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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2004 at 22:21
If i may jump in at this point and put on my tangentional hat.That is obviously a reference to the sad deluded world of Mrs Havasham from" Great Expectations"...PIP PIP
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 01 2004 at 02:25
And of course....

Oh God Oh God I'm so fantastic
Thanks to Freddie I'm a sexual spastic

OK - Peter - do your stuff!!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2004 at 18:46

LOL ROFLMFAO

Excellent choice, danbo

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2004 at 16:08

Try this too, Peter;

"I poked and stroked 'til my wrist got numb.

But I never did hear no Dinah Moe Humm."

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2004 at 16:01

It's about time we stumped mr. Peter Rideout. Here's a lyric that obviously has no relation whatsoever to LOTR

"He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it in my right eye
He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it in my other eye
And the husky wee-wee
I mean the doggie wee-wee
Has blinded me
And I can't see
Temporarily"

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2004 at 10:09
......... sound of despairing Englishman banging head repeatedly on desk..........


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2004 at 09:02

[/QUOTE]

RIGHT!!

Try this on for size.......PAL!

"that was the sound of Roger's wah-wah rabbits eating endives - very reasonable at this time of year...."

The Bonzo's again - 1968 "shirts"[/QUOTE]

Shocked Goodness gracious me, James, I really don't see why you need my help with this one. As anyone possessed of a modicum of grey matter (and the right drugs) who has given TLOTR even a cursory read should be able to tell, this cleverly-penned excerpt contains some non-linear references to Gollum.

Geek It's a well known fact (at least among mental patients, and guitarists named Dale) that before Tolkien settled upon the names Smeagol/Gollum for his  minor villain, he toyed with the notion of naming his skulking, slimey character Roger, after a former publisher that he had had a less-than-lucrative professional relationship with. Furthermore, the name Smeagol, when rendered in Old Entish, is spoken as "Raa-jerr."

There is also a more obvious reference to the way that Gollum is moved to tears of frustration ("Wah-wah") when he sees the stolid Samwise cooking the "coneys," or rabbits, that Smeagol has procured for his peckish "Master" on the way to Mordor.

Next, there is a clever reference both to the way that Gollum dives into pools to catch fish ("endives"), and to the way that he does a header, or dives into Mount Doom at the end of the book -- he "end dives," as it were.

The final part is simply the Bonzos communicating to me through space and time that my explanation is very reasonable.

I hope that you will get more out of the song now. Remember, all rock lyrics are derived from Tolkien!

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 31 2004 at 05:10
Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

almost any lyric can be "made to fit" a Tolkien analysis (show me a lyric & I'll link it to LOTR!)
OK, Peter - try this on for size...... "my pink half of the drainpipe, seperates me from you....." Bonzo Dog Band 1968


Geek Jim, the answer is laughably obvious: The lyrics you quote are an oblique reference to the dwarves being put into barrels ("drainpipes") to escape the wood elves in The Hobbit. (The barrels separate the dwarves from the elves.) There is also a parallel -- but less obvious -- reference to Pippin pouring pints down his throat ("pink drainpipe") at the Prancing Pony, until his subsequent tipsy indisgressions threaten to separate him from the fuming Frodo.


Stern SmileTo fully comprehend the import of these arcane but beautiful words, however, you must first ingest the same perilously near-lethal cocktail of consciousness-expanding hallucinogens that the lyricist  did before he penned such an immortal line.


(I suggest that you have "911" ready on the auto-dial before embarking upon your inner quest for enlightenment, Grasshopper....) Dead


Good luck!


What else you got? LOL



RIGHT!!

Try this on for size.......PAL!

"that was the sound of Roger's wah-wah rabbits eating endives - very reasonable at this time of year...."

The Bonzo's again - 1968 "shirts"

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2004 at 10:46

Half is better then none.

An investigator uses the tools at hand, right?

So, How did you find these sites/bands/artists?



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 23 2004 at 22:13

Danbo:

Since you cheated by using the Internet, you only get half-credit.

Still, good job!

Peace.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 23 2004 at 17:11
"Panama Red" Based on the performance by The New Riders of the Purple Sage
"Longbottom Leaf" Parody by Johnny D
 
Longbottom Leaf
Longbottom Leaf
It gets those hobbits stoned beyond belief
Longbottom Leaf
Longbottom Leaf

On his white horse Shadowfax
Ol' Gandalf gallops into town
I bet that old Istari Chief
Wants some
Longbottom Leaf

Sauron don't know the Ring's nearby
'Cause Gondor keeps him occupied
Frodo, Smeagol, and Sam are
Sneakin' 'cross the moutainside

All Middle-Earth is fightin'
To fend-off Mordor's genocide
And when the war is over,
Longbottom Leaf will get 'em high

Longbottom Leaf
Longbottom Leaf
It gets those hobbits stoned beyond belief
Longbottom Leaf
Longbottom Leaf

On his long legs, big ol' Strider
Comes a-hikin' into town
I bet that big ol' Ranger Chief
Wants some
Longbottom Leaf

Every hobbit down in Southfarthing
Grows Longbottom in their yard
It springs up quickly like a weed, so,
Growin' it's not hard

So if things get too confusing, hobbits,
Forget about your grief
And pass around that Hobbit-Hashpipe full of
Longbottom Leaf

Longbottom Leaf
Longbottom Leaf
It gets those hobbits stoned beyond belief
Longbottom Leaf
Longbottom Leaf

On his way to The Grey Havens
Elrond breezes into town
That old immortal Elven Chief
Wants some
Longbottom Leaf

 
 
 
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Lord of the Rhymes:
 
Is Gondor in the house?
Is Rivendell in the house?
Where the shire at?
Yo Treebeard my brother are you in the house?
Where the elf girls at?

Hobbiton it’s on!!!

I’m Quickbeam with the masterplan
I’m Bombadil with the mic in my hand
We’re Lords of the Rhymes from a far off land
And We’ll Rock this joint with our hobbit band

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who’s the greatest hobbit of them all
Bilbo, Bilbo Baggins he’s only 3 feet tall

Well my name is Gimli
I’m a f**king dwarf !
I been slaying mutherf**kers
from the south to the north
That ain’t Mirkwood I’m choppin with my battleaxe
I’m on an orc stampede like Shadowfax

Now all you Boffins and Bolgers, Bracegirdles and Proudfeet
I’m the skinny hobbit with all the fat beats
My name is Merry and I’m five feet tall
I used to f**k sh*t up at Brandybuck hall
My man Bilbo’s older than Gerontius Took
Yeah you can read about it in a big Red Book.

Quikbeam on the scene
All the elf girls scream
Like a tree, That’s me
I Like to keep it green.
It’s the chronic pipeweed that I’m smoking
When I get high I spin tales like Tolkien.

Well I’m a hobbit warrior short and stout
I got the f**kin beats that will turn you out.
I’ll light you up like Longbottom leaf.
Cause the orcs smoke the shwag, but we got the kief.

I’m Quickbeam with the masterplan
I’m Bombadil with the mic in my hand
We’re Lords of the Rhymes from a far off land
And We’ll Rock this joint with our hobbit band.

Yo Beam, Yo Dil
It’s time to get ill !!!
Light up the mic like a Silmaril
Frodo’s on the lam with Pippin and Sam
But you can call him “Underhill.”

I named the nameless hills and dells
I drank from yet untasted wells
Goin’ mad off the hook just like a Numenorean
I got more rhymes than there’s leaves in Lothlorien.

Yo, I’m harder than a Mithril coat
A hundred is the number of the orcs I smote
I battled Helms Deep and I took Minas Tirith
If you don’t watch out, I’ll make your ass dissappeareth.

He’s Smeagol, not Deagol
He step up to the mic, he look regal
He’s mean, he’s green,
Gollum beat box like you never seen.

Go Gollum!

I’m Quickbeam with the masterplan
I’m Bombadil with the mic in my hand
We’re Lords of the Rhymes from a far off land
And We’ll Rock this joint with our hobbit band

My rhymes are hotter than the cracks of doom.
The orcs got bass, but we got boom.
Me and Dil be rockin rooms
From the Misty Mountains to the Gulf of Lhun.
I’m the King Ad Hoc!
I will be sire.
I was born Aragorn,
But you can call me Strider.

I’m Bombadil and I’ll gladly sing
I got the song for everything.
I got the number for Old Man Willow
Bright blue my jacket is and my boots are yellow.
Elbereth Gilthoniel, we still remember we who dwell.
On the his far land beneath the trees
Thy starlight on the Western seas.
Elbereth! Gilthoniel !
Silvren penna miriel
O menel aglar elenath
Na chaerad palan diriel

Which means…

Elf booty got soul!
Elf girls like to rock’n’roll!

Elf booty got soul!
Elf girls like to rock’n’roll!
 
 
 
 
 
Alreetie alrighty,
 
Hilarious stuff maani.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 23 2004 at 00:55

Danbo:

An easy one: that's Echolyn.  Now try these two, from different bands (note that they are not necessarily prog bands):

1.  "On his white horse Shadowfax, Ol' Gandalf gallops into town, I bet that old Istari Chief, wants some Longbottom Leaf.  "

2.  "Now all you Boffins and Bolgers, Bracegirdles and Proudfeet, I'm the skinny hobbit with all the fat beats. My name is Merry and I'm five feet tall, I used to mess stuff up at Brandybuck Hall. My man Bilbo's older than Gerontius Took, Yeah you can read all about it in the big Red Book."

Good luck!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2004 at 18:45
Originally posted by danbo danbo wrote:

Who?

I've never heard Pendragon, Fantasy Prog?

Whoops! I meant to say Nimrodel, whose excellent Gandalf-themed song, "The White Rider" appears in MP3 format on the archives. Could it be them?

PS: My review of Pendragon's "Not of this World" is in the works. Stay tuned!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2004 at 18:34

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

almost any lyric can be "made to fit" a Tolkien analysis (show me a lyric & I'll link it to LOTR!)


OK, Peter - try this on for size......

"my pink half of the drainpipe, seperates me from you....."

Bonzo Dog Band 1968

Geek Jim, the answer is laughably obvious: The lyrics you quote are an oblique reference to the dwarves being put into barrels ("drainpipes") to escape the wood elves in The Hobbit. (The barrels separate the dwarves from the elves.) There is also a parallel -- but less obvious -- reference to Pippin pouring pints down his throat ("pink drainpipe") at the Prancing Pony, until his subsequent tipsy indisgressions threaten to separate him from the fuming Frodo.

Stern SmileTo fully comprehend the import of these arcane but beautiful words, however, you must first ingest the same perilously near-lethal cocktail of consciousness-expanding hallucinogens that the lyricist  did before he penned such an immortal line.

(I suggest that you have "911" ready on the auto-dial before embarking upon your inner quest for enlightenment, Grasshopper....) Dead

Good luck!

What else you got? LOL



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2004 at 18:02

Who?

I've never heard Pendragon, Fantasy Prog?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2004 at 18:00

Uh oh! You've got me there, Danbo! My knowledge of 90s prog is very limited. Until I found this site a few months back, I didn't even know that true prog was being written anymore! (I am trying to listen to -- and review -- more current stuff now, though.)

I won't cheat via Google, but I'll take a wild guess: Pendragon?

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Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2004 at 14:11

Okay Peter,

 

What band wrote this bit of Tolkien?

Hint; 90's prog.

If you find yourself aching
For a cold cup of Entwash
A walk in the moonlight or some Longbottom Leaf
May the leeward side find you
The sun never blind you
The good book remind you
Of the love that we share



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2004 at 06:15
Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

almost any lyric can be "made to fit" a Tolkien analysis (show me a lyric & I'll link it to LOTR!)


OK, Peter - try this on for size......

"my pink half of the drainpipe, seperates me from you....."

Bonzo Dog Band 1968


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2004 at 10:30
Originally posted by maani maani wrote:

Peter:

You may have missed one!

In No Quarter: "They choose the path where no-one goes."  An oblique reference to the Mines of Moria?

Peace.

Ermm Perhaps just that line, but not the song, as "they give no quarter" (no mercy) would not be a good description of the Fellowship, who, being good, certainly do give quarter. (They spare Wormtongue, etc.)

I think that "No Quarter" is simply swords and sorcery-themed, but not specific to Tolkien.

The problem here is that almost any lyric can be "made to fit" a Tolkien analysis (show me a lyric & I'll link it to LOTR!), much like people can impose many different interpretations upon the Bible, to suit their particular agendas. We often see what we want or expect to see, which is not necessarily what's really there!



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 21 2004 at 02:28

Peter:

You may have missed one!

In No Quarter: "They choose the path where no-one goes."  An oblique reference to the Mines of Moria?

Peace.

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