Middle Earth Idol

[The Only Real Estel]

Alright then, here's my selection from Live.

It's called I Alone, and it's regarding Bilbo's little run-in with Gollum in the Misty Mountains, the Riddle Game, & what alone can save him... (Luck, of course)

it might be easier not to be wise
and figure these things by your brains
You're stuck in the Mountain with him
alone by the lake by and by
You cannot see much save his eyes
you're bothered by them he can see
your time is up you get your riddle away
but the greatest of tricksters won't hesitate
to squeeze you there by yourself clinging to fate

I alone can save you
I alone can help you
I alone can save you
will you come to end like this?

it might be easier not to be good
and figure these things tho 'praps you could
you long to be free of this bargain
alone by the lake by and by
to search through these tunnels on your own
and leave him there by himself all alone

but his appetites come back to far
only LUCK can save you now
all these riddles that you've learned
won't do any good to you
you want to go and hide
only LUCK can save you now
all these riddles that you've learned...

yeah, yeah, yeah

[littlemanpoet]

To the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody, I give you "Barrowian Rhapsody".

Is this a real myth
is this just make believe
caught in a barrow
no escape from this rpg
Open your mind
just look to the Shire and see!

I'm just Sam Gamgee
I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little shy, a little slow,
Every way the smoke blows,
Doesn't really matter to me, to me

Gaffer, smoked my first pipe
Put old toby in the bowl
Lit the pipe now I can smoke
Gaffer, life has just begun
For now I've earned my place beside the bar
Barkeep, ooo
Please pour me a big drink
I will have drunk nine ales by now tomorrow
Carry me, carry me, my legs won't hold me steady

Ale cup, your time has come
Sends shivers to my head
A great subject for this thread
Good morrow my friends - I've got to go
I must take to bed and have some wild dreams
Gaffer, ooo - (anyway the smoke blows)
I don't want to leave
I sometimes wish the Green Dragon was my home

I see a little silhouetto of a drink
Pour it up, pour it up will you drink another ale cup
Thunderbolt and lightning - very very liking me
Green Dragon, Green Dragon,
Green Dragon, Green Dragon
Green Dragon Fill my cup - O let's have more!

But I'm a poor Gamgee and I've run out of money
He's just a Gamgee from a poor family
Spare him some coin for his troll sized appetite
Easy come easy go - let me have some coin
No fill up! No - we will not give you coin - give him coin
No fill up! We will not give you coin - give him coin
No fill up! We will not give you coin - give him coin
Will not give you coin - give him coin (never)
Never give you coin - give him coin
Never give him coin - ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no -
Oh Gaffer Gamgee, Gaffer Gamgee, Gaffer Gamgee give him coin
Fredegar Bolger has some coppers set aside for me
for me
for me

So you think you're so bold with that look in your eye
So you think you'll not help me and make me stay dry
Oh hobbits - can't do this to me hobbits
I'll have an ale - for I've got some coin, coin in my hand

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
A good ale always tastes great
Anyone should know
A good ale always tastes great - and goes just right with Old Toby

Every way the smoke blows...

[The Only Real Estel]

Extention for a few days? :-/

I thought I was busy before but lately...wow.

[Valesse]

Actually that just struck me a few days ago (when I learned this week ahead is 'dead week' where I am) so as far as this last song is concerned I am fine with there being an extention, however I will spend this time giving props to elempi.

Props! Props! Props!

I can't wait for the voting to start.. very interested to hear who will become the next... Middle Earth Idol!

Shoot for before the tenth, if possible please.

[The Only Real Estel]

Well, for the last time Estel stands before you as I prepare to perform my final song.

This one will be sung by Bilbo about his adventure up to the meeting with the Trolls & how he already regrets coming on it.

It's called How to Steal a Hoard (How to Save a Life by The Fray)...


Step one he says it's 11 o'clock
You balk, he says get going and stop your talk
He smiles a little bit at you
As you race off into the blue
Time will tell if he was right
As you go left and then turn right
Between the fences and up the lane
As you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost my head
Somewhere along in my befuddledness
And I would have been up with late tea poured
But they thought I knew how to steal a hoard

Don't let them know about the rest
Cause after all they like dwarf best
Try to slip past their defense
As you maintain innocence
Lay down a list of what you cook
Dishes you learned from your cookbook
And pray the trolls don't smear you
And pray the trolls don't smear you!

Where did I go wrong, I lost my head
Somewhere along in my befuddledness
AAnd I would have been up with late tea poured
But they thought I knew how to steal a hoard

As they begin to raise their voice
One lowers his and grants them one last choice
Leave them all and knaw a bone
Or argue till dawn and turn to stone
As they talk of smash & squashing
And argue over boil and roasting
You're afraid you'll never be the same
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost my head
Somewhere along in my befuddledness
And I would have been up with late tea poured
But they thought I knew how to steal a hoard

How to steal a hoard...

*Final bow*

[Valesse]

Alright! Thats it! The last preformance of Middle Earth Idol!

Now everyone get to voting. I will be receiving votes until the 10th (because its a good round number, not because I've already staked out that date as "Something".)

I'll say it again, Middle earth... Get voting! *squintsquintysquint*

[Sleepy Ranger]

The results will be out a bit after the 10th, say around the 15th. That is, because the final show has to be something spectacular.
If you'd like to participate then feel free to inform Valesse or any of the judges inclusive of myself.