Agreed! It also highlights the contrast between the current state of Middle Earth compared to where the world was in the Silmarillion. That was a much darker time in many respects.
There's a way that J.R. Tolkien writes fantasy that I'm very drawn to. You see in that quote how he brings you into the world, as if all of us have some long-lost memories of our elf-friends singing for us at the eve of a long summer. It's like a super power of his or something.
@@xotl2780 What if, I am just saying, what if this was true, and we just, forgot, about all of this, and the reason that these people make such good fantasy books is because they are more in tune with our past.
I feel like I'm in my own Shire in the countryside in New Zealand smokin' some Old Toby and talking to Gandalf about where Wizards cane from. It's beautiful really. Would you like to join us?
Yes. They're more like big children in the books. They are curious which is why they talk to trees, so they can learn from the trees. They laugh at the misery of those they've just captured not in spite or malice but because they know they have no ill intentions towards the dwarves. Even the cartoon version missed this.
Everything in PJ’s hobbit must be dark and brooding, he forgot that it was a hopeful children’s adventure story, not just a prequel to Lord of The Rings (which itself is pretty hopeful and happy in a good few places and the hobbit wasn’t and prequel, but LOTR a sequel)
@@happyllama1160 The live-action film trilogy doesn't deserve the hate it gets at all! The biggest problem with it is the forced "Kili and Tauriel" thing. If the dwarves had been held captive by the wood elves for 2 weeks, like in the book and the animated film, as opposed to however many hours, it would have made sense for Kili and Tauriel to have developed romantic feelings for one another. People complain about other story elements in the live-action film trilogy that weren't in the book, but some of those added story elements, those being the story elements involving Gandalf & Radagast's sidequests, and the White Council confronting the Necromancer(AKA Sauron) at Dol Guldur, actually weren't made up for the live-action film trilogy, but were pulled from the appendices of the book 'The Lord of The Rings'[1954]. JRR Tolkein wrote said story elements to explain why Gandalf kept leaving Bilbo and the 13 dwarves in 'The Hobbit'[1937], and it's surprising that he never added them into the book 'The Hobbit'[1937] for future printings of it. Even if those story elements weren't part of the original Arda Legendarium created by JRR Tolkein, their presence in the live-action 'The Hobbit' film trilogy would be very welcome, as without them, Gandalf comes off as a douche for repeatedly leaving Bilbo and the 13 dwarves when they could(and, as we know, they do) find themselves in dangerous situations again. People also complain that the live-action film trilogy isn't lighter in tone and that it's epic in scale, which is dumb because we're talking about a story in which a group of characters go on a quest to take back a stolen home & stolen treasure from an evil fire-breathing dragon with human-level intelligence, said characters find themselves in perilous situations, including an encounter with said dragon, and there's a grand battle between 5 armies via which some of the major characters die. Should the live-action film trilogy have had some additional lighthearted moments involving Bilbo and the 13 dwarves? Absolutely. But, people act like these films don't have any lighthearted moments when that simply isn't true.
ahhhhh the movies actually made a fair attempt at recreating the book...they were smart to split it into 3 parts but they did embelish some of the parts...at least the new movies including the Beorn part and kept the right number of deaths...even if they did make the elf king in the new movies a greedy raving lunatic....in this version and the book he was a lot more sensible...hell he was the one who made Bilbo an "Elf friend" and told him he was more worthy to wear the mithril shirt than 10 elf princes....the new version was just a vain greedy douche ......I did like how they went more indepth with the necromancer plot because when I originally saw the film and read the book back in the 90's I thought he was a separate obscure bad guy....didn't know he and Sauron were the same person
For all we know Nick that could have been a liberty taken on Jackson's part, IDK if Tolkien ever really revealed that at all, unless it was in like the history of middle earth or something, I think it works either way though
@Nick While I approved of some of the embellishment seen in the newer Hobbit movies, there are three things I can't forgive, all of them in the second movie. 1. Bilbo doesn't save the dwarves from the spiders. 2. Bilbo doesn't free the dwarves, undetected, from the elvish prison. 3. Bilbo doesn't use his magic ring to play hide and seek with a ferocious dragon, that will kill him if it spots him. The subtracting of these three elements are key, because that means Bilbo isn't the hero of the story anymore.
David S. whoa it was crazy enough for him to crack that slight smile, his Elrond is way to doomey I would have flown right out of my seat with laughter at that
David S. Well, the book never said Elrond sang that song. Instead, other elves in the valley did. I think it might've been the children, but I could be wrong. Still, the latter would definitely make sense, plus that would actually be pretty cute. : >
"Oh, what are you doing, And where are you going? Your ponies need shoeing, The river is flowing! Oh, tra-la-la-lally Here down in the valley, ha! ha! Oh, where are you going With beards all a-wagging? No knowing, no knowing, What brings Mr. Baggins, And Balin and Dwalin In June? in the valley, ha! ha! Oh, will you be staying, Or will you be flying? Your ponies are straying! The daylight is dying! To fly would be folly, To stay would be jolly. Tra-lil-lil-lil-lolly, ha! ha! Oh, what are you doing, And where are you going? Your ponies need shoeing, The river is flowing! Oh, tra-la-la-lally Here down in the valley, ha! ha!"
I wish all 6 live action movies included Tolkien's songs. They add so much character and the characters would be so much truer to their book counterparts if they had sung. For example, Frodo and Sam in the tower would have made for a much sweeter, meaningful scene had they sung to find each other like in the book.
And talking of Frodo and Sam, there is this wholesome scene in the books where as Gollum and the “thieving little hobbitses” are climbing the stairs to Shelob’s lair, Gollum sees Frodo asleep in Sam’s arms and then briefly feels bad about his plan to betray them and almost repents, until Sam angers him with the “sneaking” line. Instead, they made the audience loathe Gollum (they’re supposed to feel bad for him) by having him sow distrust of Sam’s intentions in Frodo- who is somehow dumb enough to believe him over Sam. (I knew they intentionally made him a damsel-in-distress but this was way too far)
@@badpiggies988 I love that scene in the books! And the way they twisted it is one of my least favorite parts of the movies. I get so sad at a part of their journey that has some really sweet elements!
The greatest problem for me in the movies is that they didnt include the jolly and happy side to the elves. Its true that they can also be wise and serious but the movies show none of the happiness and joy of life that the elves have.
It's such a wonderfully and unexpectedly light-hearted song for the Elves of Rivendell to sing, as Bilbo and his friends entered the valley of _Imladris._
"So they laughed and sang in the trees, and pretty fair nonsense you no doubt think it. Not that they would care, they would laugh all the harder if you told them."
I got this in the early 90's when I was like 8/9 and I can honestly tell you I watch this movie like a billion times!!!! I always like to sing the songs as well.
Then you may like to hear the Andy Serkis reading of the novel. He does a great job making so many different voices and since he played Gollum you get to hear lines of Gollum that got omitted from the movies. He even does the songs of the goblins and the elves in a singing way.
If you think about it. Why wouldn't the elves be happy, dancing, bring food, music and joy. Bare in mind the ring has been lost for hundreds of years and Sauron has stayed in his tower since then never attacking or deceiving anyone except for the men of Gondor. Yes he was working in the shadows, but how could they have known? We of course know Gandalf was in fact lookin into it, but the elves were perfectly happy to let Sauron and Mordor be forgotten so long as the ring remained lost. It also really helps make the elves stand out among the men and dwarves too. They are of course the wisest and fairest but for a story like the Hobbit I think making the elves like this is key to Bilbo Baggins and how he enjoyed being Rivendell. The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings are both filled with moments of restful peace that make you feel safe and among well meaning allies before you prepare for the dangerous, unknown lands.
I grew up on this cartoon...everytime I hear this music I am 9 again!! Also Glenn Yarbrough is on FB. Much older now but his daughter takes care of his account.
It's cozy. The close scenes in the hobbit hole, or Elrond's home... even the claustrophobic goblin tunnels and the dark paths of Mirkwood forest. The art-style really makes it feel like a bedtime story. And of course, the sound design, with its folk-music and that kind of "audible sparkle", for lack of a better word. You know the sound when you hear it!
My father used to sing this and dance with me and my little brother when we were little. Before we even knew about this movie. Then, when we read the book in my 6th grade class and watched the movie afterwards, it blew my mind to hear this song in the movie 🤣 Good times
Still amazed at how closely this version of Bilbo resembles Tom Baker, of Dr. Who (the old version). So happy to have found these, to listen to. Unable to locate the OST for the animated ones...
All they had is a passable version of chip the glasses crack the plates and an abridged, super-sombre version of 'under the mountain'. No elf or goblin songs. I mean, come on, that's both the most charming and magical song and the most awesome badass song, and they're like "naaah, we'd rather shoehorn in Bilbo fighting Azog." No fifteen birds in five fir trees, no down down to goblin town, nothing. Siiiiiiiiiigh.
Hearing this, makes me want to cry due to fond memories of seeing this movie as a kid. I hope...That maybe...They have these songs in the new hobbit movie.
When I first saw this I didn't like it because it skipped much of my favorite part in the book. But now when the new hobbit movies are out I feel nostalgic listening to this.
This movie definitely has its shortcomings, and I like Beorn's screen time in the Jackson movie, but I think that, overall, this is the better of the two film adaptations.
I remember buying the soft bound book adaptation of the movie, I think just about a hundred pages, with nothing but images/artwork from the movie. Really fantastic.
I am SOOO GLAD that this song and The Greatest Adventure were not associated with the joyless cash grab of a live-action Hobbit Trilogy, that only looks good now in comparison to that Amazon war crime The Rings of Power!
Although I prefer the version used in the movie itself, this provides clearer lyrics and vocals so I can re-learn the song...and once I memorize its entirety, I shall either hum or outright sing this during my walks around town. Yes...yes, this is what I shall do.
As much as I love Glenn's voice, this is not as merry and silly as I imagined this song. The elves are sort of mocking the dwarves(the two have not always got along). I am thinking Pentatonix should do this, with a much quicker tempo and up in the higher range of their voices... something joyous and funny - and beautiful, because elvish singing was supposed to be beautiful too.
damn right, mate... u tell em... at least the cartoon stuck to the actual story, and many songs were way better, even though they were written back in 1977...
Having seen the remake, I will say this. If you're looking for something memorable that retains most of the songs in the book, I would still recommend this adaptation. I only noticed 2 songs in the entirety of the movie. Live action, although entertaining and action-y has always posed some problems when attempting to retain most of the magic, mystery and fantasy I've come to love in the series. What I'm saying is, I like both, but for completely different reasons.
Hey guys- I really like the version they sing IN the movie. It sounds like a BUNCH of people (or elves!) singing the chorus! Any idea where I could find it??
Me too! That version fits the song much better, it sounds like a fun gathering celebrating and welcoming their guests. Here it's still good but it's just not as lively :( If you find it please let me know!
Smaug is canonically golden, with red glow emanating from beneath his scales. He's described like that in quite good detail in the book. I doubt that PJ is going to actively contradict the creature descriptions of the book in this matter.
Fun Fact: Tolkien Write all of the songs for this film (except The Greatest Adventure) Rakin Bass found these songs and saw that they accompanied the film, and thus included them.
The animated movie truely represented the elves. They aren't dry lifeless solemn people, sure the lord of the rings they are not as joyful, but in peter jackson its overly dismal, except for legolas.
This is one of the reasons I prefer the movie to the book, I have no imagination, and when I read the book in high school, I hadn't seen the movie for several years...
this was legit the best aspect of the story. I actually enjoy the cartoons more than the movies strictly because of the soundtrack. They may have skimped on the content in the cartoon...but the soundtrack absolutely blows away the movies. the movies have such a horrible "song" if you'd call it that.
Oh where are you going, with beers all a drinkin, no knowing not knowing, what we were thinking, and brawling and falling, down here at the shelter, ah ha...:)
I like this song in the context of this movie, but the thought of the elves in the new films singing this makes me cringe. I will admit Glenn's vocal style really does make you feel like a bard at a Ren-fair is singing this
So Glen Yarbrough is of the kin of the Teleri; Sindarin I would guess? Or perhaps a descendant of Maglor of the Noldor? Actually, I would not be surprised if he were one of the Laiquendi of Lindon.
That's one thing the Jackson movies get wrong; the elves are always down to party, especially the Rivendell elves.
Agreed! It also highlights the contrast between the current state of Middle Earth compared to where the world was in the Silmarillion. That was a much darker time in many respects.
I think Jackson focuses way too much on being grand and epic at all times, even though Tolkien’s story has many light and downright silly scenes
@@anonymoussaga8723 he doesnt get many of the aspects of tolkirn at all... i wish we had this whimsical nuanced song ...
Do you know this book was writen before elves like we know in lotr were a thing? Shut the fck up
Yeah, in the movies they’re these solemn, emotionless robots
"Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things." [The Hobbit, p.60]
Wonderful sir, i was looking for that quote exactly.
@@raulduke3237 you are welcome!
There's a way that J.R. Tolkien writes fantasy that I'm very drawn to. You see in that quote how he brings you into the world, as if all of us have some long-lost memories of our elf-friends singing for us at the eve of a long summer. It's like a super power of his or something.
@@xotl2780 What if, I am just saying, what if this was true, and we just, forgot, about all of this, and the reason that these people make such good fantasy books is because they are more in tune with our past.
Maglor: Singing the Noldolante in the beaches of Middle earth
Everyone: What the hell? In time of my f**** vacation.🤣
This song makes me feel happy and safe like I'm really around elves
I feel like I'm in my own Shire in the countryside in New Zealand smokin' some Old Toby and talking to Gandalf about where Wizards cane from. It's beautiful really. Would you like to join us?
Yes. They're more like big children in the books. They are curious which is why they talk to trees, so they can learn from the trees. They laugh at the misery of those they've just captured not in spite or malice but because they know they have no ill intentions towards the dwarves. Even the cartoon version missed this.
I was crushed when this song wasn't in the movie. Why must they always show the elves as being dry, lifeless, prudes. They're supposed to sing dammit!
@@foxshadow1102 That's right, they used a chorus instead.
They only sing for Santa now
Everything in PJ’s hobbit must be dark and brooding, he forgot that it was a hopeful children’s adventure story, not just a prequel to Lord of The Rings (which itself is pretty hopeful and happy in a good few places and the hobbit wasn’t and prequel, but LOTR a sequel)
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@@happyllama1160 The live-action film trilogy doesn't deserve the hate it gets at all! The biggest problem with it is the forced "Kili and Tauriel" thing. If the dwarves had been held captive by the wood elves for 2 weeks, like in the book and the animated film, as opposed to however many hours, it would have made sense for Kili and Tauriel to have developed romantic feelings for one another. People complain about other story elements in the live-action film trilogy that weren't in the book, but some of those added story elements, those being the story elements involving Gandalf & Radagast's sidequests, and the White Council confronting the Necromancer(AKA Sauron) at Dol Guldur, actually weren't made up for the live-action film trilogy, but were pulled from the appendices of the book 'The Lord of The Rings'[1954]. JRR Tolkein wrote said story elements to explain why Gandalf kept leaving Bilbo and the 13 dwarves in 'The Hobbit'[1937], and it's surprising that he never added them into the book 'The Hobbit'[1937] for future printings of it. Even if those story elements weren't part of the original Arda Legendarium created by JRR Tolkein, their presence in the live-action 'The Hobbit' film trilogy would be very welcome, as without them, Gandalf comes off as a douche for repeatedly leaving Bilbo and the 13 dwarves when they could(and, as we know, they do) find themselves in dangerous situations again.
People also complain that the live-action film trilogy isn't lighter in tone and that it's epic in scale, which is dumb because we're talking about a story in which a group of characters go on a quest to take back a stolen home & stolen treasure from an evil fire-breathing dragon with human-level intelligence, said characters find themselves in perilous situations, including an encounter with said dragon, and there's a grand battle between 5 armies via which some of the major characters die. Should the live-action film trilogy have had some additional lighthearted moments involving Bilbo and the 13 dwarves? Absolutely. But, people act like these films don't have any lighthearted moments when that simply isn't true.
You gotta say this is more book accurate then the new movies...
ahhhhh the movies actually made a fair attempt at recreating the book...they were smart to split it into 3 parts but they did embelish some of the parts...at least the new movies including the Beorn part and kept the right number of deaths...even if they did make the elf king in the new movies a greedy raving lunatic....in this version and the book he was a lot more sensible...hell he was the one who made Bilbo an "Elf friend" and told him he was more worthy to wear the mithril shirt than 10 elf princes....the new version was just a vain greedy douche ......I did like how they went more indepth with the necromancer plot because when I originally saw the film and read the book back in the 90's I thought he was a separate obscure bad guy....didn't know he and Sauron were the same person
For all we know Nick that could have been a liberty taken on Jackson's part, IDK if Tolkien ever really revealed that at all, unless it was in like the history of middle earth or something, I think it works either way though
Tolkien confirmed that Sauron was the Necromancer in the Fellowship of the Ring. Gandalf explains it during the council at Rivendell.
@Nick
While I approved of some of the embellishment seen in the newer Hobbit movies, there are three things I can't forgive, all of them in the second movie.
1. Bilbo doesn't save the dwarves from the spiders.
2. Bilbo doesn't free the dwarves, undetected, from the elvish prison.
3. Bilbo doesn't use his magic ring to play hide and seek with a ferocious dragon, that will kill him if it spots him.
The subtracting of these three elements are key, because that means Bilbo isn't the hero of the story anymore.
mytruepower2 in the movie he saves them from the spiders and frees them from the elves, though the dragon is more diplomatic in the film
To our burglar! May the hair on his toes never fall out
Here here!
@@oi6915 hear what?
Here here!
Here here! Our lucky number, indeed!
hear hear!
Can you imagine Hugo Weaving singing this song? LMAO.
David S. whoa it was crazy enough for him to crack that slight smile, his Elrond is way to doomey I would have flown right out of my seat with laughter at that
David S. Well, the book never said Elrond sang that song. Instead, other elves in the valley did. I think it might've been the children, but I could be wrong. Still, the latter would definitely make sense, plus that would actually be pretty cute. : >
Naaah, not him! Better if it was Lindir! :D
@@LadyLynd Brett Mackenzie is a pretty good singer, so that would be a joy to watch
I imagine he would have the same face that he had in the Matrix when Agent Smith was laughing
The artistic cadence of this song never ceases to give me the chills, or even get me teary eyed sometimes.
yah, i think it gets across the wry good natured mischief the elves have in HOW the cadence actually flows.
It's probably because it's a song sung in completely different Era in time.
"Oh, what are you doing,
And where are you going?
Your ponies need shoeing,
The river is flowing!
Oh, tra-la-la-lally
Here down in the valley, ha! ha!
Oh, where are you going
With beards all a-wagging?
No knowing, no knowing,
What brings Mr. Baggins,
And Balin and Dwalin
In June? in the valley, ha! ha!
Oh, will you be staying,
Or will you be flying?
Your ponies are straying!
The daylight is dying!
To fly would be folly,
To stay would be jolly.
Tra-lil-lil-lil-lolly, ha! ha!
Oh, what are you doing,
And where are you going?
Your ponies need shoeing,
The river is flowing!
Oh, tra-la-la-lally
Here down in the valley, ha! ha!"
Thank you so very much!
Re-reading the novel, when ever a "song moment" comes up, I always turn it on
I wish all 6 live action movies included Tolkien's songs. They add so much character and the characters would be so much truer to their book counterparts if they had sung. For example, Frodo and Sam in the tower would have made for a much sweeter, meaningful scene had they sung to find each other like in the book.
And talking of Frodo and Sam, there is this wholesome scene in the books where as Gollum and the “thieving little hobbitses” are climbing the stairs to Shelob’s lair, Gollum sees Frodo asleep in Sam’s arms and then briefly feels bad about his plan to betray them and almost repents, until Sam angers him with the “sneaking” line. Instead, they made the audience loathe Gollum (they’re supposed to feel bad for him) by having him sow distrust of Sam’s intentions in Frodo- who is somehow dumb enough to believe him over Sam. (I knew they intentionally made him a damsel-in-distress but this was way too far)
@@badpiggies988 I love that scene in the books! And the way they twisted it is one of my least favorite parts of the movies. I get so sad at a part of their journey that has some really sweet elements!
The tone difference between the book and the Peter Jackson movies is striking
The greatest problem for me in the movies is that they didnt include the jolly and happy side to the elves. Its true that they can also be wise and serious but the movies show none of the happiness and joy of life that the elves have.
It's such a wonderfully and unexpectedly light-hearted song for the Elves of Rivendell to sing, as Bilbo and his friends entered the valley of _Imladris._
Yeah, too bad in the book Gandalf told them to shut the **** up
This animated film and the songs have so much heart. Nostalgic overload 💗
It's winter, but this song makes it feel like it's a beautiful summer day!
"So they laughed and sang in the trees, and pretty fair nonsense you no doubt think it. Not that they would care, they would laugh all the harder if you told them."
Rest in peace Glenn, you brought so much to this weary world.
I got this in the early 90's when I was like 8/9 and I can honestly tell you I watch this movie like a billion times!!!! I always like to sing the songs as well.
Then you may like to hear the Andy Serkis reading of the novel. He does a great job making so many different voices and since he played Gollum you get to hear lines of Gollum that got omitted from the movies. He even does the songs of the goblins and the elves in a singing way.
If you think about it. Why wouldn't the elves be happy, dancing, bring food, music and joy. Bare in mind the ring has been lost for hundreds of years and Sauron has stayed in his tower since then never attacking or deceiving anyone except for the men of Gondor. Yes he was working in the shadows, but how could they have known? We of course know Gandalf was in fact lookin into it, but the elves were perfectly happy to let Sauron and Mordor be forgotten so long as the ring remained lost.
It also really helps make the elves stand out among the men and dwarves too. They are of course the wisest and fairest but for a story like the Hobbit I think making the elves like this is key to Bilbo Baggins and how he enjoyed being Rivendell. The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings are both filled with moments of restful peace that make you feel safe and among well meaning allies before you prepare for the dangerous, unknown lands.
If this song cant brighten a gloomy mood, nothing can!
I grew up on this cartoon...everytime I hear this music I am 9 again!! Also Glenn Yarbrough is on FB. Much older now but his daughter takes care of his account.
Man, I grew up watching this movie in my mom's minivan on the way to Washington D.C.
This is awesome that it's on RUclips
Was having a very depressive day until I heard this song!
What a great soundtrack!
I kinda wish they'd put these versions of the songs in the audio book instead of having the narrator sing em cause these really were beautiful songs
There’s something about this movie that I can’t put my finger on. It’s so comforting.
It's cozy. The close scenes in the hobbit hole, or Elrond's home... even the claustrophobic goblin tunnels and the dark paths of Mirkwood forest. The art-style really makes it feel like a bedtime story. And of course, the sound design, with its folk-music and that kind of "audible sparkle", for lack of a better word. You know the sound when you hear it!
I love this version!
This OST never fails to put me in a good mood.
RIP Glenn Yarbrough. You have a niche legacy, but it's dearly loved by us.
This is my favorite album of all time XD!
My father used to sing this and dance with me and my little brother when we were little. Before we even knew about this movie. Then, when we read the book in my 6th grade class and watched the movie afterwards, it blew my mind to hear this song in the movie 🤣 Good times
Fond memories from childhood indeed! Gods bless you for posting this!
Still amazed at how closely this version of Bilbo resembles Tom Baker, of Dr. Who (the old version).
So happy to have found these, to listen to. Unable to locate the OST for the animated ones...
Childhood memories. Sweet memories.
I hope so too, it would be an amazing tribute to both the books and this movie.
Thank you so much for this! It brings back such good memories
All they had is a passable version of chip the glasses crack the plates and an abridged, super-sombre version of 'under the mountain'.
No elf or goblin songs. I mean, come on, that's both the most charming and magical song and the most awesome badass song, and they're like "naaah, we'd rather shoehorn in Bilbo fighting Azog." No fifteen birds in five fir trees, no down down to goblin town, nothing.
Siiiiiiiiiigh.
This was my jam when I was little
This cured my depression.
Great music.
Hearing this, makes me want to cry due to fond memories of seeing this movie as a kid.
I hope...That maybe...They have these songs in the new hobbit movie.
This takes me back.
Oh my GOSH the memories this song brings back.
The Animated version of Thorin was a much better character.
'77 film is superior
They are very different movies, the 1977 reminds me of the hobbit. Peter jackson nailed the lotr trilogy✌
We did not mean to trespass, we were merely taking shelter from the storm!
Um even I'm confused on this... Isn't his name Throrin... Or is that his father. It always bugs me. The book was read to me in school. Sigh...
@@Aissakur His name is Thorin. His grandfather was Thror.
When I first saw this I didn't like it because it skipped much of my favorite part in the book. But now when the new hobbit movies are out I feel nostalgic listening to this.
+Dan Slash The time they spent at Beorn was one of my favorite parts. Still, this movie was great.
+youonlylivetwice-Ortsenis I couldn't agree more:)
+youonlylivetwice-Ortsenis I couldn't agree more:)
This movie definitely has its shortcomings, and I like Beorn's screen time in the Jackson movie, but I think that, overall, this is the better of the two film adaptations.
I remember buying the soft bound book adaptation of the movie, I think just about a hundred pages, with nothing but images/artwork from the movie. Really fantastic.
AH! So much good nostalgia!
I am SOOO GLAD that this song and The Greatest Adventure were not associated with the joyless cash grab of a live-action Hobbit Trilogy, that only looks good now in comparison to that Amazon war crime The Rings of Power!
The song, I won't forget
I missed this scene in the new movie...
exactly it was one of my favorite scenes in the cartoon.
Can you imagine Hugo Weaving singing this? That would be so perfect.
The valley scene got totally ruined by the dwarven "culture shock," which went on waaaay too long :/
***** I know, but after a while the joke "haha dwarves and elves don't get along" had gone on for too long.
***** It sure felt comical in it's presentation after 15 minutes. However, to each his own.
Although I prefer the version used in the movie itself, this provides clearer lyrics and vocals so I can re-learn the song...and once I memorize its entirety, I shall either hum or outright sing this during my walks around town. Yes...yes, this is what I shall do.
This song is so different from what I thought it would be like.
This is one of my favorite songs from the book
The is the most nostalgic song ever
Everytime I read this book I always imagine the songs sounding like they did in this movie.
awesome, I'm going to do an indietronic/Post-punk cover of this song.
Watching it now on dvd :D
As much as I love Glenn's voice, this is not as merry and silly as I imagined this song. The elves are sort of mocking the dwarves(the two have not always got along). I am thinking Pentatonix should do this, with a much quicker tempo and up in the higher range of their voices... something joyous and funny - and beautiful, because elvish singing was supposed to be beautiful too.
My sisters and I wrote our own melody when we were little and I forget that that's not the actual melody😭
damn right, mate... u tell em... at least the cartoon stuck to the actual story, and many songs were way better, even though they were written back in 1977...
Having seen the remake, I will say this. If you're looking for something memorable that retains most of the songs in the book, I would still recommend this adaptation. I only noticed 2 songs in the entirety of the movie. Live action, although entertaining and action-y has always posed some problems when attempting to retain most of the magic, mystery and fantasy I've come to love in the series.
What I'm saying is, I like both, but for completely different reasons.
I think I like this more than the live-action films. They're awesome films, but I'm a sucker for old animation and '70s music
Hey guys- I really like the version they sing IN the movie. It sounds like a BUNCH of people (or elves!) singing the chorus! Any idea where I could find it??
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Me too! That version fits the song much better, it sounds like a fun gathering celebrating and welcoming their guests. Here it's still good but it's just not as lively :( If you find it please let me know!
It has that Rankin/Bass feel.
In Middle Earth, I'm half Elf and Human now in a new LOTR game I just was inspired to start playing. We all need a balance between staying and flying.
I died and became full Elf in the game. 😂
This is not at all how I imagined the song sounding but I really like it😂
This is really jolly :)
it told the whole story better in an hour and a half than pj will in what will probably be over 11 hours with extended editions
Ah yes. The frustratingly catchy song from the film.
Smaug is canonically golden, with red glow emanating from beneath his scales. He's described like that in quite good detail in the book. I doubt that PJ is going to actively contradict the creature descriptions of the book in this matter.
My oh my how wrong you were :(
Feels beautiful Irish.
watched it in grade ten, it is a great movie
This is the best song in the movie lol
Elvish singing under the stars in June....It's not a thing to be missed!
The old LOTR movies: closely follows the books. New series: lovely follows books and probably incorporates a couple or so LOTR games. Interesting.
thank you : )
I reckon if broke in to this song during a job interview it'd probably go in my favour
Fun Fact: Tolkien Write all of the songs for this film (except The Greatest Adventure) Rakin Bass found these songs and saw that they accompanied the film, and thus included them.
I've mentioned to my bf I'm planning a trip to Lauterbrunner and now he can't stop playing this
The animated movie truely represented the elves. They aren't dry lifeless solemn people, sure the lord of the rings they are not as joyful, but in peter jackson its overly dismal, except for legolas.
Hallelujah
Cool I love this
:D i wanna re-read the book and watch the (animated) movie now!
Oh absolutely
Bilbo baggins on a pony isn't it delicious?
This is one of the reasons I prefer the movie to the book, I have no imagination, and when I read the book in high school, I hadn't seen the movie for several years...
STOP LAUGHING AT ME ELVES!
They had the goblin town song it was just short I think.
this was legit the best aspect of the story. I actually enjoy the cartoons more than the movies strictly because of the soundtrack. They may have skimped on the content in the cartoon...but the soundtrack absolutely blows away the movies.
the movies have such a horrible "song" if you'd call it that.
HA! HA! I'm down in the valley!
anyone have any idea where I could buy this album?
God bless
@MagiereShepard well hopefully.. they do have the misty mountains song (sort of)
Oh where are you going, with beers all a drinkin, no knowing not knowing, what we were thinking, and brawling and falling, down here at the shelter, ah ha...:)
I prefer the voices in the movie, but I love this song! I can't believe they didn't add this part in the Hobbit!!! Traitors... :(
I like this song in the context of this movie, but the thought of the elves in the new films singing this makes me cringe. I will admit Glenn's vocal style really does make you feel like a bard at a Ren-fair is singing this
The new films really failed the elves. Of course they were miserable in LOTR, but they should have been good craic in the hobbit
Azog isn't even ALIVE in the book. It's his son, Bolg, who leads the Goblins.
Exactly
Yep .
Its hard to recover from a decapitation
the three of the songs sung(sang?) by the goblins are my favorite besides Misty Mountains.
So Glen Yarbrough is of the kin of the Teleri; Sindarin I would guess? Or perhaps a descendant of Maglor of the Noldor? Actually, I would not be surprised if he were one of the Laiquendi of Lindon.
I grew up watching this movie