Message-ID: <3C4DC747.32318133@yahoo.com> From: Rupert Pupkin Organization: Yahoo X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Led Zeppelin & Lord of the Rings: Stairway to Middle Earth Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 20 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 20:12:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.49.88.181 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.md.home.com 1011730321 68.49.88.181 (Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:12:01 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:12:01 PST Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.md.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:74008 okay, most people know that Led Zeppelin were influenced a lot by Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Both Page and Plant were huge fans. Plant has commented lightly on the possibility oflyrical allusions to LOTR in his music, and even gone so far as to say that he and Jimmy Page would "play music and write songs about the Lord of the Rings." He can even be quoted as saying "After reading Tolkien, I knew I had to move to the country," thus proving how deep an impact the trilogy made on him, as it has done to many of us. In his lyrics, particularly those for "Ramble On" and "Battle of Evermore," Plant uses Tolkien-specific terms such as Gollum, Ringwraiths and Mordor. Other, more indirect allusions may be found elsewhere throughout their repertoir. To learn about many others you must check out this awesome website! http://www.ledtolkien.com/ Download the MP3s for 'Ramble On', 'Battle of Evermore', and 'Misty Mountain Hop' and just listen for yourself! ###### From: "Steven Norgate" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Led Zeppelin & Lord of the Rings: Stairway to Middle Earth Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:22:10 -0000 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <3C4DC747.32318133@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-167-102.saltaire.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1011784930 13118 136.170.167.102 (23 Jan 2002 11:22:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Jan 2002 11:22:10 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!asynchrone!proxad.net!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:73736 "Rupert Pupkin" wrote in message news:3C4DC747.32318133@yahoo.com... > okay, most people know that Led Zeppelin were influenced a lot by > Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Both Page and Plant were huge fans. Plant > has commented lightly on the possibility oflyrical allusions to LOTR in > his music, and even gone so far as to say that he and Jimmy Page would > "play music and write songs about the Lord of the Rings." He can even > be quoted as saying "After reading Tolkien, I knew I had to move to the > country," thus proving how deep an impact the trilogy made on him, as it Plant actually lives in my home village in WorcesterShire. My knowledge of Tolkeins life is a bit hazy but I'm pretty sure he lived in Worcestershire through part of his childhood. Geographically it's slap bang between Wales and Birmingham/West Midlands (AKA The Black Country). Led Zep have lived around this area for years and a mate of mines Mother live in a house once owned by them (made partying there alot easier with the neighbours. Us - we're having a party it might be a bit noisey. Neighbours - Well if we can manage Led Zepllin...). ###### From: Boris Badenov Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Led Zeppelin & Lord of the Rings: Stairway to Middle Earth Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:39:09 -0500 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <3C4DC747.32318133@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-689.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!xmission!hub1.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!newsfeed.sjc.globix.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!151.164.30.35!cyclone.swbell.net!pln-e!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews1 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:74214 On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:22:10 -0000, "Steven Norgate" wrote: |Plant actually lives in my home village in WorcesterShire. My knowledge of |Tolkeins life is a bit hazy but I'm pretty sure he lived in Worcestershire |through part of his childhood. Geographically it's slap bang between Wales |and Birmingham/West Midlands (AKA The Black Country). Led Zep have lived |around this area for years and a mate of mines Mother live in a house once |owned by them (made partying there alot easier with the neighbours. Us - |we're having a party it might be a bit noisey. Neighbours - Well if we can |manage Led Zepllin...). You ought to read Professor Shippey's book, JRRTolkien, Author of the Century. It is chock full of references and landmarks from that area which Tolkien alluded to in his works. Unlike us, you could take your books, go see the landmarks, and mark the passages for yourself! ###### From: "LordKhamul" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Led Zeppelin & Lord of the Rings: Stairway to Middle Earth Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:12:48 -0600 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <3C4DC747.32318133@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: r77h179.res.gatech.edu X-Trace: news-int.gatech.edu 1012270484 9507 128.61.77.179 (29 Jan 2002 02:14:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news-int.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 02:14:44 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news-ext.gatech.edu!news-int.gatech.edu!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:74904 Humphrey Carpenter's biography has some good stuff there as well...describes in detail most of the real-life experiences of Tolkien's that he included in the Lord of the Rings. "Boris Badenov" wrote in message news:kl7u4u84vagmtbrvgdv59damucl3o9v1je@4ax.com... > On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:22:10 -0000, "Steven Norgate" wrote: > > |Plant actually lives in my home village in WorcesterShire. My knowledge of > |Tolkeins life is a bit hazy but I'm pretty sure he lived in Worcestershire > |through part of his childhood. Geographically it's slap bang between Wales > |and Birmingham/West Midlands (AKA The Black Country). Led Zep have lived > |around this area for years and a mate of mines Mother live in a house once > |owned by them (made partying there alot easier with the neighbours. Us - > |we're having a party it might be a bit noisey. Neighbours - Well if we can > |manage Led Zepllin...). > > You ought to read Professor Shippey's book, JRRTolkien, Author of the Century. It is > chock full of references and landmarks from that area which Tolkien alluded to in his > works. Unlike us, you could take your books, go see the landmarks, and mark the passages > for yourself! >