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Pandering to Nerds (The Con Song - live at Robbie Ellis Album Release Show)

from Smarm​-​Proof Lobster Cabinet by Insane Ian

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about

Robbie Ellis is an exceptional comedy musician, and at the release show for his new album (which you can pick up here: robbieellis.bandcamp.com/album/metric-system) he asked his comedy music friends to perform the songs from the album instead of him. I was tasked with covering "Pandering to Nerds (The Con Song)", clearly casting against type. This recording is from that live performance.

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By trade I am a wordy comic pianist
In cabarets and theatres and so on,
Occasionally in concert halls and dive bars,
But seldom am I booked to play a con.
Conventions, shall we say, are not my usual.
I don’t get sci-fi nor much more besides.
Like why does fantasy have all those dragons?
And why do dice require more than six sides?

Regardless, I now find myself performing
For people whom one might describe as “nerds”.
Permit me to provide you some fan service...
Did I use that term right?
With a string of confused mismatched non-sequiturs!

Remember that time that Hulk and Groot
Picked up a green lamp and wore a bat suit?
That film with both The Flash and Thor?
I know my way around a comic book store!

Pandering to a bunch of nerds,
Pandering to a bunch of nerds.
What am I doing? (Pandering!)
Who are you? (A bunch of nerds!)

Remember that time that Bulbasaur
Destroyed Tokyo with a mighty roar?
Mothra and Pikachu had a cartoon,
I’ve seen it! It’s called Sailor Moon!

Pandering to a bunch of nerds,
Pandering to a bunch of nerds.
What am I doing? (Pandering!)
Who are you? (A bunch of nerds!)

Remember that time that Harry and Ron
Travelled to Salem with Bella Swan?
Edward Cullen is a quidditch player,
I know Buffy The Vampire Slayer!

Pandering to a bunch of nerds,
Pandering to a bunch of nerds.
Quo facio? Panderare!
Quis estis? (A bunch of nerds!)

Remember that time that Chewbacca
Used Vulcan mind meld on Lady Gaga?
Star Wars, Star Trek, A Star is Born,
Kris Kristofferson sang in Klingon!

much; ’etlh bochmoHwI’ rur,
much; ’etlh bochmoHwI’ rur.
qaStaH nuQ? (’etlh bochtaH!)
soH ’Iv? (’etlhmaj yIboch!)

Pandering to...
People who are into things I know all about!

credits

from Smarm​-​Proof Lobster Cabinet, released March 10, 2023
Music and lyrics by Robbie Ellis
Vocals by Insane Ian
Music performed by: Airan Wright (baritone saxophone), Bryce Halliday (keyboard), Jake Dewar (guitar), Robbie Ellis (bass guitar), and Michael Donley (drums).
Recorded live at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago IL on November 5th, 2022.

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