"Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" - The Music Video - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 01-09-2003, 01:01 AM

Yes, here it is, thanks to BBspot.com (home of Jar-Jaromir): Leonard Nimoy - "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" - The Music Video

I'm 99% certain that this is an actual, vintage "music video". After all, nobody in their wildest imagination these days could come up with the idea that 1960's go-go dancers would wear sweatshirts and rubber "hobbit ears".

This is priceless, and well worth the 15 minute wait for Quicktime to upload it. (Unless you're one of the lucky few with broadband)

So enjoy, and realize that fans of Tolkien were every bit as strange 35 years ago as they are now. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

"Bilbo...BILBO!...Bilbo...BILBO!
The greatest little Hobbit of them all!"

(Dang! Now that song is gonna be stuck in my head all day...)

FarathrimMaiden · 01-09-2003, 07:08 AM

yay!...ive had that song stuck in my head for a week !

Nari · 01-09-2003, 02:23 PM

that's almost disturbing...

arelendil · 01-10-2003, 11:53 AM

I love that song soooo much!!!! It disturbs my parents when i sing that! Not to mention all my friends and the teachers in school!

Thulorongil · 01-10-2003, 06:44 PM

hmm, singing it in the hallways and classrooms at school... gotta try that!

Merry · 01-10-2003, 06:56 PM

That is such a cool song. And what's even cooler is that one of my friends actually knew what I was talking about when I mentioned it.
Off topic-That guy plays Spock doesn't he?

Nari · 01-11-2003, 02:31 PM

looks like it should be on "laugh in"

the blonde could be a goldie hawn

01-16-2003, 07:20 AM

Okay I have to say that those chicks who were dancing must have been on drugs. That was freaky! I liked the song though. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 01-17-2003, 09:05 AM

It's easy to tell that it's an original video, Birdland: they appear to be filming it between takes on a set from Star Trek.

FarathrimMaiden · 01-17-2003, 11:32 AM

One of my friends actually started singing it and i recognised the song, i never thought anyone i knew would actuall know of taht song, yet alone half the lyrics.

eleanor_niphredil · 01-17-2003, 11:38 AM

I saw that on a documentry somewhere. I agree that it is almost disturbing.

Elanor · 01-17-2003, 04:57 PM

Yay! I remember when that was first released...

Galadrie1 · 01-17-2003, 09:47 PM

I wonder what the budget for that video shoot was? It was pretty funny when Leonard Nimoy sang about Bilbo finding the Ring and he picked up a roll of masking tape. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ January 17, 2003: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ]

alaklondewen · 01-17-2003, 10:14 PM

I have never heard the song before, and all I can say is...oh my!. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Thanks Birdland!

01-18-2003, 03:34 PM

O_o I'm not sure if I'm traumatised or finding that hilarious...
Hilarious is more fun though. When was that released?

Elendur · 01-18-2003, 03:57 PM

I have heard that song a long time ago.. I just wanted it to:

Galenfea of Mirkwood. · 01-19-2003, 03:05 PM

That is disturbing...

Lord of Angmar · 01-04-2004, 12:37 PM

Not much more can be said about that song than that it is ridiculous and hilarious (in a queasy sort of way). I saw that video many years ago on the tele, but I had forgotten it until now. Sadly, it greatly detracts from Leonard Nimoy's mystique. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 01-05-2004, 05:28 AM

The video was hilarious! Does anyone have the lyrics so I could tease my friends with that? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Finwe · 01-05-2004, 10:38 AM

That is... DISTURBING.

the guy who be short · 01-05-2004, 12:22 PM

I've heard the song before! Personally, I loved it, I still sing it to myself sometimes. I don't have time at the moment but I'll look at the video next time.

Nimrothiel · 01-05-2004, 04:55 PM

Wow, that was, umm...extremely weird. What's scary is that my dad walked in while I was watching it-and saying "I can't believe he actually SANG that!"-and told me that he remembered seeing it soon after it was released. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

Faenaduial · 01-16-2004, 11:47 AM

I remember this. Nemoy made a number of very strange recordings and videos. Somewhere around my house I have an album he recorded. It was very strange indeed.

Orominuialwen · 01-16-2004, 10:06 PM

Oh dear! That is one of the most disturbing things I have seen in a VERY long time. *eeek*

Amariden Ravenhill · 01-16-2004, 10:20 PM

Oh my...that IS disturbing...yet coolio, say I. Argh. I....need...a...pint....NOW. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

01-09-2003, 01:01 AM	#1
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	"Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" - The Music Video Yes, here it is, thanks to BBspot.com (home of Jar-Jaromir): Leonard Nimoy - "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" - The Music Video I'm 99% certain that this is an actual, vintage "music video". After all, nobody in their wildest imagination these days could come up with the idea that 1960's go-go dancers would wear sweatshirts and rubber "hobbit ears". This is priceless, and well worth the 15 minute wait for Quicktime to upload it. (Unless you're one of the lucky few with broadband) So enjoy, and realize that fans of Tolkien were every bit as strange 35 years ago as they are now. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] "Bilbo...BILBO!...Bilbo...BILBO! The greatest little Hobbit of them all!" (Dang! Now that song is gonna be stuck in my head all day...)

01-09-2003, 07:08 AM	#2
FarathrimMaiden Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering the Shores of Middle-earth Posts: 21	yay!...ive had that song stuck in my head for a week ! __________________ Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost. Frodo most certainly does live. "Will you look into my mirror?" "What will I see?"

01-09-2003, 02:23 PM	#3
Nari Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Eighth Circle of Hell, sect 1; Seducers Posts: 64	that's almost disturbing... __________________ Do not fear the darkness, for in the light, beauty dies.

01-10-2003, 11:53 AM	#4
arelendil Wight Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Eryn Lasgalen Posts: 202	I love that song soooo much!!!! It disturbs my parents when i sing that! Not to mention all my friends and the teachers in school! __________________ Nai Vardo eleni ilye lumenn' enomentielvo siluvar!

01-10-2003, 06:44 PM	#5
Thulorongil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: wherever the road may take me Posts: 97	hmm, singing it in the hallways and classrooms at school... gotta try that! __________________ I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, And people who will see a world that I shall never know.

01-10-2003, 06:56 PM	#6
Merry Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 34	That is such a cool song. And what's even cooler is that one of my friends actually knew what I was talking about when I mentioned it. Off topic-That guy plays Spock doesn't he? __________________ Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, comfort me. -Psalm 23:4

01-11-2003, 02:31 PM	#7
Nari Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Eighth Circle of Hell, sect 1; Seducers Posts: 64	looks like it should be on "laugh in" the blonde could be a goldie hawn __________________ Do not fear the darkness, for in the light, beauty dies.

01-16-2003, 07:20 AM	#8
FrodoBaggins04 Guest Posts: n/a	Okay I have to say that those chicks who were dancing must have been on drugs. That was freaky! I liked the song though. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

01-17-2003, 09:05 AM	#9
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	It's easy to tell that it's an original video, Birdland: they appear to be filming it between takes on a set from Star Trek. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

01-17-2003, 11:32 AM	#10
FarathrimMaiden Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering the Shores of Middle-earth Posts: 21	One of my friends actually started singing it and i recognised the song, i never thought anyone i knew would actuall know of taht song, yet alone half the lyrics. __________________ Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost. Frodo most certainly does live. "Will you look into my mirror?" "What will I see?"

01-17-2003, 11:38 AM	#11
eleanor_niphredil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: england Posts: 805	I saw that on a documentry somewhere. I agree that it is almost disturbing. __________________ Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to spend my time on this forum. And by the way, for any of you turning into a penguin, stop it. ~* I am Pippin took in the Female Fellowship*~

01-17-2003, 04:57 PM	#12
Elanor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: my own corner of the Shire Posts: 316	Yay! I remember when that was first released... __________________ "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." Henny Youngman (1906 - )

01-17-2003, 09:47 PM	#13
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 385	I wonder what the budget for that video shoot was? It was pretty funny when Leonard Nimoy sang about Bilbo finding the Ring and he picked up a roll of masking tape. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ January 17, 2003: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ] __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel."

01-17-2003, 10:14 PM	#14
alaklondewen Song of Seregon Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Following the road less traveled Posts: 1,193	I have never heard the song before, and all I can say is...oh my!. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Thanks Birdland! __________________ At last I understand why we have waited! This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away!

01-18-2003, 03:34 PM	#15
Greyfriars Guest Posts: n/a	O_o I'm not sure if I'm traumatised or finding that hilarious... Hilarious is more fun though. When was that released?

01-18-2003, 03:57 PM	#16
Elendur Wight Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Arnor Posts: 200	I have heard that song a long time ago.. I just wanted it to: __________________ Son of Isildur.

01-19-2003, 03:05 PM	#17
Galenfea of Mirkwood. Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Road2Rivendell: 250miles (somewhere near Weathertop) Posts: 145	That is disturbing... __________________ Do not mess with us, we are the first chocoholic elves! Arwen is evil and she's after the Ring! My plan is perfect, how dare you insult the perfectness of my perfect plan?-Sauron

01-04-2004, 12:37 PM	#18
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	Not much more can be said about that song than that it is ridiculous and hilarious (in a queasy sort of way). I saw that video many years ago on the tele, but I had forgotten it until now. Sadly, it greatly detracts from Leonard Nimoy's mystique. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.

01-05-2004, 05:28 AM	#19
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	The video was hilarious! Does anyone have the lyrics so I could tease my friends with that? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Fenris Wolf

01-05-2004, 10:38 AM	#20
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	That is... DISTURBING. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

01-05-2004, 12:22 PM	#21
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	I've heard the song before! Personally, I loved it, I still sing it to myself sometimes. I don't have time at the moment but I'll look at the video next time.

01-05-2004, 04:55 PM	#22
Nimrothiel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Imladris Posts: 288	Wow, that was, umm...extremely weird. What's scary is that my dad walked in while I was watching it-and saying "I can't believe he actually SANG that!"-and told me that he remembered seeing it soon after it was released. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] __________________ "Walrus?! Will you quit makin' up imaginary animals?!!" ~ Sarge; Red vs. Blue

01-16-2004, 11:47 AM	#23
Faenaduial Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mirkwood - 710 miles WtR Posts: 246	I remember this. Nemoy made a number of very strange recordings and videos. Somewhere around my house I have an album he recorded. It was very strange indeed. __________________ Risk everything, or gain nothing. -- Geoffrey De Charny, 1358 Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.

01-16-2004, 10:06 PM	#24
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Oh dear! That is one of the most disturbing things I have seen in a VERY long time. eeek __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.) Last edited by Orominuialwen; 05-04-2005 at 03:52 PM. Reason: fixing old smilies

01-16-2004, 10:20 PM	#25
Amariden Ravenhill Wight Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In Mordor where the Shadows lie Posts: 113	Oh my...that IS disturbing...yet coolio, say I. Argh. I....need...a...pint....NOW. [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] __________________ Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.= I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head Utúlie'n aurë! Aiya Eldalië ar Atanatári, utúlie'n aurë!