Monday, December 10, 2012

The Greatest Adventure

My mind often conflates Biblical imagery with Tolkien imagery. And its not wonder. The Bible is the best selling book of all time (despite it actually being a couple dozen separate books smushed into a single volume) and The Lord of the Rings is one of the top three selling books of all times (despite it actually being six books conflated into a single narrative)

It's no wonder then that Glen Yarborough, in the introduction to the 1977 animated version of The Hobbit, wrote and sings a song called, "The Greatest Adventure." Here it is:


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