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Caranlondien · 05-04-2006, 11:41 AM

Caranlondien here again. This time I'll be singing "Many Funerals" by Eisley. It is sung in the voice of a young Teler in the aftermath of the Kinslaying.

Bring along your tricks and trade,
We will lie here, here we lay.
And though this ship is out to sea,
I'm content to lie peacefully.

Tall and agile, Seaside born
My parents death did I dear mourn,
And brought about by ladies proud
To raise my cupped and furrowed brow

And now we have no chances
We fill the empty caskets
and leave you with your tears
And now we take more chances
We all will take more chances
Before our lives end too

How could you have left us here?
You had friends
You had us
Good-bye

Diamond18 · 05-04-2006, 01:18 PM

Hello again. For my second song, I will be singing "Someday You Will Be Loved" by Death Cab For Cutie. It is in the spirit of Aragorn singing to Eowyn, but NOT by any stretch of the imagination do the vocals resemble Viggo Mortensen's.

I once knew an Elf
In the years of my youth
With eyes like the summer
All beauty and truth
She still owns my heart
Though we are far apart
Someday you will be loved

My lady I cannot pretend, or lead you along
To forsake my true love would surely be wrong
But your broken heart will eventually mend
As the blood runs red down the needle and thread
Someday you will be loved

You'll be loved you'll be loved
Like you never have known
The memories of me
Will seem more like bad dreams
Just a series of blurs
Like I never occurred
Someday you will be loved

You may feel alone when you're falling asleep
And every time tears roll down your cheeks
But I know your heart belongs to someone you've yet to meet
Someday you will be loved

You'll be loved you'll be loved
Like you never have known
The memories of me
Will seem more like bad dreams
Just a series of blurs
Like I never occurred
Someday you will be loved

Gurthang · 05-04-2006, 06:15 PM

Hello. It's good to see everyone again; glad I made it through. As you know, I am Gurthang, and I've got a very special number for you all tonight. It's a tune I first heard from a small-time band I know of from the Shire. I'll be singing in the voices of Pippin, Merry, Frodo, and Sam (yes, all at once). I've seen them perform together often at The Green Dragon, and since that is their favorite spot to sing, they have affectionately earned the name The Bywater Boys. In particualer, I'll be doing one of their most popular tunes, "Hobbiton Girl". (Think "California Girl" by The Beach Boys) So I hope you enjoy it.

Well, North Farthing girls
Are hip
I really dig those
Styles they wear.
And Michel Delving girls
With the way they talk,
They knock me out
When I'm down there.
East Farthing farmer's daughters
Really make you feel alright
And South Farthing girls
With the way they cook,
They keep their boyfriends
Warm at night.

I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls
Wish they all could be Hobbiton
I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls

The West Farthing
Has the sunshine
And the girls all
Get so tanned.
I dig a food-filled picnic
Underneath of the shade
Of the party tree in the sand.
I've been all around this
Homey Shire-land
And I've seen all kind of girls,
Yeah, but I couldn't wait
To get back back to my home.
Back to the cutest girls
In the world.

I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls
Wish they all could be Hobbiton
I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls

I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls
Wish they all could be Hobbiton
I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls
Wish they all could be Hobbiton
I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls

Sleepy Ranger · 05-05-2006, 09:36 AM

These are the people who haven't performed yet.

Group 1

Lote22
Nogrod
Alc - I mean Steve
Orominuialwen

Group 2

Legolas in Spandex
Littlemanpoet

Today (5th May) is your last day to perform, however you may ask for an extension if you really, really need it but we request that you get your songs up by today.

Sleepy Ranger · 05-05-2006, 01:48 PM

At the request of Nogrod the deadline has been extended to the 6th. So everyone who hasn't performed till yet, please try your best to be done by tomorrow because we shan't allow any more extensions for this round. (Maybe if its something very serious and you ask real nice...

)

Lote22 · 05-05-2006, 03:15 PM

Hi I’m Lote! This is my Song!!!!! This is sung by Faramir to Denethor when Denethor tries to kill him and ends up biting the dust instead. (its based on the Queen song)

Denethor walks warily down the street,
With the hood pulled way down low
Ain’t no sound but the sound of his feet,
Flaming fire ready to go
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Are you hanging on the edge of your canoe
Out of the doorway flaming Denethor leaps
To the sound of the beat

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I’m gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

Are you happy, are you satisfied
How long can you stand the heat
Out of the doorway flaming Denethor leaps
To the sound of the beat

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When he’s down
But I’m ready, yes I’m ready for you
I’m standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway flaming Denthor leaps
Repeating the sound of the beat

Nogrod · 05-05-2006, 06:19 PM

Well, sorry guys, I know I'm late. But just had a few wereducks to beat - and lost... But that has not harmed my spirits!

This is just a small song, known to everyone I guess - from LotR (Chapt.1, "The Long expected Party"). We did this as young schoolboys down there the line a couple of times. We used to believe in "the real music" then, and I still do believe in it today. That's why this song now.

I have my guitar here with me. You allow me to play with it?

If not, I'm telling you, how this will go. I'll sing it into the tune of PJ's movie, but the song will develop as it goes on.

The first stanza goes with this familiarly mellow basic country-style of a man and a guitar (Donovan etc.): warm, picked guitar and the nasal-voice.

On the second stanza, the guitar will continue the same, but the singing gets gradually a bit more thorned - and in the end, reaching some "iron-irony" (you just get this the best way you can).

On the third stanza, the guitar will be getting really rough, taking in even some kind of punk-rock elements: the singing follows the arrangement, being somewhat aggressive and even rash (that's the intended effect, not a fault in singing!).

At the last stanza, the guitar will settle down to some "outlaw-country" -style of picking - and the singing will get a bit toned down: rough but gentle at the same time.

The tour goes ever on and on,
We’re just a rovin’, rockin’ band.
So far to go, before it’s done:
Until we’d reach the Western land.

We could go for it with the easy beat,
Join in the mainstream shallow ways.
While reaching that could be so neat,
Whether then? You cannot say.

But our fight goes ever on and on,
Never get away from where it began!
So far goes the scum, other people have done,
We won’t go for the sham, if we can.

So right now take hold of your seat,
And forget about your usual diet.
It’s a real Band now, that you will meet:
What for? You’ll see the light!

Surely, if my guitar is not allowed here, you should just see the notes that concern the vocals.

05-04-2006, 01:18 PM	#2
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Hello again. For my second song, I will be singing "Someday You Will Be Loved" by Death Cab For Cutie. It is in the spirit of Aragorn singing to Eowyn, but NOT by any stretch of the imagination do the vocals resemble Viggo Mortensen's. I once knew an Elf In the years of my youth With eyes like the summer All beauty and truth She still owns my heart Though we are far apart Someday you will be loved My lady I cannot pretend, or lead you along To forsake my true love would surely be wrong But your broken heart will eventually mend As the blood runs red down the needle and thread Someday you will be loved You'll be loved you'll be loved Like you never have known The memories of me Will seem more like bad dreams Just a series of blurs Like I never occurred Someday you will be loved You may feel alone when you're falling asleep And every time tears roll down your cheeks But I know your heart belongs to someone you've yet to meet Someday you will be loved You'll be loved you'll be loved Like you never have known The memories of me Will seem more like bad dreams Just a series of blurs Like I never occurred Someday you will be loved __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-04-2006, 06:15 PM	#3
Gurthang Sword of Spirit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Oh, I'm around. Posts: 1,401	Hello. It's good to see everyone again; glad I made it through. As you know, I am Gurthang, and I've got a very special number for you all tonight. It's a tune I first heard from a small-time band I know of from the Shire. I'll be singing in the voices of Pippin, Merry, Frodo, and Sam (yes, all at once). I've seen them perform together often at The Green Dragon, and since that is their favorite spot to sing, they have affectionately earned the name The Bywater Boys. In particualer, I'll be doing one of their most popular tunes, "Hobbiton Girl". (Think "California Girl" by The Beach Boys) So I hope you enjoy it. Well, North Farthing girls Are hip I really dig those Styles they wear. And Michel Delving girls With the way they talk, They knock me out When I'm down there. East Farthing farmer's daughters Really make you feel alright And South Farthing girls With the way they cook, They keep their boyfriends Warm at night. I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls Wish they all could be Hobbiton I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls The West Farthing Has the sunshine And the girls all Get so tanned. I dig a food-filled picnic Underneath of the shade Of the party tree in the sand. I've been all around this Homey Shire-land And I've seen all kind of girls, Yeah, but I couldn't wait To get back back to my home. Back to the cutest girls In the world. I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls Wish they all could be Hobbiton I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls Wish they all could be Hobbiton I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls Wish they all could be Hobbiton I wish they all could be Hobbiton girls __________________ I'm on a Mission from God.

05-05-2006, 09:36 AM	#4
Sleepy Ranger Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the field, kissing the 'Downs crest Posts: 1,654	These are the people who haven't performed yet. Group 1 Lote22 Nogrod Alc - I mean Steve Orominuialwen Group 2 Legolas in Spandex Littlemanpoet Today (5th May) is your last day to perform, however you may ask for an extension if you really, really need it but we request that you get your songs up by today. __________________ And tonight we can truly say, together we're invincible... Middle-Earth Football World Cup 2007

05-05-2006, 01:48 PM	#5
Sleepy Ranger Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the field, kissing the 'Downs crest Posts: 1,654	Note At the request of Nogrod the deadline has been extended to the 6th. So everyone who hasn't performed till yet, please try your best to be done by tomorrow because we shan't allow any more extensions for this round. (Maybe if its something very serious and you ask real nice... ) __________________ And tonight we can truly say, together we're invincible... Middle-Earth Football World Cup 2007

05-05-2006, 03:15 PM	#6
Lote22 Animated Skeleton Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in an igloo in the middle of the desert Posts: 26	Hi I’m Lote! This is my Song!!!!! This is sung by Faramir to Denethor when Denethor tries to kill him and ends up biting the dust instead. (its based on the Queen song) Denethor walks warily down the street, With the hood pulled way down low Ain’t no sound but the sound of his feet, Flaming fire ready to go Are you ready, are you ready for this Are you hanging on the edge of your canoe Out of the doorway flaming Denethor leaps To the sound of the beat Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust And another one gone, and another one gone Another one bites the dust Hey, I’m gonna get you too Another one bites the dust Are you happy, are you satisfied How long can you stand the heat Out of the doorway flaming Denethor leaps To the sound of the beat Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man And bring him to the ground You can beat him You can cheat him You can treat him bad and leave him When he’s down But I’m ready, yes I’m ready for you I’m standing on my own two feet Out of the doorway flaming Denthor leaps Repeating the sound of the beat __________________ ah blow mah nose at t'you english types - Monty Python

05-04-2006, 11:41 AM	#1
Caranlondien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bag-Endless-Fuel Posts: 339	Caranlondien here again. This time I'll be singing "Many Funerals" by Eisley. It is sung in the voice of a young Teler in the aftermath of the Kinslaying. Bring along your tricks and trade, We will lie here, here we lay. And though this ship is out to sea, I'm content to lie peacefully. Tall and agile, Seaside born My parents death did I dear mourn, And brought about by ladies proud To raise my cupped and furrowed brow And now we have no chances We fill the empty caskets and leave you with your tears And now we take more chances We all will take more chances Before our lives end too How could you have left us here? You had friends You had us Good-bye

05-05-2006, 06:19 PM	#7
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	Well, sorry guys, I know I'm late. But just had a few wereducks to beat - and lost... But that has not harmed my spirits! This is just a small song, known to everyone I guess - from LotR (Chapt.1, "The Long expected Party"). We did this as young schoolboys down there the line a couple of times. We used to believe in "the real music" then, and I still do believe in it today. That's why this song now. I have my guitar here with me. You allow me to play with it? If not, I'm telling you, how this will go. I'll sing it into the tune of PJ's movie, but the song will develop as it goes on. The first stanza goes with this familiarly mellow basic country-style of a man and a guitar (Donovan etc.): warm, picked guitar and the nasal-voice. On the second stanza, the guitar will continue the same, but the singing gets gradually a bit more thorned - and in the end, reaching some "iron-irony" (you just get this the best way you can). On the third stanza, the guitar will be getting really rough, taking in even some kind of punk-rock elements: the singing follows the arrangement, being somewhat aggressive and even rash (that's the intended effect, not a fault in singing!). At the last stanza, the guitar will settle down to some "outlaw-country" -style of picking - and the singing will get a bit toned down: rough but gentle at the same time. The tour goes ever on and on, We’re just a rovin’, rockin’ band. So far to go, before it’s done: Until we’d reach the Western land. We could go for it with the easy beat, Join in the mainstream shallow ways. While reaching that could be so neat, Whether then? You cannot say. But our fight goes ever on and on, Never get away from where it began! So far goes the scum, other people have done, We won’t go for the sham, if we can. So right now take hold of your seat, And forget about your usual diet. It’s a real Band now, that you will meet: What for? You’ll see the light! Surely, if my guitar is not allowed here, you should just see the notes that concern the vocals.

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