#aelle

Say what you want, King Aelle and Bjorn as a king in 'Vikings' (2013-2020) had a lot in common - and not in a bad way. 👑 And yes, I've photoshopped that pose meanwhile and will probably be able to draw it when I can make time for it. 😉

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Okay, so there's this guy called Gary Hughes, maybe he is very popular, maybe not, I am the worst at music and I don't understand music genres, but wikipedia defines his music hard rock.

Gary Hughes, in 2003 created two arthurian albums. Not only there are arthurian songs, but different singers have different roles, so... this is like a hard rock arthurian musical!

The characters are: Arthur (Gary Hughes), Guinevere (Lana Lane), Lancelot (Danny Vaughn), Morgana (Irene Jansen), Merlin (Bob Catley), Galahad (Sean Harris), Nimue (Sabine Edelsbacher) and Mordred (Doggie White), plus King Aelle (D. C. Cooper) and two narrators (Harry Hess for cd2 and Damian Wilson for cd1).

The cd follows a chronological order, so ALBUM I has the start and the betrayal of Guinevere and Lancelot:

01. Excalibur (lyrics, youtube) - a general song about the mythos and Excalibur and what is going to come in the album. 02. Dragon Island Cathedral (lyrics, youtube, King Arthur) - Arthur sings of the start of his kingdom from taking the sword in the stone 03. At the End of Day (lyrics, youtube, Arthur and Guinevere) - romance song 04. The Reason Why (lyrics, youtube, Lancelot) - Lancelot being sad because of love 05. Shapeshifter (lyrics, youtube, Morgana) - Morgana shapeshifting, probably seducing Arthur? 06. King for a Day (lyrics, youtube, Merlin) - Merlin lamenting that he cannot be king and revive the Old Gods 07. Avalon (lyrics, youtube, Lancelot) - Lancelot really loves Guinevere 08. Sinner (lyrics, youtube, Galahad) - Galahad accusing Guinevere of being a sinner 09. In Flames (lyrics, youtube, Merlin) - I think Merlin here talks about Guinevere betrayal as well, as he talks about how the time has come and the crime is done 10. Lies (lyrics, youtube, Arthur) - and in fact here Arthur sings about how Guinevere betrayed him and lied to him

Now album II is all about Arthur' fall:

01. Kill the King (lyrics, youtube, Aelle) - the Saxon king really wants to see Arthur dead 02. There by the grace of the gods (lyrics, youtube, Arthur) - Arthur feels like he is slowly failing and losing the battle 03. Still Love You (I Still Do) (lyrics, youtube, Arthur) - Arthur still loves Guinevere :(  04. Oceans of Tears (lyrics, youtube, Gunevere) - Guinevere makes a decision 05. Rise from the Shadows (lyrics, youtube, Morgana) - Morgana is ready to get her revenge 06. Believe Enough to Fight (lyrics, youtube, Merlin, Nimue) - Nimue has probably more strength than Merlin to work for the old gods of Britain 07. The Hard Way (lyrics, youtube, Mordred) - Arthur is going down! 08. The Pagan Dream (lyrics, youtube, Nimue) - You see, I am not sure here if Nimue is for or against Arthur. I like to think that Nimue got ride of Merlin to take for herself the rebirth of the old Briton’s gods (but then, Arthur says “for the gods”, so I am not sure( 09. Demon Down (lyrics, youtube, Mordred) - Mordred at Camlann 10. Deius (Instrumental) 11. Without You (lyrics, youtube, Galahad) - Galahad here has the role of Bedivere... but... you know... if you want to pretend he is singing about Mordred... like I do, you can 12. Once and Future King (lyrics, youtube) - the epilogue

I like ‘Gandalfar’ it reminds me of Gandalfred. Gandalves does sound more correct in English tho.

I see you, Clive. You ain’t foolin’ NO ONE! btw I caught it WAAAAAAAAAAY before this close up...

but I wanted to make sure and sure enough

Spot on, you ain’t that unrecognizable in Viking gear okay?

but then

Wait what? Why does he look familiar?