That's right, I'm late again! But I really couldn't ignore Forest Rain's "Join the Herd", one of the most famous song parodies either she or the fandom in general has ever put out. This first went up on 12th March 2012, with a "Rock Vocals" version following a few days later. A little fandom history for those who don't know. Back in the dim and distant days of April 2011, The SlutFox (now known as Zab) made this Rainbow Dash PMV [explicit lyrics] to a nightcore version of The Offspring song "You're Gonna Go Far Kid". The PMV was hugely popular: as of today, it has over 27 million views. Forest Rain, with lyrical help from Decibel, put together a purely Pony-lyriced (and SFW) song using basically the same tune. The pop and rock versions together now have over 2.5 million views of their own. Yes, it shows its age a bit these days. Who cares?
And as I said back in 2016, perhaps the "we will never fade" lyric here is unduly optimistic – but what we won't do is fade to black. There'll always be a Pony fandom, and "Join the Herd" has been a significant part of the reason why.
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