…. well, if they had their way, that’s what the headlines might have read at any rate. In…
Continue Reading…. well, if they had their way, that’s what the headlines might have read at any rate. In an email from Ringer Macbeth, an article he quoted from Canadian newspaper and website, The Globe and Mail, has this little gem… “The Beatles were desperate to do a movie of the book, with Paul playing Frodo, Ringo as Sam, John as Gollum and George as Gandalf.”
*Tookish refrains from making any bad puns
While we’re talking of audio delights, D.C. writes to say:
“The Hobbit” seems to have been reposted…it’s not the BBC version, but anything to make the day go by faster helps.”
Check it out here.
Thanks
Mentioning ‘Blind Guardian’ and their Tolkien-themed albums seems to have started a thread of correspondence as people draw our attention to their favourite Tolkien music. Blind Guardian got a lot of favourable mention, but they’re not the only band working in that area.
Gavin mentioned the Scandinavian musician Bo Hanssen, who wrote an album on Tolkien themes. I vaguely remember it being from the seventies. Whether it’s available on CD I don’t know. It has, Gavin says, a cool picture of a Nazgul on the cover, and the sleeve notes include a picture of Tolkien sitting in a forest.
Hilsen Orjen from Norway suggested checking out the band ‘Summoning.’ Though he warned, ‘…some may find the vocals a bit extreme.’
There’s audioclips of Summoning on the Web; which we’re looking for right now.
You can catch Sean Bean (Boromir) in an episode of the Storyteller Series on HBO at 5 pm ET.
