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Come to think of it, There's even a music from a Game that reminds me of LotR (beides that the game also does) From the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, there's a forest themed temple/level with beautiful music. it always reminded me think of Lothlorien for some reason. it has a mysterious elven sound to it. 'Tis very odd indeed..
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Okay, I must post the lyrics to "Dante's Prayer" by Loreena McKennitt, and if you haven't heard it, then hie thee to a music store (or iTunes) and listen to it... but have tissues handy.
When the dark wood fell before me And all the paths were overgrown When the priests of pride say there is no other way I tiled the sorrows of stone I did not believe because I could not see Thought you came to me in the night When the dawn seemed forever lost You showed me your love in the light of the stars (chorus)Cast your eyes on the ocean Cast your soul to the sea When the dark night seems endless Please remember me Then the mountain rose before me By the deep well of desire From the fountain of forgiveness Beyond the ice and the fire (chorus) Though we share this humble path, alone How fragile is the heart Oh give these clay feet wings to fly To touch the face of the stars (chorus) Breathe life into this feeble heart Life this mortal veil of fear Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears We've rise above Earthly cares (chorus) Please remember me... please remember me (repeats until fully faded) |
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Okay how about Truly, Madly, Deeply by Savage Garden? I can imagine Aragorn & Arwen, and Legolas & Gimli singing this to each other...
And Strawberry Feilds forever by the Beatles when Frodo and Sam meet Pipin and Merry I think of this song! Has anyone played Baulders Gate II: Shadows of Amn? The music totally sounds like its outta LotR! Cheers y'all Elonve    (ps; great topic THE ka!) ________ Hemp marijuana Last edited by Elonve; 04-09-2011 at 05:56 PM. |
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Just was listening to Morrissey today, and I came across this song. It reminds me a lot of Sam and Frodo...
It's called Moon River. Lovely song... it is actually a variation of Jonny Mercer and Henri Mancini's great. Moonriver Wider than a mile I'll be crossing you in style Someday Oh, Dreammaker You heartbreaker Wherever you're going I'm going your way Two drifters Off to see the world I'm not so sure the world Deserves us We're after The same rainbow's end How come it's just around the bend ? It's always just around the bend ? Moonriver Wider than a mile I'll be crossing you in style Someday Oh, Dreammaker You heartbreaker Wherever you're going I'm going your way Two drifters Off to see the world I'm not so sure the world Deserves us We're after The same rainbow's end It's just around the bend It's just around the bend It's just around the bend It's just around the bend Lovely song? It's so beautiful if you people could here it, any version. ~ Ka
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06-28-2005, 12:15 PM
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Loreena McKennit's song 'The Old Ways' is one that reminds me of The Grey Havens.  And like many other people who have already said so on this thread, I think that many of her songs remind me of ME.
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06-29-2005, 11:17 PM
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The band Gatsbys American Dream makes references to Lord of the Rings. Two of their song titles are "Where Shadows Lie" and "A Mind of Metal and Wheels." On their website it states that their songs are "Filled with literary references ranging from Jurassic Park and The Lord Of The Rings trilogy to Interview With A Vampire and The Lord Of The Flies" as well as, obviously, The Great Gatsby.
Their music is more of a rock-ish, punk kind of sound, which I am quite partial to. And the fact that they include references to great literature, especially LOTR, is wonderful.
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Ah, yes, wonderful! Interview with the vampire! the first and last Anne Rice book turned into a movie that was co-directed by her as well! Sounds really cool, I might have to check these musical guru's out... ~ Ka
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Last night, as I was re-reading the Chapter "Lothloríen" I came across Legolas's reciting of Nimrodel. The whole time I was reading this, I could not but help think of "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers.
Maybe it's the part, "Lonely rivers flow To the sea, to the sea To the open arms of the sea. Lonely rivers sigh Wait for me, wait for me I'll be coming home Wait for me." It just seems that both have a finality and a sense of doom to them. Unrequited love longing for the one they cannot reach. Endless Sleep" is more like the story of Beren and Lùthien. Hey, at least "Endless Sleep" ends better. Quote:
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This is very schmaltzy but it does make me think of Arwen particularly.
Right Here Waiting For You Richard Marx Oceans apart day after day And I slowly go insane I hear your voice on the line But it doesn't stop the pain If I see you next to never How can we say forever Wherever you go Whatever you do I will be right here waiting for you Whatever it takes Or how my heart breaks I will be right here waiting for you I took for granted, all the times That I thought would last somehow I hear the laughter, I taste the tears But I can't get near you now .... Wherever you go Whatever you do I will be right here waiting for you Whatever it takes Or how my heart breaks I will be right here waiting for you I wonder how we can survive This romance But in the end if I'm with you I'll take the chance Wherever you go Whatever you do I will be right here waiting for you Whatever it takes Or how my heart breaks I will be right here waiting for you Waiting for you
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08-16-2005, 08:40 PM
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Halfhearted apologies to Orlando Bloom. No apologies whatsoever to Van Morrison.
Hey where did we go Days when the dwarves came Down in the valley Singing a new game Laughing at the longbeards, hey, hey Joking with the hobbit Under the midsummer stars with Our harps a-twanging and you, my Brown-Eyed Elf. You, my Brown-Eyed Elf. Do you remember when We used to sing Tra-la-la-la-la-lally La-La Fa La Whatever happened To Turnkey and Butler so drunk Sleeping in the dungeon while Full barrels rolled and rolled We sent them on their way Through black water dark and cold Wondering why they floated so low We sent them rolling, me and you My Brown-Eyed Elf. You, my Brown-Eyed Elf. Do you remember when We used to sing Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Rolling Down the hole So hard to find good wine Now that I'm all on my own I saw you just the other day Now even your hair is brown Climbing all our favorite old trees Sometimes I'm overcome laughing 'bout it Rolling thirteen dwarves in barrels Downstream to Laketown, me and You, my Brown-Eyed elf You, my Brown-Eyed Elf. Do you remember when We used to sing Tra-La-La-La-La-La-La-Lally Fa-La-La La
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08-16-2005, 08:49 PM
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I love that Mark!! I wish I could parody some songs - I am not creative enough!
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08-16-2005, 09:46 PM
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There's a whole subculture... it's called Filk... my sister, Helva Peters, won great reknown as a minstrel in their ranks. I only dabble once in a while.
That one was calling me though! Of course Legolas was not present during Bilbo's midsummer Tra-La-La-Lally. More's the pity. But I suppose, given the choice between laughing at dwarves or rolling them into a stream-- in the end any self-respecting wood-elf would have chosen the latter. Heave ho! Splash plump! Down they go, down they bump!
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Planxty Noel Hill by The Pogues (very hobbity) Sgt MacKenzie by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie I'll Go With You from the We Were Soldiers soundtrack Streets of London by Ralph McTell aswell |
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Nightwish's "Away" has a sort of sad elvish feel to it:
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The Icelandic band Sigur Rós make the most Elvish music I know.
Also I've recently become more aware of the plethora of metal bands who reference Tolkien. There's Isengard and Gorgoroth, and just the other day I got a free CD with a track by a band called Battle Lore called 'Troll Shaws'. That whole Battle Metal genre is just mad. There's a Scots band called Belle & Sebastian, who recount a discussion about The Lord of the Rings in the inlay of one of their albums. They were asking which towers were the Two Towers (interestingly, they only mentioned four of them and left out the tower I always argue for: Cirith Ungol ).
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08-19-2005, 01:45 PM
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It's on the Dear Catastrophe Waitress CD. I call such comments "liner notes" but then I go back to vinyl. They are signed "Stuart" and dated 21st July '03. Quote:
Scotch that. It's all random. I was told where to hang if I wanted to meet them when I was in Glasgow. But I saw them here. Great performance, fun, whimsical, entertaining, interactive. Nothing about Tolkien there unless you'd want to consider the performance a bit Hobbitish.Quote:
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Bêthberry's post has made my reply quite redundant.
It's true that there's nothing Tolkien-esque about Belle & Sebastian. The Two Towers bit made me laugh, though. And yes, as regards Sigur Rós, I am chiefly thinking of the albums () and Ágætis byrjun. I think the music is quite otherworldly and more beautiful than anything I've ever heard. About the Elvish comment; I'm not actually too fond of the music that the films used for the Elves. I think it's hard to find the criticism, but it seems as though they were trying too hard to 'put it on', if you see what I mean. It seemed a bit fake, just a little bit tiresome. Sigur Ros make me 'see' Elves, whereas the Elves' theme in the movies just makes me think of Liv Tyler. Ba ba ti ki di do is less Elvish and I have not heard Von.
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White Flag Dido I know you think that I shouldn't still love you, Or tell you that. But if I didn't say it, well I'd still have felt it where's the sense in that? I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder Or return to where we were I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and surrender There will be no white flag above my door I'm in love and always will be I know I left too much mess and destruction to come back again And I caused nothing but trouble I understand if you can't talk to me again And if you live by the rules of "it's over" then I'm sure that that makes sense I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and surrender There will be no white flag above my door I'm in love and always will be And when we meet Which I'm sure we will All that was there Will be there still I'll let it pass And hold my tongue And you will think That I've moved on.... I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and surrender There will be no white flag above my door I'm in love and always will be I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and surrender There will be no white flag above my door I'm in love and always will be I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and surrender There will be no white flag above my door I'm in love and always will be Every time I hear this song, I picture Aragorn coming up the Anduin in the corsair boats unfurling the standard of Arwen. And then it makes me think of them and their love. I realllllllllllly like this song because it reminds me of LotR. There's another one that reminds me of LotR, I forget which one though.
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Mary Fahl's "Going Home" makes me think of Sam - well, of all the hobbits - and their love for the Shire, but not only of them. Of anyone, really, who loves his home and the land, anyone who's had to wander and follow that road to lands far away.
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Yeah, that does ring true! The song I think of is a song by Jaci Velasquez, whom I'm normally not a fan of. I'm searching for the lyrics now, but she sang a song called "Take Me Back To You" about returning to the days of innocence in childhood when God watched over her. It reminds me so much of the Cottage of Lost Play in the Books of Lost Tales. Somehow, it also reminds me of my own childhood...particularly in my parents' bedroom when the whispy blue curtains were gently blowing in the cool spring breeze. I cannot find lyrics. But the song goes something like this. Oh wait, here they are! Lord, I'm in the dark, Seems to me the line is dead when I come calling. No one there, the sky is falling; Lord, I need to know. My mind is playing games again, You're right where You have always been. Take me back to You, The place that I once knew as a little child; Constantly the eyes of God watched over me. Oh, I want to be In the place that I once knew as a little child, Fall into the bed of faith prepared for me. I will rest in You, I will rest in You, I will rest in You. Tell me I'm a fool, Tell me that You love me for the fool I am, [And*] comfort me like only You can, And tell me there's a place Where I can feel Your breath Like sweet caresses on my face again. Take me back to You, The place that I once knew as a little child; Constantly the eyes of God watched over me. Oh, I want to be In the place that I once knew as a little child, Fall into the bed of faith prepared for me. I will rest in You, I will rest in You, I will rest in You. *Snips out a few la-la-la's and repeats* Take me back to You. The place that I once knew as a little child; Constantly the eyes of God watched over me Oh, I want to be In the place that I once knew as a little child, Fall into the bed of faith prepared for me. I will rest in You, I will rest in You, I will rest in You. You have to understand, unless you've heard the song, you probably won't feel what it made me feel.
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I neglected to mention another song with more national (perhaps international) recognition which reminds me of the tales and concepts of sailing beyond the world's end, to the white shores beyond the seas, and of the voyage of Earendil, or the longing put in the hearts of men by Iluvatar. The song is George Strait's "You'll Be There."
Hope is an anchor, and love is a ship Time is the ocean and life is a trip You don't know where you're going Til you know where you're at And if you can't read the stars Well you better have a map A compass and a conscience so you don't get lost at sea Around some lonely island, no one wants to be From the beginning of creation, I think our maker had plan For us to leave these shores and sail beyond the sand And let the good light guide to the waves and the wind To the beaches and a world where have never been And we'll climb upon a mountain, y'all we'll let our voices ring Those who've never tried they'll be the first to sing CHORUS: Woah My My I'll see you on the other side If I make it And it might be a long hard ride But I'm gonna take it Sometimes it seems I don't have a prayer Let the weather take me anywhere But I know I wanna go Where the streets are gold Cause you'll be there Oh my my You don't bring nothing with you here And you can't take nothing back I ain't never seen a hearse, with a luggage rack So I've torn my knees from praying Scarred my back from falling down Spent so much time flying high, til I'm face first in the ground So if you're up there watching me, can you talk to God and say, Tell him I might need a hand to see a boat someday Repeat Chorus Cause you'll be there Oh my my Try clicking for a sample here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/cl...900751-4383223 Or if that doesn't work, you can visit Amazon.com's page and listen to a sample: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...music&n=507846
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well i can't name any specific songs but there is this one band called "Flogging Molly," they are sort of a punk-rock-alternative Irish band, all of there songs seem to remind of Middle Earth. Its strange I'll be sitting there like reading and one there songs will come on and right away I start thinkging of Middle Earth! everytime!
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I really agree, I was surprised when I saw that in the book for the first time. Especially when the 'cow' part was so playfully and masterfully included as well. It makes you believe how much of an Orpheus Tolkien was. ~ Aesthete
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The chorus was something like this: "I will be bold and resist I won't put my sword down and surrender There will be no red eye in my flag 'cos I am free and always will be." Not very good but making it was funny... Laibach (especially album Kapital) is very mordorish. Or the sound at least. I can't say about the words since I don't know any german. And I agree that Nightwish is very Lotrish... (and damn good; I'm also proud that they're from Finland )
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Whilst there aren't any songs I have heard that remind me of LOTR, aside from something obvious like Ramble On by Led Zep, I think that part of After the Gold Rush by Neil Young espouses the longing for the romance of medieval stories which is largely responsible for my love of Tolkien's stories: Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armour coming saying something about a queen there were peasants singing and drummers drumming and the archer split the tree there was a fanfare blowing to the sun that was floating on the breeze I also must mention May it Be by Enya. I know it was made specifically for the FOTR movie, but it just captures the essence of Frodo and his plight so beautifully. It is totally LOTR, and I hazard a guess that even Tolkien himself would have been happy with that song. |
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There is a song called King Of The Mountain by Kate Bush that, for me, really reminds me of that scene in the Hobbit when all the Dwarves get their instruments out and play the song about going and freeing the Lonely Mountain. I would post the lyrics but that it's not those that remind me, it's the music, and that one line 'king of the mountain', which I continually mishear as 'king under the mountain'.
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One song which has often made me think of ME is Two Horizons by Moya Brennan. Tara itself is the seat of the kings of old and it's not far out for me to add some first age elves onto that. The song is so beautiful and so sad at the same time.
"Hard to believe when the heart is so broken Storms in the valley hide words never spoken I hear the sounds Two horizons sing The harp that once through Tara Silver moon stands when the morning is rising Chasing the wind to the crystal horizon Hard to believe when the signs are uncertain Courage be born then our world will stop hurting I hear the sounds Two horizons sing Two horizons burn The harp that once through Tara"
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The Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin of course.
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11-13-2006, 03:12 AM
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11-13-2006, 11:14 AM
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Hmm, I have some more to add to the list of music. If you like The Battle of Evermore how about Fairport Convention's album Liege And Leaf? Sandy Denny who sings on 'Battle..' was the late singer for Fairport. A lot of the old late 60s/early 70s acid folk songs make me think of Tolkien; Vashti Bunyan's album Just Another Diamond Day is Hobbit music - simple, delicate and whimsical. Then finally there's Kate Rusby's Underneath The Stars - beautiful... Oh, and if you want something to remind you of something darker in Tolkien's work, the very scary Come To Daddy by Aphex Twin always makes me think of the scene where the Witch-king threatens to take Eowyn off to the Houses of Lamentation. Brrrr! 
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11-13-2006, 11:46 AM
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Now that the dark side is mentioned, Nine Inch Nails' "The Becoming" reminds me of the emergence of the Nazgûl (that we know so outrageously few of).
It's a very cold and brutal song about a person who feels that he himself is taken over by something else. The last two lines of the lyrics are repeated several times and in two voices thus adding to that feeling of schizophrenia I connect with the Ringwraiths in their earliest condition. |
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11-23-2006, 05:09 AM
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If I had to say which reminds me about the LotR, it would be also few ones from Led Zeppelin, but not Battle of Evermore (although it fits in there and it surprised me when I first heard it some time later). Btw I really don't think BoE refers just to Middle-Earth: apart from mentioning the Ringwraith, there is no distinct mention of anything else of Tolkien, and I think it's more or less "general" - about fantasy, or fairytales, and so on. There is also one song from a band I actually don't know, they are not my kind of music, but I noticed that in one of their songs - otherwise they don't have anything in common with Tolkien or even fantasy at large - they sing about a man who returns home drunk or something like that, don't know the text, just there is a word about his wife, that she "cried like hurt Nazgul".
I'm actually surprised no one has mentioned the Blind Guardian (or maybe I overlooked it?). Their album "Nightfall in Middle-Earth", which is all about Silmarillion, and sole songs like "Lord of the Rings" I don't find actually drawing me to the world of Tolkien, but they talk about it nonetheless, so I'm surprised they were not even mentioned (especially, if there were Nightwish mentioned, who are very similar kind of music, but do not sing about LotR explicitely, and the BG do - at least in these few songs). But back to the original question, songs which remind ME of ME (ahem... you know what I mean ) are some from Clannad, but as well Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven (as someone has already mentioned) and Black Dog (don't ask me why; I just used to have them on tape - ah, the ancient times - together, and it reminds me somehow of the other Wizards than Gandalf. Yeah, when I listen to it, I imagine Radagast, Saruman, and the Blue Wizards. But don't ask me why, really don't know). There are also songs where the feeling is more common, like Pink Floyd's "Breathe". And yeah, I could add some songs from the Beatles remind me of Frodo and Sam's journey to Mordor: namely "With A Little Help From My Friends", "A Day in the Life", "Magical Mystery Tour" and "Strawberry Fields Forever"
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11-24-2006, 02:55 PM
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Legate, you might be amused by this: mad Led Zep & Tolkien page.
In addition to Ringwraiths, Plant wrote about The Dark Lord, so that might be another, but the guy on this page says there is 'no Avalon' in Tolkien but there is Avallone (how much Tolkien has he read, eh?). You're correct, Plant and Page deny they wrote any of their songs 'about' Tolkien, and if you look at them they're actually a big jumbled mess of all kinds of things. Plant was indeed a big Tolkien fan, but those were erm....'heady' times for Led Zep and I strongly suspect they were not always fully 'sober' when writing lyrics. But the atmosphere of the song is most conducive to thoughts of Tolkien's work at least...
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11-24-2006, 03:45 PM
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Dave Mathew's Band-Tripping Billies
eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die 'cause we're tripping Billies because of *Wilwarin's old signature "eat drink and be Merry....or Pippin". *I think it was Wilwarin's
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