Sunday, March 25, 2007

Group Seven : Scott S. (19), Bryson T. (19), Kirsten M. (33), Ben L. (27), Lyndsey M. (27), Justin W. (34)

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin

Queen of Light took her bow, And then she turned to go,
The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom, And walked the night alone.

Oh, dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light.
The dark Lord rides in force tonight, And time will tell us all.

Oh, throw down your plow and hoe, Rest not to lock your homes.

Side by side we wait the might of the darkest of them all.

I hear the horses' thunder down in the valley below,
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon, waiting for the eastern glow.

The apples of the valley hold, The seeds of happiness,
The ground is rich from tender care, Repay, do not forget, no, no.
Dance in the dark of night, sing to the morning light.

The apples turn to brown and black, The tyrant's face is red.

Oh the war is common cry, Pick up you swords and fly.
The sky is filled with good and bad that mortals never know.

Oh, well, the night is long the beads of time pass slow,
Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow.

The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath,
The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on.

Sing as you raise your bow, shoot straighter than before.
No comfort has the fire at night that lights the face so cold.

Oh dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light.
The magic runes are writ in gold to bring the balance back. Bring it back.

At last the sun is shining, The clouds of blue roll by,
With flames from the dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds his eyes.

Anonymous said...

This song is a classic Led Zeppelin song. The lyrics are amazing, The song is about a war. It starts out dark and lasts until sunrise. The weather is terrible when the battle is going on and as soon as it the war is over the sky turns blue and the sun comes out. This song symbolizes the brutality of war. It is based on the Lord of the Ring novels. Led Zeppelin was a huge fan of Lord of the Ring. The prince of peace is Aragorn. The queen of light is Galadriel. The rune is symbolizing the sword. When they speak of a bow shooting straight they are referring to Legolas. They also include ringwraiths in the song. With all of these exact references from Lord of the Rings I don’t think one even has to read the books to know that the song is about LOTR. Since Lord of the Rings is based on the Bible/ Christianity, this song is as well.

Bryson Toole said...

I think this song is pretty tight. I like how it incorporates the Lord of the Rings. That really helped with making connections and makes it really cool for me because I really like Lord of the Rings. It uses this to refer to war as an epic battle of good vs evil in darkness that is mankind at times.

Anonymous said...

Hey guys!
This is a great song! Zeppelin is always a good choice. Their songs in general are always meaningful. This song really speaks about the constant war of good verses evil in correlation to day verses night. I’m sure the Cold War also influenced the writing of this song. Apparently it clearly connects to The Lord of the Rings. Although I have never read the books, or seen any of the movies, I do see the connection when it says “The magic runes are writ in gold and bring the balance back”. Unfortunately, I cannot make any other connects to LOTR. As a whole this song is full of meaning and has some great lines!

Kirstin M. 33

Anonymous said...

I really enjoyed listening to this Led Zeppelin song. I felt the intro was catching and brought me right into the song. I felt the song portrayed war in a negative manner. I think it was showing war as a bad thing because of the way once the battle was over, the skies became blue and the once awful weather became nice. I had trouble understanding some of it however from what I gathered it felt as if the war was awful and the battle intense. The song is very catchy and I think it has alot of hidden meaning and metaphors. The instruments seem to complement the mood of the song and I enjoyed it because everytime I listened to the song I heard more and more.

-Scott S.

Anonymous said...

Hey,

So I've never heard this song before. I didn't think it was too interesting. Yeah it talked about war, but overall the song wasn't very appealing to me. I guess the lyrics give a pretty good description of War, but I wouldn't want to hear a whole song about it. And the song feels really dark, which I also don't like. So my overall opinion of this song is that it sucks, but it does a good job of describing war.

-Lyndsey M.

Anonymous said...

Hey everybody!
I really enjoyed this song by Led Zeppelin. I had never heard this song, but I really enjoyed it. I really enjoyed the melody and I love Led Zeppelin so of course I love this song. This song symbolizes the negativity of war. The song starts at night with a terrible storm. This symbolized the darkness of war, but as soon as the war ends the clouds clear and sun shines. This compares the negative effects of war with the same negative effects of bad weather and night time. It also brings in the comparison good verses evil and war. It brings in the evil effect of war when it says “The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath.” This means that however bad the war it self is the effects felt after the war are much worst. I believe the group did a great job connecting war to nature and to the theme of good and evil.

Love,

Justin Wright

Anonymous said...

Written by Ben Leader
Group Seven,
It looks like everyone enjoyed this song except for Lyndsey. I think she didn't like the melody of the song and the meaning of it, but she did admit that it had good lyrics. Bryson clearly saw the connection between this song and the LOTR because he is interested in the lord of the rings but it was more difficult for others, such as Kirstin, to make the connection because she had never read any of the books. I really liked Justin's interpretations about the aftermath of the war and how the effects are always terrible. I also agree with Kirstin's comment that it correlates good vs. evil with day vs. night. We all seem a little confused on parts of the song. Zeppelin songs always sound a little different, but if you look deep into the lyrics you will see the brilliance in them. Thanks - Ben L.

Bryson Toole said...

Hey I like how everyone on here basically saw the Lord of the Rings connection like I did. Does anyone think there might be a deeper meaning to the use of the Lord of the Rings in this song? I don't know I was just thinking that earlier and was wondering maybe there is a deeper meaning to its use in this song. Oh well have fun kids.

Anonymous said...

Hey guys,
It looks like just about everybody liked this song or at least like the words of this song. Everyone made really good connections to the lyrics of the song. I liked that Ben Leader really picked up on the connection to The Lord of The Rings. I have not read the books or seen the movies to make the connection, but it’s still cool that there is one. I also like that Bryson Toole brought in the theme of good verses evil in the song. I also saw the connection right away. Kristen M. thinks that the song was influenced by the Cold War which is pretty cool, because I didn’t see that connection until she said it. I definitely agree with Ben that we all got a little confused during some parts of the song, but with everyone’s input I can definitely understand it better now. Led Zeppelin lyrics are deeper than I originally thought they would be, but I think I understand them pretty well now.

Justin Wright

Anonymous said...

Hey guys,
Yeah, Ben, although i don't really understand it, good call on lotr! Justin, the first time I read this song I also noticed that line w/ the aftermath of war. I think that line says a lot! Another cluster of lines that I really like:
"The apples of the valley hold, The seeds of happiness[...]The apples turn to brown and black, The tyrant's face is red."
This paints the picture of war so well! The luscious red apples (happiness, peace, and freedom)turn black (causing struggle and pain)in times of war. All of the color in the apples (happiness of the people) retires to the tyrant's face turning it red. I think its saying that war's negative effets hinder the lives of common people more than those in charge. Haha its a stretch but I like it!
Kirstin 33

Anonymous said...

Hey everyone,

So I've listened to the song again. I see what ya'll are saying about the Lord of the Rings thing. Those were some good movies. Idk...I don't have much to say about this song.

-Lyndsey M.

Anonymous said...

I really like what Ben had to say. I thought he was very insightful and had great knowledge on the song and its meaning. When he talked about how the song was refering to The Lord of the Rings and the Bible it sounded very accurate. After reading his comments I would tend to lean to agreeing with him. Everyone liked the song on some level which was great, although I wish somebody did not like the song because then it would have made for interesting discussion. Kirsten made some strong points also, when she said that the song could have and probably was influenced by the cold war. Everyone seemed very knowledgeable on the song and it was good to see the different yet agreeing responses.

-scott s.

Anonymous said...

Hey everybody,
I have really enjoyed reading everyone’s posts. They have been very insightful, and have really helped me to better understand the song. I never would have thought that a Led Zeppelin song would be so deep or even have meaning at all, but this blog has proved me wrong. I really liked that Kristen went into a deep description of what she thought the song was saying. She related war to apples. When there is peace the apples are ripe and red, but when there is war they are black. This symbolizes the negativity of war and how wonderful peace is. I like how everyone could relate to the song in some way whether it is through, good vs. evil, sunny day and stormy night, or the Lord of the Rings. However we related to the song I’m sure that everyone involved in this blog now better understands this song. I honestly wouldn’t mind doing another blog on a different song.
Enjoyed it,
Justin Wright

Bryson Toole said...

Hey yall,
Just like to say I did like everyone's insight into this song. I agree it does suck no one didn't like it because that would be fun to have a different point of view. It is pretty cool how everyone ended up being to see the Lord of the Rings connection in it, which I still think was pretty cool. Thanks for the fun times later.

Anonymous said...

Overall I really enjoyed the song and felt that it was a very well written work. After reading everyones comments and listening to the song for a little while my views and opinions have no changed, only strengthed. The others helped to explain the song better and helped me understand its complex metaphors and deeper meanings. I imagine the song was very powerful and moving and had an impact on society, especially all of the Led Zeppelin listeners. The song makes you sit back and think. I thought it was a great song and with help from fellow classmates I now understand it better and really enjoyed it.
-Scott S

Anonymous said...

Group Seven, Ben L.
We are lucky that we got this song. Some groups got terrible crazy songs. I think everyone pretty much agreed about everything with the song. I really like Kirstins idea about the cold war, I had not ever related that. I found this picture that reminds me of this song. The link is http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2406/dtower.jpg . This picture reminds me of the dark type of war that he talks about in the song and it reminds me of the LOTR, which directly correlates with the song. The red apples he mentions in the song symbolize the blood that is shed during the war. This song portrays war as dark and evil.
Thanks, Ben Leader

Anonymous said...

Hello,
I was looking through stuff the other day and I saw this picture and it reminded me of this song.
http://www.pigbird.com/images_war/iraq_bradley_sunset.jpg
The red sky at sunset is beautiful especially with the contrast of the black outline of the military forces. (ha) Well, I'm disappointed Lyndsey didn't like the song, but i think the fact that the rest of us did made it easier for us to make solid points. Every generation can appreciate Zeppelin--it really wouldn't surprise me if our kids still listened to them!
Hope you all have a great rest of the semester!
Kirstin

Anonymous said...

Hey,

Well this has been fun seeing everyone's opinions of the song. Everyone has their own taste. Maybe the song will grow on me.

-Lyndsey