The crackle of the old speaker sounds like a fireplace

Everyone in Middle Earth loves to hear ol' Tolkien, Elves, men, dwarves and hobbits, even orcs and troll-kin!

Never heard John's voice before. This is a nice first exposure to that.

I think the fact that Tom's "power" comes from his voice, is a clue to his origins. He is "the master" so when he commands you, you listen, simple as that. Also, his constant singing is relevant. I've always liked the idea that he is a physical embodiment of the Ainulindale.

Tom flipped the ring in the air and laughed at it. Frodo put the ring on and slipped away, but Tom saw him. Then Tom was disappeared from the movie.

Such a beautiful man, writing a beautiful character.

aw man i never had a grandpa but i bet this is what it feels like to be read to by one

Just hearing Tolkien's own voice makes this awesome

that was fantastic

Absolutely incredible poetry. What a find!

One person was not a merry fellow.

This was supposedly recorded in August 1952. The version of the poem in this recording is the one published by Tolkien in 1962, not the original 1934 version.

That old dastardly willow!

So this is Mr Tolkien's voice. He certainly sounded to be a delightful fellow. I once bought the Hobbit from one of our news agents years ago, but I had barely begun to read it. I have a number of books that I have yet to read including mangs too. Anyway, this video is nice, the poem is good and entertaining!}:>]

Tom was the original "chad" Tolkien is the grandfather of fantasy, bless his soul for all the smiles he brought to millions.

It's a good thing that the hobbits avoided those badgers! :o

My belief is that Tom Bombadil is the embodiment of the music without Melkor's discord. That is why he is so innocent and unconcerned and why he is immune to the ring.

“You let me out agin old man willow, I’m stiff lying here, there no sort of pillow your hard crooked roots. Drink your river water! Go back to sleep again, like the river daughter!” Willow man let him loose when he heard him speaking, locked fast his wooden house muttering and creaking whispering outside the tree. Out from Willowdingle tom went walking on, up the Withywindle.

Barrow-Wight: Hey I’m going to kill you Tom: go back home Barrow-Wright: ok

Wonderful!

This is a great reading.

Awesome

Honestly, the number of things redacted for the movie is bothersome and significant. Yes, this fellow and his merry house were taken, but so were Fatty and the wizard's dwarf assistants. We love the added bantering, the vision, and the action. We love the score that moved us, and we thank old Peter Jackson. But giving us more characters to cherish in The Hobbit cannot excuse how rude and rough he was, which makes it hard to drop it. Still and all, I love the work he did. He gave a generation a reason to pick up and read a work worth veneration. He wandered through the Elven lands, and Mordor gave us chills. Perhaps we can forgive the slip of absent Bombadil. But sadder still than all the rest, than all who did not there appear, was the treatment I detest of the hero Faramir. He did not so nearly take the ring, he did not relish pain, he always behaved as a king, and so I must complain. The Jacksonine portrayal, when I see it, aches my heart. Boromir fell to betrayal, though redeemed by valiant art. It was Faramir who, unfailing, less martial, yet more wise, set the hobbits free and hale and undeserving was despised. It was poignant reading Denethor's disdain and deep offense, knowing he valued the warrior beyond the better prince. Old Tom Bombadil was tricky, Fatty Bolger was a friend, but the absence I find stickiest is Faramir free from sin. He was unjustly maligned, Jackson made him as his brother, but when when reading him, we find, he was greater than the other. So in all my rhyming ranting, take but this from what I've pinned: I love Tolkien's world, his characters, his values. Now I end.

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Id like to hear Anthony Hopkins reading this.

My mother read the hobbit to my twin brother and I àt lunchtime we raced the creek home to listen .

Tolkien wrote the first version of this, which is very similar (he wears a peacock, rather than swan, feather in is hat), in 1934, before he even published The Hobbit. So where, do you think, Tom comes from?

I'm wondering about the copyright stuff of this. Do you think I can use this for one of my projects?

My god Tom is a HUNK.

Who is this Tom Bombadil? and why was he not in the movie`(correct me if i am wrong) does he live near the hobbits?

He is Eru.

Awesome