Nathan Fillion

So this afternoon on twitter, Nathan Fillion said: "I want my own theme song. Original. Short and long versions. Write music? Post it. Let's hear." Twist my arm.

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posted by cortex (15 comments total)

Lyrics:

So you've got a job to do
Russlin' cows from Seti Alpha II
Or fighting slugs from outer space
Or punching Doogie in the face

Or desperate gynecology
Or trying to solve a mystery
Who could you hire? Who else but he?
Or him? The pronoun isn't important.

It's Nathan Fillion
He's a great big slice of
Gorram manly man

A vaudevillian
With a name that's hard to rhyme with
So it'll scan

O Nathan Fillion
We could watch him read the phone book
on the can

He's the man
He's Nathan Fillion
posted by cortex at 4:38 PM on September 23, 2010 [1 favorite]

*applauds*
posted by goshling at 4:59 PM on September 23, 2010

So, how does the long version go?
posted by contraption at 5:12 PM on September 23, 2010

Priceless! I highly enjoyed that. Made me smile. Thanks! :)
posted by MaiaMadness at 5:37 PM on September 23, 2010

I thought this would be a rap song because it takes a Nathan of Fillions to hold us back
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 6:16 PM on September 23, 2010 [6 favorites]

Fun.
posted by Disbro at 6:33 PM on September 23, 2010

Yay!
posted by rtha at 7:10 PM on September 23, 2010

A briefly considered aping Boston with "More Than A Fillion", but decided that was maybe not the way to go.
posted by cortex at 7:45 PM on September 23, 2010 [1 favorite]

Freaking brilliant. Love it. And maybe Fillion will, like, join here? As a metafilter member? Which would be 100% rad.
posted by shiu mai baby at 7:57 AM on September 24, 2010

Nice, and you were wise not to put too many verses in there. I like how "so it'll scan" scans awkwardly. Man, your speed on these sorts of projects is unstoppable.
posted by umbú at 12:51 PM on September 25, 2010

A fine tune.

Also, now I know who Nathan Fillion is, vaguely.
posted by motty at 2:46 PM on September 25, 2010

You forgot Buffy. He was good on Buffy.
posted by cjorgensen at 7:11 PM on September 29, 2010 [1 favorite]

Granted, but it was a (macro-)cameo on the tail end of a long-running series that he otherwise wasn't involved in, and I'd already hit on the other Whedon projects, and I was trying to keep the lyrics to a bare minimum, and, so, yes.

He was indeed good on Buffy.
posted by cortex at 7:19 PM on September 29, 2010

It wasn't a criticism. I'm sure he was in other projects that didn't make it.

I found it strange that I've seen everyone of the shows you cited except for the Doogie one. (But I know what it's referencing, and I plan to see it someday. I just haven't yet, ok?).

So did Fillion acknowledge the song yet?
posted by cjorgensen at 8:28 AM on September 30, 2010

Heh. He did not, but I imagine he is a fairly busy person and I don't really want to be The Guy Who Tries To Get You To Retweet Him, so, heh. A few valiant mefi twitters did gently poke him at the time, that was nice.
posted by cortex at 10:08 AM on September 30, 2010