking actual emotion but it also has a far easier time spreading as it won't step on any toes.
This song came outta nowhere and hit me right in the tear ducts. Thank you, that was beautiful.
I forget if I saw it in this comment section/the one on the non-HQ video, or if my mind just formed it, but I like the idea that the narrator accomplished some genuinely incredible thing after Molly died to get the ship into port, like navigate through a crazy debris field or something, but because of his survivor’s guilt he totally disregards that in favor of the stories of Molly and Jed, and the pianoman respects his wishes.
I only clicked on this because I liked "he just flies the bomber" expecting a great song, but instead I got a great story and tear in my eye, t'was beautiful!
'The Antelope' is also the name of a doomed Canadian privateers ship in a folk song by Stan Rogers.
Out of the billions here we are to savor this masterpiece. I guess we've been through our fair share to appreciate it.
Listened to the low quality uploads as a kid. I'm glad I can listen to them in high quality as an adult.
i always imagine an animation about this song would be very cool
yes. someone make this please
the whole album deserves a good animated music video
Give it 2 years and AI will have you covered 😉
@JamieM20001996 ew
It's only now that I realize that the version of this song that I have, saved on my computer from three computers back when my godfather copied his music library over to my pc for me, somehow Isn't Quite The Same as the recordings I'm finding elsewhere.
The most noticeably difference is the section of Molly's death- in the recording I have, the pacing slows down, and the tune mellows out a bit. That implies to me that there was more than one recording run of this song, which I think is really neat!
Can you possibly share your recording somewher? Got me realy interested in that version of yours :)
@@komentator9829 I'll have to see if I can figure out how to manage that, but absolutely. I'm starting to think it might have been a recording of a live performance, honestly!
please share op
nevermind, you posted it on your channel 12 years ago and forgot I guess
I could see an entire movie being made about this song.
Don't! Hollywood would wreck it.
It just doesn't feel the same without the distortion
The fidelity on this audio is the best I've heard, but I think you're right
the other upload I have heard made it feel like a relic from history that was dug up a thousand years later, even though I know it's just a tape from the 80's.
i think this version is better without it
glad we have both
It's impressive just how much better quality this is. Great job.
I don't think this song hs ever failed to make me cry.
god this song is so goddam blursed with hq sound.
I was all too used to the low quality uploads.
After listening to it for a while, I like this version more but still like the low quality. They both have different vibes.
@@bobbytonson5890 i agree
haven't made it through this song once without crying...
This song goes right for your heart... I almost cried at the end...
I cry everytime I listen to it. This is the type of heroism few people ever live to see, let alone perform.
I've never heard this song without the warping and aging, thanks for the upload!
Some of the songs in this album are better with distortion, Dawson's Christian for example, others sound much better as high quality tapes, Some Kind Of Hero is in my opinion one of the songs that's better off without the distortion
Uffff... Right in the feels...
Okay, this needs to be an episode of Love, Death, and Robots.
I thank Tex of The Black Pants Legion for introducing me to filk on one of his podcasts, this stuff is great
This is based on a short story, right?
I need to find that. That scene where Molly hits him in the back of the head… thats drama gold. I dont know if its written anywhere but I can just picture her knocking him out and saying something about the strong surviving or people having to put themselves first.
She starts suiting up and drops something because she’s shaking from withdrawals.
She goes to pick it up and sees the kid’s face.
Just seeing this kid laying there. Fresh faced and innocent. Memories of previous crewmates flash before her. Some of them dead, others moved on. She remembers deaths she blames herself for, lovers lost and the beginning of her drug addiction.
She looks at her shaking hands.
A decision.
She quickly strips the part of the suit she was already wearing, wraps up the kid and begins work on the next jump.
Its getting cold, and she’s starting to struggle. Finds something tie herself down with and gets back to the math.
Cant breath. Its cold. Starting to lose her vision. But she finally finishes the math. Checks it twice. Its the last thing she sees.
Thank you. I bought all the tapes back in the 90's, and wore them out. Thank you again, so very very much.
The narrator was willing to give their life despite claiming they only do what they're told. They're a hero just like Jed and Molly, even if they came back alive.
wow, i thought this would be some kind of repost of the ones from weyrdmusicman. But no they are actually considerably better quality. I am guessing you got the studio reel to reel master or something? you can even hear the slight echo from the singer as the room must not be sound proofed properly.
This is a digitalization done by rocketman0739, I'm pretty sure he has an original tape,
just far better preserved then the one weyrdmusicman has.
@@SongsfromtheStars I think my parents still have these cassetes..i grew up with this!
@@xRaalx Rocketman0739 and Songs from the Stars are looking for good copies of these tapes to digitize, if we can get more songs out there.
Came here after listening to a story retelling this song. Story made me sad. Song made me cry.
This song's story is infinitely better than the entirety of the star wars sequel trilogy, holy shit. I was more emotionally attached to the characters after 3 minutes than I was to any of the main characters of those movies after a whole 3 movie saga, and the song hadn't even gotten to the first death
I would argue it's a better story than all of star wars
@@ggggg77273 More emotional perhaps yeah.
When a story lacks a message and a good punch the buildup of attachment can fade with a bad ending.
Just a crazy thought, don't know if someone had it before: What if Jed is the same captain as in "Sam Jones"?
Makes me cry every time I hear this one. It's a good one for sure, and a proper send off for all the Mollies out there.
I've never heard the hq version of this song, it's awesome!
I keep coming back to this one. Such an amazing story put into song. Id love to find the book and read the short stories on it.
Yeah same love this always come back to listen this after a few moths
There's no book or story outside this song
@@dalidelancey5868 yes there is.
There is a compilation of short stories that solely exist due to the album.
It's also called Carmen Miranda Ghost.
Just realised that between this and Barrett's Privateers we have two songs about piece of shit ships called The Antelope
I wonder if the ship name of Antelope is a reference to Barrett's Privateers?
stans character is also a young sole survivor of a traumatic experience, ig so
So i have a mental image of that Jed is missing half of one of his fingers and when he says that the antelope needs 3 to crew her he is holding up 2 good fingers and his half finger knowing before he even got on the ship that he a wasn't gonna make it
Jokes aside damn what a song. I feel the gut punches every time I hear it. God bless Molly and Ted (Jed?), and our would-be naval cadet for their service.
Brought tears to my eyes. 😢
"The gravity went then the air pumps cut out and the bartender started to pray. Ah stow that bilge head for the antalope now! Jed's voice cut the dark like a knife, the station's reactor's gone critical low, so run for the docks for yoyr life!"
Kinda hard to run when the gravity cuts out. Also it makes me wonder, is gravity more important than air? Or is air more important? Because as the song says the gravity cuts out first before the air pumps.
I assume “run” is just a way of saying “go quickly.”
As for the order in which the systems fail, it could be that 1) air is more important, 2) artificial gravity requires more power, or 3) it's just a song.
@@SongsfromtheStars I've listened to this song over and over, actually the entire playlist. It's to the point I'm starting to question things I overlooked many times. But it does make me think that the ventilation systems would be designed in a way that in case of emergency the air flow would help propel people towards the nearest exit.
Sorry if I'm overthinking everything I just really like these songs.
I am going to assume that the artifical gravity generator was somwhere near the reactor. The reactor (which I assume was a fusion one) has reached dangerous fusion rates and started producing a strong EMP, causing the gravity generator to short out and shut down.
Because loosing gravity is immediate issue whereas depending on how crowded the station was air could still be breathable for hours.
Air is definitely more important than gravity. Doing things in zero g is harder but not impossible. Doing things with zero air without vac suits is impossible.
God ! You got me crying like a baby! I must be getting sentimental in my old age! Tough old cantankerous bastard, that i'm called,crying for something that never happened!
You got your heart on display, ya old coot, and it's quite beautiful, if these young eyes can say anything about it!
I love songs that tell a story like this. 🥰
This song feel like a whole Dr Who episode, it's incredible
or something you'd sing to a bunch of Kilingons
Damn! Teared up again. Every time.
This is wild... I never thought I’d get anything better than weyrdmusicman.
Thank you for posting this man. Gotta go clean some condensation off my visor now
Also, any chance you’ll be posting Bill Sutton’s work? The ones on weyrdmusicman are pretty degraded in a few tracks. I’ve never heard it any other way so I don’t mind but still.
I would love to, but, unfortunately, I don't have past due, I do, however, have another one of his albums I intend to post soon, there is also a rerelease of most of the songs from past due, you can buy it here; billbrendasutton.bandcamp.com/album/passing-through
@@SongsfromtheStars wow, did not expect that so quickly. Absolutely didn’t expect a 2020 remaster of the album, good news for once.
Pretty crazy to hear stray dog man without the audio glitches. Wish the background singer lady was in the remaster but still 11/10.
Keeping notifications on, looking forward to whatever else to you post, Sutton or otherwise :)
@@jacksons9546 Past Due is now uploaded!
Are you taking/needing money? I am so happy you uploaded high quality recordings!
None of these videos are monetized, so no.
@@SongsfromtheStars Now that's real punk rock
This is a Traveler character if I ever saw one.
Rest easy Molly and Jed.
I will never get the feeling back of hearing this song for the first time
Thank you
LYRICS:
Will you do me a favor, pianoman, please?
I want you to write me a song
They call me the Hero of Antelope’s Run
And I’ve got to show them they’re wrong
You see, it all started a week ago
In the bar down on corridor three
There was nobody there but the regular bums:
Two losers, the barman, and me
Slopping up booze in the north corner booth
Was the old man they called Captain Jed
‘Cause he owned a tramp freighter, the old Antelope
A ship that, like him, was half dead
Now Molly, they say, was a crack pilot once
A gal with a brilliant career
But then she started doping on Regulus One
And finally washed out down here
And me, well, I wanted the Navy, bad
But it seems that they didn’t want me
So I stopped chasing stars, started sweeping up bars
For bed, board, and all my drinks free
It was quiet that night, with the docks closed down
There was nothing due in for a week
Not a ship was in port but the old Antelope
When the red alert started to shriek:
The whole station shook like a hurt living thing
Then the lights dimmed and faded away
Then the gravity went, and the air pumps cut out
And the bartender started to pray
“Ah, stow that bilge, head for the Antelope now!”
Jed’s voice cut the dark like a knife
“The station reactor’s gone critical load
So run to the docks for your life!”
When we got to the docks, we found waiting out there
Every soul that had been left alive
They begged with their eyes for poor old Captain Jed
To tell them all how to survive
“Break out the suits,” said the captain to them
“For it’s dark and it’s airless and cold
But I swear I can get you all out of here safe
Packed in to the Antelope’s hold.”
“Molly,” he asked, “Can you navigate?”
“Aye,” she said. “Who do we have for a crew?”
“The Antelope needs only three hands,” he said
“And I think our young friend here will do.”
The confident look that he flashed at me then
Made my heart turn over with pride
I never once thought about backing away
I think I would rather have died
Two hundred alive in the Antelope’s hold
And the Captain, and Molly, and me
We slammed the locks just as the station blew wide
Jed hit the main jets to get free
Now, that kind of G-force is rough on the heart
Too much for his ticker to take
So when we came around and we saw how he lay
We knew Captain Jed wouldn’t wake
So I took the comm, and the engineer board
And Molly took helm and the nav
With the manual spread out all over the deck
And her mind for what they didn’t have
She worked at that comp like a crazy machine
While her hands shook like grass in the breeze
But her skills were still sharp, and she jumped us three times
Never minding the shakes and DTs
Three jumps made clean, only one more was left
When the ship’s alarm started to blast -
Her old worn-out seals had come loose in the stress
We were losing our heat and air fast
On the bridge, there was only one vacuum suit left
Well, they say Lady Luck is stone blind
“Heads or tails,” was the question I started to ask
When I felt myself hit from behind
When I came to again, I was sealed in the suit
She was belted down tight in her chair
With her hands on the console, a smile on her lips
And the ice on her face and her hair
“Here’s the instructions to get us all home,”
I saw she had left on the screen
“If any old shipmates should ask after Mol
Just tell them she finally died clean.”
I made the last jump just like she told me to
And I brought the ship in like she’s said
They call me a hero now, for what I did
But they don’t mention Molly or Jed
So write me that song now, pianoman, please
And sing it out often and loud
So they all know the story of one kind of hero
The kind that makes everyone proud
For some kinds of hero are lunkheads like me
Who only do things that they’re told
And some kinds of hero are out for the glory
They’re heroes on purpose, and bold
Some become heroes for bravery, sure
And some just because all is lost
But a few are true heroes, like Molly and Jed
Who give without counting the cost
I came here from TCC56's story on FimFiction with the same name, "Some Kind of Hero." The story made me tear up. Now I know what song it was based off of.
Damn that made me cry
why cant i find this on spotify?????? this is amazing, i love this song!
Unfortunately, the lyricist has repeatedly declined the requests we (and others) have made for recording her music.
So it tends to be at the bottom of the priority list for anyone I know.
Molly and Jeb we salute you o7
This song is basically "Survivor's Guilt: the Musical".
Oh no! It cuts out the last note's hang time!
That's a shame. I can't fix it in the video, but you can find the non-truncated file at the archive.org link in the description.
cover art is by Kelly Freas if anyone interested
These song and Sam Jones hit hard and I don't know why maybe because I'm a roleplayers and can put myself in these shoes easy. But now I want to make character based on molly and another on Sam
Why did music like this stop?
It didn't, the filk community is still around. discord.gg/S7yVxa4NEQ
I LOST THIS SONG FOR SIX MONTHS AND FOUND IT AGAIN TODAY
I'm not crying you're crying!
I'm not sure, but there is an episode of Farscape that bears a resemblance to this tune...
Im about to start screaming
This sounds weirdly muted. I actually prefer the older scratchy stuff. Whatever was done to this cut out part of their voice and it grates.
Nothing was done to it but the same that was done to the warped tapes. I think the warping just sort of stretched out the sound and changed the pitch, giving it something that it didn't have before.
@@ProjectileWaterfowl there is an entire layer of sound to the voice and music that has been cut out.
Its like someone used a static cleaner autofunction in audacity or some other audio editor. Those things DO reduce the quality and cut out part of the audio.
Anyone have sheets for this?
You can find sheets and a demo here: m.th-cam.com/video/HqQs_eyohdY/w-d-xo.html
OI. ANIMATIC CREATORS... Where are you all at?
I don't know about you guys but I could use a hit or five of Reg 1 after a story like that
Ima scream
Jesus.
I refuse to believe the person providing the lyrics is the survivor.
No, this is retelling.
Well of course. This is the song the piano man wrote. He heard her tale and seeing her as the hero she was wrote this :)
it's the piano man
@@mycoolhandgiveit So Billy Joel.
@@ShangZilla His Traveller character maybe, if one were want to be meta
John Maynard
I think this song sound better on the old worn recording.
The bad sound gives it more feeling, now when cleaned up it sound a bit dull imho.
This version lacks the soul in the vocals... The pacing is wrong, It's too fast and lacking necessary pauses.
This is a better preserved digitization of the old tapes, you probably heard a more worn out tape that has the sound extend and pause as a result of use.
@@centurion7993 This is literally a different performance altogether. Possibly even with different singer too. Songs literally don't match lengths even.
@@anonymouswizzard5680it is in fact the same singer and performance