The Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

High King Fingolfin · 09-17-2004, 02:50 PM

I'm back after five weeks of not posting on this thread, or even on the Downs itself!

Welcome everyone new, I'm having trouble keeping track of you.

I found the Wargs who lived near my house - further details later.

SamwiseGamgee · 09-20-2004, 03:50 PM

Bravo on finding that song, Eomer, and hail thee, High King Fingolfin!
Here follows a song written by the hobbit known as Conor:

Quote:

You can't fool old wargs with bad pipeweed
A warg with a heart of gold
Cheap pipeweed that can't be sold
Will send you to an early grave

But Wargy looked down and said 'Son,
I know a conman when I see one,
That pipeweed smells like an orc's bum.'

You just laughed and said
No one here forgets those wargs

The elves had a meeting of minds
Consistent hypocrisy... hey! That's alright
Let's overthrow this old town

So hands off the virgin warg queen
You can't fool old wargs with bad pipeweed
Cos they'll send you to an early grave

I'm not exactly sure what the young, 'artistically tormented' hobbit is referring to in the third stanza of this song, some say it is a political outcry at Rivendell's increasingly xenophobic foreign policy in the Third Age, others say it may be aimed more at Lothlorien. Politics aside, though, it's a great song!
Another song I also greatly enjoy is one written by an anonymous muse, who after hearing of wargs and their greatness came late to the Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread but I think all here could identify with it:

Quote:

Infatuation
You don't know by now
To take me to the Downs
Take me to the Downs

You don't know by now
To take me to the Downs
Take me to the Downs

Infatuation

You don't know by now
To take me to the Downs
Take me to the Downs

Infatuation
Infatuation
Infatuation

Infatuation with the warg
In my mind on the Downs
Infatuation with the warg
In my mind on the Downs
Infatuation with the warg
In my mind on the Downs
Infatuation with the warg
In my mind on the Downs

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 09-21-2004, 01:45 PM

Nice songs Samwise, although I too am slightly worried about the meaning towards the end of that first song.

Isn't it funny how, when seeing the songs about Wargs typed or written, one can instantly add a tune to it. I have heard of a little known Norwegian band called Aeglos who write songs about Middle-earth and Wargs. Their music is varied. They have songs which would not seem out of a place at a Hobbit party, yet they also deal with the dark political and military sides of Middle-earth. Another example of Tolkien's influence.

SamwiseGamgee · 09-22-2004, 06:18 AM

It is certainly an interesting aspect of the good professor's wide-spanning influence. There's no doubting the fact that his works have spanned further than we can ever imagine. And I think we must all stop to remember one thing, were it not for Prof. J.R.R. Tolkien there is a good chance that we would not know of wargs. That we, that most esteemed and devout alumni would be nought but ignorant fools, completely in the dark as regards those wonderful and great beasts who are like deities amongst us: wargs. So, I thank you, professor, and may you rest in the bosom of a warg.

High King Fingolfin · 09-27-2004, 07:30 PM

Indeed, without the professor, we would know nothing of the great and illustrious and Warg.

I will finish transcribing my tale soon. I was lucky to see as many Wargs as I did.

It was an experience I will never forget.

High King Fingolfin · 10-28-2004, 10:10 AM

This thread has been abandoned! Where are you all? Nobody has posted for more than a month!

Eomer of the Rohirrim · 11-01-2004, 08:34 AM

Ah, dear Fingolfin, I have debated long and hard with myself about whether to continue this thread. I think that, perhaps, its time has come and it should be given a proper burial.

I often go back and read the thread in its entirity yet I cannot think of anything worthy to add to it. Maybe I could write a lament for the thread?

SamwiseGamgee · 11-03-2004, 04:00 AM

Beware, Ka , the warg is not a creature in whose affairs you may meddle flippantly. Wargs are noble beasts, with a lineage greater than all in Middle Earth. The story is so rarely told, but Eomer , I pray for a small time before this thread is laid to rest so that I may post a tale which has no rival: The Last King of Wargs . What say you, Horsemaster?

09-17-2004, 02:50 PM	#1
High King Fingolfin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Where the Wargs thrive, a.k.a. Madison, WI Posts: 437	I'm back after five weeks of not posting on this thread, or even on the Downs itself! Welcome everyone new, I'm having trouble keeping track of you. I found the Wargs who lived near my house - further details later. __________________ "Outside of a Warg, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a Warg, it's too dark to read." - Wargo Marx

09-21-2004, 01:45 PM	#3
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	Nice songs Samwise, although I too am slightly worried about the meaning towards the end of that first song. Isn't it funny how, when seeing the songs about Wargs typed or written, one can instantly add a tune to it. I have heard of a little known Norwegian band called Aeglos who write songs about Middle-earth and Wargs. Their music is varied. They have songs which would not seem out of a place at a Hobbit party, yet they also deal with the dark political and military sides of Middle-earth. Another example of Tolkien's influence. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

09-22-2004, 06:18 AM	#4
SamwiseGamgee Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In the warm bosom of a Warg Posts: 378	It is certainly an interesting aspect of the good professor's wide-spanning influence. There's no doubting the fact that his works have spanned further than we can ever imagine. And I think we must all stop to remember one thing, were it not for Prof. J.R.R. Tolkien there is a good chance that we would not know of wargs. That we, that most esteemed and devout alumni would be nought but ignorant fools, completely in the dark as regards those wonderful and great beasts who are like deities amongst us: wargs. So, I thank you, professor, and may you rest in the bosom of a warg. __________________ -- Well, I'm back.

09-27-2004, 07:30 PM	#5
High King Fingolfin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Where the Wargs thrive, a.k.a. Madison, WI Posts: 437	Indeed, without the professor, we would know nothing of the great and illustrious and Warg. I will finish transcribing my tale soon. I was lucky to see as many Wargs as I did. It was an experience I will never forget. __________________ "Outside of a Warg, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a Warg, it's too dark to read." - Wargo Marx

10-28-2004, 10:10 AM	#6
High King Fingolfin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Where the Wargs thrive, a.k.a. Madison, WI Posts: 437	This thread has been abandoned! Where are you all? Nobody has posted for more than a month! __________________ "Outside of a Warg, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a Warg, it's too dark to read." - Wargo Marx

11-01-2004, 08:34 AM	#7
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	Ah, dear Fingolfin, I have debated long and hard with myself about whether to continue this thread. I think that, perhaps, its time has come and it should be given a proper burial. I often go back and read the thread in its entirity yet I cannot think of anything worthy to add to it. Maybe I could write a lament for the thread? __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

11-03-2004, 04:00 AM	#8
SamwiseGamgee Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In the warm bosom of a Warg Posts: 378	Beware, Ka , the warg is not a creature in whose affairs you may meddle flippantly. Wargs are noble beasts, with a lineage greater than all in Middle Earth. The story is so rarely told, but Eomer , I pray for a small time before this thread is laid to rest so that I may post a tale which has no rival: The Last King of Wargs . What say you, Horsemaster? __________________ -- Well, I'm back.

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