| Led Zeppelin – Four Sticks Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Keith Moon wasn't talking about the 'New Yardbirds'. Moon, Entwhistle, Page, and I think Beck(maybe not, i don't remember) were going to make a band together and Moon said they were going down like a led balloon. But Moon and Entwhistle got back with Who and all was well. Apparently Page's friends and stuff said that he used to where a necklace of a zeppelin or something though and always liked it which may have contributed to the name as well | |
| Led Zeppelin – Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I haven't seen it live, but I think he's pickin' it. It's completely possible and it sounds like it as well. I just want to say that this has some of the best made lyrics I've ever heard. Best made as in you can tell, where as other songs people could fight that he was just high or something, that he spent time. There are so many carefully choosen words that I would have never thought of. Brilliant | |
| Led Zeppelin – Black Dog (Acoustic verson) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Yea, I had high doubts that this was actually Zep, but it sure does sound good. | |
| Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is a direct quote from Plant,"I was just sitting there with Pagey in front of a fire at Headley Grange,’ Plant recalled. ‘Pagey had written these chords and he played them for me. I was holding a pencil and paper and for some reason, I was in a very bad mood. Then all of a sudden my hand was writing out the words: “There’s a lady who’s sure, all that glitters is gold, and she’s buying a Stairway to Heaven.” I just sat there and I looked at the words and I almost leapt out of my seat....When we first got back together, it was so immediately apparent that the two of us were just channeling the music. That’s what we had always had, and it was so apparent that it was there. It was almost effortless.” Kind of creepy how he was in a bad mood when his hand started writing the words... Who is the Piper? The Piper creates something in your head, a humming, a tune, whatever, and he doesn't leave you alone. He wants you to follow him. In the Bible, it talks about how Lucifer was the celestial composer of music with his celestial pipes. The PIPER. The Pan Piper is the Greek god of forests. This explains smoke through the trees and the such. Aleister Crowley also blantly talks about how Lucifer was the piper of music. Just one more thing, abou the lady. I spent a long time trying to figure out who she was and what she represented. Finally, I started to research a little bit in Crowley and descovered something vital. Crowley believed that Satan had a female consort in the form of light. Now look at the song. Obviously, it talks constantly about someone who knows, not thinks, that all that glitters is gold, that she's buying a stairway to Heaven. Who is she? You cannot tell. Now when it says, there walks a lady we all know, it is obvious that he is talking about the lady before right? Then, it says who shine white light and wants to show. SHINE WHITE LIGHT PEOPLE. And to further back up that this lady is the one who keeps getting repeated, the next line says, how everything still turns to gold. One can also assume that she, the one who shines bright light and apparently is very wise, is the May Queen. There is much much more to go into but I don't feel like it right now. As for my opinion on the song. It's a very good song, but after a few times, I don't want to hear it for quite a while. The lyrics are great and have immense depth, but they still don't seem near as mystical or anything, at least to me, as many of there other songs. It was VERY vital to Zeppelin's career however. Their third album was highly critisized for having a lot of acoustic songs. Both fans and critics said this was not hard rock nor Zeppelin and was cheap. Stairway showed people that folk and acoustic can be very good. It did this because it happened to hit so big (this is because of enchanting lyrics, beautiful guitar, amazing solo, stupendous drums, and it had really hard rock at the end) and people started to appreciate event he acoustic Zeppelin songs. |
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| Led Zeppelin – Ramble On Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Holy crud Kyeo, you are a moron. Moving on, Yardbird, I like your theory a lot. I very well think that it could be just that. I just want to point out some motifs in Zeppelin's writing. Queen of all my dreams (Always talks about queen of dreams and light) 10 years Lord of the Rings and fantasy etc I think this is one interpretation of the many that Plant intended for it to mean. (A there a bunch that are there that he was not aware of) Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way. Everything is dying Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay. But now it's time for me to go. The autumn moon lights my way. The autumn moon lights his way. Religious speaking, that is NOT Jesus Christ. He is the Summer sun. For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way. Pain is headed his way. The devil inflicts pain Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do... He's got to tell everyone about the 'autumn moon' Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear. How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air. T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair. He messin' around in the darkest depths of the most most evil place on earth.... hmmmm But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah. Now I very strongly believe that the main focus of this writing was Lord of the Rings but there are just some things that don't fit in there. (Such as the Autumn Moon, autumn is death and moon is dark and scary, lighting his way. Frodo did not get lit by the autumn moon) Also, Frodo did not find the ring in Mordor. He find it far from there. And as said earlier, whenever Zeppelin uses LOTR, it's a metaphor. I have a lot more to say but my contact rolled behind my eye a few minutes ago and it really hurts |
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| Led Zeppelin – Kashmir Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Everyone seems to think that songs can only mean one thing. It is a fact that this was written while Plant was going through Africa. You can tell just from listening that it has an Arab feel. But it also has so much more to say that that. The Lopper, I bet both those things you said are very much related to the song. Plant said himself he took a very long time with his lyrics. Every word he writes in these types of songs have a meaning. He wasn't just throwing stuff out there. I have not completely analyzed this song but I will post later and give my oppinion, but you can tell that this song has meaning miles deep. Read the first paragraph and think......Wow, just let that sink in...Powerful stuff right there |
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| Led Zeppelin – Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Powerful powerful stuff. About the cover issue. Anne Bredon had written this song, in some form, and Plant and Page loved it. They made their own version but couldn't find out what her's was called or anything so they just left it blank. (Like they were they only ones who wrote it) Later they found out what it was hence the credits given to her later. | |
| Led Zeppelin – The Battle of Evermore Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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OK, a bunch of you overlooked a HUGE and I mean HUGE part of the song. Before I talk about a more in depth version of it, first just think of the song with no analyzing. Just what it is on the surface. It's the battle for evermore. The last battle between good and evil. The forces are coming together to fight. Obviously the Dragon of darkness is evil. Now what most of you are taking the ending is that the dragon of darkness, or the evil side, is blinded by the light, thus losing. But take a second glance and notice that it say WITH flames from the dragon of darkness. WITH flames. That means that 'his' eyes, are not the dragon's, but the dragon conquered over good. Again before I really get into this, Histamine, I guarantee you that Plant wrote this song about Scottish wars and the such. But I also guarantee that he also based it on LOTR and religion. When is speaks of the Queen of Light taking her bow, then leaving and the Prince of Peace embracing the gloom, it could be talking about a number of people. I am not going to get all into who it could be but no matter who it is, what these lines are saying is that the good side is folding. They are bowing to the evil and embracing it. This is backed up by the line about apples turning brown to black. Things are getting consumed by evil. And just before that it explains what the apples are. The apples are their foundation, their happiness. The apples though are evil. They thrive on evil. It also says that he is waiting for the might of the darkest of them all. On the surface, it would seem like they are not waiting in anticipation, but dreading it. But evidence so far has shown that the evil is not to be feared. There is so much more to tell but many other people have said it and it would take me hours to explain my interpretation of it so I will only point out a few more things. The part about the eastern glow, if you've seen Lord of the Rings, you know what that is. That is the army of Mordor. Now a lot of people have been saying that the section where it says to sing as you raise your bow, to shoot straighter than before is about a lot of pretty wierd stuff, but my first instinct was praying. Sing to the god(s) and they will make you shoot straighter than before. One last part I would like to address in this song is the ring wraiths part. When it says ride on, the question is who that is being said to. Is it telling the ring wraiths to ride on an provail or is it telling others to ride on and fight the evil. As evidence about (and some stuff that I am going to write) shows that they want the evil to provail. First I would like to talk about kingpyro's post. I think that most of that stuff is very accurate if not completely. But I believe that most everthing here has a double meaning. (If you've ever seen a live of Zeppelin doing Stairway, Plant usually puts of two fingers and then rotates his hand when he says 'two meanings'. So he's saying this is what I'm saying, holds up two fingers, and this is what I mean, turns his hand around) But read kingpyro's post and another guy's (Sorry I don't remember who it was, but it talked about how Zeppelin was Satanic and the religous part of the song) for a pretty complete idea of what I think Plant ment. And Zeppelin was VERY Satanic I hate to say it. I mean, Jimmy Page bought Aleister Crowley's house! They practiced in it until Plant said that it was even too evil for him. Crowley believed that Lucifer had a female consort in the form of light which is why they always talk about the 'Queen' and stuff. (Ramble On, STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN) They also talk about the 'Piper' a lot. Like in Stairway, they Plant sings about the Piper calling you and humming in your head until you listen and 'call the tune at last'. Who is the Piper? The Bible states that ,in Ezekiel 28, Lucifer was the celestrial composer of music, with celestrial pipes. The Piper. Well, I could go on for days but I belive I made my point. Isn't it great though how you could spend hours trying to interpret just ONE Zeppelin song, get so far and yet not achieve anything at all. And then you come here and hear so many different interpretations which can all be true. As much as I hate most of their messages, this is one reason that proves that Zeppelin is the greatest band that has come into our presence. |
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