The lyf so short

I made a fanmix for the SWG's 40th publication anniversary celebrations (am I ever going to stop pimping this? PROBABLY NOT) but couldn't get Spotify to work for me until yesterday, so now I'm super duper late to the party (though not as late as I am for the Beren & Lúthien famix, haha). Is that going to stop me from spamming your f-lists with it? Obviously not! Here are 40 (of course) tracks I chose especially because they more or less cover the plot of the Silmarillion, from the Ainulindalë to the Rings of Power and from the 1970s until now. (I tried to find songs that fit the actual contributions, but that turned out to be too hard.)

And because this is LJ (or DW, respectively) and I can do long rambly posts here, I will TALK about my egregious choices, too!

( So here's a cut to preserve your sanity )

And there we are. "Here ends the SILMARILLION. If it has passed from the high and the beautiful to cheesy ballads and inane pop titles, that was of old the fate of Arda Marred."

Hope you have fun with my eclectic and occasionally questionable taste in music!