[annyokie]

I believe mind-control is the way to put it. Cripes! How can anyone wade through those tomes with all the elf songs and goofy spellings and allusions to who-knows-what?

"My preciousssssssssss..........." Gag!

[discostu]

You only read the last two verses of the songs, that's where the background information necessary for the story is. Or you read them while listening to Led Zeplin because Zep built most of their songs around the beat structure of the songs in LOTR and if you find the right combo it's pretty cool (somebody showed me a list once, whoever made the list was waaaaaay too into both LOTR and Zep).

I never got into the cult aspect of LOTR, but it's a good story told pretty well.