Greatest Adventure

[thuggie1]

i had the LP of this brings back a lot of memories thanks

[rmyoke1]

4 people stayed in the Shire instead of going on the Greatest Adventure...

[Dernhelmful]

This was sung by Glenn Yarbrough. Pay attention to the lyrics. You'll be glad you did. The message is extremely profound and full of truth. I loved this song as a child many, many years ago and I still love it. I've only just introduced the video and this unforgettable song to my child. May she remember it for a long time to come.

[EGLchan]

I'm sorry if I'm picky, but the movie isn't from 1974 - it's from 1974. ^^;

[EGLchan]

@EGLchan I meant: "it's not from 1980". XD

[thuggie1]

@EGLchan i came out in 1977

[EGLchan]

@thuggie1 Okay.

[MrMusicProphet]

The singer is Glenn Yarbrough.

[EGLchan]

Is Lenard Nimoy singing?

[zekethefreak33]

@EGLchan i dont think a vulcan will ever sing with such grace as glenn. haha

[EGLchan]

@zekethefreak33 Lol. :P (Spock is a vulcan, right?)

[zekethefreak33]

@EGLchan yes, yes he is

[gambit7775]

This movie was my childhood. This and Flight of Dragons. Awesome music, Great animation, absolutely brilliant. Im scared that when the hobbit comes out live, it'll ruin this. Please, Peter Jackson, Remember the past.

[spiff195]

i would give my left nut to have peter jackson put this as the song in the credits of the hobbit

[KiltBoy929]

check your dates, dude. 1977, not 1980

[hrkelsey]

oh this movie brings back childhood memories. =) ill always love this song. =)

[Level7Gentlemen]

I love this song and would be ecstatic if Peter Jackson brought it back. However, this movie isn't better than the live action ones. Yes, they made unnecessary changes and cuts, but the acting, scale and passion put out by all in the live action versions made them some of the greatest movies of all time; and frankly this movie, although good, isn't as good as them.

[STINKYxCHEEZMAN]

The Hobbit May of had a great adventure But Lemmiwinks had an even greater one

[ModernSurvivor]

@STINKYxCHEEZMAN YES

[ElvenRaptor]

I love this movie. Its what first introduced me to the great world of J.R.R. Tolkien.

[lobo81865]

Great song by a fantastic singer, Glenn Yarbrough.

[cenarules222]

thumbs up if u think PJ shud bring this back

[SongsJerome]

I gotta find the lyrics

[malorl]

Anyone elses father make them watch this over and over as a kid?

[hgraboid]

love this movie. screw the cgi and special effects, this movie is a classic!

[Hellzyead]

Limmy Winks! Make your way to the Asshole of Doom!

[lanark31]

I remember watching this over and over and over when i was a little kid...I LOVED IT!!! i still do!

[sartanko]

I also what to embark on an epic adventure.

Who's with me?

[dawnriku]

@sartanko hear hear!

[RuneFactory07]

I remember having a huge crush on animated Bilbo when I was younger. ...I still do, in fact.

[karritto]

@RuneFactory07

I had one on Frodo.

[Eldeecue]

While I might be forced to admit that PJ's LOTR ....in a quantitative sense, beat the animated versions....

I guarantee you his Hobbit will NOT hold a candle to the Rankin/Bass version. The Hobbit as a story is ...too folky, too innocent, too anti-war for him to ever do justice to.

I'll guarantee he'll exclude the most important line of the Hobbit....at the end where Bilbo says, "Thorin is right, I just will _never_ understand war...."

[Olivander100]

The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings and Return of the King cartoons are better than what any live movie could ever dream to achieve.

[AfghanChao]

how can people dislike a song like this?

[aRadioheadSong]

This song is so amazing, you have NO FREAKING IDEA

[wavecritter]

Best Ever =)

[DoctorBenway101]

There's still alot of ground to cross inside the man so gay

[BubuGaldwin]

the film is from year 1977

[KHsonicdude23]

Lemmiwinks! Lemmiwinks!

[giroroizmylove]

i love this movie, book, and song! i also have the movie on vhs, and on dvd too. sadly, the sound on the dvd is missing chunks. it's like they put the left side sound balance in and forgot about the right side :(

[CrazyChris00001]

Anyone know where i can get a download of this song?

[zoidburg111]

my last post never showed up...i read the book as a child and have the movie on vhs........still almost makes me cry........i hate how we have to live now

[HammockerSam]

@zoidburg111 I know... This movie IS my childhood, and this song fills me with wonderful memories. They just don't make movies like they used to...

[Kang5030]

@HammockerSam

Haha, me too. The Hobbit was the one movie I watched over and over and over again as a boy. I was a little introvert yearning for adventure - I remember this song in particular, vividly, almost 20 years later. I remember it whenever I go out and look at the moon at night, stressed out. It never fails to calm me.

Reality seems dim at times, but the love of life this stuff inspires is priceless. ;) I'm definitely finding a way for my future kids to watch this.

[zoidburg111]

read the book and seen this as a child.....almost 30 years ago....so bear with me ok

[zoidburg111]

love this...read the book and own the movie....wouldnt it be so fuckin great if we could just go out and forge ourown destiny.....instead we have to just work and survive...........almost makes me scuicidal........

[Ryansawesome11]

Shademp you're also very very gay. LOL that or into god. K thx bye.

[Mankepanke]

Lemmiwinks!

[BiffaTW]

love the bit where he looks at the moon, even the smallest of the children of Illuvatar have inspiring power within them.

[brwnipoints]

J.R.R. Tolken made the fantasy that will never be beaten! No other story shows so much detail from the hatred and blood to the beauty of the scenery! It just makes me so enchanted! You here that Harry Potter and Twilight? Go screw yourselves!

[Zwei4815]

What's the significance of "King" Bilbo switching swords at 1:20 in his dream? I'm aware that it doesn't really happen in the story, I was just curious as to what it means.

[zoontoob]

@Zwei4815 Dunno, yet I think it has something to do with Gandalf's "wear a sword instead of a walking stick" speech.

[rat4cooler]

Thank you for the clear, high-def upload of this one.

[gambit7775]

best of all the LOTR movies. the mythical live acion verion wont be anywhere near as good as this incredible piece of art. When i was a kid i must've watched it once a week. now i cant find the tape.

[Ratog4]

SUPER STREAMLINED SUNDAYS!

[FinalFantasyKing9]

More epic then the LOTR movies

[Geek4Eternety]

oh my lord,i love this movie! i have seen it more then 60 times.its absolutly wonderfull! :D

truly a masterpiece,i would have loved to shake hands with J.R.R Tolken.:)

[Jokester6293]

so would i. i saw this as a kid and i loved it. this movie turned me into a nerd lol. my grandmother knew what a hobbit was and i was like. hob-what? good times

[4zz0e]

LEMMIWINKS :D

[CrazyChris00001]

God this is great quality usually if i look for this its all crappy but this looks awsome! Great job!

[BTBHSOHBOY]

Lemmiwinks!

[vidgamer77]

God Bless Rankin & Bass. I only hope substance like this does not become more diluted by technological advancements...This was creative brilliance at its best, timeless.

[lughlongarm76]

@vidgamer77 Well said. This video is such a nostalgia-gasm for me.

[balrog13571]

This is my whole childhood. I don't know how many times I watched this as a kid. It's awesome.

[1980MF1980]

Just got chills in my head and in my arms

[Treemeadow]

Oh god, I'm crying!

Thats what happens when your longest lost childhood memories are brought back with such force and nostalgia that it just gets you!

This is the film that started my love of fantasy, and the joy of an Epic.

[DivineHumility]

Me too Treemeadow, me too.

[lilmitchit54]

i love this movie, i first saw it when i was about 3 and immediatly was hooked. im now reading the book and i have to say it is one of the greatest books ive ever read. i know all of the words to all the songs!

[devilholdscards]

One of the greatest memories from my childhood. Even though parts of the book were removed and changed it's still a masterpiece!

[Firebirdracer203]

I love this movie

[Ranciddistortion121]

Love :D

[Bannerman242]

They Parody this in South Park, The Adventure of Lemmiwinks, I never realized this until last night when I started watching this.

[m2frogger]

2011-2012!!! Hobbit movie 1 and 2!=]

[cerebain]

wow the memories...

[Ludvik789]

sad to think that many of those dwarfs died, and funny to think that bombur get so fat that he needs 6 dwarfs to carrie him around

[mortvia]

I had trouble enough taking this movie seriously when I was younger and after the whole 'Lemmiwinks' episode I'm almost completely incapable of watching this.

This is still a true classic in every notion.

[ascohn]

I saw Glenn Yarbrough in concert when I was about 9 years old. I really wanted to hear these songs, so I gave a note to one of the tech guys, but by the end of the concert, Glenn hadn't sung any of the Hobbit songs. I was inconsolable, but maybe this song is about braving disappointment, too! :)

[Mooseboy018]

Lemmiwinks!

[GavintotheFuture]

he's got a point. the hobbit was released in 1977.

[Englishman3986]

MCMLXXVII=1977 it says so at 0:44

[CaptainSorzo]

Classic nostalgia. This is one of my favorite animated films; the Ranklin/Bass version of ROTK comes close, but is sadly hampered by the more serious and violent plot.

[bookking99]

I'm pretty sure this came out in 1977. Still, it's a great song. =)

[MartenFerret]

I always loved this classic

[NeoVolk]

Such a beautiful film.  It moved me as a child, and I will always have a fondness for it.

[Murilliom]

Personally, I prefer the animated hobbit vs any other L.O.T.R. movies. They can't hold a candle. This song is no exception. Sums up the entire film beautifully.

[Ringlord3434]

but the live action ones r still great

i dont think the new hobbit will live up to them nor this uber flick

[oldfrend]

i fully concur. jackson's films, as impressive as they were, were bloated with the weight of their own self-importance and lacked heart.

[Thecorpsemaker]

@Murilliom If you mean the other cartoons then yes, if you mean it's better than the live action ones I strongly disagree

[ThePirateJon]

@Murilliom Agreed!!!! Old Pete Jackson needs to re-watch these and learn from them. Honestly it should be read as "Peter Jackson Interpretation of Lord of the Rings" cause it does not follow the books very well. I can point out something wrong in almost every single scene of Peter Jackson LOTR..lol I know that makes me a nerd but @ least I can read XD

[ElvenRaptor]

@ThePirateJon Didn't stop them from being good movies, though.

[dawnriku]

@Murilliom the people who animated the hobbit also did ROTK they needed to do the other two of the LOTR series.

[susumu07]

@Murilliom

True, this movie brings that sense of nostalgia and the funny suspicion that there is a deeper hidden wisdom behind the tale... which the LOTR films, for all their wonderful special effects and great acting, just can't do. Even though Tolkien didn't write this song, it fits the story perfectly.

[charlieRicketts]

when i was little this song used to make me teary eyed. dont know why.

[Sonicish]

Best Movie EVUH!

[battlepanda8]

What is the guy who was singing name ?

[PiggyofGuinea]

Glen Yarborough I think is the spelling. His voice is one of my first memories as a child.

[brinrock21]

The movie actually came out in 1977.........awesome movie though with great music.

[Kiro746]

My third Favorite song from all of the Hobbit n Lotr movies..

[MisterE87]

S C A R YYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

[utubbombz]

a wonderful movie.

an even better book.

and an inspiration!

[nerd4always]

i own this movie and watch it whenever.i really love this movie.bilbo baggins is so adorible and the things he says sometimes make me laugh.-example.( adventures will make one late 4 dinner )

[zombiehunter1977]

kind of an emo thing to say... who is excited about death?

[Solechnaya]

I dunno, I think death is the grandest of all adventures.

One that I am exited about, but not quite ready to embark on.

[legolasisthebest]

While other kids were watching Disney, I watched Aliens, Star Wars, and of course this! And when LOTR films came out, I was addicted.

[cupcakes567]

You know what my favorite part of this video is? Well, firstly, the fabulous warbling of Glen Yaborough's voice, but mostly I love the fact that at 1:30 there is someone in the cast identified simply as "Theodore". No last name. I've always wondered about this mysterious Theodore...

[Fatso5055]

Thodore is also in the Return of the King, he voices gollum in both movies.

[xaxisxophiodes]

Theodore Gottlieb.

[DarkWolfen]

Very nice song about every man and every unseen events of a person's life. All a person has to do is but decide.

[XFFchannel2]

it would have been cool if this song was in the ralph bakish version

[NukeCulear]

I like this movie. It's a classic. And this song is good.

[nerdrific12]

Even though that was a bad adaption, I really like the music.

[FrozenSilence]

The script was different, but the atmosphere was there in it's entirety.

[brianpadraic]

Bad adaption? That's nuts! That is a great movie. If Draq directed it, though, it would be 144 x greater.

[theshirtninja]

I'd have to agree. Then again, there's only so much that can be put into an hour and a half. Book is so much better though, as it usually the case.

[swizzle88711]

lemmiwinks!!!

[takanuvathegreat]

i love this song and the cartoon

[celticrealness]

this song is awesome, the hobbit is a classic

[Rogue9162]

Holy. Shit.

This was my favorite movie when I was like 5. I fell in love with The Lord of the Rings at a very young age, and this was my favorite song in all the animated series. I LOVE this song!

[AlianQuin]

I remember having a bunch of Disney movies on VHS and this on VHS. I watched this more then I watched the Disney movies.

[sipioc]

This brings me back, CLASSIC

[LukeRMichaels]

amazing.....

[bigwaverider101]

AHHHHHHH MY EARS this song goes thru the whole movie and wont stop , ahhhhhhh

[coolmike720]

i love this song!

[unionofonion]

I really like this song, and I really like how the guy sings it...great voice.

[CKnightsofni]

love this song

[WanderdFromTheShire]

The best song in existance, in my opinion. The lyrics, the message, the voice, the music.. everything. Timeless, and breath taking.

[vidensodoacer]

Thanks for posting it up. This brings back so many old memories.

[mewsamantha]

I'M GONNA KILL THAT MINSTREL!!!!! I mean it that Frodo of the nine fingers song is still annoying the hell outta me

[unionofonion]

Well, that may be so- but this isn't that song.

It's the greatest adventure so please leave your comments that ruin this song to the one you actually do hate instead of needlessly ranting mewsamantha.

I'm asking this because I glanced your comment and it bothered me.

[Strikercups]

The best song in the movie!

[MarthelPL]

just look at him (i mean bilbo)! he's the cutest creature in the middle-earth!

[Shademp]

"A man whose a dreamer, and never takes leave, who thinks of a world that is just make believe, will never know passion, will never know pain..."

These are indeed timeless lyrics. I relate to the song very deeply.

[balthasarEF]

I agree

[dersterber]

and for the record this guy couldn't sing his way through Switzerland

[dersterber]

this movie was so crappy,

I watched when I was 10 and I thought it sucked

[ElwoodBlackmore]

i think this movie is great.

wonderful song

[mewsamantha]

you suck. -.-

[Crust218]

Such timeless wisdom...

[georsonofzoltan]

hurry up lemmiwinks or you will soon be dead

[bluejewfondu]

lemmiwinks!!

[TeamGhillie]

Best Damn Movie ever, i wish i could find this on song on Ares, loved this song

[Minyasta]

Thank you so much for uploading this song, mellon nin. I agree with Mithrilluin--I wish I could find an mp3 version. This is seriously my favorite song ever. I have cherished this movie close to my heart since childhood. This song in particular holds deep meaning for me. It's the song I think of whenever I feel overwhelmed by everything going on in my life.

[Mahbu]

Oh god. . it brings me back.

[YouSuck236]

SOUNDS LIKE A SHEEP!

[RedheadedVillian]

A freaking AWESOME jam sheep!

[JukeboxHero12345]

Ah, Glenn Yarborough and his legendary vibrato. I love that man.

[starhealer1]

I so love this song and movie. I have this movie along with the other 2 that go with it.

[Warriorsorochi77]

This song is awesome!

[Ninj4Dude]

AGREED

[Mithrilluin]

I wish I could find an mp3 version of this song! And several of the others as well, but they probably didn't even make a soundtrack, since it was made in 77.

[YouSuck236]

Lemmiwinks the Gerbil King

[kcholt68]

A Movie Dearest blog featured video. See my profile for the link and playlists!

[lobo81865]

Always loved this video and song. Glenn Yarbrough has one of the best voices in folk music.

[FrozenSilence]

I agree. Glenn Yarbrough is a legend.

[weedfire444]

doesn't he sound like a sheep? (not a bad thing!)

[TelescopeIceness]

Lol don't all punk singers sound like that, I mean Gerrard Way anyone :D?

But anyways it's an awesome song, the music in Hobbit is pretty much what got me into the whole Hobbit/Lord of the Ring saga in the first place. Absolutely fantastic.

[AzaranKing]

Likewise

[genesisofpain]

there can only be animation like this every once in a generation or so

[gater104]

This is a such a great movie!! I grew up watching it...and I love this song!! :D

[1810to1913]

this movie is so effin good

[woollybully100]

great song to use for the opening credits

set a great tone 4 the rest of the film.

[hectorxander]

l love this music Iwas about 11 when i heard it i never knew the singer till now now im 27 and happy i dont have 2 watch the movie 2 hear the song thank you.

[Webins]

Glenn Yarbrough has such an amazing voice.