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Old 06-14-2002, 10:06 PM   #17
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Hi, I have a comment about "In Dreams"... the tune is "Concerning Hobbits", which is a great tune, so I love the tune. But I do not like the lyrics, no-sir, not one bit, because they weren't written for Hobbits. They were written (By Tolkien) for Entwives. The lyrics are full of despair, and I hate that being sung "over" Frodo and the other hobbits. Those lyrics belong to the Entwives and the Ents who miss them, not to hobbits.<P>Great lyrics to sing over hobbits: "May It Be". Sad enough, but with a seed of hope. A promise lives within you now... I think Tolkien would have approved of the lyrics to May It Be. I don't think he would have approved of the Ent/Entwife despair of "In Dreams" being sung over Frodo, IMHO...<P>Favorite tune, I would have to say is Breaking of the Fellowship. But Concerning Hobbits is good wherever it shows up! (Except for "In Dreams, " okay sorry, I said that already...)
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