OK, let's all get this straight -- LZ isn't "all about" LotR, but many of their songs ARE heavily influenced by LotR, as well as more direct Norse/Anglo-Saxon/Celtic mythology and history (as others have mentioned, Tolkien himself was heavily influenced by Norse/Anglo-Saxon/Celtic myths).
No Quarter is a combination of the LotR scene where Aragorn leads his group along the Paths of the Dead (look it up), plus Norse (winds of Thor, the storm god), plus Celtic (the hounds of doom, the hounds of the Wild Hunt) all brought together -- very effectively, I must add. This definitely one of my favorite LZ songs.
Dude, or DumbSh*t, nothing at ALL to do with Tolkien or any of his ilk. Read up and learn some facts before you spew opinions as fact.
Plant had "reams and reams" of lyrics right from the beginning of this band-gift to humankind. They were not into the whole twitty and weak previously contemporary fictional pre-goth children's stories written in the tone of the Dark Ages (of when we have very little records as illiterates made up nearly the entire European population (except for the biblical scholars studying Ancient Babylonian - another story for another day).
LZep got their methods, crafts, style,...
Dude, or DumbSh*t, nothing at ALL to do with Tolkien or any of his ilk. Read up and learn some facts before you spew opinions as fact.
Plant had "reams and reams" of lyrics right from the beginning of this band-gift to humankind. They were not into the whole twitty and weak previously contemporary fictional pre-goth children's stories written in the tone of the Dark Ages (of when we have very little records as illiterates made up nearly the entire European population (except for the biblical scholars studying Ancient Babylonian - another story for another day).
LZep got their methods, crafts, style, and muse from older and truer sources - well prior to the 20th century.
You are a bore and an idiot. But if you love Led Zep - well you got the irght start!
OK, let's all get this straight -- LZ isn't "all about" LotR, but many of their songs ARE heavily influenced by LotR, as well as more direct Norse/Anglo-Saxon/Celtic mythology and history (as others have mentioned, Tolkien himself was heavily influenced by Norse/Anglo-Saxon/Celtic myths).
No Quarter is a combination of the LotR scene where Aragorn leads his group along the Paths of the Dead (look it up), plus Norse (winds of Thor, the storm god), plus Celtic (the hounds of doom, the hounds of the Wild Hunt) all brought together -- very effectively, I must add. This definitely one of my favorite LZ songs.
Dude, or DumbSh*t, nothing at ALL to do with Tolkien or any of his ilk. Read up and learn some facts before you spew opinions as fact. Plant had "reams and reams" of lyrics right from the beginning of this band-gift to humankind. They were not into the whole twitty and weak previously contemporary fictional pre-goth children's stories written in the tone of the Dark Ages (of when we have very little records as illiterates made up nearly the entire European population (except for the biblical scholars studying Ancient Babylonian - another story for another day). LZep got their methods, crafts, style,...
Dude, or DumbSh*t, nothing at ALL to do with Tolkien or any of his ilk. Read up and learn some facts before you spew opinions as fact. Plant had "reams and reams" of lyrics right from the beginning of this band-gift to humankind. They were not into the whole twitty and weak previously contemporary fictional pre-goth children's stories written in the tone of the Dark Ages (of when we have very little records as illiterates made up nearly the entire European population (except for the biblical scholars studying Ancient Babylonian - another story for another day). LZep got their methods, crafts, style, and muse from older and truer sources - well prior to the 20th century. You are a bore and an idiot. But if you love Led Zep - well you got the irght start!