see1@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Cavewoman) (07/25/85)
Styx has a song called "Lords of the Ring" on _Pieces_of_Eight_ which is
vaguely Tolkienesque... "All hail to the Lords of the Ring,/ to the magic
and mystery they bring,/ to the lands of ancient glory.."
In the year of the Lord, a message came from above:
The heavens opened with a mighty sound that shook the people in the town.
And so we came from everywhere: the young and old, the rich and poor,
to hear the legend of the magic ring and of the powers it could bring.
(chorus and instrumentals...)
..and though the legend was your fantasy, we still need the hope it brings:
...all hail to the Lords of the Ring,
to the magic and mystery they bring,
to the promise in their story..."
Now for the 'vice versa':
There have been some pretty far-fetched examples of "music in SF/fantasy"
(e.g., "this book mentioned a rock group or musical instrument" :-) , but
I think the pipes of the Kinsmen in Richard Cowper's _Road to Corlay_ were
pretty important to the story -- what a story!! (the sequel was not NEARLY
as good, but I'd like to hear what you netters thought of both books).
--
Ellen Keyne Seebacher x9.xes%UChicago.Mailnet@MIT-Multics.arpa
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