# Songs and their lyrics inspired by LoTR

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 28, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-and-their-lyrics-inspired-by-lotr/145387 "2002-12-28T18:39:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-and-their-lyrics-inspired-by-lotr/145387/21 "2002-12-30T18:04:16Z")

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Then there’s a song by **Blind Guardian** called _Lord of the Rings_. And let’s not forget the band **Marillion** , it’s obvious where they got their name.

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**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-and-their-lyrics-inspired-by-lotr/145387/22 "2002-12-30T19:04:41Z")

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**Homer J** , the “Stairway to Heaven” part was discussed pretty thoroughly [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=126556). I think that the overall opinion was that the connections were tenuous at best. I’d say the same thing about parallels between “All Along the Watchtower” and LotR, as you haven’t made a very convincing case. The songs and bands that take their names _directly_ from Tolkien, those are somewhat more believable.

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**Author:** ![LoN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@LoN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoN)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-and-their-lyrics-inspired-by-lotr/145387/23 "2002-12-30T21:49:59Z")

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The “Stairway to Heaven” connection (which i don’t see) makes a bit of sense 'cause Zep was into LOTR. I just found a new song, though… share and enjoy:

[http://lotr.fistfulayen.com/](http://lotr.fistfulayen.com/)

Yep, the Tolkien rap. Warning: profanity.

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