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- From: terrez@sep.vitro.com
- Subject: Re: References to Tolkien by Led Zeppelin
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.140424.1@sep.vitro.com>
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- References: <1993Jan22.023827.15017@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <C18LF8.Hu1@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1993Jan23.015148.13436@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:04:24 GMT
-
- In article <1993Jan23.015148.13436@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>, tiverson@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Thor Iverson) writes:
- > In article <C18LF8.Hu1@acsu.buffalo.edu> lerczak@acsu.buffalo.edu (Horse) writes:
- >>rcb3654@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
- >>
- >>>However, Zep's most popular song, "Stairway to Heaven", has a reference to
- >>>JRRT in that the lyrics go something like this (and there's a lady who's sure
- >>>**all that glitters is gold** and she's buying a stariway to heaven).
- >>
- >>well, if you were to look at the song, it might be construed to be about
- >>galadriel in the specific, or at least the elves in the general. i haven't
- >>listened to it in a bit, but i seem to also recall a line in there that goes
- >>something to the effect of "there's a feeling i get, when i look to the west,
- >>and my spirit is crying for leaving." kinda screams ELVES. at least to me...
- >
- > As the keeper of the Led Zeppelin mailing list's FAQL, I suppose I should
- > respond...
- >
- > Plant has stated that Old English myths were floating around in his head
- > while Page and Jones were working out the song on acoustic guitar, recorder,
- > and keyboard. He claims to have suddenly looked down in surprise to see that
- > he had written, in a flash of inspiration, "There's a lady who's sure all that
- > glitters is gold, and she's buying a stairway to heaven." No mention of any
- > kind of Tolkien influence has ever been mentioned by the band or its many
- > biographers in reference to this song.
- >
- > Thor Iverson
-
- There is, however, a song (can't remember the name, but I think it's on the same
- album) which contains the lyrics:
-
- 'In the darkest depths of Mordor I met a girl so fair. Then Gollum,
- the evil one, crept up and swept away with her.'
-
- -- EZ
-