Blind Guardian trivia!

[glacier_kitty]

I didn't know most of these (found on Wikipedia..I'll bold the ones I knew already)

Battalions of Fear
"Majesty" is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. One can also find references to The Lord of the Rings from the songs "Wizard's Crown" and "Run For the Night"
"By the Gates of Moria" and "Gandalf's Rebirth" are instrumentals and thus contain no lyrics but are also based on the same work. "By the Gates of Moria" is derived from Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World".
"Guardian of the Blind" is based on Stephen King's It.
"The Martyr" is about Jesus Christ. (Umm..did I know that?)
"Battalions of Fear" is criticism against Ronald Reagan and his politics as the President of the United States of America. (I knew it was about the Cold War)
"Wizard's Crown" is about Aleister Crowley.

Somewhere Far Beyond
"Time What is Time" lyrics are widely inspired by the film Blade Runner.
"Journey Through the Dark" is about Jerry Cornelius, bard and companion of the Eternal Champion, from the books by Michael Moorcock.
"Black Chamber" is based on Twin Peaks.
"Theatre of Pain" is based on fantasy novel The Merman's Children by Poul Anderson
"Quest for Tanelorn" is based on the works of Michael Moorcock (Tanelorn being a fictional city in The Multiverse of Moorcock's stories).
"Ashes to Ashes" has several notes to the story of Dr. Faustus, referencing to Faustus's remorese in the final scenes of the play
"The Bard's Song (In the Forest)" also contains a short reference to the Middle-Earth legendarium, though probably more as a lead in to the next song.
"The Bard's Song (The Hobbit)" is based on the J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit.
"Somewhere Far Beyond" is based on Stephen King's Dark Tower series.


Imaginations from the Other Side
"Imaginations from the Other Side" contains references to The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, The Lord of the Rings, Alice in Wonderland, The Sword in the Stone, Chronicles of Narnia and the Corum novels. It seems to be about dreams and imaginations of children and the lack of it as an adult.
"I'm Alive" is about the Death Gate Cycle.
"A Past and Future Secret" is about T.H. White's The Once and Future King.
"The Script for My Requiem" is about The Holy Grail containing referrences to crusades.
"Mordred's Song" is about the Mordred character from The Once and Future King.
"Born in a Mourning Hall" is a criticism to religious fanatism nowadays.
"Bright Eyes" is about a child ill-treated by his parents. It might be about Mordred as well.
"Another Holy War" is about the last days of Jesus Christ.
"And the Story Ends" makes references to The Neverending Story (the book), although this is not the sole theme of the song.

Nightfall in Middle-earth
In "War of Wrath", Sauron advises his master Morgoth to flee the triumphant Valar in the War of Wrath. Morgoth sends him away and reflects on the events leading up to his defeat.
In "Into The Storm", Morgoth and Ungoliant, fleeing from Valinor after having destroyed the Two Trees, struggle for the possession of the Silmarils.
"Lammoth" is the scream of Morgoth with which he fights off Ungoliant.
In "Nightfall", Fëanor and his seven sons mourn the destruction wrought by Morgoth and swear to get revenge on him, in spite to the Valar.
In "The Minstrel" (?)
In "The Curse of Fëanor", Fëanor expresses his wrath and anger and relates the misdeeds he commits, especially the Kinslaying, in pursuit of Morgoth.
In "Captured", Morgoth addresses the captive Maedhros, Fëanor's son, and chains him to the Thangorodrim mountains.
In "Blood Tears", Maedhros relates the horrors of his captivity and his deliverance by Fingon.
"Mirror Mirror" recounts how Turgon, in view of inevitable defeat, builds the city of Gondolin, aided by Ulmo ("The Lord of Water").
In "Face The Truth", Fingolfin reflects about the destinty of the Noldor.
In "Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)", Fingolfin recounts his Noldor army's passage from the icy waste of Helcaraxë, reflects on his own and his people's guilt and foreshadows their ultimate defeat.
"The Battle of Sudden Flame" talks about the battle in which Morgoth breaks the Siege of Angband using his Balrogs and dragons.
"Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)" is about Fingolfin riding to the gates of Angband to challenge Morgoth to a duel. Fingolfin wounds Morgoth seven times but is eventually killed.
"The Dark Elf" refers to Eöl who seduced Turgon's sister and fathered Maeglin, who would eventually betray Gondolin.
In "Thorn", Maeglin reflects on his situation and decides to betraying Gondolin to Morgoth.
"The Eldar" is Elven king Finrod's farewell to his people, dying from wounds received in saving his human friend Beren from a werewolf.
In "Nom the Wise", Beren mourns his friend Finrod. Nóm means "wise" and was the name given to him by Beren's forefather Bëor.
In "When Sorrow Sang", Beren sings about his love to the Elven princess Lúthien and his death at the teeth of Morgoth's wolf Carcharoth.
"Out on the Water" refers to the last dwelling-place of Beren and Lúthien.
In "The Steadfast", Morgoth curses his captive Húrin who steadfastly refused to reveal the secret of Gondolin.
In "A Dark Passage", Morgoth ponders his triumph in the fifth battle. The song also relates the origins of the kindred of men and Morgoth's curse on Húrin to be witness to his children's tragic fate.
"Final Chapter (Thus ends ...)" concludes the album, speaking of Morgoth's victory by the "treachery of man" but also of the hope for a new day.
The cover art for the album features Lúthien dancing before Morgoth, from The Tale of Beren and Lúthien.

A Night at the Opera
"Precious Jerusalem" is based on the final days of Jesus of Nazareth
"Battlefield" is based of the Hildebrandslied, an old German tale of a father and son who find themselves in a duel to the death.
"Under The Ice" also has connections to the Iliad, but focuses more on Cassandra and what happened to her after the Trojan War, particularly from The Oresteia.
"Sadly Sings Destiny" contains many references to Jesus, and seems to be told from the perspective of Pontius Pilate.
"The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight" is about the story of Tristan und Isolde.
"Wait for an Answer" is inspired by the situation in Germany during the Nazi reign.
"The Soulforged" is based on the Dragonlance saga's tales of the mage Raistlin Majere.
"Age of False Innocence" is about Giordano Bruno.
"Punishment Divine" is about Nietzsche's decline into insanity.
"And Then There Was Silence" is inspired by the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid.
"Harvest of Sorrow" is based on Tolkien's tragic story of Túrin Turambar, which appears in the Silmarillion.

A Twist in the Myth
"This Will Never End" is inspired by Walter Moers' Wild Ride Through the Night.
"Otherland" is based on Tad Williams' Otherland series of novels.
"Turn the Page" contains references to Wicca, as well as renewal and the change of seasons.
"Fly" contains references to Peter Pan and was inspired by the film Finding Neverland.
"Carry the Blessed Home" is about Roland the Gunslinger and Jake Chambers at the end of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
"Another Stranger Me" portrays the mind of a person with multiple personalities who becomes aware of his other self. It draws inspiration from The Drawing of the Three, book two of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
"Straight through the Mirror" tells how dreams can change very quickly - it's about the importance of dreams in general too. Some claim it's about a person describing the experience and process of dying while in reality this person is just dreaming it all.
"Lionheart" is about Ulysses and his travels to Hades.
"Skalds and Shadows" is about the tales of Old Norse Skalds
"The Edge" is about St. Paul and his version of Christ.
"The New Order" deals with the necessity of changes.
"Dead Sound of Misery" is a remix of "Fly" about the Whore of Babylon

Pic of the day:



Today's stupidest quote: Hillary Clinton On Welfare (newspaper headline)

Comments

[rdyfrde.livejournal.com]

I knew about all of them. Mostly from this website:

http://www.kulichki.com/fantasy/bg/analyre.htm

Hansi tends to base his songs on this from books or religion :)

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

Whoaaa when you told me about that website you found with the Blind Guardian information, I had no idea it was that extensive! Wow. I'm going to spend more time reading this...this will be my education of the day haha. :P