The Battle of Evermore
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| "The Battle of Evermore" | ||
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| Image:LedZeppelinFourSymbols.jpg | ||
| Song by Led Zeppelin | ||
| From the album Template:Click | ||
| Album released | November 8 1971 | |
| Recorded | December 1970 | |
| Genre | Hard Rock | |
| Song Length | 5:52 | |
| Record label | Atlantic | |
| Producer | Jimmy Page | |
| Template:ClickAlbum Listing | ||
| Rock and Roll (Track 2) | The Battle of Evermore (Track 3) | Stairway To Heaven (Track 4) |
"The Battle of Evermore" is an acoustic guitar and mandolin track from Led Zeppelin's fourth album.
Folk singer Sandy Denny duets with Robert Plant. In live performances bassist John Paul Jones, who plays the mandolin on this track, sang along with Plant.
It is commonly believed to be based on events in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings' final volume, The Return of the King.
In the most common interpretation, the Prince of Peace, who "embraced the gloom" and "walked the night alone", refers to Frodo, who left the Fellowship of the Ring and left for Mordor with only his servant and friend Samwise Gamgee for company. "The Queen of Light" who "took her bow" is taken to refer to Galadriel, a queen of the Elves, signifying that the Third Age is ending and that the Age of Men will begin soon. Other interpretations of how the lyrics relate to Tolkien exist: one example has the "Prince of Peace" referring to Aragorn. Probably the song's most compelling link to Tolkien is the lyric: "The Ringwraiths ride in black", a Tolkien invention.
However, not everyone agrees that the lyrics of The Battle of Evermore refer to Tolkien's book. An extended commentary in favour of the Tolkien interpretation can be read here: "The Battle of Evermore" and Tolkien
The song was also covered by Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, credited as "The Lovemongers", on the soundtrack to the 1992 film Singles.
| Led Zeppelin |
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| John Bonham · John Paul Jones · Jimmy Page · Robert Plant |
| Discography |
| Studio Albums: Led Zeppelin · II · III · Image:Zoso.png (IV) · Houses of the Holy · Physical Graffiti · Presence · In Through the Out Door · Coda
Live Albums: The Song Remains the Same · BBC Sessions · How the West Was Won |
| Films |
| The Song Remains the Same · Led Zeppelin DVD |
| Other |
| Peter Grant · Swan Song Records · The Yardbirds · XYZ · The Firm · Page and Plant |
