Dân o’Nandor-on-Anduin
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May 18 2015, 12:47pm
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The Arda 300: #'s 140-121
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I'll have to make a disclaimer here. The last 2 asterisked characters on this list appear, one in this batch of 20, and one that will appear in the next. I've included all characters appearing since the beginning of the 'Lost Tales' (HoMe1), throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks where. There is no line of canonicity that anyone can apply to say 'this is canon, that is not'. The fact CT & Guy Kay wrote the 1977 Silmarillion, and chose not to include any kind of framework, was their decision, not Tolkien's. Tolkien wrote of Ælfwine of England, and his discourse with such people as Dirhavel and Pengolodh, well after LotR. He was intent on such framework inclusions, and part of my raison d'etre for this list is to see what the legacy of the legendarium, 60-years worth of writing from one man, of a secondary world, provides us. Alwin Arundel Lowdham, for instance, was the highest ranking Notion Club member, at #355. He, like it or not, is crucial to the legendarium because of his 'Report on the Adunaic Language'. Furthermore, Erendis is an asterisked character, not appearing until UT. Indiscriminately casting Erendis aside as a non-canonical anomaly would be ridiculous. Likewise, accepting Erendis into a self-imposed canon, while throwing everything else out with the bathwater, would be equally ridiculous. Finally, we have only the 'Lost Tales', brought to us by Eriol, to tell us of both the Ruin of Doriath and the Fall of Gondolin.
But I digress. We will enter the top-100 soon, which should represent, I hope, most people's ideas of who the most important characters in the legendarium are. 
#140 Óin, companion of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf adventurer
[TG:55,EoA:2,Wik:1,RF:6,JT:22,DD:13,JR:14,LR:1,H6:4,H7:2,H12:2=122pts,45indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oin
All of Thorin’s company are coming in steadily now, each with varying scores, as Fili below will attest. Óin was one of Balin’s companions too, which saw his return to the Misty Mountains…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7joxOe76vCE
#139 Fili, companion of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf adventurer
[TG:73,EoA:1,Wik:3,RF:5,JT:3,DD:14,MD:1,JR:15,LR:1,UT:4,H12:2=122pts,48indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Fili
With many other brothers (see below), I slightly rounded some of their scores to align, because they were nearly identical, and the characters essentially belong together. In this case, Fili happens to appear, with dialogue, in UT’s ‘The Quest of Erebor’, unlike Kili (who appeared back at #150). So he gets some added points, despite Jackson’s over-attention on the latter. However, like Kili, he wore a blue hood, accompanied most likely by a blue collar…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0xgDnRD55Q
#138 & #137 Elladan & Elrohir, twin sons of Elrond Half-elven – peredhil rangers
[each: TG:37,EoA:23,Wik:6,RF:8,JT:9,DD:17,MD:1,LR:6,Let:1,H8:6,H9:2,H12:6=122pts,63indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elladan
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elrohir
I classified their occupation as rangers, since those are who they were in the company of, and worked with, most often, at least in LotR. (The titles, not the subjects, of the songs apply…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnCVBertf0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxILBWzA0J0
#136 Gildor Inglorion of Rivendell – noldo
[TG:75,EoA:12,Wik:13,RF:4,JT:6,HC:1,LR:2,H6:4,H7:2,H8:2,H12:2=123pts,45indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gildor_Inglorion
His home was Rivendell, although he’s not really a part of any Rivendell episodes during LotR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_2y3_PZdGI
#135 Amandil, 18th and last Lord of Andúnië – númenórean lord
[TG:32,EoA:10,Wik:8,RF:7,JT:34,DK:1,LR:1,Sil:4,UT:4,H5:2,H9:12,H12:8=123pts,45indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/...f_And%C3%BAni%C3%AB)
History recalls how great the fall can be, while everybody’s sleeping, the boats put out to sea…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aWDxuhD0FI
#134 Gwindor of Nargothrond – noldo prince
[TG:14,EoA:5,Wik:4,RF:21,JT:26,DK:1,JG:1,Sil:4,CoH:2,UT:4,H2:10,H3:12,H4:12,H5:2,H11:6=124pts,144indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gwindor
Like any player appearing in the Túrin-story since the start, Gwindor earns his place, and then some. He witnessed the gruesome slaying of his brother, initiating the Battle of Unnumbered Tears, in which he was captured, and his followers slain. After he escaped 14yrs in Morgoth’s mines, he became the guard and friend of Túrin after his slaying of Beleg, and aided his admittance into Nargothrond. But soon, he heard his beloved Finduilas was seen with Gwindor’s good-time buddy drinkin’ at some crosstown bar...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUvxRjYqjEQ
#133 *Ottor ‘Eriol the Wanderer’ Wǽfre – anglo-saxon mariner
[TG:21,Wik:7,MD:34,JG:7,JR:5,HC:1,H1:10,B1:11,H2:14,H3:2,H4:4,H5:2,H9:2,H10:2,H11:2=124pts,150indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Eriol
This 2nd-last asterisked character has the most indexed pages so far at 150, which includes Garth, Flieger, Honegger, Smol, Rateliff, Carpenter, and of course CT. Not light company when it comes to the legendarium. When I last presented an early draft of this list, I erringly combined Eriol with Ælfwine of England as one character, and he (they) made the top 100. They clearly are not the same character, given all my criteria - separated by 5 centuries, with completely different frameworks - and neither will crack the top-100 here. As such, I parsed the ‘Ælfwine’ entry in Drout between Eriol and Ælfwine of England, who will appear soon, and did so likewise, as best I could, with all HoMe references. Eriol can be most noted for recording the only full tales of the Fall of Nargothrond, and the Ruin of Doriath. When coming upon Tol Eressëa for the first time, he “for many days had wandered its roads… [t]hen thought Eriol… ‘The hour of rest is at hand, and though I know not even the name of this fair-seeming town upon a little hill here I will seek rest…’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDkBzkA9L4s
#132 Uinen, Lady of the Seas (f) – maia
[TG:30,EoA:3,Wik:7,RF:9,JT:3,DD:9,MD:2,DK:1,JG:2,Sil:2,UT:4,H1:12,B1:18,H2:8,H3:2,H4:6,H5:2,H10:4,H11:2=126pts,83indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Uinen
As she, from time to time, undertook the form of a whale, I’m sure her mate, Ossë, did so likewise…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9-42mu1D9Y
#131 Mouth of Sauron, Lieutenant of Barad-dûr – black-númenórean lieutenant/sorcerer
[TG:58,EoA:24,Wik:20,RF:9,JT:7,LR:2,H8:2,H9:2,HoF+:3=127pts,7indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Mouth_of_Sauron
How he managed to perpetuate his existence without being a Ring-bearer is a matter of debate, although Sauron was no doubt instrumental in the ensuing sorcery. The Mouth, the only name we know him by, was a servant of the Red Eye, and the messenger through the Black Gate…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6d8eKvegLI
#130 Tar-Palantir, 24th King of Númenor – númenórean king
[TG:27,EoA:11,Wik:5,RF:10,JT:12,LR:3,Sil:5,UT:16,LoE:32,H12:6=127pts,16indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tar-Palantir
He attempted major changes, in line with the Faithful allegiance of his mother, but by his time, the Elves, the West, and the Valar had all but forsaken Númenor, and Tar-Palantir left the sceptre to his daughter upon his death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg6xaFZStEI
#129 Galdor the Tall, 6th Lord of the 3rd House – 3rd house adan lord
[TG:26,EoA:14,Wik:1,RF:7,JT:18,DK:2,Sil:3,CoH:2,UT:6,H3:8,H4:8,H5:10,H6:4,H11:18=127pts,101indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/...or_of_Dor-l%C3%B3min
As eldest son of Hador Goldenhead, and participant in the ‘double marriage’ of he and Hareth, & sister Glóredhel ‘the Golden’ and Haldir, the 2 latter of the Haladin, at the great feast; the following years, until the Fell Year of 455 and the Battle of Sudden Flame, must have been considered the golden years of the Edain…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3RNJ0_hTew
#128 Hamfast ‘Gaffer’ Gamgee, gardener of Bag-End – hobbit gardener
[TG:47,EoA:11,Wik:4,RF:12,JT:22,MD:3,HC:1,LR:8,UT:10,H6:4,H7:2,H8:2,H9:2=128pts,85indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Gaffer_Gamgee
His son will no doubt finish much closer to the top, but the Gaffer certainly deserves his placing here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_LZ8LKM_vs
#127 Tar-Aldarion ‘The Mariner’, 6th King of Númenor – númenórean king
[TG:44,EoA:9,Wik:27,RF:5,JT:4,LR:1,UT:16,LoE:17,H12:6=129pts,77indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tar-Aldarion
His main claim-to-fame, amongst others, was changing Númenórean law, which would see his daughter inherit the sceptre. When Erendis appeared back at #200, I declared her corresponding classic-rock song to be representative of that which she may have ultimately desired, rather than alternatives possibly inspiring a heated gender debate. The same goes here for Anardil…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wvIU4EmRJI
#126 Thrór, grandfather of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf king
[TG:49,EoA:3,Wik:2,RF:8,JT:19,HC:1,MD:1,JR:22,LR:2,UT:6,H6:4,H7:4,H8:2,H9:2,H12:4=129pts,92indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thror
A cold-drake killed his father & brother in the Grey Mts, to which he led his people back to Erebor where he became ‘King under the Mountain’ and his other brother went on to found the realm of the Iron Hills. Thrór befriended the Northmen who founded Dale, and all were prosperous until Smaug came, in which the King and kin fled to Dunland. His last move was to attempt to reclaim Moria. It was his Ring, along with his map & key to the Lonely Mountain, displaying the places he remembered, which he left to his son Thráin…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m6Kx0a6QEU
#125 Dwalin, companion of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf adventurer
[TG:74,EoA:9,Wik:2,RF:5,JT:5,DD:13,JR:17,LR:1,H6:2,H12:2=130pts,38indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Dwalin
He was the first dwarf to arrive at Bilbo’s door that fateful day, but Dwalin kept the reason he came calling, and the journey upon which the hobbit was to embark, a mystery until all had arrived…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnrsqf33MXA
#124 Bofur, companion of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf adventurer
[TG:70,EoA:25,Wik:1,RF:4,JT:2,DD:13,JR:13,LR:1,H6:2,H12:2=133pts,27indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Bofur
He was in the tree in the wolves’ glade with cousin Bifur, brother Bombur, and Thorin; and in Mirkwood he helped prop Bombur out of the spiders’ webbing: both jungle-type situations which could have seen him wounded and not even dead. Bofur played the clarinet, and clarinetist Adolphe Sax invented the related instrument to which he gave his name...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIFpapdaMvw
#123 Mîm the Fatherless – petty-dwarf
[TG:28,EoA:1,Wik:11,RF:10,JT:26,DD:22,JR:5,DK:1,Sil:4,CoH:1,UT:8,H2:6,H3:2,H4:2,H5:2,H11:2,H12:2=133pts,87indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Mim
His sons Ibun & Khîm appeared back in the 500’s. This Petty-dwarf broke down many times after his meeting with Túrin’s company, especially with the death of Khîm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1cm0QJ9MSo
#122 Rómendacil II, 19th King of Gondor – gondorian dúnadan king
[TG:26,EoA:35,Wik:8,RF:14,JT:29,MD:1,LR:3,UT:10,H12:8=134pts,13indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Romendacil_II
He expanded Gondor’s realm east of the Sea of Rhûn, built the Pillars of the Argonath, and befriended King Vidugavia of the Northmen unwittingly leading to the Kin-strife. (Left with no clear song choice for this King, the recent passing of the King of the river-blues, and his teaming up with one of northeastern stock, became the obvious choice…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiadWnUH_7I
#121 Irmo Lórien, Olofantur, Master of Dreams – vala master
[TG:31,EoA:4,Wik:7,RF:8,JT:2,MD:1,DK:2,JG:2,Sil:5,UT:18,H1:10,H2:2,H3:6,H4:8,H5:8,H10:18,H11:6=138pts,136indx.pgs]
http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Lorien_the_Vala
This lesser of the brothers Fëanturi is the 2nd-last non-Aratar vala that will appear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W7wqQwa-TU
glossary:
*=as in CT's indexing in UT (ie. characters not appearing in Hobbit/LotR/AdvTB/Sil)
@=guest at Bilbo’s Farewell Party
(f)=female (n)=neutral
POINTS - for ENTRIES: TG=Tolkien Gateway,EoA=Encyclopedia of Arda,Wik=Wikipedia,RF=Robert Foster’s Complete Guide to Middle-earth,JT=J.E.A. Tyler’s Tolkien Companion,DD=David Day’s A-Z of Tolkien; for INDICES: LR=Lord of the Rings,Sil=Silmarillion,UT=Unfinished Tales,HX=History of Middle-earth Vol.X,Let=Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien,HC=Humphrey Carpenter’s Biography,JG=John Garth’s Tolkien and the Great War,JR=John Rateliff’s History of The Hobbit,DK=Douglas Kane’s Arda Reconstructed; for both ENTRIES & INDICES: MD=Michael Drout’s Tolkien Encyclopedia; for NAME-LISTS: CoH=Children of Húrin,B1 or B2=the ‘Qenya & Gnomish Lexicons’ from Book of Lost Tales Vols.1&2,FoG=the ‘Fall of Gondolin’ from BoLT Vol.2,LoE=the ‘Line of Elros’ tree & list from UT; MISC: HoF+=votes from the Hall of Fire thread that initiated this project + a composite of selected favourite character lists.
(This post was edited by Dân o’Nandor-on-Anduin on May 18 2015, 12:49pm)
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sador
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May 19 2015, 4:13pm
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I see that Voronwe and others have taken the liberty of adding their own suggestions for songs. Could I do so too?
136 Gildor Inglorion of Rivendell – noldo
His home was Rivendell, although he’s not really a part of any Rivendell episodes during LotR. Was it? This is a reasonable assumption, although I remember noting to support it.
Amandil, 18th and last Lord of Andúnië – númenórean lord I love that song! (as you might have guessed)
But I was hoping to meet it later, as the song for Pippin...
Gwindor of Nargothrond – noldo prince One of my very favourite characters.
But as you've posted my daughter's favourite Zombies' song, I will add my son's. It is also one of mine - and I don't really understand why it wasn't more successful. The lyrics make me think of Finduilas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy6Eg9Rbi8k
*Ottor ‘Eriol the Wanderer’ Wǽfre – anglo-saxon mariner Yes, I agree the two Ælfwines should be separated. I'm not sure if splitting the points in the essays is a good way - but it is quite impossible to do it otherwise.
Uinen, Lady of the Seas (f) – maia
Well, I won't argue with a Led Zeppelin fan, but are you sure Osse also took the guise of a whale? In Roverandom the whale is called Uin.
I was thinking in the terms of something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJiSmSDo_qs
knowing your preference for live performances.
But I should stop here, before I begin creating an alternative list. I'm not up to it.
Mouth of Sauron, Lieutenant of Barad-dûr – black-númenórean lieutenant/sorcerer I was wondering it and when this song would appear. Thank you!
Tar-Palantir, 24th King of Númenor – númenórean king You've promised, and delivered. Thank you again!
Hamfast ‘Gaffer’ Gamgee, gardener of Bag-End – hobbit gardener As a person of "many words, and few to the point", I might have hoped for a Talk Talk song. Maybe Living in Another World?
But then, Neil Young is truly great, and a fellow Canadian...
Tar-Aldarion ‘The Mariner’, 6th King of Númenor – númenórean king
... When Erendis appeared back at #200, I declared her corresponding classic-rock song to be representative of that which she may have ultimately desired, rather than alternatives possibly inspiring a heated gender debate. Well, I would think the Kinks' Tired of Waiting for You would be appropriate for Erendis... and you might think it was better back then when I was more grateful and less opinionated.
Thrór, grandfather of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf king That's a great choice of a song! And it would never occur to me. Thank you!
By the way, the next Beatles' song in this list is one of my least favourites among theirs...
Dwalin, companion of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf adventurer So I was thinking, what else would serve?
And I remembered a noteworthy point about Dwalin: according to appendix Aiii, he lived to the age of 340! And must have turned nostalgic when reminiscing about Thorin...
So what about Alan Parsons' Project Old and Wise? (another Colin Blunstone vocal)
Bofur, companion of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf adventurer How in middle-earth did he get 25 point from the EoA?
Mîm the Fatherless – petty-dwarf
The singer was an obvious choice - I was made the connection myself! I didn't think of this song.
Irmo Lórien, Olofantur, Master of Dreams – vala master
This lesser of the brothers Fëanturi is the 2nd-last non-Aratar vala that will appear 2nd-last? Ah yes, of course...
Thank you Dan! I hope I'm not abusing the prattling license you gave me too much.
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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May 19 2015, 6:16pm
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I enjoy it, and I'm sure Dan does too.
Though how anyone could possibly question the choice of "Old Man" as the song for the Gaffer is an enduring mystery. 
'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'
The Hall of Fire
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Dân o’Nandor-on-Anduin
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May 19 2015, 6:51pm
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replies as thorough as your detailed response deserves...
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- Yes, take what liberties you see fit!
- I merged Gildor with the Rush song Rivendell, feeling it the best fit, especially with the movie clips which begin with Frodo & company watching the travelling Elves in the Shire, just as Gildor's Elves were the 1st encountered in the book. Was his permanent residency Rivendell, but not necessarily where he lived & worked?? Well, we currently have the same debate/court-trial going on in Canadian Senate politics, so Rush may have been most appropriate. However, I trust implicitly that Gildor, whatever his permanent residency, was not charging egregious expenditures to the Rivendell taxpayer!
- I thought that song more than perfect for Amandil. And I've a much better one for Pippin!
- My song isn't pinned down for Finduilas yet, though I have a candidate. I'll keep yours in mind.
- Don't mistake Led Zeppelin as being my favourite band just because their songs appear often, and tend to apply (I mean, Khamul & The Battle of Evermore, c'mon!). I'm a fan, but I like The Who, Pink Floyd, and the Beatles more! But its about aligning those songs that regularly make the top of classic-rock countdowns with my objective list of Tolkien characters. I may just give a link to my favourite classic-rock station in Buffalo, as they annually have a Memorial-Day top-500 countdown. Anyway, the rock thing has taken on a life of its own, which is good to see, I guess, as others are digging it elsewhere. Since I'm winging it, and am not keeping track, I'm very curious to see if Zep or the Beatles, or maybe the Stones, end up with the most songs. We'll see...
- Yes, I'm afraid Echo & the Bunnymen, or Depeche Mode, or their ilk, will not be appearing. I've never heard them on any list, and... I've never (really) heard them. Seriously not my cup of tea. I appreciate the Punk era of the 70's, and the Clash have appeared, but the Talking Heads are my limit for what became New Wave. U2 & REM displaced the button-pushing, stylistic-dancing, MTV nonsense of the early-80's, till we got back to some real rock late-80's, early-90's, IMHO. But I digress...
- I'll definitely consider deferring to your Kinks suggestion for Erendis if I go back and alter things on VTF's HOF list (I have a couple I do want to change). Zep's Dazed & Confused, or The Who's My Wife, would have been Aldarion's song, if not for my apprehension.
- And I think it is better now that you are still appreciably grateful while bringing your opinions!
- Having said that, I think Magical Mystery Tour was the perfect choice for Dwalin with his initial meeting with Bilbo. What we think of the song can be downplayed. Many Beatles songs do remain, I'm sure!
- Bofur got 25pts from EoA because the wordcount of that entry was 499. Divided by 20, as set out in my criteria, receives a score of 25.
- Prattle on, sador!!
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Dân o’Nandor-on-Anduin
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May 19 2015, 7:26pm
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btw, Waefre, not Wǽfre, is Ottor 'Eriol''s last name...
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...not exactly, but I had no such problem on the other sites, which makes my inclusion here of Eriol look even more out of place.
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Dân o’Nandor-on-Anduin
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May 20 2015, 7:20am
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your suggestions will be administered
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In the next batch of 20, I have a prime candidate in need of a song for your Alan Parsons suggestion. Also, I believe you recently directed a 'Lily Fairbairn' on a Main thread to my list because of a song she adored. That song will also now appear in the next batch of 20. So thanks, sador!
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sador
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May 20 2015, 1:36pm
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Lily Fairbairn doesn't need a recommendation; she's an old, well-established poster who surely knows of your list. I've posted the recommendation for the author of the OP, who is apparently new (I don't remember noticing him/her before).
But the song Lily suggested in that thread truly desreves a mention.
Thank you for the long response, too. I'm looking forward to seeing what song you have in mind for Pippin. I guess you will have several good candidates for each of the top members of the list.
I am probably younger than you; I grew up on those songs you seem to dislike, and have a high opinion on some of them. Only in the mid-eighties I became fed up with the curret music, and found a couple of 'oldies' (which meant songs from the 60s and 70s) programs on the local radio (we had at the time only four stations in the country, and only two of them regularly played pop and rock music). Later I had a period of listening mainly to classical music, but in the last few years, with the advent of the Internet (YouTube, and the option of listening to radio stations from all over the world) and working in an environment which allows me to work with earphones - I have returned to the music I've listened to in my late teens, and put the half-remembered snatches of tunes in some sort of order.
But I know, of course, that if I think of 'Gloria' as an alternative song for Gildor - that you would prefer the Them to Patti Smith; and I would definitley not suggest Laura Braningan!
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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May 20 2015, 2:52pm
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The best version of "Gloria" ever performed
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Was done by the Grateful Dead on November 1, 1985, in Richmond, Virginia, soon after Hurricane Gloria passed through (probably the best of the over 150 Dead shows that I had the pleasure of seeing).
'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'
The Hall of Fire
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sador
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May 21 2015, 8:01am
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I don't think I have got to ten, by all the pop/rock acts I have ever seen live...
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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May 21 2015, 12:55pm
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I was only a part-time Deadhead
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I know people who have seen more than a 1000 dead shows.
One of the best weeks of my life was when I got to see, in addition to three Dead shows, Eric Clapton with special guest Mark Knofler one night, Bob Dylan another night, and Santana touring with his original band (but with the great Alfonso Johnson on bass rather than David Brown) on the final night. That last show was particularly amazing.
'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'
The Hall of Fire
(This post was edited by Voronwë_the_Faithful on May 21 2015, 1:05pm)
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