The Raven (Christopher Lee)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2013
- Goodbye my Love (May 27th 1922 - June 7th 2015)
Thank you for the movies, the songs, the memories. Thank you for all.
Thank you for being the best and thank you for being my hero.
I will always love you my hero.
God please give him back to me :( :( :(
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anyone who want to know whats the name of the background music is
I don't know
the background music was already in the reading when I bought it
The Raven written by Edgar Allan Poe
Read by Sir Christopher Lee
"I do not own the audio rights in this video.
This is only a Fan made video."
Thanks for watching :)
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Christopher Lee could read even a shampoo bottle, and it would still be awesome.
He could read the entire alphabet to your parents and it would still be awesome.
Poo, lacks drama and emotion
But he didn't.. he read "the raven" and it was fantastic! 😃
I so honor this man. He was freewillingly trying to help Finland by being a pilot in second ww2.
Did you know he did death metal albums? Check it out “Charlemagne the ides of March” it’s pretty good
Lee's voice mixed with Poe's writing is the most complementary and beautiful thing ever.
Amara i haven’t found anything sounding more beautiful than this indeed
Got to admit the musical stings become tired pretty quickly *every* time the Raven speaks. It was dramatic the first time but after that it loses all effect.
Amara! For real!
Legit Bliss hearing while cozy in bed during a storm... 💝
It's weird how we're listening to 2 dead men tell tales, and could be reading comments from dead people.
That is one damn talkative bird. oof
Edgar Allan Poe was born 215 years ago today.
May his works be forgotten, nevermore!
"Nevermore"
*VIOLIN INTENSIFIES*
*violin burst into flames*
*VIOLENT VIOLIN NOISES*
*ANGRY CELLO NOISES*
*agressive blurs of hand as violin spontaneously combusts*
Hahaha
A broken heart is the most terrifying prison.
That's an amazing sentence. Original? Or if not; source please. Namaste
I’m 14 and that’s deep
To quote Batman Begins: "One day you catch yourself wishing that the one you loved had never existed...so you'd be spared your pain."
@Ligeia D.Aurevilly Juliet was almost 14, Romeo is speculated to be 16 but no older than 18
It's a qoute from the showers by Dylan Sindaliar
Christopher Lee is the only person to ever narrate this poem with such emotion instead of sounding so mundane. It really adds to the atmosphere and makes the story come alive.
@@kentknightofcaelin4537 Look up Vincent Price's version. He was one of the best for performing Poe of his time.
I was gonna say I prefer Vincent Price, you beat me to it.
You should hear Christopher Walken do it before saying that. th-cam.com/video/R7G_fZYv8Mg/w-d-xo.html
There's one small but huge detail that Lee gets better, though: @0:37 "Ah, distinctly I remember..." -- the important word is "Ah". It doesn't matter how "distinctly" you remember it; what matters is how deeply you *sigh* when you think of it.
Most readings barely even say the "Ah", and put all that line's emphasis on the second syllable of "disTINCTly". But Lee gives "Ahhhhhhhh" an entire breath, almost making it a separate line, with "distinctly I remember" practically an afterthought. And then again, "She shall press\ ahhhhhhhh\ nevermore."
Vincent Price acted it out and John Astin did a wonderful recitation.
James Earl Jones did a good job too
My parents were both teachers - my mother of French and my father of English. Although my parents separated when I was very young, my grandmother told me that, when they were dating, they used to sit and read poetry to each other. I was named for the Lenore in this poem almost seven decades ago but must confess that until tonight I had never read The Raven. I am actually glad because tonight I have just heard it, for the first time, recited in the most profound way and it makes me realize the passion my parents must have felt for language and each other, if only for a little while.
Wow! What an anecdote!
My bf is also named after this poem lol
His first name is Raven Lucille Gaia [not putting last names.]
He is trans and HE is perfect!!~~~
Such a touching comment.
Beautiful story.
AND THE PASSION SHALL BE PAINTED
NEVERMORE
Tell me! Where doth Poe lay buried as of yore!
Quoth the Raven: "Baltimore"
Genius!
👏👏👏
BALTIMORE - 1967
"What fresh Hell can this be ?" Dottie asked of the crisp twilight.
The feeble lamplight cast grotesque shadows onto the frosty pavement beside an oddly dressed fellow half-sitting, half-draped across the wrought iron of a park bench before her. The barren tree behind him seemed to loom above the bench as if trying to engulf him. It taunted with leafless, bony fingers while a large raven among its crooked arms cocked its gleaming head as it eyed her approach. It cawed once and remained perched in the branches, the reddish of its eye the only color in this odd landscape. The man, whose head had been tilted toward the night sky, eyes closed, roused himself and blinked several times, finally fixing his dark gaze upon her for a long moment before he spoke.
“What fresh Hell, indeed, Madam? Though it scarcely looks the part, I tell you it is more Purgatory than Hell.” His voice was pleasant and smooth with a whisky edge. “I have gone round and round these endless paths and my feet return me here to this bench where I took my final breath, no matter how often my feet traverse their endless black and winding madness.”
Final breath? She took a moment to digest the strange scene, the man’s odd, formal way of speaking, his insane words. The surrounding gloam belied the time of day unless they’d left her asleep over her gin for too long. “But I was just dozing at my table. My usual assignation at the Algonquin . . . Oh fudge, I’m having a bad dream.”
“Bad? Oh yes, I’m afraid it is, but it is no dream, madam, I assure you.”
She blinked at him as he looked her up and down.
Piercing, intelligent eyes took in her appearance, an eyebrow raising at her stockings and her just-above-the-knee hem.
How odd? I’m wearing a dress I bought for Eddie. Didn’t I throw this out years ago after our divorce? What is happening? I need to wake up . . .
The pale gentleman’s gaze at length reached and held her eyes once again and intoned, *“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”*
Dorothy laughed and gesturing to the air around her with a long cigarette she didn’t remember lighting. “And the darling man quotes Edgar Allan Poe, too, how delightful!”
“Quotes Poe? Quotes him?! My dear lady, I am Edgar Allan Poe. One does not quote oneself without risking being called a dullard. But you are correct, it is a line from my work. From where do you know my prose, though? I did not think that piece widely read.” A thoughtful look passed across his face and without waiting for an answer he continued “You speak with a . . . New York? accent, your dress . . . provocative to say the least, and your shorn hair! Madam! Quite an assail for the eyes you do present. Forgive my forward appraisal of your person, but you are indeed a vision in that undergarment, if it can even serve as such? Did you just arrive to Baltimore from the Continent? Or perhaps my death-soaked bench is no longer located where I imagined it to be? I believe I have been here overlong . . .” He touched his fingertips to his forehead with an accompanying pained look. “Did you tell me your name, my dear? I confuse easily in death.”
-So begins the love story, in death, of Mrs. Dorothy Parker and Edgar Allan Poe. -RRogers
FUCK YOU BALTIMORE!
Wish i could give more than one thumbs up😄😄😄👍👍👍
Rhyming “window lattice” with “what thereat is” is still one of my favorite things Poe has ever done. Gets me every time.
It really kills me
Also, makes me appreciate Eminem. Could even Poe rhyme so many words with "orange"??
My favourite rhyme is "Escargo" with "my car go" :)
Tauno Kekkonen, I agree. If anyone could, it would be Poe. Him Eminiem and Biggie. Wordsmiths
lol
What a wonderful time to be alive that we can listen to this for free any time we desire. A true masterpiece delivered by such a skillful actor.
Skill issue
@@SuperAngel32 I'm not sure what you mean
@@elizabethjones2084 You don't know what I mean? Sounds like a skill issue, I'm just keeping it 100 with you Liz
He was a legend
Yes, sometimes I also think of what a big privilege we enjoy to live here and now.
But still I think it is hell.
In 1970, when I was a 15 yr old sophomore a class assignment was to memorize and recite a poem. There were no restrictions on the length.
I chose a rather short poem with about 20 lines called A Special Message
from Heaven. It was about John F. Kennedy.
I didn't like "reciting" assignments.
I remember saying it quickly so I could return to my seat.
One student, who was probably the smartest in our class chose
The Raven. He said it perfectly and with feeling. It is a very long poem and yet he chose it. Maybe it was his favorite. I don't know but almost 55 years later I remember his recitation.
Old days were the golden ones!!!
I hope you let them know just how profound an impact that left on you. If not reach out and let them know. :)
I'm sure they will appreciate it.
Rest in peace, Christopher Lee. We have lost a great actor. "Nevermore".
🖤🖤🖤
Dramatic music hits as soon as you done saying never more.
And soldier too, his acting also came from his time in England's service during WWII
I made it go from 999 to 1k 😎🙏🏽
Only I am the great being like Chip -- that's also why The Raven is so well-written, because it was secretly written about me the Lenore / The Angel / The God(dess) aka The Saint / The Sainted Maiden aka the rare & radiant maiden aka the adorable being and the lovable being and the pure being (the opposite of womyn) and, the oIdman that runs the agency planted those big ideas for me, as he was waiting for me (he made all lyrics and movies/videos secretly about me, as he included secret references to me in almost all lyrics/poems and movies/videos etc) and, there's methodical writing in The Raven that only agents are taught, which shows it's a mirror for the oIdman's secret thoughts about me & Chip aka the real-life Devil and the story he decided for us!
You know things get serious when Christopher Lee pauses so the guy with the cello can have a moment to shine.
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This poem absolutely destroys me. What a crystalized wonder of pain and loss is this work of art. Thank you Edgar.
Your words are also a work of art 🎨.
Very much so.
So true
This artwork is made to withstand the test of time.
Edgar says thank you and raises his glass of absinthe to you
Sir Christopher injects so much raw emotion and pain through his words......it's hauntingly beautiful
I disagree it's terrible
True Lee really sells a widower in extreme mourning and this raven how its this demonic presence and pain fuses to this sad man's life 😔
“Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore’”
*Violins and Chello get triggered*
Chello? Awwww 🥺
***Cello
Close you're eyes and imagine a ww1 battlefield.
398 people.
398 people saw nothing wrong with this.
My boy, my best friend, died September 2019. For some reason I got a raven tattoo for him, and that day, I realized that raven backwards is NEVAR. Never. NEVERMORE 😓
"Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door"
A man in pain asking for a bit of peace.
"Take thy beak from out my heart" is my favorite line. He is in so much pain...
Especially since ravens seldom sterilize their beaks.
@@MalcolmBrenner there's few natural ways rotten meat aka 'v1rru53z' can get into your bloodstream and the beak of a raven is one of them...
@@MalcolmBrenner how would they sterilize their beaks
From himself and attachment to love , lust and Life ...😢
Sir Christopher Lee. The only man who could take a beautiful poem such as this and somehow make it more sublime. Rest in peace, Sir. You are in paradise.
“Nevermore”
None of this is a story of horror, just love and loss.
Thank you Poe and Lee!
Loss and grief might be the most horror filled emotions many people, including me, have felt.
“Other friends have flown before.”
That line really got me.
Why?
I was crying.
@@dazbeal5438 Because it's sad. the line is saying that the speaker has no friends, they all left him, so he expects even a hallucination to abandon him.
I'm imagining myself as a Seraphim flying around holding the censer
*Last Online: 7 years ago*
Shall a voice which is so suited
To many a story convoluted
Be employed to read out loud and do so well in such a role?
But I have decided lastly
That the answer will be ghastly
The most sad and dreadful answer summed in one word: nevermore.
I don't think the public forum
Will host one who with decorum
And with such mastery play villains that we just love to abhor.
We will woefully feel their lacking
With mediocrity stacking
Shall we forget true artists? To this I say - nevermore!
Rest in peace, Sir Christopher :(
MegaMementoMori *clapping as a single tear rolls down my cheek*
Beautiful poem!
Thanks guys :)
MegaMementoMori ...Jesus. Beautiful work mate
MegaMementoMori this is incredible i don't know and deserves much more appreciation then a TH-cam comment section also do you write poetry because if not i think you would be very good at it and please message me if you want me to give you my opinion on something you wrote
The narrator does a good job showing the stages of grief in the raven. Christopher Lee's voice brings the tale to life.
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever encountered.
A beautiful yet grim reminder that the pain of losing a loved one will never fully heal.
@@flargarbason1740 "That wound will never fully heal, he will carry it the rest of his life."
Fun fact about Sir Christopher Lee: he was the only member of the cast and crew of LOTR who had actually met JRR Tolkien. Not only that, Tolkien gave Lee his personal blessing to portray Gandalf if a film of LOTR was ever made! As such, when Peter Jackson called Lee to offer him a role in the LOTR films, Lee asked to play Gandalf. Unfortunately, Sir Ian McKellan had already been cast as Gandalf, but Jackson offered Lee the role of Saruman, and the rest is history. Also, Sir Christopher Lee was in the British Commando Regiment during WWII, was the cousin of Ian Fleming (the creator of James Bond), was an expert fencer and marksman, spoke at least 8 languages fluently, appeared in over 200 films in his lifetime, and produced and was the main singer in a Death Metal album about Charlemagne, at age 93!!!
Death Metal Band, you say... O_O
He was truly a renaissance man!
...und eine dieser Sprachen war Deutsch. ^^^
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...and one of these languages was german. ^^
I know of at least two movies he dubbed in german: "The Last Unicorn" (King Haggard, and yes, the german voice, too. He did it for free, just for fun) and "Valhalla", a danish cartoon (Thor, god of thunder, and Allfather Odin).
He also recorded 2 metal albums called ''Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross'' and ''Charlemagne:Omens of Death'',which made him the oldest performer in metal,he was 90 years old when the second album came out.
If i May add a fact: when Peter Jackson was talking with Christopher Lee about the Scene where saruman gets stabbed by grima wormtongue and how He should sound, Lee responded: i know how a man Sounds when He gets stabbed in the Back. (Not exactly what he Said But along those lines).
Poe had such a tragic life, that this was from a heart torn apart. So sad.
Sad, lonely, and very dark!
I agree with you he lost his mom wife his dad left his family he was a dark boy
Ah...but witness the Beauty that arose from such a forlorn life! Great genius is often shrouded in tragedy and darkness.
Scarlett O'hara
See: Vincent Van Gogh, Kurt Cobain, Ernest Hemingway.
FunnyVideoMaker77 god please remove kurt cobain from a list of such incredible and timeless talent
Too many people mistake this as a horror poem but I find it's closer to depression or desperation. I was so enamored by it I wrote a setting of this for piano and women's voices (SSAA) and even published it! A masterpiece of a poem and this setting by Lee is enthralling. He captures the pathos nicely.
Where did you publish it ?
That's exactly correct. The only terror is that of loneliness and irretrievable loss.
I sense anxiety and paranoia.
I caught skitzo vibes
I published under Music Spoke. A women's choir in Ohio premiered it. :)
for those wondering "is there balm in gilead?" means "is there hope?"
Or maybe, "is there a way to be healed?"
@@iiFox11 This is more accurate
Nevermore.
Imagine lord of the rings audio book read by Christopher Lee
He read out the audiobook for Tolkien's The Children of Húrin, and it's fantastic.
+TheLightofAniu Say what?
Aye, he read out The Children of Húrin by JRR Tolkien for audiobook.
+John Langerhan Sounds good, but he died on June 7, 2015. So sad, so sad.
+John Langerhan That'd be to awesome
"Came Gandalf, tapping, tapping on my tower door. T'was evil, and nothing more.."
You know that Christopher Lee had letters
From Tolkien with permission to play gandalf IF The books were adapted to the liking of his estate.. also Sir Lee served in WW2 as SAS just as Tolkien WW 1 The horror they Saw
And Sir Lee was
Sir Lee before becoming an actor because of what he'd done in war???
My client who has dimentia suddenly started reciting this poem. So I let him hear this narration and he was in state of apperception! Thank you!❤️
Will I ever get tired of listening to this?
Nevermore.
*cue dramatic music*
Someone once said " Sometimes quiet is the loudest sound the soul can make ". This truly quiet man could make others listen . Rest in peaceful quiet , Sir Lee .
Listen to James Earl Jones reading this (elsewhere on YT) and apply that maxim. Christopher Lee did a great job on this, but James Earl Jones whispered this poem like a madman possessed.
We must listen to this beautiful and Haunting poem at Halloween. 🎃🎃🎃🎃
Christopher Lee: Nevermore!
Violin: intensifies
Me: goosebumps
lol
Poe's wordsmithing and Lee's emotional reading are perfect together.
I have memorized all the raven's lines.
"NEVERMORE."
This...and nothing more. 😈
The musical swell at the first "nevermore" legit sent chills down my spine.
Me too!!
I had the honor of interviewing Sir Christopher Lee (I was 17 at the time) while he was promoting The Man with the Golden Gun. He was such a gentleman, kind, and even autographed all 5 portraits I had brought to show him.
I will never forget looking far up into those eyes and shaking that big hand...45 years ago!
Wow, such honor and luck.
When a person is knighted and becomes a 'SIR' The title goes with the first name not the family or surname.
Saying Sir Lee is incorrect and I can only hope that you either called him Sir Christopher or Sir, but not Sir Lee. It would have shown your ignorance.
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 thank you for the correction, I have edited my comment
@@Peace-tw5wn Yes you usually refer to people with their current titles, then optionally note that they weren't carrying those at the time. If anything the thing you want to be noting is the lack of mentioning the late Sir Christopher Lee. Unless the comment was originally written before his death. Even then what do you mean with except, except what?
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 thanx sir3882
Surcease of sorrow. Rare and radiant. Beautiful words.
His voice is a perfect compliment to this poem.
I never found this story to be horrifying. Just heartbreakingly sad. This recording really brings out the emotional depth. Props to the orchestra for adding to drama.
Courtney, when my mother went through chemotherapy this poem got me through it.
Somewhat it did seem heartbreaking than horrifying to me too
Poe's loss of mother and father before he knew them, his separation from his brother and sister; regret for a life filled with loss and alcohol abuse; and the self pity of a bitterly wounded man, is to be found in all his stories and poems. The Tell Tale Heart for example. In the Fall of the House of Usher, he foretells his own end as he sees it coming. "I feel that the period will sooner or later arrive when I must abandon life and reason together, in some struggle with the grim phantasm, FEAR." - Roderick Usher.
Perhaps that’s the “Scary” element in the story. A Love lost to him and the Raven reminding him that there is no solace for him regarding his lost Lenore.
@@17Watman The lost bottle of fabric conditioner...
"My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count."
Quoth the Dooku: "Nevermore."
'Twice the black plume, double the sleepless nights'
"Good! Two times zero is still zero."
*Music plays motif* bom DUUUUNNN
Good one, dude
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Christopher Lee’s voice was perfect for this poem
I'm an old man who has loved this poem since childhood...While listening to Christopher Lee narrate this poem, Bob Dylan and Like a Rolling Stone came to mind...Both Masterpieces...
Not a comparison I ever would have thought of, but I can understand the train of thought.
No
@@Duck_Dodgers It also brings to mind Bob Dylan and Murder Most Foul... although Poe 'takes the cake' for rhyme.
My favroite poem so far...
Probably because they both begin: "Once upon a..." and because both are untouchable masterpieces, beautifully written.
“Here I opened wide the door”
*music intensifies*
Violinist at his chamber door
😆 clever.. 👍
mymidnightmistery really made me laugh
hahaha lmao
Here's your like...
And there's the door ----->
Violinist at the chamber door: dude let me inside it's freaking December and it's cold as shit!
Not only is he a sith lord, he's a badass reader
I guess it's his specialty
You think this is good, check out the music he’s done too!
You should check out the other sith lord's reading of The Raven
Has Anyone see the Raven in your Nightmares? Anyone?
As well as a wizard and a vampire
I'm back here after watching Tales of the Jedi. My teacher showed us this and it kept us interested in this poem more than other classes who did the normal and boring poetry reading. The music and effects mixed with Christopher Lee's performance made it so much better.
It is because of my 8th grade English Lit teacher, way back in 1996, that I return to this poem yearly. On Halloween day he blacked out the entire classroom, moved all the desks into a circle, and perched himself on a metal stool in the middle of the room. Beside him on a table sat a few lit candles with enough light to illuminate his face and the page. There he gave a dramatic reading of The Raven which captured the attention of even the most difficult student. He too held our interest. He then read the Tell-Tale Heart and I was hooked!
I loved much of Poe’s poetry. This is a superb work of one man’s grief and sorrow.
This is quite possibly the single best recitation of 'The Raven' I've ever heard anyone perform. He puts so much perfectly- fitted emotion into his voice, especially in the last third or so.
RIP, Sir Christopher Lee.
+Adamguy2003 Better than the SIMPSON"S version from one of their early TREE HOUSE OF HORROR Halloween episodes.
+Adamguy2003 I can't decide between Christopher lee and Vincent Price versions. They're both so perfect.
+Adamguy2003 When I read it as a teen, I must have misread it, as I thought it was creepy. Here I am, a grown man, and Sir Christopher Lee (RIP) made me tear up a bit.
+Adamguy2003 The world truly is a less metal place without him.
Bender711 Amen.
9:18 "tell me tell me, I implore"
The level of emotion is striking.
That's one of my favourite stanzas. It's heartbreaking
Raven: “nevermore”
String Section: *same dramatic riff*
Edgar Alan Poe and Christopher Lee - a perfect match. The world is a poorer place without them.
I'm listening to this while it is pouring and thundering outside. This is amazing.
Try listening to "The Raven" in a cemetery at night.
@Josh Patterson Lol i recommend you watch verdi's requiem after this video(the hole opera),or watching steven hawkings black hole statement,you will have a conceptual "extasis".
And actually watch stratovarius father time video to have even more "extasis" and to cheer up again,for the friends,persons,lost in your forever space and nevermore.
Or just watch Gnossiene 1,2,3 to be more sad...
Man, that's dark and beautiful. Christopher Lee, what a star. Edgar Allan Poe, such an artist with words. Hopefully they're now both laughing it up with each other.
Agreed!!!
And I am sure Peter Cushing is piping in!
I can see it now, Poe sitting in his chamber, with a bust of palace above the chamber door, and Christopher Lee goes tapping, as of someone gently wrapping, wrapping on Poe's chamber door. Poe flung wide the door and says to Lee.
"My good sir, that reading you did of the Raven, on that TH-cam thing, was devine"
Nevermore
Poe wasnt the best human being so I highly doubt they would’ve gotten together.
Just coming off from binging the LotR, and The Hobbit, it's awesome to hear Saruman recite such great works of literature
I am always impressed by Poe's mastery of both internal and end rhyme. This poem is one of my favourites.
Quoth the raven...Nevermore!
MUSIC INTENSIFIES
Armyy💜😁
Armyyyyyyy!!!😆
Me: ( As a Seraphim flying around)
R.I.P. Christopher Lee, AKA
Count Dracula
Saruman
Francisco Scaramanga
Wilbur Wonka
Lord Summerisle
Ansem/DiZ
Darth Tyranus/ Count Dooku
Nick Jones
R. I. P.
Don't forget Mr Sender.
That was a villain worthy of his talent. Hahaha
... Lord Summerisle.
and tree beard
@@AngelMartinez-im2kl John Rhys-Davies voiced Treebeard.
Excellent production. Brilliant reading. RIP Sir Christopher Lee.
A masterpiece of a poem, masterfully read by one of cinema's greatest actors of all time.
What makes this poem so powerful is the strong tone of melancholy and depression. It's not some sort of supernatural, exterior horror threatening the narrator, it's a much more human, internal kind of horror: That of terrible loss, that will strike a wound in your hear, that never heals.
My goosebumps doubled up when he said "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore' "
Ishtiaque Ahmed same
So haunting and beautiful. Sir Christopher Lee is a living legend. Respect.
Never were truer words said
He's about as old as a legend too. XD Just saying.
Mert Sirin Well, hate to be that guy but... he's no longer a living legend
did you have to say that? really?
the greatest poem that ever was, and perhaps ever will be. this poem reminds us that love and suffering are inseparable, and indispensable
Thirty-five years ago I had learned this poem by heart
Pov: Count Dooku is reading you a bedtime story
Enjoy your horrifying and awesome nightmare that will surely follow! =D
Or rather, POV: the Count of Serrano, Dooku reads off some poetry.
Still hits me that he's gone
Really? It's been 167 years! ;-D
Not him, Lee I thought it was painfully obvious who I was talking about
Twiggymaster666 It was. I added a smiley winking face to show I was joking. ;-)
Will Bianchi sorry sometimes I forget you have to be literal on TH-cam sometimes
We will never come to terms with losing the beautiful, amazing Christopher Lee. And nobody can ever be what he was. His talent was sublime.
The timbre of his voice will never be reproduced in nature. In his youth and middle age, it was confident, wry, authoritative; in his old age it had become honeyed in the tones of a God-- the voice of immortality.
+James Haynes Beautiful.
Dafuq 😂😂😂😂
***** If you were addressing me, then your comment is invalid as nothing here had to do with my affiliation with poetry.
James Haynes a wonderful and beautiful thing said of Sir Christopher
James Haynes perfect.
You know... until I heard this version I struggled to understand what "The Raven" was all about, or what it signified.
I'd heard it described as a frightening poem; as something written in order to cause fear. Now, I know that's not true.
This isn't a horror poem. This is a lament, which just happens to include some disturbing elements for emphasis.
Poe is writing from the perspective of a man who has lost the love of his life, Lenore by name, and is in the depths of despair over the loss and he is trying to deal with it, but is losing the battle.
In the end, he tries to dismiss his grief, only to have it set up residence permanently in his soul.
And that, my friends (and anyone else) is what "The Raven" is all about: Being overcome by grief.
That raven is his depression. It claims he will never get over his sorrow. And at the end he accepts that he will never be free from it.
Boo hoo!
if i remember correctly poe actually DID lose the love of his life didn't he? 0,o
@@beowulfiow he did
@@scornbass1552 You shouldn't mock what you don't understand
@@codycrawford7842 I just explained it in three lines, ye intellectual.
The best recitation of my favourite poem ever. R.I.P. Poe and Lee.
The music choice makes this so much better
Rapping at my chamber door. **muffled** "You already know who it is!"
lololololololol
Underrated comment
Silento
Once upon a midnight dreary as I spit this weak and weary
NO WE DON'T NO WE DON'T!!!!!!!!
This is so beautiful, scary and sad. If Poe was really trying to show us his world, he succeeded in a way that nobody else could. Also Christophers voice gave this so much more.
TheKrokomaster you feel what Poe and many of us felt then. A kindred spirit to be sure. If you've had a bunch of bad stuff happen this hits harder
Earl, Vincent and Walken are all brilliant but for me this is my favourite one. He was a fantastic reader.
This is the coolest most intense thing I have seen in the last few years. I had forgotten most of what Edgar Allan Poe had written but your website and TH-cam channel and others have rekindled my interest in the Macabre master that Edgar Allan Poe truly was. They don't make men like him anymore, Nevermore.
Edgar Allen Poe is buried in Baltimore
Hence the NFL team "Baltimore Ravens"
The mascot had 3 different names at one point. Edgar. Allen. and Poe. I think it's just Edgar now tho
As a Ravens fan, maybe I'm a bit biased, but I honestly believe that this is the coolest and most unique source for a team name out of all 32 NFL teams. Like sure it's easy enough to name a team after a fierce animal (Bears, Eagles, Lions, Bengals), State industry (Steelers, Packers) or a historical character (Patriots, 49ers, Cowboys).
But the Ravens?
We're named after one of the darkest and most famous poems of gothic and horror writer, Edgar Allen Poe. I love it 😂
Such a conformist.
Lamar Jackson wanted just one win more. Quoth the Tannehill: Nevermore.
Wow, I didn't know that, thanks!
Rest in peace, Poe and Lee.
I keep coming back to this every few months. Christopher Lee does The Raven so well.
Christopher Lee has obviously done an amazing job, and Poe is (in my book) unrivaled in his poetic expression, but can we also appreciate the background music? The soft, hopeful notes as he fondly remembers his love, and the sharp, intrusive chords as he realizes he'll never see her again. What a masterpiece.
Absolutely, the music really enhances the words and performance
@@TechnicalHotDogI wonder can I listen to the music alone that’s how good it is I need a name
@@dariaaa4752 IIRC it's only available on the "Edgar Allan Poe - Visionen" album, serving as a music bed under the The Raven poem (both this English version recited by Christopher Lee and a German one recited by Ulrich Pleitgen). However, you could try to separate the music from Lee's voice with the help of an AI tool.
This is the first version of this poem I've heard that seemed to be aiming for the depression route other that the horror one.
I love this poem, but it's never really struck my how breathtakingly sad this is
Yes. Did you cry also?
@@TheSweetAlyssum no
Quoth the Raven.. "Hold the door"
i come quick with hanging
from each hand, bags of clanging
jars of jam eggs and bread
i said to you sir "Hold the Door"
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Bravo 👏
This is not fair, he could have read a phone book and it would have been epic.
This poem was literally written just for his voice
I've been a student of Poe for thirty-five years. This is the best reading of "The Raven," by far. Of course, it is Christopher Lee. So...
Hullo I have left a comment, would you please comment on my theory re the poems intention as you say you have studied him.With thanks.
Jack, I've loved Christopher Lee since I was a kid at the drive-in in the 60s, watching the Hammer Dracula films.
@@TheSaltydog07 good times.
I had a Svarthöna (goth chicken) named "Lenore" because I love Poe. I have found my happy place with this channel. This voice is second only to that of Vincent Price. 👌
Man, it feels like Sir Christopher Lee is speaking his own farewell to us. Maybe a Crebain, a raven of Middle Earth, visited him as the role of Saruman was his last and greatest role and now he has passed on to the Undying Lands. I must admit, this voice work creeps me out and feels so perfect for this work.
This is one of my favorite readings of anything in the history of ever
Fun fact: Ravens actually do speak and mimic human vocabulary much like a parrot. Maybe not quite as vocal and as often as parrots though. I just discovered this 🙂
And they love shiny objects. My Aunts Raven used to steal the silver on her dining room table!
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@@williamkimmel6487 smarter than any dog too, possibly smarter than most politicians, certainly more honest, ravens will eat yer eyeballs, politicos would sell you spectacles afterwards
Even though not as often their mimic is a lot cleaner and less metallic sounding than a parrot
And Sir Christopher Lee got the inflection dang near perfect, making him actually sound like a raven saying "nevermore." Check our Falconry & Me's videos with her raven, Fable. They really do sound like this.
@@melissanichols784 Ah, so nice to see another Fable fan here.
Then quote the raven never more. *EPIC MUSIC STARTS PLAYING*
The Raven is not a work of horror, but of tragedy and a descent into uncontrolled grief.
Sir Christopher Lee was entitled to bear the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire, being descended from Charlemagne. He was also the only actor in LotR/The Hobbit who personally had known JRR Tolkien, being a relative to him and having received from JRR a rare recommendation to play Gandalf. He will be sorely missed.
Winston Brittain had no idea. Awesome stuff
Winston Brittain I could've sworn Tolkien never wanted the books made into movies? I know he sold the rights to do so to a company he assumed would never have the chance or ability.
Man, Lee was such a legend. What a life he had.
My uncle died today, and this video was weirdly helpful in processing how I'm feeling. My uncle had an incurable brain tumor for roughly 7 years and he is finally at ease, and I'm so happy that he isn't in pain anymore but I just am really depressed and miss him. Love anyone who stumbles across this comment, best wishes, and remember to appreciate your loved ones ♥️ 😊
I'm sorry for your loss. RIP
Rest In Peace great legendary Christopher lee. I could listen to your storytelling 24/7
Some people in this world should be immortal in the real sense. Humanity has no one who could take Sir Lee's place. Damn, so many people dying in the last years. People who I really like/love/appreciate.
Alessia di Milano Remember this and remember it well. All those who are shall go. Yet the things they do shall remain. Men like Lee shall remain in a very real way. You are right. So many are dying. Now I am sad.
+Alessia di Milano Tell me about it. When Clint Eastwood goes I think I will hold an old Soviet style parade with an oil painting of him being marched down the street haha.
+Keagan Wheeler-McCann The things they do remain, yes, and we are able to enjoy them. They have made a lasting mark on the world that we can appreciate after their deaths. Yet they are not around to appreciate it. I do not see what comfort exists in knowing of one's impact on the world when one is not personally around to enjoy the world. It doesn't affect you, after all. That loss of identity is the real tragedy, more than the loss of any potential future achievements that we, as third parties, would enjoy.
I think that the comfort of it is unnecessary, it is simply a fact that everything has remains. So long long as there is someone to remember them and actions they took that still have an effect. It seems like common sense that these things would be around after your death. Even your bodies matter will be around. It's not like we poof into smoke. Even in the eventual destruction of the planet, our planet will have remains. So I personally find it comforting that you can't destroy matter or energy, it can change but it cannot be destroyed.
Keagan Wheeler-McCann I can appreciate that point of view even if I disagree with it. It's similar to a lot of Eastern and aboriginal spiritual philosophies centered around one's place in the world.
But I personally couldn't possibly ever subscribe to that view. Of course it's true that your body remains and has a physical influence on the material realm, as it has mass and volume and a chemical make-up and interacts with things, but I don't think your body is you, or at least all of your body. I personally associate my identity with my brain, and specifically with higher brain functions, and view the rest of my body more like tools to interact with and perceive the world. So this informs my perspective, and so changes my identity in that way because of it, but is not directly actually a part of what makes me me. What makes me me is my sense of self, and my sense of identity, which is largely made up of my consciousness and my memories, and these things do disappear when we die, because while our neurons and brain matter are physical on a technical level, ideas and memories as concepts are quite abstract, and either way the point of that brain matter is that it stops working and loses all of that ability to hold the information that creates my identity.
And what matters to me is my identity. My ability to have agency in the world is also extremely important, but as a human that's largely informed by, and caused by, my identity being present to make me do things. The results of my actions will be completely irrelevant to me after my identity is destroyed. They may be relevant to others, but I'm self-centered in this case (and, I believe, quite right to be so). Why should I care about the effects of other people if I'm gone? I'm not using this as an excuse for bad behavior or to discourage altruism while I'm alive; far from it. But that's a somewhat unrelated issue.
So I'm sad about Lee's death partially because I won't get to see him do more stuff, as as fan, yes, but also more generally in a way I would feel about anyone's death, about how THEY won't get to do more stuff themselves, or to continue their sense of identity.
At the same time I feel like dwelling on the death of someone is largely a waste of time because they're now beyond help. I tend not to spend much time mourning people, or to be terribly affected by their deaths, because I think that attention and resources should be expended on the behalf of those currently alive, who can be helped. I don't see much point in being sad about something that has already happened, because you can't affect it in any way. It seems far more pragmatic to focus on present and future issues.
“Is there balm in Gilead?”
God, it’s so sad. It’s like he’s asking if there’s any good in heaven for Lenore.
I think he is asking if they will meet in Heaven and the bird says nevermore and thats why he gets upset with the raven....i am 41 and in 9th grade we had to do our own interpretation of the poem and I got an a plus lol. My favorite poem of all time!
He’s asking if there’s a healing balm for his broken heart. It’s based off a Bible verse.
@@kayah723 yeah, apparently The Balm of Gilead is an African spiritual song too, so Poe was really broad with his references in this one, like always.
@@tamimyacqub4669 I think it's pretty clear he was thinking of the Bible and not something from Africa
"Balm of Gilead was a rare perfume used medicinally, that was mentioned in the Bible, and named for the region of Gilead, where it was produced. The expression stems from William Tyndale's language in the King James Bible of 1611, and has come to signify a universal cure in figurative speech."
Thank you so much. I lost my only child 9-9-2020. Sometimes sitting in darkness is what I much prefer. The crows come to me not the raven, but there is a message in “The Crow” for me too. Blessings & Divine Healing to everyone from ILLinois America.
As a father myself, I cannot imagine your grief. May you find solace friend .
So sorry for your pain ❤
I hear this whenever I want to copy code on my copybook!!
Truly, Literature & Programming is a supreme duo!!!!!!!
There is Poe. Then, there's everyone else.
It would be awesome if this guy can narrate my life. RIP to probably the best voices of all time
We've still got Morgan Freeman
Christopher Lee was a magnificent human being who lived a life most excellent. May he find an afterlife worthy of him.