The first time I remember noticing Josh was during an FHE roadshow-- the different FHE groups in the two singles wards at the Eugene Oregon Institute were in charge of putting together five minutes skits or songs to perform-- and he was singing this song at the edge of the stage while members of his FHE group acted out the lyrics in period garb behind him.
At the time I was really annoyed because it was such a clever song and my FHE group hadn't even shown up to the activity! Josh says he came up with the idea after his group decided to do the oh-so-not-original idea of a "dating game" parody sans any type of script or real plan (Josh has issues with many Mormon clichés, but that's fodder for a different blog posting...). When his group got together for the next FHE before the roadshow, he had come up with this song as a decidedly more innovative group number.
Two years later, Josh and I started dating and I got to be excited about his cleverness rather than annoyed. Two (and a half) years after that, I made him record himself so that I could share this song with everyone.
So, without further ado, I give you "If I Could Be a Book of Mormon Hero," lyrics by Josh Alder (adapted from the song "Superhero" by Stephen Lynch):
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I really like that song. What a cool idea...way cooler than "The Dating Game". Bennett especially liked it, he stood next to me and danced almost the whole time.
I remember that roadshow! I was also really impressed and still occasionally hum to myself "if I were a book of Mormon hero, I would be Ammon..." I don't remember what my group did, but it was similarly unimpressive. Thanks for the post!
Just so everyone knows... this video is posted on YouTube and has had 244 views in 24 hours. Josh is enjoying the idea that he might be a YouTube sensation among the LDS set. ;)
According to the YouTube comments I've received, several people have already forwarded it to several friends. I suppose we'll see how fast things travel amongst the LDS blogosphere.
Wowzers... it's already had 460 views now.
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