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    Posted: March 04 2006 at 14:15
It seems that a lot of bands were inspired by JRR Tolkien for their lyrics. Do you know about some?

I'm thinking about  :

  • Rivendell - Rush
  • The trees - Rush (reminds me of the talking trees in the Lord of the rings)
  • The band Isildur's bane
  • Not prog but : The battle of evermore - Led Zeppelin
  • Again : Ramble on - Led Zeppelin (clearly state Gollum and the Ringwraiths)
Those are the ones which came to my mind. Anymore?

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Pär Lindh Project has two nice albums about Tolkien's world: "Bilbo" and
"Dreamsongs from middle earth" and in a more prog style Mostly Autumn's
"Music inspired by the Lord of the Rings"

There are quiet a bunch of musicians fond of Tolkien's trilogy, it comes now
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one of my alltime favorite albums.
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I know one, Glass Hammer's debut album (although they have more than one Tolkien inspired album). I don't like it much though....
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:



one of my alltime favorite albums.


I didn't even know your avatar was about the Lord of the rings

Cool

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The obvious one is of course Bo Hansson - "Lord of the Rings".
Hawkwind quote Lord of the Rings on "Choose Your Masque": "I have come, but I do not choose now to do what I came to do" are the words Frodo speaks when he has finally reached the peak of the volcano, into which he is supposed to throw the ring. (I bet hardly anyone noticed that).


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"Nimrodel" by Camel

Non Prog: The Metal Band "Blind Guardians"


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Blind guardian - Nightfall in middle earth

                        ...and many songs in other albums...

                        

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Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:



one of my alltime favorite albums.


I didn't even know your avatar was about the Lord of the rings

Cool


yeah that size requirement is a real bummer when you are trying to express yourself through your choice of avatar.... 
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  • Rick Wakeman. Songs of Middle Earth: Inspired by The Lord of the Rings

  • Bo Hansson. Lord of The Rings

  • Glass Hammer. The Middle Earth Album

  • Glass Hammer. Journey of The Dunadan

  • Pär Lindh & Björn Johansson. Bilbo

  • Mostly Autumn. Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings
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The rick Wakeman one is interesting. Here's Zitro's review:

RICK WAKEMAN Songs Of Middle Earth
Review (Permanent link) by Zitro @ 3:00:40 PM EST, 8/4/2005
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3 stars  —  A complete rip-off!!!

Music inspired by Lord of The Rings? Don't make me laugh! All the piano songs are from 'heritage suite' and the new age tracks from 'seven wonders'. He just changed the names of the songs, and somehow, they really fit with the new titles.

Well, the music is good. As long as you don't have any of those two albums, and are interested in Wakeman's elegant playing, you might like this a lot.

My Grade : C+
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By the way. didn't Marillion's name come from a Tolkien book (Silmarillion)?


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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

By the way. didn't Marillion's name come from a Tolkien book (Silmarillion)?


It did indeed. I think the only reason they changed it was because they were threatened with (or feared) legal action from the Tolkien estate.



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Contortions Of The Balrog by St. Elmo's Fire / Artifacts Of Passion CD

Darkhorse And March Of The Elves by Brain Forest / Wood Of Thought CD

The Ring And The River by Paul Kollar / Subtle Matter CD

check out www.tolkien-music.com

 



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As far as I know (having been a Tolkien fan for over 20 years), there are lots of bands - mostly heavy metal, but a few prog bands too - whose name comes from Tolkien's work. The most notorious one are Burzum (a word in the Black Speech meaning 'darkness'), whose founder Count Grishnakh ended up in prison after having killed his rival Euronymous. Anyway, Marillion are surely the best-known of the bunch. Their first EP, "Grendel", took its title and subject matter from one of Tolkien's main sources of inspiration, the Anglo-Saxon epic "Beowulf".
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Don't forget about Pink Floyd's song The Gnome. I red somewhere that it was inspired by Tolkien's book "The Hobbit".
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

The obvious one is of course Bo Hansson - "Lord of the Rings"

I've tried getting into Bo's stuff. It's alright, it's solid, but for some reason I've never been completely sold on it. His Watership Down CD was the last straw...I won't be buying any more of his. Anyone else feel the same way?

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Blind Guardian did a song on LOTR called 'Lord of the Rings' and then done 'Nightfall in Midle Earth' which is based on the Simarillion. Co & Ca's IKSOSE:II syncs up with LOTR the movie.

But generally Tolkien inspired either concouissley or sub-concouisley Prog rock, power metal, heavy rock and metal in some shape or form.   
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The Swedish band Isildurs Bane (the bandname itself of course meaning the Ring) had made an CD titled "Sagan om Ringen"(meaning Lord of the Rings) in the early 90´s.

The story I heard of Marillion getting their name was like this; they got tired of the name Silmarillion and decided to change the name. Someone started to erase rhe name from a guitarcase, but after removing Sil... he gave up. A couple of days later the remains ...marillion seemed like a good name.
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Originally posted by Ghost Rider Ghost Rider wrote:

As far as I know (having been a Tolkien fan for over 20 years), there are lots of bands - mostly heavy metal, but a few prog bands too - whose name comes from Tolkien's work. The most notorious one are Burzum (a word in the Black Speech meaning 'darkness'), whose founder Count Grishnakh ended up in prison after having killed his rival Euronymous. Anyway, Marillion are surely the best-known of the bunch. Their first EP, "Grendel", took its title and subject matter from one of Tolkien's main sources of inspiration, the Anglo-Saxon epic "Beowulf".

Indeed! Being into Black Metal as well as into Prog, I can tell you 'the list is endless'. Latest additions on my 'Tolkien Bands List' even include an Orodruin, a Sauron and an Ungoliant! (don't even think of checking them out if you can't stand Black/Death metal  ). Furthermore, there's a Swedish (?) Death Metal band called Ephel Duáth that's been active for a while now. And don't forget Dimmu Borgir's "singer", who calls himself Shagrath. He sounds like an Orc, too .

Funny thing to notice: the 'Goodies' names are usually used by Prog Bands, the Baddies by Black/Death metal bands. At least they all seem to have read the Book... which is a good thing.

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Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:

It seems that a lot of bands were inspired by JRR Tolkien for their lyrics. Do you know about some?

I'm thinking about  :

  • The trees - Rush (reminds me of the talking trees in the Lord of the rings)


I am not very good at Tolkien, but did talking trees in Lord of the Rings become all equaled by hatchet, axe and saw???

 
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