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**The Saucepan Man** · 01-01-2004, 09:44 PM

Why does this song, or any of the songs written for the films, have to be from the perspective of one character to another?<P>I consider them to be "commentaries" on the situations to which they relate, as though written by minstels about the events portrayed.<P>The exception, I suppose, would be <I>Gollum's Song</I> which does seem to be written as though Smeagol is addressing himself (or his "other self" ).

01-01-2004, 09:44 PM	#15
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Why does this song, or any of the songs written for the films, have to be from the perspective of one character to another?<P>I consider them to be "commentaries" on the situations to which they relate, as though written by minstels about the events portrayed.<P>The exception, I suppose, would be <I>Gollum's Song</I> which does seem to be written as though Smeagol is addressing himself (or his "other self" ). __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!