Christopher Lee could read even a shampoo bottle, and it would still be awesome.
@neiljohnson2915 жыл бұрын
He could read the entire alphabet to your parents and it would still be awesome.
@twangel465 жыл бұрын
Poo, lacks drama and emotion
@johnnybgood9905 жыл бұрын
But he didn't.. he read "the raven" and it was fantastic! 😃
@DevilPerkele5 жыл бұрын
I so honor this man. He was freewillingly trying to help Finland by being a pilot in second ww2.
@shadowking13X5 жыл бұрын
Did you know he did death metal albums? Check it out “Charlemagne the ides of March” it’s pretty good
@nicegirl6117 жыл бұрын
Lee's voice mixed with Poe's writing is the most complementary and beautiful thing ever.
@LoyalWackGamer5 жыл бұрын
Amara i haven’t found anything sounding more beautiful than this indeed
@colin-campbell5 жыл бұрын
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.
@buppie01405 жыл бұрын
Amara! For real!
@leeb.57955 жыл бұрын
Legit Bliss hearing while cozy in bed during a storm... 💝
@adammcfall51335 жыл бұрын
It's weird how we're listening to 2 dead men tell tales, and could be reading comments from dead people.
@anonymousperson33925 жыл бұрын
"Nevermore" *VIOLIN INTENSIFIES*
@jrr6675 жыл бұрын
*violin burst into flames*
@riversmuscavage86314 жыл бұрын
*VIOLENT VIOLIN NOISES*
@79thinline4 жыл бұрын
*ANGRY CELLO NOISES*
@uzurpatori_4 жыл бұрын
*agressive blurs of hand as violin spontaneously combusts*
@cloeg.65314 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@flargarbason17402 жыл бұрын
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.
@christinemccoard4472 Жыл бұрын
@@kentknightofcaelin4537 Look up Vincent Price's version. He was one of the best for performing Poe of his time.
@cherylmarcuri5506 Жыл бұрын
I was gonna say I prefer Vincent Price, you beat me to it.
@voidstarq Жыл бұрын
You should hear Christopher Walken do it before saying that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGiqkJmQjttrg8k 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."
@JoshuaRWorkman Жыл бұрын
Vincent Price acted it out and John Astin did a wonderful recitation.
@22espec Жыл бұрын
James Earl Jones did a good job too
@sigventures18244 жыл бұрын
Tell me! Where doth Poe lay buried as of yore! Quoth the Raven: "Baltimore"
@dennis75113 жыл бұрын
Genius!
@Stephiness3 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏
@RoxyWrites3 жыл бұрын
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
@VVVVV2533 жыл бұрын
FUCK YOU BALTIMORE!
@blackc14793 жыл бұрын
Wish i could give more than one thumbs up😄😄😄👍👍👍
@ClueFinderDirtDigger4 жыл бұрын
Rhyming “window lattice” with “what thereat is” is still one of my favorite things Poe has ever done. Gets me every time.
@Rain..._4 жыл бұрын
It really kills me
@taunokekkonen57334 жыл бұрын
Also, makes me appreciate Eminem. Could even Poe rhyme so many words with "orange"??
@savethetowels4 жыл бұрын
My favourite rhyme is "Escargo" with "my car go" :)
@LocksforLoveTarot4 жыл бұрын
Tauno Kekkonen, I agree. If anyone could, it would be Poe. Him Eminiem and Biggie. Wordsmiths
@katrinafox30504 жыл бұрын
lol
@RC-hs1gh5 жыл бұрын
A broken heart is the most terrifying prison.
@aaroncurtis85455 жыл бұрын
That's an amazing sentence. Original? Or if not; source please. Namaste
@Bigbopper125 жыл бұрын
I’m 14 and that’s deep
@Torgo19695 жыл бұрын
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."
@ReaB014 жыл бұрын
@Ligeia D.Aurevilly Juliet was almost 14, Romeo is speculated to be 16 but no older than 18
@kcesca4 жыл бұрын
It's a qoute from the showers by Dylan Sindaliar
@elizabethjones20842 жыл бұрын
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.
@SuperAngel322 жыл бұрын
Skill issue
@elizabethjones2084 Жыл бұрын
@@SuperAngel32 I'm not sure what you mean
@SuperAngel32 Жыл бұрын
@@elizabethjones2084 You don't know what I mean? Sounds like a skill issue, I'm just keeping it 100 with you Liz
@juobuz6771 Жыл бұрын
He was a legend
@محمدالعمري-ز9و Жыл бұрын
Yes, sometimes I also think of what a big privilege we enjoy to live here and now. But still I think it is hell.
@SkeligMichael4 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, Christopher Lee. We have lost a great actor. "Nevermore".
@TheEldritchKingdom4 жыл бұрын
🖤🖤🖤
@Dreadnought3583 жыл бұрын
Dramatic music hits as soon as you done saying never more.
@smoke23513 жыл бұрын
And soldier too, his acting also came from his time in England's service during WWII
@janellywelly7773 жыл бұрын
I made it go from 999 to 1k 😎🙏🏽
@FrozenMermaid6662 жыл бұрын
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!
@Big_Dec5 жыл бұрын
“Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore’” *Violins and Chello get triggered*
@kadejito15 жыл бұрын
Chello? Awwww 🥺
@isabellalopez50475 жыл бұрын
***Cello
@deadmanwalkin_04224 жыл бұрын
Close you're eyes and imagine a ww1 battlefield.
@GuitarGuy0574 жыл бұрын
398 people. 398 people saw nothing wrong with this.
@jennydial33594 жыл бұрын
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 😓
@MegaMementoMori9 жыл бұрын
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 :(
@BalthorYT9 жыл бұрын
MegaMementoMori *clapping as a single tear rolls down my cheek*
@LordDeathis9 жыл бұрын
Beautiful poem!
@MegaMementoMori9 жыл бұрын
Thanks guys :)
@YukonHexsun9 жыл бұрын
MegaMementoMori ...Jesus. Beautiful work mate
@n0odl3579 жыл бұрын
MegaMementoMori this is incredible i don't know and deserves much more appreciation then a KZbin 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
@lenoreleitch5297 Жыл бұрын
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.
@co94 Жыл бұрын
Wow! What an anecdote!
@Autistic-King Жыл бұрын
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!!~~~
@TBSViral Жыл бұрын
Such a touching comment.
@neilmartin3220 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful story.
@aass2649 Жыл бұрын
AND THE PASSION SHALL BE PAINTED NEVERMORE
@RealmRabbit5 жыл бұрын
You know things get serious when Christopher Lee pauses so the guy with the cello can have a moment to shine.
@virginmary79894 жыл бұрын
🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇
@antonioaugusto11753 жыл бұрын
"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.
@clintonleonard51873 жыл бұрын
"Take thy beak from out my heart" is my favorite line. He is in so much pain...
@MalcolmBrenner2 жыл бұрын
Especially since ravens seldom sterilize their beaks.
@adriandragos29282 жыл бұрын
@@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...
@kevincloud5742 жыл бұрын
@@MalcolmBrenner how would they sterilize their beaks
@tatuloa2 жыл бұрын
From himself and attachment to love , lust and Life ...😢
@heihei34534 жыл бұрын
"My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count." Quoth the Dooku: "Nevermore."
@alexb99694 жыл бұрын
'Twice the black plume, double the sleepless nights'
@yourstruly48174 жыл бұрын
"Good! Two times zero is still zero."
@meylinfox4 жыл бұрын
*Music plays motif* bom DUUUUNNN
@rickjones2294 жыл бұрын
Good one, dude
@sword_lotus4 жыл бұрын
666th likes
@Choen4442 жыл бұрын
This poem absolutely destroys me. What a crystalized wonder of pain and loss is this work of art. Thank you Edgar.
@lisanealy1703 Жыл бұрын
Your words are also a work of art 🎨.
@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын
Very much so.
@thatgirl659211 ай бұрын
So true
@dingickso409810 ай бұрын
This artwork is made to withstand the test of time.
@Mr.PoopyButtholeOfficial10 ай бұрын
Edgar says thank you and raises his glass of absinthe to you
@filiusreticulum29269 жыл бұрын
Imagine lord of the rings audio book read by Christopher Lee
@TheLightofAniu9 жыл бұрын
He read out the audiobook for Tolkien's The Children of Húrin, and it's fantastic.
@rainydays10719 жыл бұрын
+TheLightofAniu Say what?
@TheLightofAniu9 жыл бұрын
Aye, he read out The Children of Húrin by JRR Tolkien for audiobook.
@proudhufflepuff87398 жыл бұрын
+John Langerhan Sounds good, but he died on June 7, 2015. So sad, so sad.
@metalandhorror8 жыл бұрын
+John Langerhan That'd be to awesome
@atraxuswraithe60316 жыл бұрын
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!!!
@issyismusic5 жыл бұрын
Death Metal Band, you say... O_O
@frank124c5 жыл бұрын
He was truly a renaissance man!
@Nymousano0015 жыл бұрын
...und eine dieser Sprachen war Deutsch. ^^^ --- --- --- ...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).
@greekfreak19805 жыл бұрын
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.
@derdork32335 жыл бұрын
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).
@courtneykayser12135 жыл бұрын
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.
@MichaelF1444 жыл бұрын
Courtney, when my mother went through chemotherapy this poem got me through it.
@oceansands17374 жыл бұрын
Somewhat it did seem heartbreaking than horrifying to me too
@oldproji4 жыл бұрын
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.
@17Watman4 жыл бұрын
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.
@sirandrelefaedelinoge4 жыл бұрын
@@17Watman The lost bottle of fabric conditioner...
@leehawkins579511 ай бұрын
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.
@tasneemayham97410 ай бұрын
Old days were the golden ones!!!
@TheScandinavianOne5 ай бұрын
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.
@Torgo19692 ай бұрын
That's darn impressive. I can barely listen to it spoken without tearing up. I don't think I could recite it even while reading it and still remain composed.
@DFTBACleaves8 жыл бұрын
I'm listening to this while it is pouring and thundering outside. This is amazing.
@scarlettohara85937 жыл бұрын
Try listening to "The Raven" in a cemetery at night.
@revelred6 жыл бұрын
@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...
@davidluna83723 жыл бұрын
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 .
@Ring0fSaturn2 жыл бұрын
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.
@bettyottman17182 жыл бұрын
We must listen to this beautiful and Haunting poem at Halloween. 🎃🎃🎃🎃
@ProphetofTables5 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Christopher Lee, AKA Count Dracula Saruman Francisco Scaramanga Wilbur Wonka Lord Summerisle Ansem/DiZ Darth Tyranus/ Count Dooku
@DragonKitty6665 жыл бұрын
Nick Jones R. I. P.
@LerRhann5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Mr Sender. That was a villain worthy of his talent. Hahaha
@delphinbringsby67685 жыл бұрын
... Lord Summerisle.
@AngelMartinez-im2kl5 жыл бұрын
and tree beard
@delphinbringsby67685 жыл бұрын
@@AngelMartinez-im2kl John Rhys-Davies voiced Treebeard.
@PERSEUS-NIOR Жыл бұрын
Sir Christopher injects so much raw emotion and pain through his words......it's hauntingly beautiful
@SuperAngel32 Жыл бұрын
I disagree it's terrible
@aaronmeade54359 ай бұрын
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 😔
@CaptApril1233 жыл бұрын
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.
@greatwhite18533 жыл бұрын
Agreed!!!
@bonniefox20273 жыл бұрын
And I am sure Peter Cushing is piping in!
@thedeadd.c.2073 жыл бұрын
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 KZbin thing, was devine"
@jessicafairweather21343 жыл бұрын
Nevermore
@TheAlphatitan3 жыл бұрын
Poe wasnt the best human being so I highly doubt they would’ve gotten together.
@Adamguy20039 жыл бұрын
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.
@MsXizan9 жыл бұрын
+Adamguy2003 Better than the SIMPSON"S version from one of their early TREE HOUSE OF HORROR Halloween episodes.
@RandomDuude9 жыл бұрын
+Adamguy2003 I can't decide between Christopher lee and Vincent Price versions. They're both so perfect.
@ShaneSimmons9 жыл бұрын
+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.
@Bender7118 жыл бұрын
+Adamguy2003 The world truly is a less metal place without him.
@MsXizan8 жыл бұрын
Bender711 Amen.
@lasquackity43855 жыл бұрын
Quoth the raven...Nevermore! MUSIC INTENSIFIES
@kimjung43825 жыл бұрын
Armyy💜😁
@callicole19654 жыл бұрын
Armyyyyyyy!!!😆
@bettyottman17183 жыл бұрын
Me: ( As a Seraphim flying around)
@dewisselaar84188 ай бұрын
Edgar Allan Poe was born 215 years ago today. May his works be forgotten, nevermore!
@mymidnightmistery5 жыл бұрын
“Here I opened wide the door” *music intensifies* Violinist at his chamber door
@pablodemetri46604 жыл бұрын
😆 clever.. 👍
@stephaniepearson26964 жыл бұрын
mymidnightmistery really made me laugh
@jsav38344 жыл бұрын
hahaha lmao
@djaxup4 жыл бұрын
Here's your like... And there's the door ----->
@LeeDee54 жыл бұрын
Violinist at the chamber door: dude let me inside it's freaking December and it's cold as shit!
@NoahMDub4 жыл бұрын
“Other friends have flown before.” That line really got me.
@dazbeal54383 жыл бұрын
Why?
@TheSweetAlyssum3 жыл бұрын
I was crying.
@TheSweetAlyssum3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@bettyottman17183 жыл бұрын
I'm imagining myself as a Seraphim flying around holding the censer
@jacobrubydev3 жыл бұрын
*Last Online: 7 years ago*
@digitalprismatics3 жыл бұрын
"Came Gandalf, tapping, tapping on my tower door. T'was evil, and nothing more.."
@carolh2561 Жыл бұрын
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???
@TheStreamingEnderman Жыл бұрын
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.
@user-Elle41 Жыл бұрын
“Nevermore”
@melkiorwiseman52345 жыл бұрын
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.
@scornbass15525 жыл бұрын
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!
@beowulfiow5 жыл бұрын
if i remember correctly poe actually DID lose the love of his life didn't he? 0,o
@ParanoiaKeepsMeWake5 жыл бұрын
@@beowulfiow he did
@codycrawford78425 жыл бұрын
@@scornbass1552 You shouldn't mock what you don't understand
@scornbass15525 жыл бұрын
@@codycrawford7842 I just explained it in three lines, ye intellectual.
@grandadmiral81735 жыл бұрын
Christopher Lee: Nevermore! Violin: intensifies Me: goosebumps
@jsav38344 жыл бұрын
lol
@kayleighbrown4595 жыл бұрын
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
@TheSweetAlyssum3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Did you cry also?
@honest_bishop59053 жыл бұрын
@@TheSweetAlyssum no
@martinkreiner1 Жыл бұрын
None of this is a story of horror, just love and loss. Thank you Poe and Lee!
@dead.inside.585 Жыл бұрын
Loss and grief might be the most horror filled emotions many people, including me, have felt.
@gothkidd87124 жыл бұрын
Edgar Allen Poe is buried in Baltimore Hence the NFL team "Baltimore Ravens"
@alexzander44264 жыл бұрын
The mascot had 3 different names at one point. Edgar. Allen. and Poe. I think it's just Edgar now tho
@JordanR16214 жыл бұрын
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 😂
@darrylweathers73614 жыл бұрын
Such a conformist.
@Angelalex2424 жыл бұрын
Lamar Jackson wanted just one win more. Quoth the Tannehill: Nevermore.
@jameson86824 жыл бұрын
Wow, I didn't know that, thanks!
@Metalora6 жыл бұрын
Quoth the raven: Eat my shorts
@logoseven33655 жыл бұрын
Juan S. Moreno D’oh
@ConnorTheSpooky5 жыл бұрын
*why you little!!!!*
@crystaltrees40135 жыл бұрын
NEVERMORE, NEVERMORE, NEVERMORE!
@motherlarkspur45065 жыл бұрын
*EAT. PANT.*
@sarahram41025 жыл бұрын
Epic 😂
@1911m1a1ellis8 жыл бұрын
Poe had such a tragic life, that this was from a heart torn apart. So sad.
@Empyriummann8 жыл бұрын
Sad, lonely, and very dark!
@darianfrost34078 жыл бұрын
I agree with you he lost his mom wife his dad left his family he was a dark boy
@scarlettohara85937 жыл бұрын
Ah...but witness the Beauty that arose from such a forlorn life! Great genius is often shrouded in tragedy and darkness.
@FunnyVideoMaker777 жыл бұрын
Scarlett O'hara See: Vincent Van Gogh, Kurt Cobain, Ernest Hemingway.
@spartanhoplite37537 жыл бұрын
FunnyVideoMaker77 god please remove kurt cobain from a list of such incredible and timeless talent
@Btester2 Жыл бұрын
The narrator does a good job showing the stages of grief in the raven. Christopher Lee's voice brings the tale to life.
@rainkatt5 жыл бұрын
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!
@shosty5754 жыл бұрын
Wow, such honor and luck.
@PetroicaRodinogaster2644 жыл бұрын
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.
@rainkatt4 жыл бұрын
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 thank you for the correction, I have edited my comment
@insaincaldo4 жыл бұрын
@@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?
@peterwinters8587 Жыл бұрын
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 thanx sir3882
@reiring83916 жыл бұрын
Once upon a midnight dreary , while i porn surfed, weak and weary, Over many a strange and spurious site of hot xxx galore. While i clicked my favourite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, And my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, "Tis not possible!", I muttered, "give me back my free hardcore!" Quoth the server...."404"
@thom31245 жыл бұрын
That's simply cute...
@MK-rc5ow5 жыл бұрын
*mind blown*
@GUV855 жыл бұрын
Bravo!
@msbae5 жыл бұрын
That was genius.
@dmac26official5 жыл бұрын
Utterly wonderful.
@halcyoncaduceus37116 жыл бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="558">9:18</a> "tell me tell me, I implore" The level of emotion is striking.
@guilhermeduarte71925 жыл бұрын
That's one of my favourite stanzas. It's heartbreaking
@TheMusicscotty Жыл бұрын
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.
@LoyalWackGamer Жыл бұрын
Where did you publish it ?
@jordanferguson791 Жыл бұрын
That's exactly correct. The only terror is that of loneliness and irretrievable loss.
@guest_5992 Жыл бұрын
I sense anxiety and paranoia.
@michellesimonson332 Жыл бұрын
I caught skitzo vibes
@TheMusicscotty Жыл бұрын
I published under Music Spoke. A women's choir in Ohio premiered it. :)
@krestovgus4 жыл бұрын
Does anybody else like Christopher Lee's voice more than Morgan Freeman's?
@AbrahamLincoln44 жыл бұрын
I do.
@bigboyjeon47014 жыл бұрын
James Earl Jones'S version is good too.
@gnarl32324 жыл бұрын
Can't I have both?
@sabatino19774 жыл бұрын
@@gnarl3232 - YES!!
@InfiniteMind94 жыл бұрын
Comparing instead of appritiating smh
@jameshaynes70628 жыл бұрын
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.
@adrianalfawolf20008 жыл бұрын
+James Haynes Beautiful.
@Chloe-nw4vj8 жыл бұрын
Dafuq 😂😂😂😂
@Chloe-nw4vj8 жыл бұрын
***** If you were addressing me, then your comment is invalid as nothing here had to do with my affiliation with poetry.
@rainbowbrain19246 жыл бұрын
James Haynes a wonderful and beautiful thing said of Sir Christopher
@jamesbryant81336 жыл бұрын
James Haynes perfect.
@plattytheperrypus57013 жыл бұрын
The musical swell at the first "nevermore" legit sent chills down my spine.
@darkangelkate3950 Жыл бұрын
Me too!!
@omerrudnick8195 Жыл бұрын
What is the foreboding music?
@gabesgaming70648 жыл бұрын
Rapping at my chamber door. **muffled** "You already know who it is!"
@CamilleThekid7 жыл бұрын
lololololololol
@vibradiant12406 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@raynelyfe10835 жыл бұрын
Silento
@VaderTronOfficial5 жыл бұрын
Once upon a midnight dreary as I spit this weak and weary
@Daniel_01155 жыл бұрын
NO WE DON'T NO WE DON'T!!!!!!!!
@jigsawvoorhees57244 жыл бұрын
Not only is he a sith lord, he's a badass reader
@sanadbenali69934 жыл бұрын
I guess it's his specialty
@michaelvisser19404 жыл бұрын
You think this is good, check out the music he’s done too!
@easter93934 жыл бұрын
You should check out the other sith lord's reading of The Raven
@bettyottman17183 жыл бұрын
Has Anyone see the Raven in your Nightmares? Anyone?
@tristanhartup49363 жыл бұрын
As well as a wizard and a vampire
@Crgb7774 жыл бұрын
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 🙂
@williamkimmel64873 жыл бұрын
And they love shiny objects. My Aunts Raven used to steal the silver on her dining room table! Kim
@hbaker92953 жыл бұрын
@@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
@lr-skeleboi65463 жыл бұрын
Even though not as often their mimic is a lot cleaner and less metallic sounding than a parrot
@melissanichols7843 жыл бұрын
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.
@kolokol77963 жыл бұрын
@@melissanichols784 Ah, so nice to see another Fable fan here.
@h.a.9880 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TheKrokomaster8 жыл бұрын
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.
@michcool10126 жыл бұрын
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
@franktheman149-new9 жыл бұрын
My goosebumps doubled up when he said "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore' "
@najlaalhusaini26056 жыл бұрын
Ishtiaque Ahmed same
@skilladunge7 жыл бұрын
Quoth the Raven.. "Hold the door"
@andrewpaul16446 жыл бұрын
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"
@mitchl.55496 жыл бұрын
This comment didn't get enough appreciation
@adrazuel6 жыл бұрын
Hodor
@yousef89645 жыл бұрын
Alright.. Cheers
@riversmuscavage86314 жыл бұрын
*EAT MY SHORTS*
@ahromantic11 ай бұрын
That is one damn talkative bird. oof
@Barrie968 жыл бұрын
It would be awesome if this guy can narrate my life. RIP to probably the best voices of all time
@marchiodala6 жыл бұрын
We've still got Morgan Freeman
@QWEStudios4 жыл бұрын
“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.
@cherylsmith53634 жыл бұрын
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!
@kayah7234 жыл бұрын
He’s asking if there’s a healing balm for his broken heart. It’s based off a Bible verse.
@tamimyacqub46694 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Laotzu.Goldbug4 жыл бұрын
@@tamimyacqub4669 I think it's pretty clear he was thinking of the Bible and not something from Africa
@nickthegazerofsouls3 жыл бұрын
"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."
@arielolavarria60684 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who, after years of this masterpiece being posted on KZbin, finds it highly saddening that, still, no one has been able to determine who the background music composer is? Or what the musical composition in the background is even called????? WILL WE EVER KNOW THE TRUTH? The Raven: “Nevermore...”
@islamhisham36564 жыл бұрын
You are not alone
@Big_Dec4 жыл бұрын
Ariel Olavarria tis indeed a tragedy
@ronhorster89174 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGO6g2iZp9SUkLM here it is
@arielolavarria60684 жыл бұрын
Ron Horster 😱NO WAY!🥺 YOU SIR, are LEGENDARY!
@Big_Dec4 жыл бұрын
Ron Horster ah, I guess it wasn’t nevermore after all
@DbR7773 ай бұрын
This reading never, never, NEVER fails to make me cry.
@zanemesser36993 жыл бұрын
for anyone who asked: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore- While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door- "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door- Only this and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow;-vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore- For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore- Nameless here for evermore. And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, "'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door- Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;- This it is and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you"-here I opened wide the door;- Darkness there and nothing more. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"- Merely this and nothing more. Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before. "Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice; Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore- Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;- 'Tis the wind and nothing more!" Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore; Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door- Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning-little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blest with seeing bird above his chamber door- Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore." But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. Nothing further then he uttered-not a feather then he fluttered- Till I scarcely more than muttered "Other friends have flown before- On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before." Then the bird said "Nevermore." Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, "Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore- Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never-nevermore.'" But the Raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore- What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee-by these angels he hath sent thee Respite-respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!-prophet still, if bird or devil!- Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted- On this home by Horror haunted-tell me truly, I implore- Is there-is there balm in Gilead?-tell me-tell me, I implore!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil-prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us-by that God we both adore- Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore- Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore." Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." "Be that word our sign in parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting- "Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken!-quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted-nevermore!
@stringynoodles91513 жыл бұрын
You both are dedicated and have a lot of time this is great
@elvisprucelee2 жыл бұрын
@@stringynoodles9151 either that or functioning ctrl, c and v keys on his keyboard
@Shrey_Shrek2 жыл бұрын
@@elvisprucelee lol
@XFry333X4 жыл бұрын
"And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming." These words are so beautiful - so terrifying.
@jcf200104 жыл бұрын
My favorite line of all: "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dreamed before"
@kanrup51998 жыл бұрын
quoth the raven : pk'KAW!
@codybuckler60278 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ravenp12327 жыл бұрын
Kan Rup nevermore
@edgarallanpoe88697 жыл бұрын
That's a chicken... I think.
@cuakmelu7 жыл бұрын
ok i laughed
@13jasonvoorhees6 жыл бұрын
Quoth the raven: Eat my shorts!
@Spacemanpan Жыл бұрын
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 KZbin 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.
@jacktribble52533 жыл бұрын
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...
@Whatever_Happy_People2 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheSaltydog072 жыл бұрын
Jack, I've loved Christopher Lee since I was a kid at the drive-in in the 60s, watching the Hammer Dracula films.
@jacktribble52532 жыл бұрын
@@TheSaltydog07 good times.
@ryderwhited64 жыл бұрын
This is just like, oh my god. Such perfect symbolism of Poe's grief and depression represented by the raven. Him asking himself if he will be ok, and telling himself he would never get over his soulmate's death. Then living for the rest of his life in the shadow of his grief and saddness, and what a relief death would be for him.
@IanRob20113 жыл бұрын
RIP Christopher Lee. May Edgar Allen Poe find peace, that eluded him in life.
@MorlokKurak Жыл бұрын
Will I ever get tired of listening to this? Nevermore.
@bcgazero647211 ай бұрын
*cue dramatic music*
@psyniac9 жыл бұрын
This was my first port of call when I heard about Lee's passing. One of if not my favourite readings of this. The last third is incredible.
@Wickerrman9 жыл бұрын
***** Same here, it's a fantastic reading with so much emotion.
@macmillant9 жыл бұрын
***** You and me both! What a great loss but such a ripe old age!
@WVsonofliberty9 жыл бұрын
***** As well as I.
@davidshea62729 жыл бұрын
***** Same here. The man was truly unique, he will be missed.
@herautdeDieu9 жыл бұрын
***** Same here guys.
@MrDalek21508 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one here that remembers how pretty much every teacher had this but it was the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror one? Why did every teacher have that?
@fastbyte22354 жыл бұрын
Every one of us has a different person in mind as 'Lenore'.
@dexterccf24 жыл бұрын
I lost my girlfriend in january, I am at present, lying in bed and iv just realised I'm listening to this and staring at her picture on my shelf. I've always loved this poem but i dont think it's ever hit as hard as today.
@TheEldritchKingdom4 жыл бұрын
When I read that.. my heart sank 😭🖤
@tristanbrewer45233 жыл бұрын
@@dexterccf2 I’m sorry for your loss
@dexterccf23 жыл бұрын
@@tristanbrewer4523 thank you, still hurts, but most days it hurts a little less!
@Kay-tc3go3 жыл бұрын
My mother's middle name was Lenore, Helen Lenore. She introduced my sisters, brothers and I to the world of classical literature. We would sit around the kitchen table and read in turns, each trying to outdo the other as the best orator.
@ekremsait2 жыл бұрын
for those wondering "is there balm in gilead?" means "is there hope?"
@iiFox112 жыл бұрын
Or maybe, "is there a way to be healed?"
@YeahForSure998 ай бұрын
@@iiFox11 This is more accurate
@derekquigley58167 ай бұрын
Nevermore.
@Theringodair2 ай бұрын
Thanks for clearing that up. I have always what balm meant.
@firefox5244 жыл бұрын
Pov: Count Dooku is reading you a bedtime story
@WolfFireheart3 жыл бұрын
Enjoy your horrifying and awesome nightmare that will surely follow! =D
@tsar3893 жыл бұрын
Or rather, POV: the Count of Serrano, Dooku reads off some poetry.
@daniellepowers12347 жыл бұрын
This reading is my definition of "hauntingly beautiful" ❤️
@Twiggymaster6667 жыл бұрын
Still hits me that he's gone
@NosyFella7 жыл бұрын
Really? It's been 167 years! ;-D
@Twiggymaster6667 жыл бұрын
Not him, Lee I thought it was painfully obvious who I was talking about
@NosyFella7 жыл бұрын
Twiggymaster666 It was. I added a smiley winking face to show I was joking. ;-)
@Twiggymaster6667 жыл бұрын
Will Bianchi sorry sometimes I forget you have to be literal on KZbin sometimes
@LydiaGovelli7 жыл бұрын
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.
@bandoheme Жыл бұрын
Excellent production. Brilliant reading. RIP Sir Christopher Lee.
@cl4ppy5966 жыл бұрын
this is such a beautiful story...i totally love this R.I.P. Christopher Lee
@Stardweller19 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, Poe and Lee.
@winrobee9 жыл бұрын
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.
@michcool10126 жыл бұрын
Winston Brittain had no idea. Awesome stuff
@Great_Olaf56 жыл бұрын
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.
@Crichjo323 жыл бұрын
Man, Lee was such a legend. What a life he had.
@ferngzcarr Жыл бұрын
I am always impressed by Poe's mastery of both internal and end rhyme. This poem is one of my favourites.
@themutualfriend52864 жыл бұрын
We shall never see his like again. RIP Sir Christopher Lee, you legend.
@angiedilaj5 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, this is all kinds of perfection. Be still my heart
@frankkrumnow71946 жыл бұрын
The nine have crossed the river Isen on midsommer's eve.
@TheTsar19185 жыл бұрын
Frank Krumnow the nine?!
@tristanhartup49365 жыл бұрын
They will find the ring... and kill the one who carries it.
@muharremyagzturk15705 жыл бұрын
@@TheTsar1918 LOTR
@bookl0ver5 жыл бұрын
@@tristanhartup4936 Frodo!
@nucify92285 жыл бұрын
Tristan Hartup They are undying, and will stop at nothing to find the One Ring.
@MsNevermore195 жыл бұрын
There is Poe. Then, there's everyone else.
@nathanandstuff98328 жыл бұрын
i have always loved poe but Christopher makes it so relaxing and more entreating
@lexiswiatek14877 жыл бұрын
Once my principal was telling us to stop littering on campus. We were learning this poem at the time and he said "Students, students, I implore! Do not leave trash upon the floor! This I ask, and nothing more." We students cried, "Nevermore!"
@jacksonvanwaveren22247 жыл бұрын
Lexi Swiatek I want your principal
@forreal2456 жыл бұрын
Delightful memory
@coffinfeeder77326 жыл бұрын
I'm absolutely sure this happened.
@albertogarcia3056 жыл бұрын
@@coffinfeeder7732 100%
@burakka966 жыл бұрын
R/quityourbullshit
@Yannivanhalen8 ай бұрын
Its funny if you imageine the bird saying it
@cthulhu33926 жыл бұрын
Sir. Christopher Lee, the best voice I have ever heard read dark poetry. His acting skill so legendary yet so seemless seeming. Never shall any other human being be at a level even close to compairable to his own. And his voice, so dark enticing smooth and yet raspy and whispy like a dark and smooth yet strong whiskey. May you rest in peace you shall be forever remembered my friend.
@Lionimia3 жыл бұрын
Raven: Nevermore. Music: DUN DUN DUUUNNNNNNNNNN
@cblake41113 жыл бұрын
More like: BUM BUUUUUUUAAAUUUUUU....
@LesX3 жыл бұрын
The dramatic chords reminded me of NF's "The Search".
@wreakhavock19303 жыл бұрын
@Les Cross haha I thought i was the only one who thought that
@konaaukai55413 жыл бұрын
The dramatic music is hilarious to me.
@mileymodo7 жыл бұрын
Poe is truly a master.This is one of the greatest masterpieces of all all time.Just beautiful
RIP, you magnificently classy vampire/wizard/Sith lord/heavy metal fanatic. Find solace in night's Plutonian shore.
@user-gg4zt8kd4w4 жыл бұрын
So you're telling me I can listen to Count Dooku himself reading one of the greatest literary works of the New Republic?
@actormertsirin10 жыл бұрын
So haunting and beautiful. Sir Christopher Lee is a living legend. Respect.
@clarabarton145810 жыл бұрын
Never were truer words said
@forgetmenot68610 жыл бұрын
He's about as old as a legend too. XD Just saying.
@gustavvonwangenheim38477 жыл бұрын
Mert Sirin Well, hate to be that guy but... he's no longer a living legend
@Revan_Reborn7 жыл бұрын
did you have to say that? really?
@peggyw1725 ай бұрын
Surcease of sorrow. Rare and radiant. Beautiful words.
@moonpatrol97176 жыл бұрын
497 people will live the rest of their lives in ignorance, never truly knowing the greatness of this poem as read by Christopher Lee.
@sloanemonroe34745 жыл бұрын
593 disgustingly sad people.
@dablink76995 жыл бұрын
692 souls
@kaydb424 жыл бұрын
711 fools burnt by ignorance 😶
@virtue19934 жыл бұрын
727, unknowing souls
@moneymayhem20004 жыл бұрын
Am I mistaken or this poem is a mnenominc device for learning the first 740 digits of pi?
@westyavro4 жыл бұрын
This is the best reading of The Raven I have ever heard. Christopher Lee is such a brilliant person.
@fidelmaflanagan16454 жыл бұрын
My favourite poem of all time, the best description of eternal grief.
@christopherjohnson1803 Жыл бұрын
Poe's wordsmithing and Lee's emotional reading are perfect together.
@amyhughes17535 жыл бұрын
"And his eyes have all the seeming of a Demon's that is dreaming. and the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor". utmost favourite line.
@jcf200104 жыл бұрын
This is my favourite. "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;"