Commentary on Minas Morgul
Jul. 19th, 2012 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
badgerbagI was just reading the bit of The Two Towers to Moomin, where they're cowering on the path above Minas Morgul. There's an earthquake & a distant volcanic eruption with horrible flames shooting into the sky. Then giant blue-white lightning bolts come up out of the tower as its gates swing open. The lord of the Ringwraiths comes out of the tower at the head of a giant army. Super drama! I paused at the end of a paragraph about all that and Moomin went, "CLEVELAND! ARE YOU READY TO ROCK??!!"
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Date: 2012-07-20 04:06 pm (UTC)(The lord of the Ringwraiths as David Bowie, suddenly, in my head. Labyrinth version.)
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Date: 2012-07-20 04:15 pm (UTC)But remember, that was written *before* rock-n-roll -- so maybe Tolkien is where the rock shows get their ideas.
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Date: 2012-07-20 11:02 pm (UTC)Wagner was earlier too. Good question about roots of the esthetic of infernal spectacle
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Date: 2012-07-21 03:17 am (UTC)