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<blockquote data-quote="embee" data-source="post: 8145894" data-attributes="member: 7026827">Tolkien has enjoyed enormous popularity for a half-century now. Consider this: Led Zeppelin, the greatest rock band of all-time (pipe down, grognards! Zepp is better than the Beatles and that's just the gods' honest truth), peppered their lyrics with Tolkien references. Battle of Evermore, Ramble On, Misty Mountain Hop, Over The Hills And Far Away, and arguably &quot;Stairway To Heaven&quot; all contain references. The gatefold of Led Zeppelin IV features Gandalf and his quote &quot;Not all those who wander are lost.&quot; At the same time, prog-rockers Rush put out &quot;The Necromancer&quot; and &quot;Rivendell&quot;, two more Tolkien-inspired songs, while Sabbath had &quot;The Wizard.&quot;So, at a time when the biggest rock bands were at their zeniths, D&amp;D was born, followed shortly by the animated TV movie &quot;The Hobbit&quot; (1977) and the Ralph Bakshi animated &quot;The Lord Of The Rings&quot; (1978) On top of that, magazines like &quot;Heavy Metal&quot; were finding their niche, and as artists like Jack Kirby were melding sci-fi, psychedelia, and fantasy, folk like Moebius and Frank Frazetta were laying down the foundations for cyberpunk and fantasy in art. Tolkien was propelled into the zeitgeist through rock and stayed there for a solid decade, fueled by the 70s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="embee, post: 8145894, member: 7026827"] Tolkien has enjoyed enormous popularity for a half-century now. Consider this: Led Zeppelin, the greatest rock band of all-time (pipe down, grognards! Zepp is better than the Beatles and that's just the gods' honest truth), peppered their lyrics with Tolkien references. Battle of Evermore, Ramble On, Misty Mountain Hop, Over The Hills And Far Away, and arguably "Stairway To Heaven" all contain references. The gatefold of Led Zeppelin IV features Gandalf and his quote "Not all those who wander are lost." At the same time, prog-rockers Rush put out "The Necromancer" and "Rivendell", two more Tolkien-inspired songs, while Sabbath had "The Wizard." So, at a time when the biggest rock bands were at their zeniths, D&D was born, followed shortly by the animated TV movie "The Hobbit" (1977) and the Ralph Bakshi animated "The Lord Of The Rings" (1978) On top of that, magazines like "Heavy Metal" were finding their niche, and as artists like Jack Kirby were melding sci-fi, psychedelia, and fantasy, folk like Moebius and Frank Frazetta were laying down the foundations for cyberpunk and fantasy in art. Tolkien was propelled into the zeitgeist through rock and stayed there for a solid decade, fueled by the 70s. [/QUOTE]

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