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Mithalwen · 06-15-2006, 01:13 PM

Mithalwen, with a Lady Di hairdo and too much eyeliner, and clad even more unflatteringly in a frilly shirt and velvet 'bockers has returns to 1981 and New Romanticism with a reworking of the first released Spandau Ballet single "To cut a long story short", which now tells of Nienor Niniel being cast under the spell of the worm Glaurung and her fateful meeting with Turin:

Glaurung is gazing
See him in the sunlight
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind

Standing on the hill top
Found there by Mablung
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind

Running through Brethil
like a wild creature
Fleeing in terror
From elf and orc
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind

Stricken in the rain
Oh I was waiting for death to come
I was beautiful and damned
And so very very young
To be sleeping on a tomb
To be dicovered by Turin

Questions questions
Give me no answers
Thats all they ever give me
Questions questions
Oh look at the strange girl
She finds it hard existing
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind

Anguirel · 06-16-2006, 03:47 PM

I should confess that the 80s are not my decade. At all. That notwithstanding, I present David "Dark Elf" Bowie's collaboration with Maeglin Mercury, "Under Pressure", sung in a typically glittery and androgynous and disconcerting manner.

EOL: Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah bah bah
Pressure pressing down on me
Under pressure
That tears a city down
Splits a family in two
Puts corpses on streets

Bah bah bah bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah bah bah

That's o-kay!
It's the terror of knowing
What internment's about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out
Pray tomorrow takes me higher
Pressure on people

Do do do bah bah bah bah
O-kay
Flyin around
Kick my brains right off the wall
These are the days
It never rains it pours
Corpses on streets
Corpses on streets

It's the terror of knowing
What internment's about
Watching some bad friends
Screaming let me out
Pray tomorrow takes me higher
Higher right off Caragdur
Turned away from it all
Like a blind man

MAEGLIN: Went to fight but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
But it's so twisted, torn
Why why why?
Love lust lust love

Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love one more chance?
Why can't we give love give lust give love?
Give love incest give love give lust give love
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care
For cousins on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way
Of caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves under pressure
Between mountains under pressure

Valesse · 06-17-2006, 10:23 PM

*stands up, wrapped in the cord and covered in dust... obviously has been struggling on the floor since last appearance* Ahem!

The deadline has past, however, not all of the talent has presented their work. Those that have, and we thank you, include:
Hookbill, TORE, Saucey, Gurthang, Celuien, lmp, Mithalwen, and Anguirel.

If you have not presented, and are in the finals, please let one of us know if you are unable to present. Otherwise, we look forward to your post.

Diamond18 · 06-17-2006, 11:08 PM

I think I shall have to pull out. I haven't been able to think of any 80s songs which are both A) familiar to me and B) easily adaptable to Tolkien. Also, since I didn't really join with any intention of winning or even going past the first round, it's not quite fair to others more into it for me to hang around.

06-15-2006, 01:13 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Mithalwen, with a Lady Di hairdo and too much eyeliner, and clad even more unflatteringly in a frilly shirt and velvet 'bockers has returns to 1981 and New Romanticism with a reworking of the first released Spandau Ballet single "To cut a long story short", which now tells of Nienor Niniel being cast under the spell of the worm Glaurung and her fateful meeting with Turin: Glaurung is gazing See him in the sunlight To cut a long story short I lost my mind Standing on the hill top Found there by Mablung To cut a long story short I lost my mind Running through Brethil like a wild creature Fleeing in terror From elf and orc To cut a long story short I lost my mind Stricken in the rain Oh I was waiting for death to come I was beautiful and damned And so very very young To be sleeping on a tomb To be dicovered by Turin Questions questions Give me no answers Thats all they ever give me Questions questions Oh look at the strange girl She finds it hard existing To cut a long story short I lost my mind __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

06-16-2006, 03:47 PM	#2
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	I should confess that the 80s are not my decade. At all. That notwithstanding, I present David "Dark Elf" Bowie's collaboration with Maeglin Mercury, "Under Pressure", sung in a typically glittery and androgynous and disconcerting manner. EOL: Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah Bah bah bah bah bah bah Pressure pressing down on me Under pressure That tears a city down Splits a family in two Puts corpses on streets Bah bah bah bah bah bah Bah bah bah bah bah bah That's o-kay! It's the terror of knowing What internment's about Watching some good friends Screaming let me out Pray tomorrow takes me higher Pressure on people Do do do bah bah bah bah O-kay Flyin around Kick my brains right off the wall These are the days It never rains it pours Corpses on streets Corpses on streets It's the terror of knowing What internment's about Watching some bad friends Screaming let me out Pray tomorrow takes me higher Higher right off Caragdur Turned away from it all Like a blind man MAEGLIN: Went to fight but it don't work Keep coming up with love But it's so twisted, torn Why why why? Love lust lust love Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking Can't we give ourselves one more chance? Why can't we give love one more chance? Why can't we give love give lust give love? Give love incest give love give lust give love Cause love's such an old fashioned word And love dares you to care For cousins on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way Of caring about ourselves This is our last dance This is our last dance This is ourselves under pressure Between mountains under pressure __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

06-17-2006, 10:23 PM	#3
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 614	stands up, wrapped in the cord and covered in dust... obviously has been struggling on the floor since last appearance Ahem! The deadline has past, however, not all of the talent has presented their work. Those that have, and we thank you, include: Hookbill, TORE, Saucey, Gurthang, Celuien, lmp, Mithalwen, and Anguirel. If you have not presented, and are in the finals, please let one of us know if you are unable to present. Otherwise, we look forward to your post. __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

06-17-2006, 11:08 PM	#4
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	I think I shall have to pull out. I haven't been able to think of any 80s songs which are both A) familiar to me and B) easily adaptable to Tolkien. Also, since I didn't really join with any intention of winning or even going past the first round, it's not quite fair to others more into it for me to hang around. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.