Soundtrack A Scene

[Morthoron]

Bêthberry had suggested to me that the band Traffic would be an excellent band to add to our Middle-earth sojourn. Here are some song ideas from the gentle and extraordinarily evocative Steve Windwood (with some added help from Jim Capaldi or Eric Clapton, where applicable).

Frodo falls ill and realizes he can never truly go home:
Blind Faith -- Can't Find My Way Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN1J5...eature=related

The lyrics are amazingly consistent with LotR:

Come down off your throne and leave your body alone.
Somebody must change.
You are the reason Ive been waiting so long.
Somebody holds the key.

But Im near the end and I just aint got the time
And Im wasted and I cant find my way home.

Sam pines for the barmaid Rosie
Traffic -- John Barleycorn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q4Lv...eature=related

Sam and Frodo travel across the wasteland of Mordor
Traffic -- Forty Thousand Headmen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v12fq...eature=related

Mood piece for a rainy scene
Traffic -- Rainmaker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx6S6...eature=related

Bilbo and Gandalf blow smoke rings
Traffic -- Light Up or Leave Me Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tZtJ...eature=related

I've been on a Robin Trower kick recently -- both before and after leaving Procol Harum (god, I love the distortion).

In Minas Morgul
Robin Trower -- Bridge of Sighs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtr9Q...eature=related

The Eagles fight the Nazgul
Robin Trower -- Day of the Eagle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRz1N...eature=related

The Battle Before Minas Tirith
Procol Harum -- Repent Walpurgis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQC7K...eature=related