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Can the people hear, What the little fish are sayin'
Oh, oh, the people turned away. Oh, the people turned away
Down in the city streets, see all the folk go racin', racin'
No time left, to pass the time of day
The people turned away. The people turned away
So far away, so far away
See how they run, see how they run, see how they run, see how they run.
Do you still do the twist
Do you find you remember things that well
I want to tell you... Some go twistin' every day
Though sometimes it's awful hard to tell
Out in the country, hear the people singin'
Singin' 'bout their progress, knowin' where they're goin'
Oh, oh, oh, oh, the people turned away
Yes, the people turned away
Sing loud for the sunshine, pray hard for the rain
And show your love for Lady Nature. And she will come back again
The people turned away
The people turned away
I was a real Led Zep fan until this album which did not resonate with me. Fancy time signatures or not, it is still 'easy listening' and not the early heavy rock and blues that I love. Some people like this song and the album but I don't think they are the same people that loved the previous albums.
WTF? "In My Time of Dying" is not heavy rock and blues? It's the apex of heavy rock and blues. "The Rover". "Ten Years Gone" is a masterpiece of rock blues.
Thanks for leaving it in, BIllG and successors!
Started with an 8 and then upped it to a 9. The variety in this tune is compelling. Changes of time signatures. Changes of tempo. Changes of instrumentation. And yet it all flows together naturally.
LZ are real deal in so many ways. I remember reading as a youngster NME's Illustrated Rock Encyclopedia. Under LZ entry there was a quote from Page saying something like this: "Intention was to span band's musical range from heavy metal blues to folk style like Incredible String Band."
There's too much Robert Plant on this station. I've heard him 3 times today.
I know people that would argue that "...too much Robert Plant..." is purely an abstract concept. It doesn't actually exist in the material world.
LaurieinTucson wrote:
There's too much Robert Plant on this station. I've heard him 3 times today.
dandueck07 wrote:
Suzanne Vegan perhaps?
Perhaps, your music diet is more Meatloaf based?
Perhaps, your music diet is more Meatloaf based?
Superlative track, one of Zeppelin's finest, well done RP!
I had this cassette stuck in my car player in college for a couple years. Technically, it wasn't stuck, it just never got ejected. Until one day my roommate took it out and put some sort of rap garbage in there and left the LZ tape on the seat on a hot NY day with the windows up. It didn't fit in the tape deck after that.
Later I got the LZ CD box set. My sister in law borrowed it and when I got it back, disc one of PG was missing. Never got replaced either. It fills me with regret whenever I go on a LZ1 through CODA straight through listen. (Which, by the way, usually gets cut off by my wife soon after ZOSO.) Point is, I only get to hear those songs here on RP, which basically means only Kashmir.
Funny, I was thinking the same but more like... wow, what awesome range and variety... All My Love, Dyer Maker.... just love them all
This is the same band that produced Black Mountain Side, Thank You, That's The Way, The Battle of Evermore, The Rain Song, Ten Years Gone, and Tea For One.
Perhaps the problem lies in a limited perspective.
So what? It's an 8 to me.
You're right, it's an 8.
A choice Zep tune pick. I mean, damn...
Glad to see RP still diving into album cuts all around.
I love RP
Yay cj! what a way to start the day, Led Zep rocks ; )
Why was Zep great?
Well, many reasons, one of which was their diversity.
They were masters of mixing the heaviest rockers with the prettiest ballads (Tangerine, That's The Way, et al).
Perhaps Slipknot would be more to your liking?
My first listen and I am unmoved. 5
I would have given this a 5, or lower, when I first heard it at its initial release date. I thought it was kind of cheesy. Now I have it at 9. Guess it grows on you.
They split up last year.
and then there's Dread Zeppelin (reggae band)
My first listen and I am unmoved. 5
.... is that all!?
That's as high as THIS ONE will go.
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of homeless camps loves this song, and this album...
hope you are having a marvelous time right now, paradisepig...
.... is that all!?
Everybody in my churches loves this song...
They really could do it all
Maybe, but they seem to have following out there! At least there's water mentioned.......
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9599650
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Excerpt: 'Roadwork'
by Tom Wright
Chapter 17: The Grande
Wow, that was cool. Makes you realize how the history of rock n' roll was filled with chance happenings, weird people, and seat-of-your-pants planning when things broke down. The music industry back then was definitely not a perfectly controlled machine...
I heard one story of luck that blew my mind a few years ago while watching a history of Stax/Volt records. The company had arranged a 1962 recording session with Johnny Jenkins. Since there was still some studio time left after the band had finished, the engineers let a kid who'd come along with Jenkins—mostly to drive the car and carry the equipment—record two songs. The kid was Otis Redding, the two songs became hits and Redding became the mainstay for Stax/Volt.
That's an amusing and odd song.
I always picture parts of this song being what Arthur Dent hears the people of Krikkit singing when he's watching the history of Krikkit on Slartibartfast's Starship Bistromath, and he thinks that Paul McCartney would have enough money to buy Kent if he had written the song.
The sand was so cold, but offset by the hot guy pressed against me.
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Chapter 17: The Grande
That's a great goosebump-inducing story. Thanks.
Agreed (~:
It's just about perfect..........................................
I really thought it was Gerry Garcia at first. This is one of the few LZ albums I don't have.
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Excerpt: 'Roadwork'
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Chapter 17: The Grande
Man... now you made me turn off RP and digg out the album...
Sorry, just don\'t get it. A 3. I feel like all these classic bands are overrated.
You gave James - Ring the Bells a \"10\", now we get it.
Amen.
Sorry, just don't get it. A 3. I feel like all these classic bands are overrated.
I think you should stop rating the songs and wait until you DO get it.
And ya have to carry me out here legs first, as I ain't gonna move anymore..