Am I nuts, or did I just hear a LOTR reference in the Led Zep song "Ramble On"?

[vi edit]

I swear he was talking about finding a woman in Mordor and then Golum came and stole her away.

Can anybody back me up here?

 

[BigSmooth]

Several Zeppelin songs have Tolkien references, the most prominent being "Ramble On" and "The Battle of Evermore".

Here's a page on the subject, search Google for "Zeppelin Tolkien" to get more.

 

[BigToque]

Lyrics:

Ramble On

Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way.
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay.
But now it's time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way.
For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way.
Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do...

*Ramble On, And now's the time, the time is now, to sing my song.
I'm goin' 'round the world, I got to find my girl, on my way.
I've been this way ten years to the day, Ramble On,
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams.

Got no time to for spreadin' roots, The time has come to be gone.
And to' our health we drank a thousand times, it's time to Ramble On.

* Chorus

Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear.
How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air.
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, her, her....yeah.

* Chorus

Gonna ramble on, sing my song. Gotta keep-a-searchin' for my baby...
Gonna work my way, round the world. I can't stop this feelin' in my heart
Gotta keep searchin' for my baby. I can't find my bluebird!

 

[glen]

Zepplin, as many 60's and 70's bands, were into LOTR.

 

[Kev]

That's impossible, Led Zeppelin was from the 70's. LOTR just came out last year.

 

[WhiteWonder]

<< That's impossible, Led Zeppelin was from the 70's. LOTR just came out last year.


>>



i know your just messing, but you are ganna get burned to death in the flames

 

[Thump553]

LOTR was very much part of the mainstream popular culture when Led Zep was big. No big surprise at all to find references to it in there. If the movie didn't just come people would point to it as evidence as to how dated that particular song was.

 

[Electric Amish]

Damn! Nothing gets by you, vi.

I realized that the first time I heard the song.

amish

 

[vi edit]

<< Damn! Nothing gets by you, vi.

I realized that the first time I heard the song.

amish >>



Bah! I never knew anything of LOTR until I saw the movie back in December.

 

[BP]

Here's another site about the connection.

Link

 

[pyonir]

<< Am I nuts? >>


yes, you are nuts. oh wait...that wasn't the topic of this thread? sorry.

 

[kgraeme]

Rush also has the song "Rivendell".