Poor Tom Lyrics
being the seventh son would mean that Tom would have little or no inheritance, but in many cultures being the seventh son gave you somewhat mystical powers to compensate for being poor. here the 7th son has the power to know everything, and thus knows that his wife is whoring herself out when he is gone, and ends up killing her for it. so in a way, a misfortune gives way to a blessing which gives way to a curse.
This song is about Tom who finds out his wife was cheating on him so he killed her. This song kicks ass
im amazed on how straight forward this song its, seeing as how its very easy to understand. most led zeppelin songs are very hard to find meanings from, but this one pretty much is right there. great song.
This song is actually i pretty good Zep song. I'm surprised there aren't more coments.....maybe its because its so easy to tell what i means. But yeah really good song!
I love the drum beat in this song. The person telling the story is Poor Tom's grandson. Recorded in 1970, it was remixed for Coda, an album of unreleased tracks that came out after John Bonham died. It was intended for Led Zeppelin III, but didn't make the cut. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant wrote this at Bron-y-aur, the cottage in Wales where they wrote most of Led Zeppelin III.
I'm also surprised there is more comments on this song - it's great! I think it has one on the catchiest beats ever.
Is this the same Annie from Heartbreaker?
Love this song--God only knows why this didnt make the cut for III. One of my faves on CODA (which IS spotty, but has a few gems...)
Yea, you said it wonderfully hangwire. Lot of not so good songs, but great ones. Like this. This song would have fit Led Zeppelin III amazingly too. I love this song. The drums are awsome, the lyrics are awsome, the guitar is awsome, the vocals are awsome. The very first time I heard it and from now on for some reason if reminds of like... Mississippi.. like Tom Sawyer, maybe because its poor TOM, but I dunno
good call, BrokenShadow. why is it always annie? yeah, the drum part for this is pretty cool, but really repetitive. I like the railroad feel. obvious meaning, but great song. I like the first comment, the seventh son thing, that's a good catch.