Led Zeppelin has several songs that connect to the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit (the trilogy's prelude).
The songs are:
Misty Mountain Hop (Zeppelin IV or Zoso)
Ramble On (Zeppelin II)
Battle of Evermore (Zeppelin IV or Zoso)
Over the Hills and Far Away (Houses of the Holy)
Stairway to Heaven (Zeppelin IV or Zoso)
Which one has the best Middle Earth feeling or message?
J.R.R. Tolkien and Led Zeppelin
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J.R.R. Tolkien and Led Zeppelin
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Because life is short but sweet for certain
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To be sure these days continue
These things we cannot change
Because life is short but sweet for certain
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These things we cannot change
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Stairway to Heaven.
"This is a song of hope."
And a new day will dawn,
for those who stand long,
and the forests will echo with laughter...
"This is a song of hope."
And a new day will dawn,
for those who stand long,
and the forests will echo with laughter...
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Stairway To Heaven.
"There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west
and my spirit is crying for leaving."
"There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west
and my spirit is crying for leaving."
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath,
The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on.
Battle of Evermore.
The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on.
Battle of Evermore.
"I fight with love, and I laugh with rage, you gotta live light enough to see the humour and long enough to see some change" - Ani DiFranco, Pick Yer Nose
"Life 's not a song, life isn't bliss, life is just this: it's living." - Spike, Once More with Feeling
"Life 's not a song, life isn't bliss, life is just this: it's living." - Spike, Once More with Feeling
Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear.
How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air.
T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair.
But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah.
Ramble On
How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air.
T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair.
But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah.
Ramble On
By the pricking of my thumb,
Something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks.
Something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks.
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All fall before the content of Blind Guardian.
"Oh no, oh yeah, tell me how can it be so fair
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
That we dying younger hiding from the police man over there
Just for breathing in the air they wanna leave me in the chair
Electric shocking body rocking beat streeting me to death"
- A.B. Original, Report to the Mist
"I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
- George Carlin
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"Ramble On" has the best references.
But for me, "Battle of Evermore" evokes the most feeling. It also ties with "Thank You" and the live version of "No Quarter" as my favourite Led Zeppelin songs.
IIRC, Page and Plant have denied that "Stairway to Heaven" has any connections to Tolkien, and having listened to it for a number of years, I agree with them. While musically, it might set your mind in Middle-earth, lyrically it does not.
But for me, "Battle of Evermore" evokes the most feeling. It also ties with "Thank You" and the live version of "No Quarter" as my favourite Led Zeppelin songs.
IIRC, Page and Plant have denied that "Stairway to Heaven" has any connections to Tolkien, and having listened to it for a number of years, I agree with them. While musically, it might set your mind in Middle-earth, lyrically it does not.
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Yes, actually, I think they did. I put it on the thread beacuse people tended to think so. Anyway, I think Ramble On has the most connection. Musically and Lyrically.Spanky The Dolphin wrote:IIRC, Page and Plant have denied that "Stairway to Heaven" has any connections to Tolkien, and having listened to it for a number of years, I agree with them. While musically, it might set your mind in Middle-earth, lyrically it does not.
Celebrate we will
Because life is short but sweet for certain
We're climbing two by two
To be sure these days continue
These things we cannot change
Because life is short but sweet for certain
We're climbing two by two
To be sure these days continue
These things we cannot change