Imitation, Innovation – Let’s call the whole thing off.
Said I to Bjorn in the year of our Lord 1999, “We should truly mimic our favorite rock band, The Led Zeppelin, and produce an epic, yet incredibly short, tune obviously written about J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. Perhaps we could have severe guitar chords followed by the repetition of the name ‘Gollum.'”
Said Bjorn to me, “It is done.”
And it was good. And, lo, was a genre born unto us. And then, some guy made some movies and our rightful riches were handed to the plagiarized, yet altogether worthy, work of a hack.
(Apologies for the lame bookends of MTV on that last link.)
Damn you, Dialup!
Those links will be enjoyed once I have some bandwidth at my disposal.
You and Bjorn trump all others, in my book.
But for my money, the runner-up would have to be Leonard Nimoy’s Hobbit Homage.
Comment by Tazja — 4/29/2004 @ 12:01 pm
That’s what you get for playing hookey slacker. For those who don’t know it, the Nimoy thing is here (among other places found with google search for “nimoy sings”):
http://homepage.mac.com/evanbaumgardner/iMovieTheater6.html
Comment by steelbuddha — 4/29/2004 @ 1:47 pm
Dammit — I’m still waiting for “Gollum” to come up on the studio iTunes. Since they got your “Labyrinth” soundtrack early today, you know it’s only a matter of time.
Can’t wait until I’m on OS X and my stuff starts appearing in rotation. Mwaahh ha ha. Suddenly the studio-wide stereo system won’t seem like such a fine idea.
Comment by czeltic girl — 4/29/2004 @ 2:27 pm
Hookey my ass. There’s a mucusball the size of a wurlitzer stuffed in my sinus cavities. Blog to follow shortly.
To the detriment of all.
Comment by Tazja — 4/29/2004 @ 5:11 pm
I didn’t know Wurlitzer was now a standard unit of measure.
Comment by steelbuddha — 5/1/2004 @ 7:03 pm