Yeah! Both of us are fans of classic rock. Anyway, while listening to one of the tracks, I thought I distinctly heard the words 'Mordor' and 'Gollum'. My wife who's like an authority on Led Zeppelin, told me that the song was 'Ramble on'.
I totally forgot about it but as I was about to go back after work, I suddenly remembered it and did some research on the net and yeah I was right.
It says here that both Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were influenced by the writings of Tolkien. Interesting!
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.
If you don't know what the heck I am talking about, I guess we come from different backgrounds and interests.
HINT: Lord of the Rings.
The full lyrics of the song here.
Another interesting link: The Led Zeppelin and JRR Tolkien Home Page
Tags: Heavy metal Led Zeppelin Music Rock Tolkien
8 comments:
Led Zepp II III and IV (also known as Runes) have several songs that allude to Tolkien. Check out Misty Mountain Hop.
Thanks Anon. Here is a great link http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2406/mmh.html
referring to the song.
Tabik spring to ur wife;)
: )
I'm not fans of Led Zepp but LotR is one of my favourite movie. Mordor... Gollum... in lyrics, interesting!
a questsion.. i'd like to RSS feed ur blog.. can't see how? am I blind or don't u have the feature?
sorry to bother u :-)
Lillian: I have 2 feeds, viz., http://feeds.feedburner.com/AhOkLah
and
http://ok-lah.blogspot.com/atom.xml
while i like led zeppelin (i mean i listen to them), i am more of an LOTR fan. this is interesting. hehehe:)
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