| Led Zeppelin – The Rain Song Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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This song makes me wish I'd lived in 70's. Growing up in a time with such crap as Linkin Park really depresses me when I hear a song like The Rain Song. The sheer beauty and feeling in the lyrics and guitar (the guitar!) makes everything in my generation sound half-baked, disconnected, manufactured. The song itself is a masterpiece; I can't believe I didn't hear about it before I heard it. Here's my take on the lyrics: this person loved somebody who didn't necessarily love them back. Then the lover thinks the lovee loves him, and he gets his hopes up (the summer of my smiles--the warmth of love). Finally, the lovee hooks up with someone else, and the lover is disappointed, but figures this is just the way things go. The acoustics of this song are simply phenomenal. The guitars, the piano...again, you simply don't get this in new music. |
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| Led Zeppelin – The Battle of Evermore Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Could there even be any doubt this song is about The Lord of the Rings? Every single part of this song, from the Queen of Light, to the ringwraiths riding in black (ringwraiths! come on!) screams LOTR. What I think of when I hear this song is a bunch of hobbits singing one of their little songs around a fire. The last part of the song, the "Bring it back!"'s I had more trouble with. What I'm gonna go with is that Page and Plant, with their supposedly huge interest in mysticism, felt repressed by a time when such unorthodox subjects are frowned upon instead of celebrated. |
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