The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Text by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Illustrations by Gustave Doré
Audio by Richard Burton
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In my opinion this is one of the most magnificent poems in all of English Literature. It is entrancing, so set aside about a half hour and listen to it without a break.
However, my advice to all is....never shoot an albatross.
I couldn't agree more. I'm a "metal head", I first heard of this poem via an Iron Maiden song back in '84 when from their Powerslave album (it's what hooked me on Iron Maiden). Given that th artistic liberties taken, I searched found it and fell in love with it.
In Iron Maiden's "Live After Death" album, they introduce the song saying "And this is what not to do if a bird shits on you!"
What's the name of the song? Maybe I can find it on bilibili since I can't open YouTube.
Same as the poem..."Rime of the Ancient Mariner". It's on the Powerslave album
Got it. Thanks. In a while I'll post a story about a bird shitting on you that my late best friend used to tell.
This is going to be good.
The story, with a moral....
Three bird-watchers went to the deep African jungle seeking the legendary Foo bird. They spent days and nights there until they finally heard the bird's call from a distance: "foo...foo...foo". They crept through the jungle until finally they saw it above them in the trees, and when they were beneath it the bird unloaded a huge gob of shit that covered the heads of all three of them. One of the men ran to a river and washed the shit out of his hair, and while he was there a crocodile attacked and killed him. A second one saw a spring and washed the shit out of his hair and when he did a huge python swallowed him whole. The third one left the shit on his head, and the crocodile shunned him and jumped back into the river, and the python slid away from him as fast as it could. That third man returned unharmed to the nearest village.
What is the moral of the story?
If the Foo shits, wear it.
There is another version of this story that is on line, but it isn't as effective.
Anyone remember Richard Burton? He was one of Elizabeth Taylor's series of husbands, acted with her in Cleopatra, had a great voice.
Did ANYONE listen to this magnificent poem being read by Richard Burton?
Yes I did. I wasn't going to listen to the whole 1/2 hour at first, thinking it would take up too much time, but became enthralled by it and made it through to the end. Thanks for posting it.
The problem is that hardly anyone will bother to take the time to even START to listen to it because of my warning about the half hour, and so they have no idea what they are missing.