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The Song Remains the Same Lyrics
I had a dream, oh, yeah, crazy dream, uh-huh
Anything I wanted to know, any place I needed to go
Hear my song
Yeah people don't you listen now? Sing along
Oh, You don't know what you're missing now
Any little song that you know
Everything that's small has to grow
And it has to grow, push push, yeah
California sunlight, sweet Calcutta rain
Honolulu star bright the song remains the same, oh oh
Here we go, Honolulu now
Sing out Hare Hare, dance the Hoochie Koo
City lights are oh so bright, as we go sliding
Sliding, sliding through, oh
Anything I wanted to know, any place I needed to go
Hear my song
Yeah people don't you listen now? Sing along
Oh, You don't know what you're missing now
Any little song that you know
Everything that's small has to grow
And it has to grow, push push, yeah
California sunlight, sweet Calcutta rain
Honolulu star bright the song remains the same, oh oh
Here we go, Honolulu now
Sing out Hare Hare, dance the Hoochie Koo
City lights are oh so bright, as we go sliding
Sliding, sliding through, oh
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Plant has spoken often about what this song is all about, and I'm a collector of their live recordings, so I've heard it often. In his words (per his intros from the 1973 shows in New Orleans, Mobile, and Salt Lake City), it's "about how you can travel half way around the world and people are pretty much the same..." That's a quote. They had just gone through India, Australia, etc, early in 1972, prior to the song's recording. They had experienced many cultures and societies, but the song - being music - was the same world wide. People of all languages and cultures could communicate as one with music, and that no matter where in the world we might go, we'd still see the same people.
one of led zeppelin's best. i can't believe no one's commented on it. i think it's actually about a dream plant had. where he went to different parts of the world, and the "song" was always the same. i think song is metaphorical, but i don't have a clue what it could represent.
My take on this is that as time passes they will die but the song will remain the same. Thus as long as people listen they are forever immortalized through their wonderful music.
@teleski13 the "SONG" remains.the 'MUSIC' remains.
@teleski13 the "SONG" remains.the 'MUSIC' remains.
@teleski13 given the chorus talks about locations rather than time, would the message be more likely that no matter where you are in the world the music the song is the same??
@teleski13 given the chorus talks about locations rather than time, would the message be more likely that no matter where you are in the world the music the song is the same??
Plant said this song was inspired by his actual travels to the Asia and the Indies where even though the cultures and people were different, "to keep a long long story short, the song remained the same."
it might be about going to asia but it seems like from the lyrics and live performances that this song is about love, sex, and how its essence of passion remains the same through cultural differences.
it might be about going to asia but it seems like from the lyrics and live performances that this song is about love, sex, and how its essence of passion remains the same through cultural differences.
I heard it was about Plants belief that all music came from the same root, and melody
and are alll basically the same
Zeppelin's tribute to world music, and the varieties they experienced on their travels
i think its about music being a global language, the song remains the same, and still understood, anywhere.
@aldrrian lunsfelt love the inference of the "global language" well thought out
@aldrrian lunsfelt love the inference of the "global language" well thought out
This song was originally going to be an instrumental, but then Robert came up with these lyrics. He says that someone pushed the pen for him. I think it's all about living together... but the lyrics can have many interpretations. They're incredible.
Plant's voice seems to be sped up, and that goes for some other songs as well on the Houses Of The Holy album. It's the album where his voice starts to sound battered. The price to pay after 5 years of screaming, I guess, but it never lost it's greatness.
I think it's "Honolulu star LIGHT", but no biggie either way.
I live in California, and about once a week I see the sun and get this song in my head.
"Hare Hare" is a line from the song of the Hare Krishnas. Hoochie Koo is probably from the Rick Derringer song and represents a very different kind of mysic from the Krishnas. Here, the Hares are asked to dance to this very different kind of music because, hey, the song remains the same.