Leslie Fish is a serious filker who is known for some fairly heavy songs. The space exploration anthem, Hope Eyrie, is by her. Most of the Kipling songs we like to sing are set to music she has written. Flight 93, at once a tribute to heroes who gave their lives and a plea for the the right to bear arms, is by Leslie Fish.
But Leslie is also known for songs that feature a fairly light touch. They are not long, like Horse Tamer’s Daughter or ose, like Herriot’s Ford, and yet they stay with us forever and ever and demand to be heard again. One such song is Gremlins.
Gremlins takes folklore and shows how it evolves as our environment changes. While the song shows nostalgia for an earlier, simpler period, it also demonstrates how the same basic forces are at work today, just as they always have been since time immemorial. Instead of suggesting that we have transcended our pagan origins, Leslie Fish shows us that the more things change, the more they stay the same. And she does this without preaching, in a song that is at once both silly and spiritual.
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