Great, great band... Rockets2K, You read my mind on "Black Dog"! I have the first 4 albums and I have to admit that I like "Led Zeppelin IV" the best. A lot of bands are like this - great songs but you don't know the name of the title such as Smashing Pumpkins, New Order (great call on that one, Kimble), Radiohead, etc.
I think Going to California is one of their best hits, but rarely gets mention. And its not that I dont like music, I just dont like todays music. The radio in my car hasnt been on an FM station in years (I listen to AM talk radio all day) and any time I see someone talk about recent hits, I am clueless. My genre is 80s/70s and Classic Rock. I have quite the collection of Pink Floyd, Zeppelen, Bob Seger, Jackson Brown etc.........
Zep is one of those bands that I really love some of their lesser known songs better than the ones that are "hits". It doesnt mean that I dont llike the hits also, but if asked to name the essential Led Zep songs..the top one in my list would be relatively unknown ones to most people. Now that you mention it..I remember you saying that about new music...duh...guess my mind isnt all here right now..
Damn, no edit again.. Manny, LZ IV is a definite on the *essential* Led Zep list.. and it's not even because of Stairway.. as mentioned before, the great Going To California Battle of Evermore Misty Mountain Hop When the Levee Breaks and of course Black Dog and Rock n Roll overall, Zeppelin's most consistent album..and the one that introduced them to more than just the loyal blues/hard rock following.. In my eyes, Zep 1,2,3 made them stars...IV made them legends.
I heard rumor about it being based on something concerning Crowley..but dont know for sure.. I like the sexual interpretation tho...it cracks me up. Do tell Finn..
It's from Robert Johnson's song "Traveling Riverside Blues? recorded June 19th, 1937 in Dallas Texas.
Traveling Riverside Blues Recorded in Dallas, Texas on 20 June 1937. If your man gets personal, want to have your fun If your man gets personal, want to have your fun Just come on back to Friar's Point, mama, and barrelhouse all night long I got womens in Vicksburg, clean on into Tennessee I got womens in Vicksburg, clean on into Tennessee But my Friar's Point rider, now, hops all over me I ain't gon' to state no color, but her front teeth is crowned with gold I ain't gon' to state no color, but her front teeth is crowned with gold She got a mortgage on my body, now, lien on my soul Lord, I'm goin' to Rosedale, gon' take my rider by my side Lord, I'm goin' to Rosedale, gon' take my rider by my side We can still barrelhouse, baby, 'cause it's on the river side Now you can squeeze my lemon till the juice run down my... (Spoken: till the juice run down my leg, baby, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout) You can squeeze my lemon till the juice run down my leg (that’s what I’m talkin’ about now) But I'm goin' back to Friar's Point, if I be rockin' to my head
oh god...I guess I should have known that one. I dont remember hearing that in the version that I have. Was that a onetime deviation in the lyrics of that song? Methinks I need to listen to that one again when I get home. Funny how just about anytime someone brings up Zeppelin lyrics and the reasons for them...someone always claims they have something to do with Crowley or Paige's infatuation with the occult.
I don't think it's anything more than a tribute to an original blues artist. One of many tributes Led Zep makes. As far as the occult or satan, I don't take much stock in those stories......that kind of talk sells records.
I was actually talking in the abstract. I realized my brain fart about the Lemon Song quick enough..The rumor I had heard was about a different song. If I had the edit back, I would have deleted it pretty damn quick. The occult talk has been in existence for ages, has alot to do with Jimmy Paige buying Crowley's old castle and his acknowledged interest in the occult. But you are correct, it is good business to have satanist rumors flying..what about the supposed backward masking present on the White Album or on just about any Ozzy album. Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden made tons of money off their supposed occult influences...
from the Led Zeppelin Infrequently Murmured Trivia List : Blues tradition has never had a problem with artists borrowing riffs, lyrics or techniques from other artists. Given the extensive grounding in the blues that Led Zeppelin had, it is unlikely they were acting in anything but this spirit when they entered the studio to add their own touches, revisions and additions to the blues legacy of artists that preceeded them. In some cases this got them into serious copyright trouble, a lot of which was to do with the lyrics. In an interview with _Guitar_World_ in December 1993 Jimmy Page said, "As far as my end of it goes, I always tried to bring something fresh to anything that I used. I always made sure to come up with some variation. In fact, I think in most cases you would never know what the original source could be. Maybe not in every case, but in most cases. And Robert was supposed to change the lyrics, and he didn't always do that - which is what brought on most of our grief. They couldn't get us on the guitar parts or the music, but they nailed us on the lyrics." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- now who can tell me where "Whole Lotta Love" came from? hint: he was the bluesman who also inspired "I Can't Quit You Babe"" and "You Shook Me"
they gave credit to Willie Dixon for his composition "You Need Love" as well as for "You Shook Me and "I cant quit you babe". the lawsuit that Willie Dixon won, however , was for Whole Lotta Love.
What was the impetus for the switch from the <i>Yardbirds</i> sound to Led Zeppelin? It was a significant jump rather than a small change. I know about filling Yardbirds contracts and so forth, but what inspired the change?
