# "A Shoggoth On The Roof" : A Musical Sensation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof-a-musical-sensation/133313 "2002-10-22T00:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof-a-musical-sensation/133313/1 "2002-10-22T00:41:09Z")
No. Really. [See here](http://www.cthulhulives.org/shoggoth/). I found 'em as I was checking for spelling of some of Lovecraft’s creatures for **Legomancer’s** great [Shadow over Who-ville](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=140543) thread and I’ve been laughing since then. These guys are crazed geniuses and I keep thinking “Why didn’t I think of this??” I mean, with lyrics like: (to “Sunrise, Sunset”) _Arkham, Dunwich, Arkham, Dunwich Filled with haunting fears Neighbors who hide up in the attic Inbreeding happly for years_ or (to “Anatevka”) _Miskatonic, Miskatonic Ivy League wannabe, Miskatonic It fills the brain and chills the heart…_ or (to “Matchmaker”) \*Byakhee,Byakhee Fly me through space Take me away Far from this place. Byakhee Byakhee What must I do To go for a ride with you? Byakhee Byakhee Now heed my call I’ve cast the spells I’ve done them all Out of Tartarian darkness appear And fly me away from here! \* how can you go wrong? Brilliant. I just ordered the CD. I’ll let you know if it’s as good as it seems. And their tag-line had me rolling on the floor: “There are some things man was not meant to adapt to musical theatre…” 😃 Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof-a-musical-sensation/133313/2 "2002-10-22T00:46:34Z")
Aaah…crap. Can some nameless, unspeakable, shambling Mod of loathing horror (or just a regular one if the other kind isn’t available) fix the spelling on the frigging _title_ of the thread? The critter’s name is correctly spelled: **Shoggoth**. Thanks. Much obliged. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof-a-musical-sensation/133313/3 "2002-10-22T06:17:28Z")
I’ve got the soundtrack. Horrible, Horrible. So why can’t I get it out of my head? I’m just trying to figure out how the final scene would be done on stage. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof-a-musical-sensation/133313/4 "2002-10-22T10:12:17Z")
No. No. _Definitely_ not. I shall fend off this unspeakable horror with my Elder (Rodgers & Hammer)Sign. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof-a-musical-sensation/133313/5 "2002-10-22T17:13:20Z")
I’ve got the script for a much better play. ``` **The King In Yellow** ``` Sadly, my apartment is a mess and I can’t find it right now. I thought that I left it under the pile of dog skulls in the kitchen. But, it’s not there. I dug large holes in the walls. But, all I turned up were dead mice-rotting foully, but singing in sweet voices. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof-a-musical-sensation/133313/6 "2002-10-23T07:12:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DocCathode \* > \*\*I’ve got the script for a much better play. > > ``` > **The King In Yellow** > > ``` > > Sadly, my apartment is a mess and I can’t find it right now. I thought that I left it under the pile of dog skulls in the kitchen. But, it’s not there. I dug large holes in the walls. But, all I turned up were dead mice-rotting foully, but singing in sweet voices. \*\* So, have you found the yellow sign? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shoggoth-on-the-roof-a-musical-sensation/133313/7 "2002-10-23T07:17:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\*No. > > No. > > _Definitely_ not. > > I shall fend off this unspeakable horror with my Elder (Rodgers & Hammer)Sign. \*\* But is the elder sign a pentagram with a flame inside it or a tree-like thing?