horncall of buckland - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mark12_30 · 09-03-2010, 06:41 AM

Wikipedia has an interesting article on Reveille. It includes lyrics, which I now recall, that start with "I can't get 'em up." (U.S. Version.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reveille

Bugle calls in general, in which IMO Taps is sadly neglected:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugle_call

(But I now do remember "Soupy.")

alman · 09-03-2010, 07:09 AM

See my first post– why create something magical that only does what the mundane version could do just as easily?

Nerwen- like cufflinks?

Or why not have them "know" when you want them removed, instead of asking them?

Nerwen · 09-03-2010, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by alman

See my first post– why create something magical that only does what the mundane version could do just as easily?

Nerwen- like cufflinks?

Or why not have them "know" when you want them removed, instead of asking them?

Okay, but that's more of "gimmick" magical item– a toy, really. And you haven't answered any of my other points.

Inziladun · 09-03-2010, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by alman

See my first post– why create something magical that only does what the mundane version could do just as easily?

Nerwen- like cufflinks?

Or why not have them "know" when you want them removed, instead of asking them?

The cufflinks you're referring to were not a product of Hobbit design, but were said to have been given to the Old Took by Gandalf. Hobbits didn't make magical items themselves.

Nerwen · 09-03-2010, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

The cufflinks you're referring to were not a product of Hobbit design, but were said to have been given to the Old Took by Gandalf. Hobbits didn't make magical items themselves.

Alman's already stated a theory that the "talking horn of buckland" came from Gandalf.

So that's alright... except that there's no evidence whatever that this horn existed at all.

And Alman, I hate to pick on newbies, but you really are jumping the gun on this one. Before you begin the speculation on how the Talking Horn worked, where it came from and what it sounded like, how about proving that there was a Talking Horn?

Inziladun · 09-03-2010, 07:32 AM

Ah. Sorry, I missed that.

In the interest of a pedantic argument, I would wonder why, if there was anything special about the horn used to sound the call, why the wording in the book says that the "horn-call of Buckland" is heard, and not something like the "Horn of Buckland", to note it wasn't an ordinary horn?

Nerwen · 09-03-2010, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Inziladun

Ah. Sorry, I missed that.

In the interest of a pedantic argument, I would wonder why, if there was anything special about the horn used to sound the call, why the wording in the book says that the "horn-call of Buckland" is heard, and not something like the "Horn of Buckland", to note it wasn't an ordinary horn?

Beat you to that one, my friend– see my post at #14.

Inziladun · 09-03-2010, 07:57 AM

Seems like that's pretty much it, then.

*throws up hands and walks off, whistling*

09-03-2010, 07:32 AM	#6
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Ah. Sorry, I missed that. In the interest of a pedantic argument, I would wonder why, if there was anything special about the horn used to sound the call, why the wording in the book says that the "horn-call of Buckland" is heard, and not something like the "Horn of Buckland", to note it wasn't an ordinary horn? __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

09-03-2010, 07:57 AM	#8
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,039	Seems like that's pretty much it, then. throws up hands and walks off, whistling __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

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09-03-2010, 06:41 AM	#1
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Wikipedia has an interesting article on Reveille. It includes lyrics, which I now recall, that start with "I can't get 'em up." (U.S. Version.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reveille Bugle calls in general, in which IMO Taps is sadly neglected: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugle_call (But I now do remember "Soupy.") __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve. Last edited by mark12_30; 09-03-2010 at 06:45 AM.

09-03-2010, 07:09 AM	#2
alman Newly Deceased Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 10	See my first post– why create something magical that only does what the mundane version could do just as easily? Nerwen- like cufflinks? Or why not have them "know" when you want them removed, instead of asking them?