The lord of the rings was my dad's favorite. We would watch it once a year as a family. And i know he specifically loved the music. He passed September 2019 and I keep coming to this video to feel close to him.
Peter Crosby Thank you for sharing. Just from this little comment you made it is apparent on the impact your father had in your life. What’s amazing about that memory of your father is you will do something similar if not the same with your kids. And thus the ripple your father made in your heart will be felt generations to come.
oh man wth....this was the exact same scenario with my mom.The ONLY reason I even know about Lord of the Rings was because of her and she LOVED watching the scenes of hobbiton over and over.She passed away on September too and I come back to listen to this just to hear how happy she used to get when the music and scenes came on in my head.God do I miss her.I feel for you bro
Peter, May I sit with you and listen? I too am acquainted with grief and loss. This music is deeply emotive for me as well.💜🇨🇦 For all who find solace here ~ be ever loyal and true to yourself and those who walk along side you on the journey, this adventure ~ this tale.
In light of how the world is right now, this quote has never been more perfect: It's like in the great stories Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy. How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad happened. But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something. That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for. -Samwise Gamgee
AKproductionz, I have always seen Sam as the central character. He is Tolkien’s Everyman: the common person who embodies the dignity, honor, and goodness Tolkien saw in all of humanity.
@@b1j exactly, he was such a simple person and he was in now way a warrior, but through out the films you see him grow mentally. This quote shows that he now begins to understand and he knows what's right.
I’m so lonely everyday but at night it’s the worst. Loneliness is one of the craziest feelings I’ve experienced. These videos, these comments make me feel just a bit less lonely
I know we don’t know each other, but I’m praying for you my friend:)! “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18
I have never been able to put this desire into words. It’s hard to explain, because it’s not a nerdy obsession, it’s more of a longing for simpler, lost way of life; one that has never, but may yet come about.
I was lucky enough to visit the Shire set in New Zealand a few years ago. It was so lovely. I almost cried the whole time - in a way, it felt like coming home, even though I had never been there before.
If I had to choose Erebor, The Lonely Mountain, or, The Shire, It would be, The Lonely Mountain, I am part dwarf and elf, and as much I would love to go to The Shire, it would have to be Erebor.
I've been living in Oxfordshire, GB since February. For me, it's almost as close as it gets. Rolling hills, green pastures, wild flowers, huge, open skies, and lots of nice, hobbit-like people who love feasts, ale, a laugh or two and their gardens.
If I understand you correctly, I think just like Samwise, Merry and Pippin after Frodo leaves at the end of the books, we too can know and have, "...great comfort in (our) friends on the long grey road."❤
The two things I want most in life: an old wizard scratching something on my door with his staff, and a wardrobe leading to a snowy forest and a single street lamp.
I agree but we can't forget a fast starship to take us to across the galaxy. Nor a strange man's little blue box to show us all of time......these are the four things I want most in life. A return to our sense of wonder and imagination.
Perhaps it is because our origins are from God and when you experience beauty, truth, goodness, you come into contact with the God that created you, your origins and the true place in which we all call home, within the very heart of God.
“End? No the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey-rain curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.”
@@monitoredactivity8649 its because the universe we live in is all we know. No matter how we roll the dice, or which masks the characters wear, it's all the same story. It's all the truth, and life that lives in us all. You dont need religious texts to bare witness to the splendor of creation, or hear the universes truth. Stories, and myths have always sufficed.
My 28 year old brother died a year ago. He and I used to watch LOTR and The hobbit all the time. This song is what I have to remember him now. Hold your loved ones close :)
I'm so sorry, my heart goes out to you and your family. Every time I hear something like this, I'm scared about my own siblings. I hope you've been doing well over the past year, sending hobbit hugs! 🍻
On a lonely night, I came here wishing to find my people. I long to travel to distant places, speak every language and learn as much as I can while I exist. For now I can't do those things, but at least here, I can feel a little closer to peoples I've yet to meet, read such beautiful comments and feel a little better about my station in life right now. Good travels to all who're here in the Shire looking for comfort and their purpose.
*Rest forever in peace C. Tolkien. Thank you for sharing your fathers works with the world and for completing what he couldn’t. You and your fathers love for literacy will forever be embedded in the hearts and minds of those who dared to step foot in the land of middle earth. Til we meet again old friend til we meet again.*
R.I.P Tolkien u were a legend of ur time and I hope many years later people will still be awe inspired and love ur movies like we do I hope to see u in the afterlife
I Alway's don't Understand how Small and Short you human's out there are! at least Men Should be Tall not 5'2 like a Girl! I am 6'5 then again I have a Bloodline of German's and Viking's and Knight's and King's I have Warrior Blood my Dad is funny he says I Look like Part of the Mountain's were Ripped out to Form my Muscular Physique! and he is not small by ANY MEAN'S. I also have Scottish in me and they are a Great people as well. thanks to short people everything is made for them i have to squat down in cars look like Mr. Incredible in a small car and Hit my Head on so many things if I ever say anything crazy I blame it on short people LoL I have a Hard Head Literally Sturdy and Stubborn as an OX.
@@thespacedisland5746 I don't think so. I think it's his own original work. Looking at some of the other comments on this video, he writes using the same style. Here's an example: Nathaniel Castro 6 days ago "No Reincarnating exist's after life your judged to be Good Evil or Neutral Neutral is evil also and cannot exist in the Celestial Kingdom highest of the Heaven's. NO FENCE SITTER'S!!!!!!!!" posted as a reply to a comment about someone saying that after they die they'd like to be reincarnated into tolkien's world....
“I came from the end of bag, but no bag went over me. I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ring-winner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.” - Bilbo Baggins Ian Holm 1931-2020
Tell me how to get there. Tell me how to find the Hundred Acre Woods and I will go there. Tell me the forest where Bambi lives and I will lose myself there.
Ga jij nu het weer mag naar de Beekse Bergen of de Efteling? Dan hoef je niet je eigen boterhammetjes te smeren! Leek een hele tijd wel zo, maar dinsdag werd duidelijk dat het kabinet toch een uitzondering voor pretparken en dierentuinen maakt. Daar kun je vanaf donderdag gewoon eten en drinken afhalen.🥪
Samwise: "Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?"
Do you remember your youth when all was young and new? Do you remember when the days were longer and you ran on swift feet? Do you remember the magic? Remember because it is still there inside you and it is a light and you are the light and you will always shine if you remember and are grateful for this precious gift of life given to you; - God you are the Light and we return to the light and we are renewed in you!
My friend learned to play the flute PURELY so he could play this music. I have literally walked by his house more than once and heard him playing it inside. He cannot play anything else at all. It is possibly one of the most peaceful pieces of music in the world. Also it calms down his dogs who often go to sleep beside him when he plays. Music is the real magic in the world.
You ever just want your day to consist of waking up in a really cozy bed with the smell of firewood and French toast in the morning, as you finally open your eyes the sunlight streams through all the circular windows in your cabin. The floor is an old creaky oak wood but it brings more nostalgia than annoyance. A convenient little cabin that invites you to the living room with the sound of crackling firewood as soon as you walk out of your bedroom. Now that the sun is up you extinguish the fire and settle down in a rocking chair facing out of a window that displays the most beautiful clover fields in the whole world. Children running around and laughing, folks walking with their family and friends, the faint sound of birds singing their morning song. And you just sit there for 15 minutes admiring it all. The day goes by with errands and events, going to the market for breads, and milk, eggs and such. And finally, a local gathering for the town feast where everyone is invited to a large tavern as the sun begins to set over the rolling hills. By the time everyone has enjoyed their food, the night is present but still young. You say goodbye to your friends and neighbors and head back to the cozy hill cabin. Your routine night pipe awaits by the fireplace where you smoke while you light and poke the fireplace to life again. Crickets slowly create an ambience throughout the night that tells you most people are asleep by now. Pipe in mouth you read a massive book called ‘the Adventures of Bilbo Baggins’ for about 30 minutes by the fire each night, settled down in a cozy leather chair. The moonlight reveals the clover fields one more time before morning, and what once was a lively vivacious town is temporarily silent as you set the pipe atop the fireplace and head to sleep. The last thing you hear is the crickets in the distance, and an occasional gentle breeze through your circular windows. All is well, and the house is furnished just to your liking. You pick up your old note keeper to write out your day as you normally do before falling asleep. You tell of the warm morning sunshine, the bright green clover fields, the laughing children and the wandering neighbors, the amazing food at the town feast and all the wonderful conversations and laughs you had whilst being there, but most importantly you emphasize how happy you are to be alive in such an amazing time and place. And you finish with, “I couldn’t think of any place I’d rather be than here in The Shire.” At last, you put the note keeper back on the nightstand, cover up in your cozy bed, and drift into a long peaceful sleep. No worries, no anxiety, no pressure. All is Well
Anyone else want to go join me and live in the Shire? Or Rivendell. I want a place to relax with some tea, music, and a book. The Lord of the Rings is such a great series, thank you professor Tolkien for making us all feel like kids :)
Seeing everyone in the comments makes me so happy. The Shire has connected us all, and I hope everyone reading this is happy and has an incredible night/day :)
Lilymoon I was a combat medic for 6 years. Loss taught me the hard way to hold on to what you do have. I’m beyond thankful to have the life I do, and to have so many to cherish it with. I hope you can find the same love in your life.
My grandmother introduced me to Bilbo and the Shire at the age of four, 38 years ago, and I’ve spent my entire literary existence searching for the warmth and comfort that Tolkien created in Middle Earth, in other novels. My heart will always belong to the Shire, and to Rivendell, from the shores of the Grey Havens to the Citadel of the White Tower and beyond. I will always cherish these stories, every page of every version of every book I’ve ever owned that brings me back. I learned to enjoy reading with Bilbo and the Dwarves of Erebor, and Mr. Tolkien’s Middle Earth has been an inspiration all my years. My children, and their children, will learn to love the Shire as I have, for as long as the paper upon which the words of this masterful tale are written remains. Thank you, J.R. and Christopher, for letting the world accompany you on your journey through Middle Earth and now beyond. As Gandalf once told the Lord of the Eagles, Gwaihir: May the wind under your wings bear you to where the sun sails and the moon walks
🥺💗I'm pregnate of my first kid..my son will know what's the trully power of literature music and also cinema when its part of a good writing like Mr Tolkien..can i ask you some advices to order the readings for adapting every age of my little one?for know i only put the music on the belly and some special quotes of Gandalf Sam Galadriel and Arwën
It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to. 🕯️❤️ 💐❤️
This is something Game of Thrones can’t give you. A sense of going home to a place you’ve never been to. Coziness, safety, reassurance. Old friends you’ve dreamed about meeting. Edit: oh my goodness thank you for all the likes!
That is because LOTR is a fairy tale while GOT is more of a real life adaptation. We don't yearn for realism, we want the ethereal, the things we can't have. Magic, friendship and wonders; a cozy evening in a smial with not a care for anything. GOT is grim, nightmarish yet real, all the things you do not want to experience, everything twisted and wrong. Yet we love them both for different reasons. yay
I love how civilised the LOTR fans are. Everything in an argument is resolved politely and with actual substantial points that aren't simply unfounded and dumb insults to other people's fandoms. Cheers to a great fandom :')
When I get to Heaven I'm going to look around and then coming up to God I'm going to say, "Lord, this is wonderful, thank you for your love. Now, excuse me, but where is the hobbit section. You see Sire, I'm a big folk but I feel a need for my beloved Shire." And there, I think I will find Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Bilbo and plenty of elves, dwarves and a wizard named Gandalf. Next door, by the way, is Narnia.
Dear reader, I hope you are having a nice day or night. If no one has told you this recently, or even if they have, you are enough. You are loved. You will be okay. Whatever is worrying you will pass, and things will get better. I hope this beautiful music is giving you comfort and that you can give yourself a smile today. You are so brave and so strong. I believe in you. Have a beautiful day, and life. -A friend. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Thank you whoever you are and wherever you are. Thank you for being a beautiful person and I'm glad I met you here in the Shire. :) Be blessed and may your journey be wonderful and fulfilling.
There are people in the world whose hearts turned to stone for many reasons. But if you have a heart which still melts in music and finds hope,you're lucky. Have a nice day.
Everytime I feel sad, gloomy, angry with myself, demotivated or have an art block, I visit this video. Not only the score, the people in the comments make me extremely happy :D If you are reading this, my dear friends, have an amazing day, you deserve all the love, support and comfort of the world. No matter who are you, where are you from, what age are you, the shire has connected us and I intend to stay connected. You'll have a friend in me. Always :)
Hope comes from the most unlikely of places. The sun shines the brightest in the morning, however dark the night was. At spring the first flower is brightest and the first fruits are the freshest. The songs of birds after winter are like water to the thirsty... And the smallest person can change the course of the future. For all those stuck inside and troubled from COVID-19 and economic crisis, may these verses encourage you. Not all hope is lost!
My friend and i loved the Lord of the Rings books. We both loved reading the books and when we both turned 12, we could watch the movies (we were 11 at the time). My birthday is on May the 15th, his May the 26th. Time flew by as we were so excited to watch the movies. When i turned 12, i got the dvd's of all the 3 films, but i made a promise to my friend we would watch them together for the first time so, i waited until his 12th birthday. As soon as we came home from school, we made popcorn and watched them all in one sitting. It was an absolute joy to watch them. We both loved gaming so when we heard that there would be coming a LEGO Lord of the Rings game, we "jumped holes in the ceiling" my mom said. We waited for what seemed like YEARS for the game to release. And when the time had finally come, we rushed to the store and bought 1 disc. As soon as we got home we put in my xBox 360 and played it every, single, day. Make homework as soon as you come home frome school? No, play LEGO Lord of the Rings. We completed it in like 2 - 3 weeks. We knew there was an upcoming move from The Hobbit. We also loved reading the books of The Hobbit so when we heard that, we couldn't be more excited. The movie got released 2 or 3 weeks after we completed playing LEGO Lord of the Rings so we didn't have to wait long. Again, we rushed home after school to watch the new movie (our moms had gotten the movies for us). We loved it. We pulled an all-nighter. Around the time when the 2nd The Hobbit movie got released, my friend got sick. We first thought it was just a simple cold so we ignored it. But he didn't got any better so, he went to the doctor and it turned out he got Stage 3 cancer. We of course were in absolute shock. In a short period of time, it got worse and worse and he had to go to the hospital. He couldn't do much except lay in bed (this was around Christmas). The 2nd Hobbit movie had just released but this time, it didn't feel good. We couldn't pull an all-nighter and watch it as we did with the previous ones. As Christmas gift, i have him the 2nd Hobbit movie. We both were so excited to watch it together, even though it had to be different this time (i hadn't seen it yet). We had such joy watching it in the hospital. A few months had passed and things still wouldn't get better. Around our birthdays, things even got so bad he had to move to an other hospital. Things went a little better, but again around November things got really really bad. He sadly passed away, a few weeks before the 3rd movie got released. I couldn't stop crying for weeks. It felt so bad to watch the movie without him. When LEGO The Hobbit came out, i played it on the exact same place as we used to play together. The soundtracks, the books, the movies, the games, it all reminds me of him. Especially the soundtracks. Every year around our birthdays and christmas, i listen to this to feel more connected again. (And Matthew, if you see this, i collected all the coins as you always wanted me to do) I miss you
I have never felt like I belong anywhere in this world. But this music gives me a sense of belonging, a home that I never had. Makes me believe that someday I'd be in that place.
For Tolkien, fantasy and myths could reflect deeper truth: “We have come from God and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed, only by myth-making, only by becoming a ‘sub-creator’ and inventing stories, can Man ascribe to the state of perfection that he knew before the fall.” www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/9-things-you-should-know-about-j-r-r-tolkien/ :D :D
I feel the same. Nowhere have I ever found a place that I felt I fit into until I read these books. I have traveled this world and still, working on making my own piece of the Shire. This music makes me laugh/cry all at the same time. The comments make my heart swell. I visit here when I need to remember how good the world is with people like all of you in it.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time given to us :) " - Gandalf It's 10PM here in CA and I'm about to go to sleep. Hopefully you lovely people will have an amazing day/night. LOTR people are the best because we keep it real here cmon now :)
Imagine this : A little wooden house in the middle of nature , sitting outside on a rocking chair , or simply the porch , at the light of a candle . Looking up at the stars with a small breeze passing by , sharing a drink with the person you love the most in the world . This is what I call "home" , and this is where this makes me feel .
A young child sits alone in a dark room, a candle his only companion. He hides from the scary world in a tattered blanket and finds shelter in an old book with the name J.R.R Tolkein on the cover. Thank you sincerely for reminding me of my innocence when my world was still so small. I truly appreciate this with tears in my eyes. Thank you for sharing this digital smile.
Sometimes my stomach hurts when I hear this music. I just want to live a Hobbit live, peaceful, sitting with a book next to a fire - take long walks in the forest.
I feel like this comment section is the Green Dragon surrounded by friendly hobbits cosy and amiable! It's always wonderful to see how much Lord of the Rings means to us. A safe place. A home. A dream. All my favourite quotes people are posting here too ❤️
Ain't that right??? Surrounded by friends or at least people you could become friends with easily, just having a little smoke of old Toby and a beer in one hand...
on my wedding day years ago when we gave each other our wedding rings we had a flute player playing this song.. such a magical moment. Thank you LOTR to be a very huge and important part in my life
My wedding is gonna play this when people are settling down and the wedding ended and I bet people will fall asleep and I would too and at my funeral I would also have this music playing so people remember me and the movies I hold dear to my heart
“Look, I know you doubt me, I know you always have. And you're right. I often think of Bag End. I miss my books. And my armchair. And my garden. See, that's where I belong. That's home. That's why I came back, 'cause you don't have one. A home. It was taken from you. But I will help you take it back if I can.” -Bilbo Baggins; The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
To those going through rough times, you've got this. You'll make it before you know. Just take some time periodically to relax, and you'll be okay. My replies are open, and I shall not ever judge you. Remember, we're on this journey together.
Me, looking at the current state of the world crying: I wish none of this had happened... Gandalf, materializing into my conscience, smiling kindly: so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, besides the will of evil. This isn't my own, I found someone who had written that on a website, but it helps quite a lot 💚
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” -Frodo. “So do I,and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”-Gandalf
This hits different with COVID-19 but it inspires me to keep doing the next good thing and help others be safe as much as i can stay safe everyone know that if no one else i am sending love and support to everyone in these comments cause that is how we role in the shire
These comments are just the loveliest. I'm glad the real fans who care about the series are still the same genuine people, rings of power has really torn a rift in the fandom. I hope that once it releases and the overall freakout has died down we can go back to normal.
This is what helps me sleep at night. I dream of Hobbiton, of the small rivers und hills in the shire, of the peace that a home can give you. And when the theme of the fellowship starts to come through, I imagine myself there, together with Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. These melodies, together with Tolkiens wonderful piece of literary genius, give me a feeling, like no other.
Sehr schön. Ich liebe Herr der Ringe auch. Hier in den Komments sind die meisten Menschen auch so nett, hilfsbereit und warmherzig wie Hobbits. Es tut mir so Leid, dass jemand versucht hat, dieses Idyll zu zerstören. Aber das Böse kann nicht gewinnen. Licht hát mehr Macht als Dunkelheit. Liebe ist mächtiger als Hass. Gute Menschen gewinnen, denn sie können zusammen für ein gemeinsames Ziel kämpfen, und das können böse Leute nicht: sie sind zu egoistisch dazu.
“You’ve left out one of the chief characters- Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam... Frodo wouldn’t have gotten far without Sam.” - Frodo Baggins
Mia Galden Their friendship is so beautiful, I think that it might be one of my favorite elements of the movie! You’re right, there really aren’t enough people in this world who share their love and kindness equally to everyone🧡
“There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." Thorin Oakenshield
@Mia Galden He realized that , but it was too late. It speaks to Thorins regret. I think that not only was Thorin speaking of Bilbo , and the Hobbits, character but I believe it was a blessing as well.
How true this has become to so many. I hope that others are now finding that this is the true value of a life well-lived. The love of friends and family, the comforts that give you pleasure, and all of the many myriad of daily happenings that make you wish for this place. We all create this outside of ourselves, as we live in our hearts, so we show this to the world. Peace, friends.
Imagine waking up one morning, in a big soft bed, covered by fresh smelling sheets and blankets, the fire in the fireplace slowly roaring and crackling, the cool autumn breeze coming in from the open window and on the kitchen table, hot bread fresh from the oven, with butter and jam waiting for you to begin your day with. You pull up a chair and you sit next to that open window, letting the cool breeze wake you up while you peacefully enjoy your breakfast and listen to the birds chirp.. 1615
Whenever I get stressed out in life, I bake bread, open up the house, and clean my bedsheets 😂 You just made my habits sound like a storybook ☺️ Thanks! Edit: I found this soundtrack while making tea, because I don't want to do my homework 😅
I imagine walking the roads of the Shire, stopping in for a pint at the Green Dragon, visiting Bumfarlong and having mushrooms with the Maggots, looking at the items in the Mathom house and seeing their history in my minds eye. But the thing I long to gaze upon is the fairest of all the Mallorn trees that now grows in the Party field planted by Sam. He used his gift from the Lady so wisely.
I still remember sitting in the theater as The Fellowship of the Ring began. I was so worried that it wouldn't live up to the books. Then I saw the Shire...my worry disappeared, joy filled my heart, and I had to blink back tears. It seemed so real...so perfect. Blinking back tears again.
It was the same for me :) I was a bit worried about the level of adaptation despite many news about the progresses of filming and advertisements of the new trilogy. And my feels at the beginning of the first movie in the cinema was not only good, there was smt like misgivings, smt nagging me about these films being only a big budget money grabbing etc... I was not only happy while seeing the dark screen and hearing Galadriel's voice... I was not happy yet... and then I saw it... the green brightness of the Shire and at this moment I was bought by PJ movies :)
I truly wish I could be there at that time and see it in a theater. I was born in 2001, too late. I will never regret watching the trilogy for the first time in 2014, but it was surely less enjoyable than watching it at the cinema. Now I'm 19, and I keep watching them again and again :) Have a great day, best wishes from a random french student ;)
Exactly this. I was stunned and riveted to my seat. I went with my best friend who loves this as much as I do. We saw all three together. Oh how I miss her.
@@susantracey2207 I'm in the same boat as you. She wasn't my best friend but a friend I miss. Mad about LoTR and could probably speak Elvish too, room covered in Middle Earth posters. She took us all on 3 very special field trips to the cinema to watch the trilogy. Fond memories that I will always treasure
My life is really hectic now, sometimes I feel like my head is going to explode and die from the stress so I put the lord of the rings sound track and i finally found this one. When I listen to this sound track I close my eyes and imagine I am outside my hobbit hole on the bench toking on my pipe and watching the view in front of me. Listenting to the water and being at peace with nature. This gives me an escape from the life i lead consumed by technology and the struggles of today's society. One day i won't need to close my eyes to imagine I will be there on that bench at peace with myself.
Some days I just want to leave school, find a nice place like a Hobbit hole, cuddle up to a fire and listen to this music, and just read and write to my heart’s content and until I’m old and wise.
The Comment section is killing me rn, so many People who feel just like me. Never thought i‘d be crying in my bed at midnight Dreaming about the Shire Edit: 5 months later and i still get that vibe
My father would force me to watch it with him when I was a kid, and I would complain. Back then I was so ignorant of the path that would lay ahead. And it led me right back to my roots, this story, which with him had been so comforting. And is also my all time favorite story. One not easily forgotten. 7 long years since his passing this story has given me courage in my darkest times and wisdom in my dumbest.
Last year walked through New Zealand and in between I listened to the music. I felt Hobbits around me all the time. "There's something good in this world Mr. Frodo.."
“There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same. I am wounded with knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden. Where shall I find rest?” - Frodo, The Return of the King, Homeward Bound We all remember this music and takes us back to 2001. Seasons of life always change, years come and go but this music will always be something that takes us back. And like Frodo says, it may be different but it is still the Shire. Thank you for this nostalgia.
LOTR means so much to me and will always have a place in my heart and these videos instantly flood me with all the love and emotion I have for these films, story and characters and the time it meant to me and what it will always mean to me. Simply beautiful. I wanna stay in Middle Earth always.
Isn't he actually saying it's not the Shire? Not the one he remembers. Pretty powerful metaphor for growing up actually, I feel just like this when I go back to my childhood home... it's the same house, but the era I grew up in is gone.
@@xire7021 "You'll see when you move out. It just sort of happens one day, one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't even exist. I don't know maybe it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start. It's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place." - Garden State
Its 2020 but still there is no replacement of this classic. I feel like all the people in the comment section are my friends. FRIENDS if you ever find any way to go to SHIRE . Then please do message me. LOTS OF LOVE TO EVERY HOBBIT IN THIS COMMENT SECTION.
The shire is in your heart. Keep it close as your family and one day, you see the lush green fields, the trickling of the water, the taste of the ripe sweet fruits, and the smell of dew of a mid-summers eve rain, that my friend, if you keep it close you will, someday, come see the shire, and if you are lucky you might be able to come just on time for teatime, don’t forget my friend.
@@Trollioli I went there last year and I recommend sitting apart from the group and have some music like this playing while you just sit there. As it was supposed to rain hard that day there were not many people. And during our tour, the sky cleared and the sun shone brightly! I could enjoy The Shire all to myself for a few minutes, making it even more magical.
“Wood and pipe smoke drifted on the humid night air. The smell of pies set out on windowsills wafted through the atmosphere. The grass beneath his feet was warm and beginning to wet with the dew. The stars above shone with their stately brilliance, as small gemstones dancing through the night’s sky. He breathed deeply of it all. ‘Home. The Shire has been my home for as long as I can remember. I have tread these paths since time immemorial, wore their every twist and turn into the essence of my soul. My very being is this place, it a part of me as much as I a part of it. It breaks my heart to leave her rolling hills, her brooks and streams, her stony paths. But I, in equal measure to my love for her, feel the need to leave her as disheartening as it may be. And though I might never again gaze upon another midnight sky here in the Shire, I will never truly be lost to her. I will never forget the warm summer days spent in lazy contentment under the shade of an oak tree, or the cooling waters of a wandering brook. These I will carry with me wherever I may go, little bits and pieces to remind me of home. Ah yes, home indeed.’ “
This makes me so homesick for a place I’ve never been. Perhaps it’s the old times and memories I share with my family and friends with this movie that creates such a feeling. But it’s always the Shire music that sparks that nostalgia and homesickness. Every time. It’s why I have a symbol of the shire tattooed on my arm. ❤️
It's not so much the ambiance - it's the melody - so appealing to the intellect and capturing of the emotion. Complex melody has just just about disappeared from music today, even orchestral; thus, it so warms the heart when you find the genius of one.
01 "Saruman believes that it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found it is the small things. Everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love." - Gandalf
I feel your pain i live with severe anxiety and depression that's why i work out every single day cuz i have too!!! it helps along with relaxing music. Rock and Roll Rap and Gangster music is too negative i would not listen to them. only on occasion if it is good Old fashioned Rock!! Check out Trance and Techno music maybe it will help or meditation music helps me.
Music can be so healing. I often need headphones & calming music when I’m out of my house, or even just having something calm playing quietly on my phone while it’s in my handbag. People won’t typically notice it, but I can hear it 😊 . I guess it gives me something else to focus on. Also Singing or humming can help too, I think because you’re regulating your breathing, but I just find it calms me down. *hugs* ❤️
When I was a young boy no older than 5 or 6 my parents bought a small farm in the mountains. My brother and I used to run through the clover filled woods and stop to lay on our backs in the blankets of clover. Time stood still back then. We had no worries or pressures of the world. We would lay on our backs for what seemed like hours. I sure miss those days.
I have trouble falling asleep in dead silence as it gets me thinking. Sometimes the troubles that are currently present. Sometimes it's something exciting i look up to, and sometimes just overthinking about my plans, decisions or deeds. But this is the medicine to my insomnia. Puts my mind to ease and just lets me fall asleep as everything is how it's supposed to be, I'm alive and i feel love.
Because down deep within the very marrow of your bones you know life in the Shire, this is the way it is suppose to be. It was stolen from us in Eden. The Garden of Eden was the original Shire. hugs.
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” ― C.S. Lewis
When I was a boy there was a dark time in my life that I found refuge in a place called Middle earth . I had a ticket between the pages of a book that would magically take me to where I could shed my pain and live life as someone else. Looking back as a man I feel fortunate. ~Not all that is gold may glitter~
At some point in my life, when I was little, books were one of the only things that made me feel better. At school, I was in quasi-permanent psychological pain, and had to contain my tears most of the time. But during breaks, every time I started reading, I could feel a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, as I drifted into imaginary worlds. I am so grateful for books.
I feel like you were telling my story.... in no other pages could I transform my life so completely. A hallowed refuge from chaos and sadness...now at the other end of my life, I am still captivated, still returning to Middle-earth with my grandchildren now, but in peace, healing and love.
This music brings me back to a short period in my life where everything felt like pure bliss and there were no family health issues, financial issues, freedom of imagination. Im able to calm down and relax whenever i play this music its quite literally the only thing that can make me feel like a kid again despite all the hardships of real life. Thank you for posting these.
there is a home just like this to go to. Tolkien and Lewis had the idea to create several Christian based novels. this is one of them. I think heaven will be like this for many. peace.
My parents introduced me to the Lord of the Rings. They both loved it, and my moms uncle also loves it. I have loved it ever since I first read it in 4th grade. During the Lockdown, I was still 8th grade and Freshman year of highschool. It was very tough to watch the world fall apart around me in nearly every conceivable way. I was scared, alone most often, and struggling the whole time, and I was smothered by doubt, uncertainty, fear, anxiety, and loneliness. It was tough for me, especially knowing how many people out in the world had it worse, how many were dying, how many lost their jobs, etc. It was a lot to comprehend, and I thought about it all almost 24/7, nightmared included. One of the ways that I was able to bring myself some semblance of brief peace at the time, was to sit by my apartment bedroom window late at night with some tea, maybe a snack, and play this video while i thought my thoughts. Its hard to worry when you feel like you're in the Shire. Its hard to spiral under the weight of existential dread when you're in the shire next to a cozy fireplace with the crickets outside. This video made it a bit easier to breath, to relax, to let go of the world for a bit. This video helped me feel something like peace, as it brought me back to my favorite hideaway from reality. This music reminded me that I have a place, however big or small, in this world. And that was something I sorely needed to remember. I'm sitting here writing this by my window in 2023, a few years post lockdown, with my snack and the sounds of the shire at night. I still find respite from the stressors of life in this music and these sounds. I will never not be grateful to the creator of this video, as well as J.R.R Tolkien and Christopher for bringing Middle Earth to life, and for saving my life with the stories that gave me a way out throughout my life whenever I required one. I love everyone in this comment section, I wish you all the best and I hope you get your well deserved peaceful happily ever after.
No Reincarnating exist's after life your judged to be Good Evil or Neutral Neutral is evil also and cannot exist in the Celestial Kingdom highest of the Heaven's. NO FENCE SITTER'S!!!!!!!!
@@jovankovacswallis8453 when though? in medieval times no one really had the opportunities we have now. a comfortable life, the illnesses are mostly curable, even though global problems are hovering menacingly and economics is shite...to obtain something of equal value must be lost i guess
I honesty believe humans were not made to live like this. I think technology has distanced us from our true selves, and something in our DNA remembers what we were and what we're supposed to be. I think things like violence, cold winter nights, sitting around a fire in the mountains by yourself, and music like this brings those things to the surface
If I was able to choose which fictional world I could live in, I would choose Middle Earth. I have spent hours upon hours reading, watching, listening, and writing about Middle Earth, The Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings. What Tolkien has created for us is just so amazing! I have gotten to know all the characters so intimately and they each feel like some of my closest friends and family and I would do anything to talk to them, hug them, or even see them in real life! I have spent hours and hours researching and memorizing lines and line from movies and books! I have cried many tears and spent many emotions on them! I would do anything to go Middle Earth, my home!
I had always lived in the city. Was born in the city and lived there for 40 or so years. Recently through circumstance, made a move to a small farming county. It's very much like living in the shire. Everyone knows everyone, and it's very peaceful and cozy. I'll never go back. I also realized that the city had hardened me, and was making me angry. Glad to say I'm on the way to being a more laid back person.
There’s something about the lord of the rings music that makes me feel a way I’ve never felt with any other movie soundtrack. Especially the shire music. It just puts a smile on my face, it gives me such a nostalgic feeling from my youth, watching these movies with my dad and just loving every aspect of it. It’s what got me into fantasy, the lord of the rings will always have a special place in my heart.
Why is there this aching longing in my heart ? Could it be that we live in a world not truly meant to be? Somehow we allowed the wicked to arise and take control of the life that we were meant to have. It is a trying time that we face in this the "fourth age". I don't know how, but we must find a way to win this struggle. We daily fight against all things that would not only take but kill the very heart of kindness.
My wife and I love LOTR! We love it even more after spending 2 weeks exploring all of New Zealand last year! The entire drive we listened to the LOTR soundtracks! Now when we watch the movies it makes us sad because we just want to be back in New Zealand. Very beautiful country. We recently pulled off the ultimate movie marathon! We watched all LOTR and Hobbit extended movies in one day! Took us over 22 hours! Made a blanket fort and she cooked up a bunch of Hobbit themed meals! It was the best day adventure ever!
The lord of the rings was my dad's favorite. We would watch it once a year as a family. And i know he specifically loved the music. He passed September 2019 and I keep coming to this video to feel close to him.
Peter Crosby Thank you for sharing. Just from this little comment you made it is apparent on the impact your father had in your life. What’s amazing about that memory of your father is you will do something similar if not the same with your kids. And thus the ripple your father made in your heart will be felt generations to come.
@@linbackerslbc1894 thank you so much, your comment means so much to me.
We are all with you and him brother, stay strong
oh man wth....this was the exact same scenario with my mom.The ONLY reason I even know about Lord of the Rings was because of her and she LOVED watching the scenes of hobbiton over and over.She passed away on September too and I come back to listen to this just to hear how happy she used to get when the music and scenes came on in my head.God do I miss her.I feel for you bro
Peter, May I sit with you and listen?
I too am acquainted with grief and loss. This music is deeply emotive for me as well.💜🇨🇦
For all who find solace here ~ be ever loyal and true to yourself and those who walk along side you on the journey, this adventure ~ this tale.
In light of how the world is right now, this quote has never been more perfect:
It's like in the great stories Mr. Frodo.
The ones that really mattered.
Full of darkness and danger they were,
and sometimes you didn't want to know the end.
Because how could the end be happy.
How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad happened.
But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow.
Even darkness must pass.
A new day will come.
And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.
Those were the stories that stayed with you.
That meant something.
Even if you were too small to understand why.
But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand.
I know now.
Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t.
Because they were holding on to something.
That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.
-Samwise Gamgee
Tolkien gave Sam the lines of true wisdom.
Sam was easily the best character
AKproductionz, I have always seen Sam as the central character. He is Tolkien’s Everyman: the common person who embodies the dignity, honor, and goodness Tolkien saw in all of humanity.
@@b1j exactly, he was such a simple person and he was in now way a warrior, but through out the films you see him grow mentally. This quote shows that he now begins to understand and he knows what's right.
That's a long quote. But...perfect in every way.
I’m so lonely everyday but at night it’s the worst. Loneliness is one of the craziest feelings I’ve experienced. These videos, these comments make me feel just a bit less lonely
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you are not alone my friend
Sending you love❤
You are never alone.
I know we don’t know each other, but I’m praying for you my friend:)!
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18
I find it truly amazing to sit here in my dark room late at night and to miss a place I have never been.
You feel a common emotion, one that connects all dreamers. I'm honored to feel it alongside you.
Me too!
I have never been able to put this desire into words. It’s hard to explain, because it’s not a nerdy obsession, it’s more of a longing for simpler, lost way of life; one that has never, but may yet come about.
I was lucky enough to visit the Shire set in New Zealand a few years ago. It was so lovely. I almost cried the whole time - in a way, it felt like coming home, even though I had never been there before.
But having read or watch the films you HAVE been. Been just as close as any in the world of men..
I think deep down we all want to live in the Shire
Yes...or in Erebor, I like both. But the Shire has some sort of comforting aura
Distelsterncats Naomi Uchiha the shire is the essence of Home. Good food, a warm hearth and good company.
If I had to choose
Erebor, The Lonely Mountain,
or,
The Shire,
It would be, The Lonely Mountain, I am part dwarf and elf, and as much I would love to go to The Shire, it would have to be Erebor.
I think Rivendell would be nice.
I've been living in Oxfordshire, GB since February. For me, it's almost as close as it gets. Rolling hills, green pastures, wild flowers, huge, open skies, and lots of nice, hobbit-like people who love feasts, ale, a laugh or two and their gardens.
After reading all these comments , i don't feel so alone in this fallen world.
If I understand you correctly, I think just like Samwise, Merry and Pippin after Frodo leaves at the end of the books, we too can know and have, "...great comfort in (our) friends on the long grey road."❤
And meeeee❤
And meeee❤️❤️❤️
❤️ 🤙
Right there with you friend.
"And he lived happily ever after. To the end of his days."
Farewell Sir Ian Holm, you'll finally go to the Grey Havens❤️
Fly high🥺🙏🙏
that hit me a little to hard 😥
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The world of the Gods and Goddesses
powerfull words...inmortal in our memories as Iam Holm and Tolkien...
The two things I want most in life: an old wizard scratching something on my door with his staff, and a wardrobe leading to a snowy forest and a single street lamp.
Tolkien and c s Lewis of Narnia fame, were friends in their time. It shows like attracts like, as does good.
I agree but we can't forget a fast starship to take us to across the galaxy. Nor a strange man's little blue box to show us all of time......these are the four things I want most in life. A return to our sense of wonder and imagination.
And some Turkish delight
I’m still waiting for the owl, dammit.
"Single street lamp". Potter?
I feel homesick to a place I have never been to..
Fernweh, the Germans call it.
The welsh call it hireath.
@Hmong Smithy
So his ancestors are Samoan?
achanwahn quite possibly ☺️
Perhaps it is because our origins are from God and when you experience beauty, truth, goodness, you come into contact with the God that created you, your origins and the true place in which we all call home, within the very heart of God.
“End? No the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey-rain curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.
White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise.”
Everytime I hear/see this quote it makes me cry
Always 😢
valinor
The Shore is very real.
Sacred knowledge peppered throughout pop culture.
@@monitoredactivity8649 its because the universe we live in is all we know. No matter how we roll the dice, or which masks the characters wear, it's all the same story. It's all the truth, and life that lives in us all. You dont need religious texts to bare witness to the splendor of creation, or hear the universes truth. Stories, and myths have always sufficed.
My 28 year old brother died a year ago. He and I used to watch LOTR and The hobbit all the time. This song is what I have to remember him now. Hold your loved ones close :)
My heartfelt condolences
So deeply sorry for your loss. I lost my brother too.
My condolences man
I'm so sorry, my heart goes out to you and your family. Every time I hear something like this, I'm scared about my own siblings. I hope you've been doing well over the past year, sending hobbit hugs! 🍻
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On a lonely night, I came here wishing to find my people. I long to travel to distant places, speak every language and learn as much as I can while I exist. For now I can't do those things, but at least here, I can feel a little closer to peoples I've yet to meet, read such beautiful comments and feel a little better about my station in life right now. Good travels to all who're here in the Shire looking for comfort and their purpose.
This makes me feel blessed
The Steward of Middle Earth is no more; his ship has sailed to the Undying Lands.
RIP Christopher Tolkien, 1924-2020.
*Rest forever in peace C. Tolkien. Thank you for sharing your fathers works with the world and for completing what he couldn’t. You and your fathers love for literacy will forever be embedded in the hearts and minds of those who dared to step foot in the land of middle earth. Til we meet again old friend til we meet again.*
R.I.P Tolkien u were a legend of ur time and I hope many years later people will still be awe inspired and love ur movies like we do I hope to see u in the afterlife
May he and stan lee meet and wright together in the afterlife. Maybe we will read their works again one day
@@danielthelionking9098 That would be quite the genre mashup! LOL
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Let's just appreciate the fact that the Lord of the Rings makes you want to become shorter instead of taller
True
I Alway's don't Understand how Small and Short you human's out there are! at least Men Should be Tall not 5'2 like a Girl! I am 6'5 then again I have a Bloodline of German's and Viking's and Knight's and King's I have Warrior Blood my Dad is funny he says I Look like Part of the Mountain's were Ripped out to Form my Muscular Physique! and he is not small by ANY MEAN'S. I also have Scottish in me and they are a Great people as well. thanks to short people everything is made for them i have to squat down in cars look like Mr. Incredible in a small car and Hit my Head on so many things if I ever say anything crazy I blame it on short people LoL I have a Hard Head Literally Sturdy and Stubborn as an OX.
@@shadowvolante2750 is this a copypasta?
@@thespacedisland5746 I don't think so. I think it's his own original work. Looking at some of the other comments on this video, he writes using the same style. Here's an example:
Nathaniel Castro
6 days ago
"No Reincarnating exist's after life your judged to be Good Evil or Neutral Neutral is evil also and cannot exist in the Celestial Kingdom highest of the Heaven's. NO FENCE SITTER'S!!!!!!!!"
posted as a reply to a comment about someone saying that after they die they'd like to be reincarnated into tolkien's world....
@@unsubscribeplease9654 what's this guy on lol
The comments under lotr soundtrack are always the purest and most beautiful thing in the world.
“I came from the end of bag, but no bag went over me. I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ring-winner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.” - Bilbo Baggins
Ian Holm 1931-2020
Barrel rider...
Imma need to read The Hobbit again.
RIP Sir Ian Holm
Im reading The Hobbit to my kids. Last night I read them that line 🙂
"I want to see mountains again, Gandalf, mountains, and then find somewhere where I can rest. In peace and quiet..."
Tell me how to get there. Tell me how to find the Hundred Acre Woods and I will go there. Tell me the forest where Bambi lives and I will lose myself there.
“and finish my book”
Ga jij nu het weer mag naar de Beekse Bergen of de Efteling? Dan hoef je niet je eigen boterhammetjes te smeren! Leek een hele tijd wel zo, maar dinsdag werd duidelijk dat het kabinet toch een uitzondering voor pretparken en dierentuinen maakt. Daar kun je vanaf donderdag gewoon eten en drinken afhalen.🥪
and he never got to see the mountains again
@@georgiag8109 he will get to see great mountains in the undying lands!
Samwise: "Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?"
holymolie Thanks, I teared up...
And this is the part of the movie where I cry. Every time. Without fail.
Return of the king..👍👍👍
Do you remember your youth when all was young and new? Do you remember when the days were longer and you ran on swift feet? Do you remember the magic? Remember because it is still there inside you and it is a light and you are the light and you will always shine if you remember and are grateful for this precious gift of life given to you; - God you are the Light and we return to the light and we are renewed in you!
My eyes getting wet... must be the rain....
I think I'm quite ready for another LOTR marathon
My friend learned to play the flute PURELY so he could play this music. I have literally walked by his house more than once and heard him playing it inside. He cannot play anything else at all. It is possibly one of the most peaceful pieces of music in the world. Also it calms down his dogs who often go to sleep beside him when he plays.
Music is the real magic in the world.
Thank him.
You ever just want your day to consist of waking up in a really cozy bed with the smell of firewood and French toast in the morning, as you finally open your eyes the sunlight streams through all the circular windows in your cabin. The floor is an old creaky oak wood but it brings more nostalgia than annoyance. A convenient little cabin that invites you to the living room with the sound of crackling firewood as soon as you walk out of your bedroom. Now that the sun is up you extinguish the fire and settle down in a rocking chair facing out of a window that displays the most beautiful clover fields in the whole world. Children running around and laughing, folks walking with their family and friends, the faint sound of birds singing their morning song. And you just sit there for 15 minutes admiring it all. The day goes by with errands and events, going to the market for breads, and milk, eggs and such. And finally, a local gathering for the town feast where everyone is invited to a large tavern as the sun begins to set over the rolling hills. By the time everyone has enjoyed their food, the night is present but still young. You say goodbye to your friends and neighbors and head back to the cozy hill cabin. Your routine night pipe awaits by the fireplace where you smoke while you light and poke the fireplace to life again. Crickets slowly create an ambience throughout the night that tells you most people are asleep by now. Pipe in mouth you read a massive book called ‘the Adventures of Bilbo Baggins’ for about 30 minutes by the fire each night, settled down in a cozy leather chair. The moonlight reveals the clover fields one more time before morning, and what once was a lively vivacious town is temporarily silent as you set the pipe atop the fireplace and head to sleep. The last thing you hear is the crickets in the distance, and an occasional gentle breeze through your circular windows. All is well, and the house is furnished just to your liking. You pick up your old note keeper to write out your day as you normally do before falling asleep. You tell of the warm morning sunshine, the bright green clover fields, the laughing children and the wandering neighbors, the amazing food at the town feast and all the wonderful conversations and laughs you had whilst being there, but most importantly you emphasize how happy you are to be alive in such an amazing time and place. And you finish with, “I couldn’t think of any place I’d rather be than here in The Shire.” At last, you put the note keeper back on the nightstand, cover up in your cozy bed, and drift into a long peaceful sleep. No worries, no anxiety, no pressure. All is Well
Universal _Wisdom 👏🏼
Just... wow.
Omg TRULY LOVE what you wrote. Wow took me to another place, a few minutes of bliss. Wish I really was there.
Beautiful!
Wonderful.......can I bring a friend with me when I visit?
Unequivocally, one of the best cinematic soundtracks in existence.
Godly beauty
Howard Shore did some amazing work on these films.
I agree. I would have broken fingers to be 9n the studio orchestra.
@@s70driver2005 he is truly a work of art. Nothing he puts forth had ever lacked in quality. But this? Pure heaven. ❤️
I agree. Love your username btw!
Anyone else want to go join me and live in the Shire? Or Rivendell. I want a place to relax with some tea, music, and a book. The Lord of the Rings is such a great series, thank you professor Tolkien for making us all feel like kids :)
Seeing everyone in the comments makes me so happy. The Shire has connected us all, and I hope everyone reading this is happy and has an incredible night/day :)
We were connected anyway... We are all brothers and sisters inhabiting this lonely planet...good journey my friend.
Lotr is the best trilogy that was ever made.
No it's fast and furious!
@@Bringmeoneofthosechickens no its not
@@paragonknight3307 In Fast and Furious I saw the rock fight Vin Desiel. Name something as cool in LOTR
@@Bringmeoneofthosechickens a man, elf, and dwarf fight entire armies....
@@Bringmeoneofthosechickens also the guy said trilogy, there has been way more than 3 f&f movies kid...
Home is where the heart is. All of you have a piece of the shire somewhere in your life. Find it, stand by it, and cherish it.
...and fight to keep it, if need be.
Lilymoon I was a combat medic for 6 years. Loss taught me the hard way to hold on to what you do have. I’m beyond thankful to have the life I do, and to have so many to cherish it with. I hope you can find the same love in your life.
Thanks man, your comment improved my mood
Zdeněk Coufal I’m glad I could help!
Amen. !
My grandmother introduced me to Bilbo and the Shire at the age of four, 38 years ago, and I’ve spent my entire literary existence searching for the warmth and comfort that Tolkien created in Middle Earth, in other novels. My heart will always belong to the Shire, and to Rivendell, from the shores of the Grey Havens to the Citadel of the White Tower and beyond.
I will always cherish these stories, every page of every version of every book I’ve ever owned that brings me back. I learned to enjoy reading with Bilbo and the Dwarves of Erebor, and Mr. Tolkien’s Middle Earth has been an inspiration all my years.
My children, and their children, will learn to love the Shire as I have, for as long as the paper upon which the words of this masterful tale are written remains.
Thank you, J.R. and Christopher, for letting the world accompany you on your journey through Middle Earth and now beyond. As Gandalf once told the Lord of the Eagles, Gwaihir:
May the wind under your wings bear you to where the sun sails and the moon walks
🥺💗I'm pregnate of my first kid..my son will know what's the trully power of literature music and also cinema when its part of a good writing like Mr Tolkien..can i ask you some advices to order the readings for adapting every age of my little one?for know i only put the music on the belly and some special quotes of Gandalf Sam Galadriel and Arwën
These comments are making me tear up, I love the LOTR community so much
It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to. 🕯️❤️
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So true so very true
Yes it will take all your days to find your way back.
and yet you must because the yearning will over take you - there and back again!
Quote from good 'ol Bilbo
@@gglarke7709 que maraviya
This is something Game of Thrones can’t give you. A sense of going home to a place you’ve never been to. Coziness, safety, reassurance. Old friends you’ve dreamed about meeting.
Edit: oh my goodness thank you for all the likes!
@EF Almost right; It's a central theme also in Star Wars
@EF What you say is correct. Just wanted people to know to look for that aspect in SW as well.
That is because LOTR is a fairy tale while GOT is more of a real life adaptation. We don't yearn for realism, we want the ethereal, the things we can't have. Magic, friendship and wonders; a cozy evening in a smial with not a care for anything. GOT is grim, nightmarish yet real, all the things you do not want to experience, everything twisted and wrong. Yet we love them both for different reasons. yay
And a satisfying conclusion. Hey-oh!
I love how civilised the LOTR fans are. Everything in an argument is resolved politely and with actual substantial points that aren't simply unfounded and dumb insults to other people's fandoms. Cheers to a great fandom :')
When I get to Heaven I'm going to look around and then coming up to God I'm going to say, "Lord, this is wonderful, thank you for your love. Now, excuse me, but where is the hobbit section. You see Sire, I'm a big folk but I feel a need for my beloved Shire." And there, I think I will find Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry, Bilbo and plenty of elves, dwarves and a wizard named Gandalf. Next door, by the way, is Narnia.
Then it really would be heaven, wouldn't it? I completely agree with you btw... Narnia HAS to be there too!!!
@@jencypetersen3410 Heaven is Better than Narnia :)
Please don’t leave without me!! I want to come too!
Owe I’m coming to, you’ll need people of intelligents on this sort of mission… quest…… thing.
Wait for me! I hope there's a Fantasia in there too somewhere!
Dear reader,
I hope you are having a nice day or night. If no one has told you this recently, or even if they have, you are enough. You are loved. You will be okay. Whatever is worrying you will pass, and things will get better. I hope this beautiful music is giving you comfort and that you can give yourself a smile today. You are so brave and so strong. I believe in you. Have a beautiful day, and life.
-A friend.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Thank you whoever you are and wherever you are. Thank you for being a beautiful person and I'm glad I met you here in the Shire. :) Be blessed and may your journey be wonderful and fulfilling.
There are people in the world whose hearts turned to stone for many reasons.
But if you have a heart which still melts in music and finds hope,you're lucky.
Have a nice day.
Ty, hope you have a nice too 😊
"The trick with any beast is to know how to calm him." -Hagrid
Everytime I feel sad, gloomy, angry with myself, demotivated or have an art block, I visit this video. Not only the score, the people in the comments make me extremely happy :D
If you are reading this, my dear friends, have an amazing day, you deserve all the love, support and comfort of the world. No matter who are you, where are you from, what age are you, the shire has connected us and I intend to stay connected. You'll have a friend in me. Always :)
The same for you, my friend 😊
What animal do you desire to be?
@@mtbigphan9979 A bird. Why do you ask-wait! could it be...that you possess the abilities to turn me into an animal?😲
@@Mirthe833 Thanks bud'. Good day my dear!😁
🤗
Hope comes from the most unlikely of places.
The sun shines the brightest in the morning, however dark the night was.
At spring the first flower is brightest and the first fruits are the freshest.
The songs of birds after winter are like water to the thirsty...
And the smallest person can change the course of the future.
For all those stuck inside and troubled from COVID-19 and economic crisis, may these verses encourage you. Not all hope is lost!
My friend and i loved the Lord of the Rings books. We both loved reading the books and when we both turned 12, we could watch the movies (we were 11 at the time). My birthday is on May the 15th, his May the 26th. Time flew by as we were so excited to watch the movies. When i turned 12, i got the dvd's of all the 3 films, but i made a promise to my friend we would watch them together for the first time so, i waited until his 12th birthday. As soon as we came home from school, we made popcorn and watched them all in one sitting. It was an absolute joy to watch them. We both loved gaming so when we heard that there would be coming a LEGO Lord of the Rings game, we "jumped holes in the ceiling" my mom said. We waited for what seemed like YEARS for the game to release. And when the time had finally come, we rushed to the store and bought 1 disc. As soon as we got home we put in my xBox 360 and played it every, single, day. Make homework as soon as you come home frome school? No, play LEGO Lord of the Rings. We completed it in like 2 - 3 weeks. We knew there was an upcoming move from The Hobbit. We also loved reading the books of The Hobbit so when we heard that, we couldn't be more excited. The movie got released 2 or 3 weeks after we completed playing LEGO Lord of the Rings so we didn't have to wait long. Again, we rushed home after school to watch the new movie (our moms had gotten the movies for us). We loved it. We pulled an all-nighter. Around the time when the 2nd The Hobbit movie got released, my friend got sick. We first thought it was just a simple cold so we ignored it. But he didn't got any better so, he went to the doctor and it turned out he got Stage 3 cancer. We of course were in absolute shock. In a short period of time, it got worse and worse and he had to go to the hospital. He couldn't do much except lay in bed (this was around Christmas). The 2nd Hobbit movie had just released but this time, it didn't feel good. We couldn't pull an all-nighter and watch it as we did with the previous ones. As Christmas gift, i have him the 2nd Hobbit movie. We both were so excited to watch it together, even though it had to be different this time (i hadn't seen it yet). We had such joy watching it in the hospital. A few months had passed and things still wouldn't get better. Around our birthdays, things even got so bad he had to move to an other hospital. Things went a little better, but again around November things got really really bad. He sadly passed away, a few weeks before the 3rd movie got released. I couldn't stop crying for weeks. It felt so bad to watch the movie without him. When LEGO The Hobbit came out, i played it on the exact same place as we used to play together. The soundtracks, the books, the movies, the games, it all reminds me of him. Especially the soundtracks. Every year around our birthdays and christmas, i listen to this to feel more connected again.
(And Matthew, if you see this, i collected all the coins as you always wanted me to do)
I miss you
I'm so sorry for your loss. How old are you now? Your friend would be proud of you.
I have never felt like I belong anywhere in this world. But this music gives me a sense of belonging, a home that I never had. Makes me believe that someday I'd be in that place.
Fortunately, Bag End does exist. Let there be hope of seeing it one day...
Erin, you belong here.
For Tolkien, fantasy and myths could reflect deeper truth:
“We have come from God and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed, only by myth-making, only by becoming a ‘sub-creator’ and inventing stories, can Man ascribe to the state of perfection that he knew before the fall.”
www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/9-things-you-should-know-about-j-r-r-tolkien/
:D :D
I feel the same. Nowhere have I ever found a place that I felt I fit into until I read these books. I have traveled this world and still, working on making my own piece of the Shire. This music makes me laugh/cry all at the same time. The comments make my heart swell. I visit here when I need to remember how good the world is with people like all of you in it.
we will
"All we have to decide is what to do
with the time given to us :) "
- Gandalf
It's 10PM here in CA and I'm about to go to sleep. Hopefully you lovely people will have an amazing day/night.
LOTR people are the best because we keep it real here cmon now :)
i hope you're having an amazing day/night as well
Wishing only same there after seven months :)
Hope you got that good night's sleep!
Only being in the shire, can help you rest easy, don't you agree😊🤗
Moira
From England.
Its 00:16 AM from India
Lots of love to you🥰🥰🥰
Yes sir! We sure do. Peace!
Imagine this :
A little wooden house in the middle of nature , sitting outside on a rocking chair , or simply the porch , at the light of a candle . Looking up at the stars with a small breeze passing by , sharing a drink with the person you love the most in the world .
This is what I call "home" , and this is where this makes me feel .
“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”
Truly, this music is a light in this very dark world. ❤
A young child sits alone in a dark room, a candle his only companion. He hides from the scary world in a tattered blanket and finds shelter in an old book with the name J.R.R Tolkein on the cover. Thank you sincerely for reminding me of my innocence when my world was still so small. I truly appreciate this with tears in my eyes. Thank you for sharing this digital smile.
wow! I feel for you dear fellow traveller.
I first read it when I was 12 :) Simpler times.
what a bunch of cliche you have no imagination sorry
Token was also a friend of c.s. Louis they both had written their series of books and dicused them together. If you didn't know now you do :)
Hard to read in a dark room... Or should be some amazing candle.
Sometimes my stomach hurts when I hear this music. I just want to live a Hobbit live, peaceful, sitting with a book next to a fire - take long walks in the forest.
Same but also YOU'RE NAMED LEONIE TOO?
This is one of the best ways to describe this feeling 🤍
I want to go on an adventure I want to have friends like Aragon and samwise.
Don't get me started. It's been over nearly 50 years since I last walked the woods.
Cliff Owens how come my friend?!
I feel like this comment section is the Green Dragon surrounded by friendly hobbits cosy and amiable! It's always wonderful to see how much Lord of the Rings means to us. A safe place. A home. A dream. All my favourite quotes people are posting here too ❤️
Ain't that right???
Surrounded by friends or at least people you could become friends with easily, just having a little smoke of old Toby and a beer in one hand...
I'll meet you at the Green Dragon and buy you a pint, friend. Perhaps a drinking contest ala Gimli and Legolas?
@@alexl6644 “I’d never thought I’d black out alongside an elf”
“How about blacking out alongside a friend?”
@@alexl6644 Haha I know I'd like that!
The Lord of the Rings is a comfort place, when i feel alone i use to come there
You are so right. I listen to this music when I am studying and doing assingments.
on my wedding day years ago when we gave each other our wedding rings we had a flute player playing this song.. such a magical moment. Thank you LOTR to be a very huge and important part in my life
I didn't have a flute player but we had a sign at our wedding saying "let's drink like dwarfs, party like elves and smoke like hobbits."
s70driver2005 haha thats awesome ! wish i came with that haha
That would have been truly magical :-)
My wedding is gonna play this when people are settling down and the wedding ended and I bet people will fall asleep and I would too and at my funeral I would also have this music playing so people remember me and the movies I hold dear to my heart
“Look, I know you doubt me, I know you always have. And you're right. I often think of Bag End. I miss my books. And my armchair. And my garden. See, that's where I belong. That's home. That's why I came back, 'cause you don't have one. A home. It was taken from you. But I will help you take it back if I can.”
-Bilbo Baggins; The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
One of my favourite scenes from that movie. And he played that part so well. The small townness coupled with the sincerity of true comradeship.
I love the prequel even more then the LOTR... it’s a true tragedy with greater loss!!!
I honestly liked The Hobbit more than the main trilogy.
Thanks to this, I am now on my second breakfast
To those going through rough times, you've got this. You'll make it before you know. Just take some time periodically to relax, and you'll be okay. My replies are open, and I shall not ever judge you. Remember, we're on this journey together.
Me, looking at the current state of the world crying: I wish none of this had happened...
Gandalf, materializing into my conscience, smiling kindly: so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, besides the will of evil.
This isn't my own, I found someone who had written that on a website, but it helps quite a lot 💚
Yes. Thank you for encouraging me today 😊
Same here. Gandalf's words have helped me get through many a gloomy moment.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” -Frodo. “So do I,and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”-Gandalf
Those quotes say so much...
I would honestly rather that it happened in my time then in the time of my children
With coronavirus and all the stupidity and craziness that's happening to our country, those quotes hit harder
I think it was Meridadoc Took who first said that, not Frodo. But I may be mistaken.
This hits different with COVID-19 but it inspires me to keep doing the next good thing and help others be safe as much as i can stay safe everyone know that if no one else i am sending love and support to everyone in these comments cause that is how we role in the shire
These comments are just the loveliest. I'm glad the real fans who care about the series are still the same genuine people, rings of power has really torn a rift in the fandom. I hope that once it releases and the overall freakout has died down we can go back to normal.
I agree with you. This Community is so nice I love it! It feels like family.
This is what helps me sleep at night. I dream of Hobbiton, of the small rivers und hills in the shire, of the peace that a home can give you. And when the theme of the fellowship starts to come through, I imagine myself there, together with Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli. These melodies, together with Tolkiens wonderful piece of literary genius, give me a feeling, like no other.
GAY!
@@matthewmcbride28 hetero
Sehr schön. Ich liebe Herr der Ringe auch. Hier in den Komments sind die meisten Menschen auch so nett, hilfsbereit und warmherzig wie Hobbits. Es tut mir so Leid, dass jemand versucht hat, dieses Idyll zu zerstören. Aber das Böse kann nicht gewinnen. Licht hát mehr Macht als Dunkelheit. Liebe ist mächtiger als Hass. Gute Menschen gewinnen, denn sie können zusammen für ein gemeinsames Ziel kämpfen, und das können böse Leute nicht: sie sind zu egoistisch dazu.
“You’ve left out one of the chief characters- Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam... Frodo wouldn’t have gotten far without Sam.” - Frodo Baggins
Mia Galden
Their friendship is so beautiful, I think that it might be one of my favorite elements of the movie! You’re right, there really aren’t enough people in this world who share their love and kindness equally to everyone🧡
Omg... So true, and so beautiful
Emma Philomena
😁❤️ gotta love lord of the rings!
@@toolaberry oh yes, dearly, it never fails to touch me deeply...
I love the way he showed his support for him wow! What a good relationship 🥰🥰🥰
“There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." Thorin Oakenshield
@Mia Galden He realized that , but it was too late. It speaks to Thorins regret. I think that not only was Thorin speaking of Bilbo , and the Hobbits, character but I believe it was a blessing as well.
Oh so true my friend. Today the world ended.
" But sad or merry I must leave it now. Farewell. "
How true this has become to so many. I hope that others are now finding that this is the true value of a life well-lived. The love of friends and family, the comforts that give you pleasure, and all of the many myriad of daily happenings that make you wish for this place. We all create this outside of ourselves, as we live in our hearts, so we show this to the world. Peace, friends.
Imagine waking up one morning, in a big soft bed, covered by fresh smelling sheets and blankets, the fire in the fireplace slowly roaring and crackling, the cool autumn breeze coming in from the open window and on the kitchen table, hot bread fresh from the oven, with butter and jam waiting for you to begin your day with. You pull up a chair and you sit next to that open window, letting the cool breeze wake you up while you peacefully enjoy your breakfast and listen to the birds chirp..
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You should be an author! Wonderful talent. God bless.
And then you see a horde of orces pillaging your neighbour's homes in the distance... 😂
Until Gandalf comes in and gives you the ultimate pain in the @$$ mission
Whenever I get stressed out in life, I bake bread, open up the house, and clean my bedsheets 😂 You just made my habits sound like a storybook ☺️ Thanks!
Edit: I found this soundtrack while making tea, because I don't want to do my homework 😅
I'd love to do that. I've decided to finally get up and have some formal of put together morning.
I imagine walking the roads of the Shire, stopping in for a pint at the Green Dragon, visiting Bumfarlong and having mushrooms with the Maggots, looking at the items in the Mathom house and seeing their history in my minds eye. But the thing I long to gaze upon is the fairest of all the Mallorn trees that now grows in the Party field planted by Sam. He used his gift from the Lady so wisely.
I still remember sitting in the theater as The Fellowship of the Ring began. I was so worried that it wouldn't live up to the books. Then I saw the Shire...my worry disappeared, joy filled my heart, and I had to blink back tears.
It seemed so real...so perfect.
Blinking back tears again.
It was the same for me :) I was a bit worried about the level of adaptation despite many news about the progresses of filming and advertisements of the new trilogy. And my feels at the beginning of the first movie in the cinema was not only good, there was smt like misgivings, smt nagging me about these films being only a big budget money grabbing etc... I was not only happy while seeing the dark screen and hearing Galadriel's voice... I was not happy yet... and then I saw it... the green brightness of the Shire and at this moment I was bought by PJ movies :)
I truly wish I could be there at that time and see it in a theater. I was born in 2001, too late. I will never regret watching the trilogy for the first time in 2014, but it was surely less enjoyable than watching it at the cinema. Now I'm 19, and I keep watching them again and again :)
Have a great day, best wishes from a random french student ;)
Exactly this. I was stunned and riveted to my seat. I went with my best friend who loves this as much as I do. We saw all three together. Oh how I miss her.
Same.
@@susantracey2207 I'm in the same boat as you. She wasn't my best friend but a friend I miss. Mad about LoTR and could probably speak Elvish too, room covered in Middle Earth posters. She took us all on 3 very special field trips to the cinema to watch the trilogy. Fond memories that I will always treasure
This is just special.
Crying and smiling at the same time.
Feeling that
These people didn't make a movie. They made us feel something inside ourselves.
My life is really hectic now, sometimes I feel like my head is going to explode and die from the stress so I put the lord of the rings sound track and i finally found this one. When I listen to this sound track I close my eyes and imagine I am outside my hobbit hole on the bench toking on my pipe and watching the view in front of me. Listenting to the water and being at peace with nature. This gives me an escape from the life i lead consumed by technology and the struggles of today's society. One day i won't need to close my eyes to imagine I will be there on that bench at peace with myself.
I’m sorry life is so hectic for you. Glad you are able to find peace in the soundtrack. We all want to live in the shire.
Some days I just want to leave school, find a nice place like a Hobbit hole, cuddle up to a fire and listen to this music, and just read and write to my heart’s content and until I’m old and wise.
Mia Galden Yeah, it’s reminded me how over I am with following the standard path of society. I don’t need school to validate my intelligence.
My penis is named the Shire
schooling should not interfere with our education afterall
Same bro
The Comment section is killing me rn, so many People who feel just like me. Never thought i‘d be crying in my bed at midnight Dreaming about the Shire Edit: 5 months later and i still get that vibe
May this nudge you to where you are meant to go!
literally me rn
There are places in this universe where places and times like these exist. That’s why we yearn for it.
I’ve never related to something so much aha.
am crying and am at work!! dear Lord, need to get out of here....
My father would force me to watch it with him when I was a kid, and I would complain. Back then I was so ignorant of the path that would lay ahead. And it led me right back to my roots, this story, which with him had been so comforting. And is also my all time favorite story. One not easily forgotten. 7 long years since his passing this story has given me courage in my darkest times and wisdom in my dumbest.
I think we all long for a “life of peace and plenty. “
Last year walked through New Zealand and in between I listened to the music. I felt Hobbits around me all the time.
"There's something good in this world Mr. Frodo.."
And it's worth fighting for.
You felt Hobbits in New Zealand. All of Tolkien's works were to be the tales and legends of England's history, nothing to do with New Zealand.
@@jasonito23 I grew up with the movies. And they were made in New Zealand. So´i guess you can't tell me how to feel about a story!
@@jasonito23 You, sir, must be fun at parties.
@@jasonito23 You sir, are the definition of pedantic. Nobody likes pedantic.
“There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same. I am wounded with knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden. Where shall I find rest?”
- Frodo, The Return of the King, Homeward Bound
We all remember this music and takes us back to 2001. Seasons of life always change, years come and go but this music will always be something that takes us back. And like Frodo says, it may be different but it is still the Shire. Thank you for this nostalgia.
Tyler Weigandt 😭 Epic words, my friend!
LOTR means so much to me and will always have a place in my heart and these videos instantly flood me with all the love and emotion I have for these films, story and characters and the time it meant to me and what it will always mean to me. Simply beautiful. I wanna stay in Middle Earth always.
Isn't he actually saying it's not the Shire? Not the one he remembers. Pretty powerful metaphor for growing up actually, I feel just like this when I go back to my childhood home... it's the same house, but the era I grew up in is gone.
@@xire7021 "You'll see when you move out. It just sort of happens one day, one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't even exist. I don't know maybe it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start. It's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place." - Garden State
There may be a Shire, but no Frodo Baggins the Hobbit to return to it.
He would never be that Hobbit again...
...so he left.
God bless Tolkien and you tube comments. I never see negativity on here, just a community of wonderful, caring people.
Who s listening to this during the middle east conflict ? praying for a better world for all
May there be PEACE on Earth 💜🙏🙏🙏
middle east became middle earth
I'm reading the comments section and crying while listening to this
Javiera Cuadra I don't know why but it's making me cry as well. Glad I'm not the only one.
Same here... I am also crying for some reason
me too guys, wish you all to always be happy and smile from the heart
Try not to cry because it's over. Try and smile because it happened.
Although I have never met you guys, I miss you all :')
Its 2020 but still there is no replacement of this classic. I feel like all the people in the comment section are my friends. FRIENDS if you ever find any way to go to SHIRE . Then please do message me. LOTS OF LOVE TO EVERY HOBBIT IN THIS COMMENT SECTION.
Same to you my brother
are you fucking calling me a Hobbit you arsehole
I needed this today with everything that is going on in the world right now! The lord of the rings is an awesome music.l love the music
The shire is in your heart. Keep it close as your family and one day, you see the lush green fields, the trickling of the water, the taste of the ripe sweet fruits, and the smell of dew of a mid-summers eve rain, that my friend, if you keep it close you will, someday, come see the shire, and if you are lucky you might be able to come just on time for teatime, don’t forget my friend.
@@Trollioli I went there last year and I recommend sitting apart from the group and have some music like this playing while you just sit there. As it was supposed to rain hard that day there were not many people. And during our tour, the sky cleared and the sun shone brightly! I could enjoy The Shire all to myself for a few minutes, making it even more magical.
“Wood and pipe smoke drifted on the humid night air. The smell of pies set out on windowsills wafted through the atmosphere. The grass beneath his feet was warm and beginning to wet with the dew. The stars above shone with their stately brilliance, as small gemstones dancing through the night’s sky. He breathed deeply of it all. ‘Home. The Shire has been my home for as long as I can remember. I have tread these paths since time immemorial, wore their every twist and turn into the essence of my soul. My very being is this place, it a part of me as much as I a part of it. It breaks my heart to leave her rolling hills, her brooks and streams, her stony paths. But I, in equal measure to my love for her, feel the need to leave her as disheartening as it may be. And though I might never again gaze upon another midnight sky here in the Shire, I will never truly be lost to her. I will never forget the warm summer days spent in lazy contentment under the shade of an oak tree, or the cooling waters of a wandering brook. These I will carry with me wherever I may go, little bits and pieces to remind me of home.
Ah yes, home indeed.’ “
This makes me so homesick for a place I’ve never been. Perhaps it’s the old times and memories I share with my family and friends with this movie that creates such a feeling. But it’s always the Shire music that sparks that nostalgia and homesickness. Every time. It’s why I have a symbol of the shire tattooed on my arm. ❤️
It's not so much the ambiance - it's the melody - so appealing to the intellect and capturing of the emotion. Complex melody has just just about disappeared from music today, even orchestral; thus, it so warms the heart when you find the genius of one.
You, just as I, feel the way of all dreamers, those who lose themselves in the stories and songs of old.
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"Saruman believes that it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found it is the small things. Everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love." - Gandalf
Huh.
@@pedrocampos691 your face
One of my favorite quotes Gandalf has ever said
This music has proven more effective for my panic disorder than any medication. It's powerful in all of the best ways. Thank you for providing it!
I'm with you 💔💔💜💜💚💚
I feel your pain i live with severe anxiety and depression that's why i work out every single day cuz i have too!!! it helps along with relaxing music. Rock and Roll Rap and Gangster music is too negative i would not listen to them. only on occasion if it is good Old fashioned Rock!! Check out Trance and Techno music maybe it will help or meditation music helps me.
@@shadowvolante2750 I cant stand it. When will it end.
Music can be so healing. I often need headphones & calming music when I’m out of my house, or even just having something calm playing quietly on my phone while it’s in my handbag. People won’t typically notice it, but I can hear it 😊 . I guess it gives me something else to focus on. Also Singing or humming can help too, I think because you’re regulating your breathing, but I just find it calms me down.
*hugs* ❤️
hope u doin okay! :)
When I was a young boy no older than 5 or 6 my parents bought a small farm in the mountains. My brother and I used to run through the clover filled woods and stop to lay on our backs in the blankets of clover. Time stood still back then. We had no worries or pressures of the world. We would lay on our backs for what seemed like hours. I sure miss those days.
I have trouble falling asleep in dead silence as it gets me thinking. Sometimes the troubles that are currently present. Sometimes it's something exciting i look up to, and sometimes just overthinking about my plans, decisions or deeds.
But this is the medicine to my insomnia. Puts my mind to ease and just lets me fall asleep as everything is how it's supposed to be, I'm alive and i feel love.
Why do I miss the shire when I’ve never been there or it doesn’t exist! The magic of this story is real
Oh it exists, my fellow traveler, in the hearts and memories of Middle Earthers everywhere.
Uhm the shire is real it in New Zealand. It a tourist attraction
Because down deep within the very marrow of your bones you know life in the Shire, this is the way it is suppose to be. It was stolen from us in Eden. The Garden of Eden was the original Shire. hugs.
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis
My Penis is named Shire.
When I was a boy there was a dark time in my life that I found refuge in a place called Middle earth .
I had a ticket between the pages of a book that would magically take me to where I could shed my pain and live life as someone else.
Looking back as a man I feel fortunate.
~Not all that is gold may glitter~
~And not all who wander, are lost~
I hope you have shed your pain and you have found that someone else.
@@maxinehunt383 Thank you I have! 🙂
At some point in my life, when I was little, books were one of the only things that made me feel better. At school, I was in quasi-permanent psychological pain, and had to contain my tears most of the time. But during breaks, every time I started reading, I could feel a huge weight lifted off my shoulders, as I drifted into imaginary worlds. I am so grateful for books.
I feel like you were telling my story.... in no other pages could I transform my life so completely. A hallowed refuge from chaos and sadness...now at the other end of my life, I am still captivated, still returning to Middle-earth with my grandchildren now, but in peace, healing and love.
This music brings me back to a short period in my life where everything felt like pure bliss and there were no family health issues, financial issues, freedom of imagination. Im able to calm down and relax whenever i play this music its quite literally the only thing that can make me feel like a kid again despite all the hardships of real life. Thank you for posting these.
It's the same for me.
That's really nice. I put this music on every time i feel stressed or just to read books. Howard shore really did a magnificent work
"Good evening"
"Yes Yes, it is. Though I think it might rain later"
I feel like I've always lived in the Shire, I just don't have the chance to come back yet.
I hope you do soon!
there is a home just like this to go to. Tolkien and Lewis had the idea to create several Christian based novels. this is one of them. I think heaven will be like this for many. peace.
I really wish so
We will, my friends, we will.
This.....is my happy place. No stress, no fear, just love and beauty.
No matter where you are right now, we shall all meet there one day :´)
Wehen we meet again, we will be the fellowship of the ring!
My parents introduced me to the Lord of the Rings. They both loved it, and my moms uncle also loves it. I have loved it ever since I first read it in 4th grade.
During the Lockdown, I was still 8th grade and Freshman year of highschool. It was very tough to watch the world fall apart around me in nearly every conceivable way.
I was scared, alone most often, and struggling the whole time, and I was smothered by doubt, uncertainty, fear, anxiety, and loneliness. It was tough for me, especially knowing how many people out in the world had it worse, how many were dying, how many lost their jobs, etc. It was a lot to comprehend, and I thought about it all almost 24/7, nightmared included.
One of the ways that I was able to bring myself some semblance of brief peace at the time, was to sit by my apartment bedroom window late at night with some tea, maybe a snack, and play this video while i thought my thoughts.
Its hard to worry when you feel like you're in the Shire. Its hard to spiral under the weight of existential dread when you're in the shire next to a cozy fireplace with the crickets outside.
This video made it a bit easier to breath, to relax, to let go of the world for a bit. This video helped me feel something like peace, as it brought me back to my favorite hideaway from reality.
This music reminded me that I have a place, however big or small, in this world. And that was something I sorely needed to remember.
I'm sitting here writing this by my window in 2023, a few years post lockdown, with my snack and the sounds of the shire at night. I still find respite from the stressors of life in this music and these sounds. I will never not be grateful to the creator of this video, as well as J.R.R Tolkien and Christopher for bringing Middle Earth to life, and for saving my life with the stories that gave me a way out throughout my life whenever I required one.
I love everyone in this comment section, I wish you all the best and I hope you get your well deserved peaceful happily ever after.
All I'm thinking whilst listening to this theme, my eyes welling up with tears is...
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*"EVERYBODY NEEDS A SAM..."*
If I die, and there is this after life, I wish to open my eyes to this shire kind of world. Hoping that I dont reincarnate again on earth
No Reincarnating exist's after life your judged to be Good Evil or Neutral Neutral is evil also and cannot exist in the Celestial Kingdom highest of the Heaven's. NO FENCE SITTER'S!!!!!!!!
Talk to Aslan about getting to the Shire 😊
I cant tell you if there's is something after life, but there's no if in " if i die" XD sry man
this earth once was much more shire like...but we really screwed it up!
@@jovankovacswallis8453 when though? in medieval times no one really had the opportunities we have now. a comfortable life, the illnesses are mostly curable, even though global problems are hovering menacingly and economics is shite...to obtain something of equal value must be lost i guess
I honesty believe humans were not made to live like this. I think technology has distanced us from our true selves, and something in our DNA remembers what we were and what we're supposed to be. I think things like violence, cold winter nights, sitting around a fire in the mountains by yourself, and music like this brings those things to the surface
Thats what the unabomber was saying lol
@@itstheAlmond thinking the same thing...or maybe DukeofTennessee117 just smokin
@@itstheAlmond sadly I think he was right, only the methods he used were very wrong
You're right
James Derek Haffner maybe haha
If I was able to choose which fictional world I could live in, I would choose Middle Earth. I have spent hours upon hours reading, watching, listening, and writing about Middle Earth, The Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings. What Tolkien has created for us is just so amazing! I have gotten to know all the characters so intimately and they each feel like some of my closest friends and family and I would do anything to talk to them, hug them, or even see them in real life! I have spent hours and hours researching and memorizing lines and line from movies and books! I have cried many tears and spent many emotions on them! I would do anything to go Middle Earth, my home!
What about "get back in line maggot" or "no man can kill me" characters/faction
Couldn't sleep because my brain wouldn't shut off, so I came here. I love the music, and the comments always give me hope for a better future.
this comment section is so peaceful and loving. amazing content for amazing people! LOTR live ever on in our hearts!
Katewagner Time lord i am reading this and crying While doing so
BRX
“in a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.”
"Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell..."
"nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort..."
Tosterchild read up
little did Tolkien know that this line would change the lives of many for many many years to come
@@linab6224 Tolkien was a celebrity in his time so he did know.
RIP Sir Ian Holm, you'll always be remembered ❤
Thank you, friends, for helping me feel not so alone
I had always lived in the city. Was born in the city and lived there for 40 or so years. Recently through circumstance, made a move to a small farming county. It's very much like living in the shire. Everyone knows everyone, and it's very peaceful and cozy. I'll never go back. I also realized that the city had hardened me, and was making me angry. Glad to say I'm on the way to being a more laid back person.
This makes me want to have a lord of the rings marathon!
it's always worth watching LOTR trilogy whenever you feel like watching..go ahead my friend :)
@@smrpkrl I never watch lotr is worth it?
@@blankinouliquidou1835 broooo literally worth it !!
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The lord of the rings community is probably one of the best and coolest community’s out there. The coolest and nicest people are here. God Bless! ❤️👍🏼
There’s something about the lord of the rings music that makes me feel a way I’ve never felt with any other movie soundtrack. Especially the shire music. It just puts a smile on my face, it gives me such a nostalgic feeling from my youth, watching these movies with my dad and just loving every aspect of it. It’s what got me into fantasy, the lord of the rings will always have a special place in my heart.
Why is there this aching longing in my heart ? Could it be that we live in a world not truly meant to be? Somehow we allowed the wicked to arise and take control of the life that we were meant to have. It is a trying time that we face in this the "fourth age". I don't know how, but we must find a way to win this struggle. We daily fight against all things that would not only take but kill the very heart of kindness.
because of such music, I want to live. what a story, what a memory.
Hope you are ok...
me too
My wife and I love LOTR! We love it even more after spending 2 weeks exploring all of New Zealand last year! The entire drive we listened to the LOTR soundtracks! Now when we watch the movies it makes us sad because we just want to be back in New Zealand. Very beautiful country. We recently pulled off the ultimate movie marathon! We watched all LOTR and Hobbit extended movies in one day! Took us over 22 hours! Made a blanket fort and she cooked up a bunch of Hobbit themed meals! It was the best day adventure ever!