I never knew what the expression "Out on the Tiles" meant and how it related to this song. I posted a question while back on a literary forum and got the answer from several different people from England. It is a reference to a Tomcat out at night, walking on roof tiles (a lot of roofs in England are made of slate, not shingles like we have in the U.S.), looking out for a good time to be had. Of course Led Zep was infamous for their escapades with groupies and being "Out on the Tiles" themselves. It's ironic then if you read the lyrics to this song it really seems like it's more of a love song about true love with one woman!
I got me a fine woman and she says that I'm her man,
One thing that I know for sure gonna give her all the loving
Like nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody can.
It's another favorite song of mine that you just can't feel bad while you are listening to it! It seems to me to be more about life, however, than partying -- kind of has two personalities going on at once.
I never knew what the expression "Out on the Tiles" meant and how it related to this song. I posted a question while back on a literary forum and got the answer from several different people from England. It is a reference to a Tomcat out at night, walking on roof tiles (a lot of roofs in England are made of slate, not shingles like we have in the U.S.), looking out for a good time to be had. Of course Led Zep was infamous for their escapades with groupies and being "Out on the Tiles" themselves. It's ironic then if you read the lyrics to this song it really seems like it's more of a love song about true love with one woman!
I got me a fine woman and she says that I'm her man, One thing that I know for sure gonna give her all the loving Like nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody can.
It's another favorite song of mine that you just can't feel bad while you are listening to it! It seems to me to be more about life, however, than partying -- kind of has two personalities going on at once.