Music Thread - JR Tolkien Pop Songs

[Hipper]

I've not read Lord of the Rings but I was aware that some of my peers did in the 70s. So did recording artists and they created songs on the subject. I know of one or two and thought it might make slightly unusual, perhaps challenging, music thread.

I only know of three. Here's two of them:

Barclay James Harvest - Galadriel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2AWFbMiRTQ

Southern Comfort - The Passing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZaI8A9KZUg

[Oshkoshclaret]

Loads of Tolkien / LOTR references in the Led Zeppelin catalogue. Ramble On is probably the most direct & obvious.

Also, Rivendell by Rush.

[Bosscat]

A little off topic (songswise but Tolkein based) In Long Preston we have a Rohan Outlet Shop ...

Also over and around Slaidburn the number of farms and houses with Tolkein based names are many ... as Tolkein stayed at Stoneyhurst College and parts of "The Forest of Bowland" influenced places in Middle Earth.

[Guller Bull]

Chicago - it’s a hard hobbit to break.

[Guller Bull]

ABBA - Gimle gimle gimle

[sleeperclaret]

A classic

https://youtu.be/b7o4ZQ4v7pg?feature=shared

[Bosscat]

The Doors "Striders on the storm"

[dougcollins]

My mate (who hates Led Zep) said Plant only had two songs- one about LOTR, and one about his knob.

[Guller Bull]

My mate (who hates Led Zep) said Plant only had two songs- one about LOTR, and one about his knob.

Hot Dog? Misty Mountain Hop?

[LincsWoldsClaret]

Galadriel - Barclay James Harvest

[Hipper]

A classic

https://youtu.be/b7o4ZQ4v7pg?feature=shared

Oh dear!

Clifford T Ward did a song on 'Mr Bilbo Baggins' but I suspect it was for his children:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA7O-Hw_Iqw

[Bosscat]

The Easybeats ... "Frodo on my mind"

[Greenmile]

Is it the Ronald or the Reuel we’re dropping?

[dougcollins]

Hot Dog? Misty Mountain Hop?

Lemon Song..

[Guller Bull]

There was also one about a lad from Tangiers.

Tangerian.

[LeadBelly]

Arwen the saints go matching in.

[Tricky Trevor]

Lemon Song..

“Squeeze me baby….til the juice runs down my leg”. Pure RocknRoll.

[boatshed bill]

Janis Joplin "I golem ole kozmic blues again mama"

[claret2018]

https://youtu.be/N9qYF9DZPdw?feature=shared

[Elbarad]

Loads of Tolkien / LOTR references in the Led Zeppelin catalogue. Ramble On is probably the most direct & obvious.

Also, Rivendell by Rush.

Led Zep's Battle of Evermore as one of them.

[Grimsdale]

"Mention The Lord of the Rings just once more and I'll more than likely kill you ..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCvs2w_Mjeg

[distortiondave]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ1bbXUEweQ

Nightfall in Middle Earth by Blind Guardian is a basically the Silmarillion in Power Metal.

[distortiondave]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPl5MeXIM8E

There's only one Return and it ain't of the King, it's of the Jedi.

[Bosscat]

Deep Purple reference Michael Moorcocks* books with the album "Stormbringer" based on Elrics sword "Stormbringer"

(*Moorcock was also a member of Hawkwind if memory serves)

[Claretmisterg]

From the underrated Camel album Mirage Nimrodel/The Procession/The White rider.
https://youtu.be/NYC3BWroCsU?si=fbi4ul05leJxKhOw

[!aiboforceN]

I suppose we should mention Marillion, who allegedly shortened their name from Silmarillion in 1981 to avoid copyright issues.

Also... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Uz1icjwrM
and... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahq6MF349Fw

[dougcollins]

From the underrated Camel album Mirage Nimrodel/The Procession/The White rider.
https://youtu.be/NYC3BWroCsU?si=fbi4ul05leJxKhOw

Love Camel.

[dougcollins]

I suppose we should mention Marillion, who allegedly shortened their name from Silmarillion in 1981 to avoid copyright issues.

Also... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Uz1icjwrM
and... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahq6MF349Fw

Sounds Fishy to me.

[distortiondave]

Love Camel.

Yeah, doug, I'm very fond of camel myself.

When I was young, 15-17 probably, and fairly early into my smoking career, me and my mates used to smoke all the regulars; lamberts, regal, bensons etc, but one day we 'found' (stole) a packet of filterless camels in my dads coat that'd probably been smuggled back from Turkey in the early 80's.
So we all lit up a camel, our first filterless cigs (1998 or so this) and once the coughing had subsided we were ruined. Proper high, akin to actually smoking a joint for us at that time, all that unfiltered nicotine and tar. Glorious. It became a running challenge over the next few years, 'bet you can't smoke a full camel'.
At least the kids these days will have their watermelon vapes to look back on.

[dougcollins]

Soft packet Winstons when I was a lad. Gauloise or Gitanes if we were being existential in the pub.

[distortiondave]

Soft Packet Winston isn't a nickname I've had to endure yet, but no doubt it'll happen before too long.

[boatshed bill]

Fags, who remembers the oval shaped "Passing Clouds"?

[Bosscat]

Fags, who remembers the oval shaped "Passing Clouds"?

"Sweet Afton" another Irish smokes

[Guller Bull]

Metallica - Enter Sauron

[beeholeclaret]

Sparks - Never turn your back on middle earth ?

[ClaretPete001]

My mate (who hates Led Zep) said Plant only had two songs- one about LOTR, and one about his knob.

That is a disgraceful slur on Robert Plant.

You forgot Vikings!

[groove]

I once dreamt I'd wrote Lord of the Rings. I was Tolkien in my sleep.

[LincsWoldsClaret]

Songs of the Quendl - Sally Oldfield

Lothlórien - Enya

And of course -

The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins- Leonard Nimoy

[BFCmaj]

My pal Dave Brons has made a career from his Tolkien inspire Celtic Rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJklbEE3nig

If anyone is interested, he's playing in Huddersfield on the 28th (next week).

[boatshed bill]

Here's something that I've just remembered, an album by Bo Hansson, "music Inspired By L O T Rs"