Lord of the Rings: Beatles Version

RosieCotton · 03-25-2002, 10:35 AM

Okay. I was watching the Lord of the Rings pre-show and I got this interesting fact. In the 1970's a different Lord of the Rings movie was going to be made and guess who the stars were: The Beatles! Paul McCartney was going to be Frodo and John Lennon was going to be Gandalf. No, I didn' make this up. It was the funniest thing I've heard in a long time.
~Rosie~

bropous · 03-25-2002, 11:32 AM

I'm familiar with this as well. The Beatles WERE supposed to be in the 1960s cartoon version of LotR, but George Harrison was to play Gandalf; John Lennon was to play Gollum or someone. Thank the Valar that they did "Yellow Submarine" instead.....

galadriel88 · 03-25-2002, 11:44 AM

He he..sounds funny!

aldesign · 03-25-2002, 06:56 PM

Mental!!!!!!

i wonder how good LOTR is with LSD?

hmmmm

andy

bropous · 03-25-2002, 11:08 PM

probably safer to wait til the video comes out so one can find out at home.....

probably full temporary mental meltdown with tracers and sound dysfunction by the time the Fellowship hit Caradhras.....

Arathorn · 03-26-2002, 12:28 AM

Just think of how they could have stopped Sauron. A wizard, Gollum, and two hobbits singing "All You Need Is Love" while Barad-dûr start toppling down.

RosieCotton · 03-26-2002, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Arathorn
Just think of how they could have stopped Sauron. A wizard, Gollum, and two hobbits singing "All You Need Is Love" while Barad-dûr start toppling down.

That's just scary.

barrelrider110 · 03-26-2002, 11:29 AM

Frodo to Gandalf when he wakes up in Rivendell:
"I've Had a Hard Day's Night."

Arathorn · 03-26-2002, 11:32 AM

Gollum caressing the Ring in the beginning:

"He's a real nowhere man
living in his nowhere land
making all his nowhere plans
for nobody"

samwise of the shire · 03-26-2002, 05:50 PM

My Little sister would LOVE that. I swear she is such a beatle-a-holic it's not even funny. Here's one: Elanor Rigby playing in the background while Sam tries to wake Frodo up after his incounter with Shelob. YECH.

afro-elf · 03-26-2002, 09:01 PM

Helter Skelter plays when the nazgul appear at minas tirith

bropous · 03-26-2002, 11:11 PM

Frodo marching across Mordor with Sam: "I'm So Tired"

Appearance of hordes of goblins in Moria: "Happiness is a warm Gun"

Arwen's Appearance: "Sexy Sadie"

Departure from Lothlorien: "Dear Prudence"

Gandalf's flight from Orthanc: "She's Got a Ticket to Ride"

Gandalf's fall at Khazad-Dum: "Help!"

Appearance of Saruman at Orthanc: "Mean Old Man"

Appearance of Galadriel in Lothlorien: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

Trek thru Moria: "Whatever Gets you Through the Night" [okay, John Lennon solo tune]

Sauron admiring the Ring: "I'm the Greatest" [okay, Ringo Starr solo tune]

Boromir's Fall: "Arrow Through Me" [okay, dagnabit, Paul McCartney solo effort! you guys are good!]

Sauron searches for the Ring: "I Got My Mind Set On You" [okay, okay, George Harrison solo chart, I give up, you folks is too swift for me....]

afro-elf · 03-26-2002, 11:35 PM

mc cartney solo

the battle at hornberg/ pelenor fields

live and let die

outside moria who that knocking on the door

frodo at the council of elrond hope of deliverance

RosieCotton · 03-27-2002, 10:40 AM

Well, the movie would have a good soundtrack....but thats about it.
Rosie

Pailan · 03-27-2002, 01:38 PM

Frodo and Sam at the foot of Mount Doom: It's All Too Much.

When Gollum and the ring fall into the lava: Helter Skelter

Well these are my contributions, such as they are.

***Khamûl*** · 03-28-2002, 12:32 AM

Even better. They go back and make a movie out of The Hobbit. Ringo is Bilbo. Just as he's about to pick up the ring under the Misty Mountains, "Let It Be" starts playing in the caves. Ringo leaves it alone, gets caught by goblins, the rest of the company leaves him and later gets eaten by Smaug. Lord of the Rings never gets "Beatleized". That would be the coolest scenario.

afro-elf · 03-28-2002, 08:33 AM

arwen in the movies

she's got a ticket to ride

rosie cotton to sam ( the reason for so many kids)

i love to turn you on

bropous · 03-28-2002, 12:03 PM

I do believe ringo was supposed to play Gollum......and maybe Pete Best could ahve played Deagol......

Pailan · 03-28-2002, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bropous
I do believe ringo was supposed to play Gollum......and maybe Pete Best could ahve played Deagol......

LOL! Very funny, bp!

bropous · 03-28-2002, 12:46 PM

Ringo Starr as Smeagol and Pete Best enter a transport cafe in Liverpool and grab a table

Ringo: Wewl, Pete, wha' 'ave ye got for me birf'dy?

Pete: I've already giv'n ya the Liverpool kit, Richa'd, more'n I could afford...

Ringo: You've not, mate, you've not giv'n me wha' I deserves.

Pete: I've naugh' else, Richa'd, I swear it! Whatcha gettin' so greedy there for?

Ringo: I want the gig, Pete. The gig wif George an' Paul an' John. I wants it, Pete, give its to us!

Pete (Backing away): Richa'd! You're scaring me! Put down that cricket bat!

Ringo: An' first try for Liverpool Wanderers....an' there's the pitch.....[thwaaack!!!!!] .......Ah, the sound of willow on kull....there's naugh' like it.... where's me drumsticks? I gotta get meself ta practice....

03-25-2002, 10:35 AM	#1
RosieCotton Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hobbiton...no wait.... Posts: 263	Lord of the Rings: Beatles Version Okay. I was watching the Lord of the Rings pre-show and I got this interesting fact. In the 1970's a different Lord of the Rings movie was going to be made and guess who the stars were: The Beatles! Paul McCartney was going to be Frodo and John Lennon was going to be Gandalf. No, I didn' make this up. It was the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. ~Rosie~ __________________ Fortune rides like the Sun on high With the fox that makes the ravens fly Luck his sould, the lightning his eye He snatches the moons from out of the sky.

03-25-2002, 11:32 AM	#2
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	I'm familiar with this as well. The Beatles WERE supposed to be in the 1960s cartoon version of LotR, but George Harrison was to play Gandalf; John Lennon was to play Gollum or someone. Thank the Valar that they did "Yellow Submarine" instead..... __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

03-25-2002, 11:44 AM	#3
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	He he..sounds funny! __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

03-25-2002, 06:56 PM	#4
aldesign Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uk Posts: 447	Mental!!!!!! i wonder how good LOTR is with LSD? hmmmm andy __________________ The funniest story on the net, made by entmoot fanatics, visit it @ FOTMB.com FRODO LIVES!! GET FREE AVATARS HERE!

03-25-2002, 11:08 PM	#5
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	probably safer to wait til the video comes out so one can find out at home..... probably full temporary mental meltdown with tracers and sound dysfunction by the time the Fellowship hit Caradhras..... __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

03-26-2002, 12:28 AM	#6
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	Just think of how they could have stopped Sauron. A wizard, Gollum, and two hobbits singing "All You Need Is Love" while Barad-dûr start toppling down. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures... Last edited by Arathorn : 03-26-2002 at 12:30 AM.

03-26-2002, 11:29 AM	#8
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	Frodo to Gandalf when he wakes up in Rivendell: "I've Had a Hard Day's Night." __________________ “"I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider," Fear Complacency! ___________________ Something under the bed is drooling

03-26-2002, 11:32 AM	#9
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	Gollum caressing the Ring in the beginning: "He's a real nowhere man living in his nowhere land making all his nowhere plans for nobody" __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

03-26-2002, 05:50 PM	#10
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	My Little sister would LOVE that. I swear she is such a beatle-a-holic it's not even funny. Here's one: Elanor Rigby playing in the background while Sam tries to wake Frodo up after his incounter with Shelob. YECH. __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

03-26-2002, 09:01 PM	#11
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Helter Skelter plays when the nazgul appear at minas tirith __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

03-26-2002, 11:11 PM	#12
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Frodo marching across Mordor with Sam: "I'm So Tired" Appearance of hordes of goblins in Moria: "Happiness is a warm Gun" Arwen's Appearance: "Sexy Sadie" Departure from Lothlorien: "Dear Prudence" Gandalf's flight from Orthanc: "She's Got a Ticket to Ride" Gandalf's fall at Khazad-Dum: "Help!" Appearance of Saruman at Orthanc: "Mean Old Man" Appearance of Galadriel in Lothlorien: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Trek thru Moria: "Whatever Gets you Through the Night" [okay, John Lennon solo tune] Sauron admiring the Ring: "I'm the Greatest" [okay, Ringo Starr solo tune] Boromir's Fall: "Arrow Through Me" [okay, dagnabit, Paul McCartney solo effort! you guys are good!] Sauron searches for the Ring: "I Got My Mind Set On You" [okay, okay, George Harrison solo chart, I give up, you folks is too swift for me....] __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

03-26-2002, 11:35 PM	#13
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	mc cartney solo the battle at hornberg/ pelenor fields live and let die outside moria who that knocking on the door frodo at the council of elrond hope of deliverance __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

03-27-2002, 10:40 AM	#14
RosieCotton Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hobbiton...no wait.... Posts: 263	Well, the movie would have a good soundtrack....but thats about it. Rosie __________________ Fortune rides like the Sun on high With the fox that makes the ravens fly Luck his sould, the lightning his eye He snatches the moons from out of the sky.

03-27-2002, 01:38 PM	#15
Pailan Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: aisle 12, seat#2 Posts: 449	Frodo and Sam at the foot of Mount Doom: It's All Too Much. When Gollum and the ring fall into the lava: Helter Skelter Well these are my contributions, such as they are. __________________ "Holy Entmoot, Batman!" "Who knows, Robin? This strange mixing of minds may be the greatest single sevice ever performed for humanity! Let's go, but, inconspicuosly, through the window. We'll use our Batropes. Our job is finished." Oh, btw, Frodo lives.

03-28-2002, 12:32 AM	#16
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Even better. They go back and make a movie out of The Hobbit. Ringo is Bilbo. Just as he's about to pick up the ring under the Misty Mountains, "Let It Be" starts playing in the caves. Ringo leaves it alone, gets caught by goblins, the rest of the company leaves him and later gets eaten by Smaug. Lord of the Rings never gets "Beatleized". That would be the coolest scenario. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

03-28-2002, 08:33 AM	#17
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	arwen in the movies she's got a ticket to ride rosie cotton to sam ( the reason for so many kids) i love to turn you on __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

03-28-2002, 12:03 PM	#18
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	I do believe ringo was supposed to play Gollum......and maybe Pete Best could ahve played Deagol...... __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

03-28-2002, 12:46 PM	#20
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Ringo Starr as Smeagol and Pete Best enter a transport cafe in Liverpool and grab a table Ringo: Wewl, Pete, wha' 'ave ye got for me birf'dy? Pete: I've already giv'n ya the Liverpool kit, Richa'd, more'n I could afford... Ringo: You've not, mate, you've not giv'n me wha' I deserves. Pete: I've naugh' else, Richa'd, I swear it! Whatcha gettin' so greedy there for? Ringo: I want the gig, Pete. The gig wif George an' Paul an' John. I wants it, Pete, give its to us! Pete (Backing away): Richa'd! You're scaring me! Put down that cricket bat! Ringo: An' first try for Liverpool Wanderers....an' there's the pitch.....[thwaaack!!!!!] .......Ah, the sound of willow on kull....there's naugh' like it.... where's me drumsticks? I gotta get meself ta practice.... __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

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