kayak'ın 2003 yılında piyasaya sürülen merlin bard of the unseen albümünde yer alan harika parça... albümdeki favori parçalarımdan bir tanesi...

i've fashioned a sword, put it into a stone
i've sent it afloat, then the sea took it
in the perilous chapel it waits
for arthur to raise it in front of you all

with this token of power the nation won't fall
it will shield you from evil and hate

the dragon died on that night, pointing out his successor
the hidden son to all unknown, came to fight the agressor
the knights must be convinced
challenging the prince

he'll bring you peace and victory, so why all the harshness
he'll unite the kings and rule the land, bringing light after darkness
but nobles won't accept until he proves the fact
that the true king alone
can draw the sword from the stone

reaching out for the jewelled hilt, oh its burning like fire
to take the sword and claim their rights is their only desire
but failure shows them why
there's more than meets the eye

arthur holds excalibur, the invincible weapon
to fight the wrong and serve the right, i know he'll make it happen
this sword will make him stronger
never to be conquered
now the heir to the throne
has drawn the sword from the stone

now the king's unsurpassed as a leader of man
there's a scar from his past which he'll bear till the end
like a curse it will last
his own blood wants revenge….

words: i. linders/ t. scherpenzeel
music: t. scherpenzeel

(shapeshifter - 2 Aralık 2004 14:23)

(bkz: excalibur)

(meritamon - 2 Aralık 2004 14:38)

1963 yapimi disney cizgi filmi, yonetmen wolfgang reitherman.
79 dakika, disney'in ilk tek yonetmenli calismasi.

sir ector'in satosunda yasayan ve sir ector ve oglu kay tarafindan surekli hor gorulen kucuk arthur bir gun, zaten elinde saati cay masasini kurmus onu beklemekte olan merlin'le tanisir. merlin ve baykusu archimedes, bir gun kral olacak arthur'un egitimini ustlenmeye karar vermistir ve ector'in satosuna yerlesir. olaylar gelisir.
muhendislik dehasi mutfakta temizlik sahnesi ve renklerin cok guzel kullanildigi madam mim'le duello, the sword in the stone'un en yarici sahneleridir; huysuz archimedes de en eglenceli karakter. merlin'in gelecege gondermeler yapip akabinde "neyse bosverelim bunlari..." diyip sapkasini duzeltmesine de hastayizdir ezelden.

the sword in the stone; disney'in, tarihi karakterlere hamburger yedirip amerikan kulturunu tum dunyaya empoze etmeye calismadigi eski saf gunlerinden en guzel hatiradir bence.
imdb'de "a simple movie" olarak adlandirilmasina ragmen, 1973 yapimi robin hood'la beraber cocukluguma buyuk bir iz birakmis iki cizgi filmden biridir. ki zaten amazon.com'da "better together" etiketiyle beraber satilmaktadirlar.

(deep in dark - 5 Haziran 2005 15:51)