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Lord Of The Blings
This lot weren't in the Lord Of The Rings films, but they should've been. Here's why...


1Sauron Cowell
Sauron CowellNothing escapes the evil gaze of the dark lord of pop, be it a Westlifer trying to disguise a fart behind a Timbaland beat, or Girls Aloud plotting to egg Mel C after school. Sauron Cowell has got all of his fingers in all of the pies on all of the plates in all of the boardrooms in all of pop-land. Anyone crossing The Evil One can expect a visit from his four black-clad wraiths, whose unearthly operatic screeching will make mincemeat of your lugholes faster than you can say "Robson And Jerome megamix". Course, if Il Divo are fully booked, there's always the fearsome G4-orcs... Gulp!

2Bob Gandalf
Bob GandalfOK, you might think that we've just taken someone's name and swapped a couple of letters here. But no! Let's examine the facts. Bob has been around forever, he has long straggly hair, a questionable taste in clothes, he smells a bit musty. He disappears for years at a time, only to re-emerge to save millions from suffering. And then he's gone again. Surely that's proof enough! No? OK, a little bird tells us that when Band Aid 20 were recording their version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas', Joss 'Orc Lungs' Stone REPEATEDLY referred to Sir Bob as 'Bob Gandalf'! Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we'll be here all week!

3Streetwise Game-G
Streetwise Game-GWe know what you're thinking. Didn't he have a big bust up recently with his mentor Frody Cent? Yes he did, and then both he and Frody convinced us all of what great mates they really are, they made up - in public! Now that this hip hop fellowship is back on track, Game-G can see out his duty to tirelessly cover the back of Frody, the bling-bearer, and together they can cast the bling into the Cracks of Doom (Doom Shake-Shake the Room), thus saving the Dre for everyone!

4Elton Gollum
Elton GollumNow, we're not suggesting that Elton is hundreds of years old, is picky about what he eats and likes to prance about in a thong that even X-Tina would avoid. But you've got to admit, it's "My precious" this and "My precious" that with him, innit? And we pity the fool who ever tries to wrestle whatever his precious is this week. Whether it's the specially-grown-on-Jupitar orchids, the hand-painted serving Zebra or the diamond-encrusted nose-hair twirler, this is one pop Smeagol you don't want prowling round your goodybags. If you catch our drift...

5Lee 'Merry' Ryan
Lee 'Merry' RyanSome people would claim that Lee lives up to being Merry a little too much, especially during happy hour on ladies night, but there's no one better to have on with you on a long perilous adventure. This chipper fella could put a smile on a troll's bum with his childish antics. Be it organising an ale-drinking contest, setting fire to his own farts (to light up those dark mines) or talking seriously about the latest film script he's writing, this is one laff-a-minute hobbit that's hard to kick.
Tae M
10/05/2005

 


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