25 Meanings
Add Yours
Follow
Share
Q&A
You Shook Me Lyrics
You know you shook me
You shook me all night long.
You know you shook me, baby
You shook me all night long.
You shook me so hard baby
Baby, baby, please come home.
I have a bird that whistles
And I have birds that sing.
I have a bird that whistles
And I have birds that sing.
I have a baby, won't do nothing oh!
Oh, oh, buy a diamond ring.
You know you shook me, baby
You shook me all night long.
I know you really, really, did baby.
I said you shook me, baby.
You shook me all night long.
You shook me so hard, baby.
You shook me all night long
You shook me all night long.
You know you shook me, baby
You shook me all night long.
You shook me so hard baby
Baby, baby, please come home.
And I have birds that sing.
I have a bird that whistles
And I have birds that sing.
I have a baby, won't do nothing oh!
Oh, oh, buy a diamond ring.
You shook me all night long.
I know you really, really, did baby.
I said you shook me, baby.
You shook me all night long.
You shook me so hard, baby.
You shook me all night long
Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.
This song is about the Hobbit. In it Smaug bemoans his deathly defeat at the hands of Bard the Bowman through the line "You shook me all night long".
The bird is obviously one of the thrushes of the Lonely Mountain who could sing but could also "whistle", in a language understood by the Men of Dale. Thrush overheard Bilbo telling the dwarves about the bare patch in Smaug's "diamond-encrusted" underside. By "blowing the whistle", Thrush betrayed Smaug's weakness to the Bard hence enabling his victory. The descending slide guitar which accompanies the word "loooong" emphasises Smaugs fatal fall from the skies back the muddy waters from whence he came.
"if you reverse the B's in bilbo, you get dildo"
WHY does every LZ have to do with freaking LOTRs or the Hobbit? I am sure that Robert Johnson was really into those books when he wrote this song..
WHY does every LZ have to do with freaking LOTRs or the Hobbit? I am sure that Robert Johnson was really into those books when he wrote this song..
@PTCGAZ Bob Plant will be the first to tell you that Robert Johnson's real name was Hopkin Yohanan which means "Famous Star Who Is Favoured By God". It should actually be "Famous Star Who WAS Favoured By God"! It is well know that Yohanan's mysteriously acquired guitar skills were a direct result of him trading his soul to the devil. He said it himself. It's also highly likely that this gift was fed into him through the strange vector of Ike Zinnerman who gleaned his scaley skills supernaturally in the Mississippi graveyards. Yohanan himself articulates the deal with Old Nick in...
@PTCGAZ Bob Plant will be the first to tell you that Robert Johnson's real name was Hopkin Yohanan which means "Famous Star Who Is Favoured By God". It should actually be "Famous Star Who WAS Favoured By God"! It is well know that Yohanan's mysteriously acquired guitar skills were a direct result of him trading his soul to the devil. He said it himself. It's also highly likely that this gift was fed into him through the strange vector of Ike Zinnerman who gleaned his scaley skills supernaturally in the Mississippi graveyards. Yohanan himself articulates the deal with Old Nick in the song Cross Road Blues. He didn't need to read the books. He and the books ARE ONE. Remember PTCGAZ, if that is indeed your name, Mythical Past, Elusive Future.
Nice theory since Zep likes to use Hobbit themes, but this is not an original song. Muddy Waters created the first part with shook me lyrics by Willie Dixon. The second part with the bird lyrics is from Robert Johnson's "Stones in My Passway".
Nice theory since Zep likes to use Hobbit themes, but this is not an original song. Muddy Waters created the first part with shook me lyrics by Willie Dixon. The second part with the bird lyrics is from Robert Johnson's "Stones in My Passway".
wow, jimmy page can make his guitar have an orgasm...incredible
This song has got a good blues kinda rythem to it. I think that he is talking about his women and how she is wild
"I have a bird that whistles and I have birds that sing."
This lyric is one of the best blues lyrics of all time. As far as I know, blues legend Robert Johnson wrote the line, but back then, musicians "borrowed" lyrics here and there. The Lemon Song stole from Robert Johnson some too. Anyhow Blues bassist/writer Willie Dixon wrote the song. Anyhow, it's about having two women, one that whistles - that's the one you got at home, and one that "sings" - that's the other woman, the one on the side!
@NVarea Yes, but how about the last two lines: "I have a baby, won\'t do nothing oh! Oh, oh, buy a diamond ring." This third bird must be the absolute best one, because she is the true one "he" wants. But that entails commitment. Remember what Ward Clever said to June about escorting a glamour girl, "it is a disconcerting combination of pleasure and pain."
@NVarea Yes, but how about the last two lines: "I have a baby, won\'t do nothing oh! Oh, oh, buy a diamond ring." This third bird must be the absolute best one, because she is the true one "he" wants. But that entails commitment. Remember what Ward Clever said to June about escorting a glamour girl, "it is a disconcerting combination of pleasure and pain."
The lyrics in this song are great. I like the whole Led Zeppelin I album alot.
Ha ha, Mr. Skeetstan, your jest is of most excellent wit. Either that or you're a total fuckhead who deserves to be fucked and burned at the first opportunity.
bluesyyyyy
has to be about sex. two kinds of sex. one with your wife and the other with your mistress (bird that whistles and bird that sings). "come home" could mean reaching an orgasm
this song just plain rocks. it's got such a great bluesy sound to it.
zeppelin is great at bringing you into their songs then grabbign you by the nuts and you're on the edge of your seat listening to it.
So... it is a cover tune dude.