The Road Goes Ever On (Tolkien/Swann) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 09-04-2004, 04:54 AM

Have to admit I find it really difficult to get Stephen Oliver's tunes (BBC Radio series) out of my head. Though some of the Tolkien Ensemble's music is perfect - their version of Bombadil's song is the best I've heard. None of Swann's tunes really work for me, but I can listen to them without flinching, as long as I can manage to shut out the experience of last year's Oxonmoot, when three generations of one family (grandmother, daughter & granddaughter) 'sang' a selection of them.

09-04-2004, 04:54 AM	#9
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Have to admit I find it really difficult to get Stephen Oliver's tunes (BBC Radio series) out of my head. Though some of the Tolkien Ensemble's music is perfect - their version of Bombadil's song is the best I've heard. None of Swann's tunes really work for me, but I can listen to them without flinching, as long as I can manage to shut out the experience of last year's Oxonmoot, when three generations of one family (grandmother, daughter & granddaughter) 'sang' a selection of them. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."