Middle Earth Idol

[The Saucepan Man]

Hey, I made it through to the next round. Cool!

First, if I might be allowed to address the judge's comments on my audition ...

Originally Posted by Wilwa Abdul

Oh and Sleepy is wrong, your pans are great, probably will be the new in thing.

I think that you may be right. It is, I believe what sets me apart from the rest. And I would certainly rather take fashion advice from you than from a man who pulls his trousers up to his chest ...

Originally Posted by Sleepy Cowell

If you want to be taken seriously as a competitor then those pans have got to go, their clanking detracts from your singing.

Hey - that's my act! Had you been paying attention, you might have noticed that the pans were clanking in time to the music.

Originally Posted by Glirdy Jackson

Let me say this though, if you make it through, please show us the range that you can sing in.

Well, I'm hoping that the song that I have chosen for this performance will demonstrate to you my range. It too is from the Sergeant Bifur's Lonely Mountain Club Band back catalogue, and I have chosen it to mark the sixth birthday of the Barrow-Downs.

Ahem!

On Barrow Downs there is a Member reading highlights
Of every thread he's had the pleasure to have known.
And all the spirits that come and go
Stop and say hello.

In the Forum there’s a Newbie with a question,
Of Bombadil and Beorn and Tolkien’s words.
But the Newbie never does a search,
He talks of Balrog’s wings, of all the things!

The Barrow Downs is on my screen and in my head.
There beneath the black and greenish threads
I type, and meanwhile back

In the Books there is a scholar with a theory
On Rings and Elven immortality.
He likes to talk of Eucatastrophe,
And Norse mythology.

*Gondorian regal trumpet solo*

The Barrow Downs is on my screen and in my head.
Just post your thoughts on what you’ve read
of Arda, meanwhile back

Upon the Downs among the Middle-Earth Mirthies
The Disco King is dancing every night and day
And tho' Boromir’s in his grave,
We all do the wave.

On the Downs the scholar quotes another Letter.
We see the Newbie now happily settled in.
Then a fangirl rushes in
From an Orli site, what a fright!

The Barrow Downs is on my screen and in my head.
There within the black and greenish threads
I type, and meanwhile back

The Barrow Downs is on my screen and in my head.
There within the black and greenish threads

Barrow Downs.

*Sauce bows with much clanking and clattering*