"The Magic Bean Talks" appeals to my slysdexic half. It's probably also still available as a twitter handle, domain, etc.

Huh....I saw the Toronto version of the Lord of the Rings musical and it was bad. Really bad. For example the Lothlorien song was Galadriel divaing for 6 minutes about how sad she was that Lothlorien and the Elves were fading away. No singing Legolas or acrobatic elves. No particular relation to the plot or overarching themes otherwise in the musical.

I heard they'd revamped it for London, but hadn't realized they changed songs too. Huge improvement. I hope they didn't change the Balrog. That part was awesome.

For the sake of my sanity and ongoing happiness, I'm just going to forget this exists.

I assumed that Seth's memories of his previously awesome 30 year retirement were being changed as he was dismembered, which was freaking him out as much as loosing body parts. If he did manage to get there quickly he figured he had a chance at a decent life? The theory only holds a bit of water. Presumably young Seth did not get a very nice retirement.

What if Johnathan Coulton wrote new lyrics to go with the new tune, chord structure and rhythm? Then it's definitely his song. What if I do a 'cover' of two songs by sticking the lyrics of one onto the tune of another. Who's song is it then?

There's also a question as to whether they used Coulton's recording (with vocals removed). There is some evidence to suggest that they did, and I understand that could actually get Fox in hot water.

Edit @Teague: Paul would still have to pay the license and send money to Zarban. But apparently could just give you the middle finger.