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"Nimue" - an Arthurian Heavy Metal Song, by Yours Truly
Me, via YouTube (as Hopalong Ginsberg) ^ | 5/22/15 | Me, as "Hopalong Ginsberg"

Posted on 05/22/2015 4:56:43 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

Having conquered the genre of Jewish heavy metal, I now move on to Arthurian heavy metal, and I'm not talking about plate armo(u)r.

For those of you not familiar with my work (i.e., the entire world minus maybe a dozen people), for the moment I write music under the name Hopalong Ginsberg. In the future I hope to write it under a cute redhead.

If you'd like a free MP3 download of Nimue, click here or here. Click here if you're suffering from a cute deficiency.

[Thanks to martin_fierro for the gif!]

(Excerpt) Read more at youtu.be ...


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Nimue

In my arms you are safe forever
Though all of the world may burn
Stay by my side, as apprentice and bride
All my secrets arcane you will learn

A wise man may yet be a fool
When soft hands touch his face in the night
And promises made in a dark forest glade
Will vanish like the dew in the light

This is the seduction of power
The contempt that desires to rule
Thus my love did become my betrayer
And the artisan became the tool

And so did I teach her my secrets
And so did she learn, and learn well
And when she had learned, and her magics yet burned
She imprisoned me with my own spell

Entombed in my prison forever
I accept my just fate as my due
For the wizard who seeks to be Merlin
Must inevitably meet his Nimue.

1 posted on 05/22/2015 4:56:44 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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To: Slings and Arrows; Gefn; TADSLOS; LucyT; moose07; Silentgypsy; CatherineofAragon; TheOldLady; ...
I rode here on a Shetland Pony. I'd ask him to speak, but he's a little hoarse.

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2 posted on 05/22/2015 4:59:00 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Demonicide" - http://youtu.be/FgUWow7WT2Y | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows


3 posted on 05/22/2015 5:03:32 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Don’t quit your day job......


4 posted on 05/22/2015 5:08:42 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I B T Z


5 posted on 05/22/2015 5:10:14 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: JoeProBono

“Listen — strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives
from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!”


6 posted on 05/22/2015 5:12:10 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Demonicide" - http://youtu.be/FgUWow7WT2Y | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
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To: kinsman redeemer

Oh no. Not that. Please.


7 posted on 05/22/2015 5:14:36 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Nimue" - https://youtu.be/NHq7CtM9QMA | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
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8 posted on 05/22/2015 5:27:45 PM PDT by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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To: Slings and Arrows

1 cup Neil Young
2 cups Moody Blues

Mix well and you get Moody Young Ginsberg.

The cat with the guitar was superb!


9 posted on 05/22/2015 5:37:31 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Slings and Arrows

When we die, do we haunt the sky?
Do we lurk in the murk of the seas?
What then? Are we born again?
Just to sit asking questions like these?
I know, for I told me so,
And I’m sure each of you quite agrees:
The more it stays the same, the less it changes!
And that’s the majesty of rock


10 posted on 05/22/2015 5:47:23 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: freedomson

My two biggest fans!


11 posted on 05/22/2015 5:47:49 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Nimue" - https://youtu.be/NHq7CtM9QMA | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
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To: Ben Mugged

oi-vey


12 posted on 05/22/2015 5:49:01 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: dforest

Very interesting recipe.

Re the cat: It’s the claws. Natural fingerpicks.


13 posted on 05/22/2015 5:49:08 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Nimue" - https://youtu.be/NHq7CtM9QMA | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
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To: Rastus

You need to be working on a sex farm.


14 posted on 05/22/2015 5:50:36 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Nimue" - https://youtu.be/NHq7CtM9QMA | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows

“Having conquered the genre of Jewish heavy metal”

any links for that?


15 posted on 05/22/2015 5:50:48 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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To: Slings and Arrows

Natural talent!

He is just awesome.


16 posted on 05/22/2015 5:50:48 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Slings and Arrows

Metal that actually sounds like music, ancient legend, touching lyrics. I think I’m in love!

(Sounds like the recording equipment could use some upgrading. But to be fair, I have hyper-sensitive hearing, so it might not be noticable for most people.)


17 posted on 05/22/2015 5:51:27 PM PDT by Ellendra (People who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Having conquered the genre of Jewish heavy metal
You mean wasn’t first?
18 posted on 05/22/2015 5:52:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: dforest

He’s a better MIDI editor than guitar player, but don’t tell him that.


19 posted on 05/22/2015 5:52:38 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Nimue" - https://youtu.be/NHq7CtM9QMA | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Your use of the word glade just sparked thoughts of Spinal Tap’s all.


20 posted on 05/22/2015 5:52:47 PM PDT by Rastus
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