#pippin singing

[autistook]

Lyrics from the Fellowship of the Ring book + the scene from the Return of the King movie

[tehcherrya]

For those of you who never knew as it's a detail one can easily miss (especially depending on which aspect ratio you're viewing in) but a lovely detail at that: Pippin was in the hobbit band in the background!

He's the one playing the banjolele!

These shots I have of the scenes where he is most visible are from the Fullscreen edition (A DvD I own and often watch for the different viewing experience). I believe in the Widescreen edition their heads are cut off by the aspect ratio-- so it's easy to miss!

And for those of you who haven't put it together already, yes! That is our beloved Merry standing next to him as they both watch Frodo dance.

Mind you, Merry is not in the band. A few scenes prior he was actually along the precession line of bringing in Bilbo's Birthday cake. He probably came up to the platform to talk to Pippin, give him a mug of something to drink and inevitably snatch him away for some mischief. Because after this brief scene, Pippin is then absent from the stage-- he and Merry are going to go swipe some fireworks!

[secretmellowart]

"The Last Goodbye" Pippin animatic! The fact that Billy Boyd sings The Last Goodbye always makes it feel like a 'missing Pippin song' to me. The line "I saw the light fade from the sky" always reminds me of the moment in Gondor where Pippin sees the stars vanish behind the clouds of Mordor. This animatic is also directly based on/is a study of shots in ROTK-- so if you're really Deep Into It you might be able to pick out exactly what specific scenes I'm referencing. I may continue drawing out the full song, but I've had this opening bit in my head very vividly for a while.

[gandalf-the-fool]

[cultivating-wildflowers]

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[practically-an-x-man]

might have found a choir group to sing in :D

[fuckyeahelijahwoodfan]

Elijah wood and Billy boyd at Atlanta comic con singing 😍

[morecaffeineplease]

hot take: the lord of the rings movies should've been musicals

[tobbogan-13]

WHY IS THE E5 AT THE END OF SIMPLE JOYS SO BELTY?????

[daftmooncretin]

saw a post on here that was basically like oh frodo and sam were suffering on the quest meanwhile merry and pippin just partied and its like yeah frodo and sams journey was terrible but are we forgetting Merry and Pippin:

watched Boromir die trying to save them

got kidnapped and starved and beaten by orcs

got separated just after getting reunited with the others (didnt know if they would see eachother again)

WENT TO WAR (pippin is basically a teenager in hobbit years)

fought in the shire uprising.

Like yeah of course it was worse for Sam and Frodo but my poor hobbits went through absolute life changing trauma why are yall acting like all they did was get wasted in rohan.

[softlyapollo]

@ broadway: revive pippin again you cowards

[laneynoir]

Had a dream last night that I went to a concert. Like Symphony concert. And they just played the LOTR sound track.

[danger-xylophones]

I did an A Capella cover of Pippin's song lol

With a shit ton of reverb cause it sounded cool

[tiredesperdad]

Me watching lotr alone: crying so much I give myself a headache

Me watching lotr with friends: did you know that hobbits love mushrooms?

[obaewankenope]

It's the dichotomy between the scenes. The dissonance of a lord eating with nary a care while soldiers ride to death and despair with an "innocent" mourning them and the lord caring not for the song and its meaning, only that it entertains him while he eats.

Just-

I don’t think any movie will make me feel the same ethereal sense of otherworldly sorrow and disembodied awe as that scene in Lord of the Rings where the loyal son is sent off into a doomed battle to please his vindictive father while Pippin sings a mourning song of his people

I was like 12 and high off this shit

[art-of-firefly]

Thinking of how Legolas began to feel the call of the sea, irresistible and overwhelming, during the quest and yet waited until everyone in the fellowship died before leaving. Except Gimli of course, who he took with him.

He waited decades out of love and friendship.

Thinking about Merry and Pippin buried next to Aragorn.

Thinking about Eomer who called for Merry at the end of his life, to see him one more time before he passed away.

Thinking about Sam who, after Rosie passed away, left Middle Earth to see Frodo one more time before his own death.

Thinking about Legolas and Aragorn singing for Boromir, Merry and Pippin who owe their lives to him praising his deeds and bravery.

Thinking about Gimli, who walked the Path of the Dead out of love of Aragorn and visited Fangorn forest out of love of Legolas.

Thinking about Gandalf, who feels responsible for the heavy burden he placed on Bilbo and Frodo, and who took them with him to Aman, traveling with them one last time to bring them somewhere where they will finally know peace.

The love i have for them.