What has he gots in his Walkmanses, my precious?

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Just saw The Two Towers and it was great. It got me thinking:

what would gollum play on his walkman (assuming he can find some phones funky enough to stay on his head)?

― mei (mei), Sunday, 5 January 2003 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

ABBA - ring ring

― zebedee, Sunday, 5 January 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Band of gold

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 5 January 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 5 January 2003 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Mansun - "Thief"

― zebedee, Sunday, 5 January 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Mr. Bungle?

― Siegbran (eofor), Sunday, 5 January 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)

("The Battle of Evermore", Zep, certainly mentions Mordor... but that song's not to gollums' liking, perhaps)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 5 January 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

(i'm sure gollum isn't really a brit dadrock lovah, but anyway)

"Lining Its Pocketses" - Ocean Colour Scene

― zebedee, Sunday, 5 January 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

...and certainly not Zep's "Ramble On"

― Jeff W, Sunday, 5 January 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

(that's gollum sorted then? my that was fast)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 5 January 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

judging by his 'pool/cool' rhyming skills.. New Order.

― Wyndham Earl, Sunday, 5 January 2003 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

A compilation including: Friendship Ring and This Little Ring (both Solomon Burke), Plain Gold Ring (Nick Cave), Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash), Ring Of Gold (Melodians), Ring Ring Ring (De La Soul), Ring Worm (Van Morrison), Ring-A-Ling-A-Ling (Isley Brothers) and With This Ring (Platters).

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 5 January 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Psychosis Safari by The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - when the singer screams he does sound very Gollum-esque.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 5 January 2003 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

wadda'bout actual "Gollum Song"s on various Lord Of The Rings-albums/tributes? any of them any good?
i've heard none myself

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 5 January 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

The song that ran over the end credits of Two Towers was such a "Gollum's Theme" or whatever, and seemed unintentionally semi-hilarious. Like you realize about 1/3 the way into the song that it's written from his point of view. At leat I found it funny.

― dub hoot wail (wl), Sunday, 5 January 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Steps in one ear, cannibal corpse in the other.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 5 January 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Dexy's Midnight Runners: Let'sh Make Thish Precioussss

― Ferg (Ferg), Sunday, 5 January 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Steps in one ear, cannibal corpse in the other.

argh, this uncannily describes a boy i once knew

― minna (minna), Sunday, 5 January 2003 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

There are dozens of versions of the Impressions' 'For Your Precious Love'.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 5 January 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The Pretenders, "Precious" and (why not?) "Brass in Pocket"

Ferg: haha, Dexy's

― felicity (felicity), Sunday, 5 January 2003 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Phish

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 5 January 2003 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

The Promise Ring

― felicity (felicity), Sunday, 5 January 2003 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Led Zep mention Gollum and Mordor in "Ramble On"

― dog latin (dog latin), Sunday, 5 January 2003 21:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The song that ran over the end credits of Two Towers was such a "Gollum's Theme" or whatever, and seemed unintentionally semi-hilarious.

It's a horrible misfire, because the singer -- Emilian Torrini or whatever her name is -- is completely inappropriate. She has this strange Claudine Longet/Jane Birkin vibe going that sounds more appropriate for breathy duets with Serge Gainsbourg rather than any sort of Gollum POV song. It's a severe pity because the music itself, courtesy of not-so-secret weapon Howard Shore (he's just done a wonderful job on the two films so far), is excellent.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 January 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Johnny Cash- Ring Of Fire

― brg30 (brg30), Sunday, 5 January 2003 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

je tsss'aime moi non plussssss!!

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 5 January 2003 23:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Gollum is ALL ABOUT 80s hip-hop.

I would love to hear a Tom Waits Gollum POV song.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 6 January 2003 00:57 (twenty-two years ago)

cradle of filth and burzum

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 6 January 2003 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

"He riddled with Gollum!!! "

― gygax!, Monday, 6 January 2003 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

the fucking duct tape is just... the best.

― gygax!, Monday, 6 January 2003 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)

attention: one nother (unanswered) thread mentions Van Morrison's "Ring Worm"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 6 January 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

doesnt The Thing That Should Not Be mention Mordor as well?

― Wyndham Earl, Monday, 6 January 2003 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Wagner's Der Ring das Nibelungen Cycle.

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 6 January 2003 02:41 (twenty-two years ago)

'Gollum's Song' on the Two Towers soundtrack is sung by the lovely Emilian Torrini - great voice...thank god it wasnt actually sung by Andy Serkis, heh

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 6 January 2003 02:55 (twenty-two years ago)

"Hobbit Motherfucker", hello?

― Nicole (Nicole), Monday, 6 January 2003 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)

yaw, how could we have forgotten "hobbit motherfucker"?

gollum would look cute in a denim sailor's suit, methinks.

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 6 January 2003 05:39 (twenty-two years ago)

definitely not Them, Them,
Them,
Her or Him either. And he reaaaallly hatesses Them, Hatesssess them he does!
But he's not a total music hayta. He's very keen on This guy as long as She isn't part of any of the opening acts.

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Monday, 6 January 2003 06:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Custos, your extremely irritating unnecessarily oblique formatting belies the fact that you're apparently quite the wit!

― Charlie (Charlie), Monday, 6 January 2003 06:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Thankssss him we doessss...

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Monday, 6 January 2003 06:27 (twenty-two years ago)

funny, haha

― felicity (felicity), Monday, 6 January 2003 07:17 (twenty-two years ago)

A Perfect Circle.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 6 January 2003 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Subthread... Denise Sauron, Classic or Dud?

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Monday, 6 January 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

Slightly offtopic:
Do we dare click on the thrice accursed link to "http://www.lordsoftherhymes.com/" ?
Yes We Do.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 28 March 2003 00:14 (twenty-two years ago)

heh heh - that song is pretty good in a Beastie Boys goof kinda way. Glad to see someone's sampling Leonard Nimoy.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 28 March 2003 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Completely True Frikkin' News Story!:

Police get tough with the hobbit-lovers of Kazakhstan By Patrick Cockburn in Moscow

29 July 2001

People who dress up as hobbits have become the latest victims of a police crackdown on unconventional lifestyles in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan.

J R R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is very popular in the countries of the former Soviet Union, where thousands of fans dress up and re-enact scenes from the book. But this innocent if dotty pursuit is seen as subversive by the notoriously brutal police in Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan. It is part of a wider drive against those whom the police suspect of enjoying "bohemian" lifestyles.

"We are perfectly legal," said Vitaly, a so-called "Tolkienist". "In fact we spend most of our time in the mountains. We only hold conventions in the city twice a year. It's our lifestyle. The police don't like it, but we aren't going to stop. It's our entire life."

The London-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) says that, besides Tolkienists, people detained include buskers, "alternative artists", gays and lesbians, anarchists, hippies, punks and members of dissident religious sects, many of whom complain that they have been systematically tortured.

Alexander, the leader of a punk-rock band in Almaty, said he was held for two days in a so-called "water tank". This is a method commonly used by the police to extract confessions. "They put the person arrested in a narrow cell about 4ft 6in high, and half fill it with cold water. You cannot stand up straight because the ceiling is too low, and you are unable to sit down because you will be under water so you have to crouch all the time."

Tolkien's writings have been widely read in the former Soviet Union ever since he was first translated in about 1988 during perestroika. They reached a peak of popularity in the mid-Nineties.

Several hundred Tolkienists gather in Moscow on Thursday evenings in summer in Neskuchny Park overlooking the Moskva river. One enthusiast, Askar Tuganbaev, a computer salesman, said: "In Yekaterinburg [in the Urals] they even built a fortress and fought a battle a couple of years ago with everybody dressed up."

Mr Tuganbaev says the police in Russia are tolerant of the Tolkienists and it is only in Kazakhstan that they are accused of "being Satanists and conducting dark rituals".

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 28 March 2003 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

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