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Led Zeppelin — Thank You
Album: Led Zeppelin II
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Released: 1969
Length: 4:26
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If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you
When mountains crumble to the sea
There will still be you and me
Kind woman, I give you my all, kind woman, nothing more

Little drops of rain whisper of the pain
Tears of loves lost in the days gone by
My love is strong, with you there is no wrong
Together we shall go until we die, my, my, my
An inspiration's what you are to me, inspiration, look, see

And so today, my world, it smiles
Your hand in mine, we walk the miles
But thanks to you, it will be done
For you to me are the only one, alright, yeah
Happiness, no more be sad, happiness, I'm glad

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be lovin' you
Mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me
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That last stanza still moves me deeply. I'd say "after all these years" but in truth - more than ever.
Posted 4 months ago by Fiddlefye    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:

10/19/20- The album name is spelled wrong. There's no album called "Led Zepellin II"
I'm pretty sure it's "Led Zeppelin II"

Update: It's 12/2/21 and the album name is still spelled wrong. It should be two Ps and one L and not the other way around. 

Update: 7/26/23 - album name still spelled "Zepellin" not "Zeppelin".



Still wrong
Posted 5 months ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

I can remember living at Mom and Dad's house, and relishing the time when they went gadabouting in the motorhome, leaving the house to me. I'd crank up the music, sit at the end of the hallway with my back to the wall, and listen to Led Zeppelin with my eyes closed. This song always put me in the perfect frame of mind to eventually mop the kitchen floor, do some laundry, and make the house a better place for when my folks came home.

I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's what I can offer.  This song, and Zep in general, can never fail to make me feel a lot more benign about life.



The reverse happened to me. When I was living with my parents I sometimes came home from the pub to find the house in darkness and my parents lying on the floor chilling out to Led Zep 2 playing on my stereogram 
Posted 9 months ago by Devaplan    [ Reply ]
Wonderful little song from one of the best albums of the 20th century.
Posted 9 months ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
 kevinkopp wrote:

4-track cassette in a cheap $35 portable cassette player on the seat next to me as I drove my Dad's '65 Barracuda around town--Goodness, over 50 years ago


Cool story. Thank You for sharing it.
Posted 9 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
JPJ is putting on a bass clinic here.   Wow!

(The rest of the song is also wonderful.)
Posted 10 months ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
4-track cassette in a cheap $35 portable cassette player on the seat next to me as I drove my Dad's '65 Barracuda around town--Goodness, over 50 years ago
Posted 11 months ago by kevinkopp    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

I can remember living at Mom and Dad's house, and relishing the time when they went gadabouting in the motorhome, leaving the house to me. I'd crank up the music, sit at the end of the hallway with my back to the wall, and listen to Led Zeppelin with my eyes closed. This song always put me in the perfect frame of mind to eventually mop the kitchen floor, do some laundry, and make the house a better place for when my folks came home.

I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's what I can offer.  This song, and Zep in general, can never fail to make me feel a lot more benign about life.



I wish my kids would consider making the house a better place for when I got home.  Cynaera seemed to be a pretty good person.
Posted 1 year ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:

Man, the difference in music between the late 1960s and the early 1960s.  Just seven or eight years before this, everyone was doing the Peppermint Twist and listening to Elvis.

FACTS!! 

Posted 1 year ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:



What causes you to say that?  Please share your info.
I think they are just pointing out the typo (should be "Led Zeppelin II" and not "Led Zepellin II").

Posted 1 year ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
I'm 100% sure that the name of this album is not "Led Zepellin II"

Posted 1 year ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
One of the songs that earned Led Zep the 'prog rock' moniker.  
Posted 1 year ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Music can take you back in time. This song does that for me.
A very beautiful love song!
Posted 1 year ago by onlylynne    [ Reply ]
Man, the difference in music between the late 1960s and the early 1960s.  Just seven or eight years before this, everyone was doing the Peppermint Twist and listening to Elvis.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
So awesome, always good. But Bill, you didn't let the song go to completion with the last little organ swirl! 

Tori Amos' version is haunting and lovely also.
Posted 2 years ago by randyblew    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!!  Thanx RP!  

Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
The marquee read 'Lead Zeppelin" above the Fillmore East.....they were That new way back when.
Posted 2 years ago by jef    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:

10/19/20- The album name is spelled wrong. There's no album called "Led Zepellin II" I'm pretty sure it's "Led Zeppelin II"

Update: It's 12/2/21 and the album name is still spelled wrong. It should be two Ps and one L and not the other way around. 



At least the album cover has it right!  Lol
Posted 2 years ago by intheworks    [ Reply ]
Aaahhh, I can still smell the cow sh*t on the air and the taste of my very own home grown as I cruised the backroads of South-western, Ontario, Canada blasting LZ on the cassette deck. This was part of the theme music of  the lives of millions of youths during the 70s. I was in my teens but it seems like yesterday, and I can still taste and smell the homegrown when I go home for a visit and a drive through the country playing LZ. What memories!
Posted 2 years ago by textell    [ Reply ]
The first dance song at my best friend's wedding. I have to admit, I hadn't given the tune much consideration to that point, given the LZ cannon and so many other amazing tunes, but ever since, it has been interwoven with the memory of he and his wife, and that joyous occasion, and it nearly brings a tear to my eye. The power of music. 
Posted 2 years ago by bbgun    [ Reply ]
Summer of  1986 I had a boombox and Led Zepilin II on tape cassette.
Many D-cell batteries were drained
Posted 2 years ago by Ihatethissong    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Many a mountain crumbling these days...still lovin' you 
Posted 3 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
There is a certain something about this song that elicits magic, not metaphorically, literally and proved by science, yes science and not that fake kind that Q lives by.

High School memories of beers in the cooler, parked on hill overlooking city lights, this song comes on and my then girlfriend snuggles and soon after, Magic, Pure Magic.
Posted 3 years ago by bigbobbybubba    [ Reply ]
 trailhead wrote:

I am a bass player.  Bass players are always told to be on the lookout for "overplaying".  Maybe it's just because I play bass, but JPJ certainly "overplays" here, and it sounds FANTASTIC!  I grew up learning bass to albums like this (hitting rewind on the cassette player over and over until I got the lines right).  So I'll continue to "overplay" whenever I can get away with it.

JPJ is such an incredible bassist.



My favorite bass players 'overplay'. I also love how music in the 70's had the bass mixed up front and high in the mix, from Rock to Folk to Pop. Listening to Sabbath for example is just too groovy.
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
You know.....I heard this for the first time when I was 17 years old.  And the release of this was a recent event.  And now it's 2021 at this writing. 

While I can appreciate it still I've got to say that with all this time I'd'a thunk I'd be listening to something more.....cosmic by now?  It's the better part of +50 years old at this point.  As a young man I would have hoped we'd have moved well on by now? 

You know...listening to space rock from the vantage of Mars, or Saturn, or sumthin' other than this listen while on a deck off a loft-space here just outside of Manhattan. I'm sure Robert Plant, looking with every passing day more like the grizzly Viking veteran that he is, would understand the sentiment.  

But so it goes I suppose...

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 3 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
I am a bass player.  Bass players are always told to be on the lookout for "overplaying".  Maybe it's just because I play bass, but JPJ certainly "overplays" here, and it sounds FANTASTIC!  I grew up learning bass to albums like this (hitting rewind on the cassette player over and over until I got the lines right).  So I'll continue to "overplay" whenever I can get away with it.

JPJ is such an incredible bassist.
Posted 3 years ago by trailhead    [ Reply ]
This tune brings this old woman back to her days of youth.
Twirlin in my kitchen...
Posted 3 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
a key part of the soundtrack of my life
Posted 4 years ago by BSartiste    [ Reply ]
10/19/20- The album name is spelled wrong. There's no album called "Led Zepellin II"
I'm pretty sure it's "Led Zeppelin II"

Update: It's 12/2/21 and the album name is still spelled wrong. It should be two Ps and one L and not the other way around. 

Update: 7/26/23 - album name still spelled "Zepellin" not "Zeppelin".
Posted 4 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
so stunning :)
Posted 4 years ago by Jamer2k41    [ Reply ]
You just had one of my photos on the slideshow of snow gum trees in New South Wales, Australia! A first-ever sighting of one of our photos - thanks RP - you always make my day - especially today.
Posted 4 years ago by marysclark    [ Reply ]
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Posted 4 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
I always wondered who sings backup on this song. Does anyone know?
Posted 4 years ago by dancindan    [ Reply ]
Perfect for Sunday afternoon or anytime for that matter. I must have been about 12 when I heard the mighty Zep. I was mad for music and was glued to Radio Luxembourg (with the transmission fading in and out) and Radio Caroline, the pirate radio station in the North Sea (I think). I collected singles, 45s and my first foray into the grown up world of LPs was Zep 1 and then  Zep 11!

Deep joy forever!
Posted 5 years ago by Hardinge99    [ Reply ]
 jbuhl wrote:
I remember the first time I ever heard this album circa 1970 and me about 10.  My cousin bought the 8 track.  We didn't even have a place to play it other than his moms car.  Used to sit in the back seat in the driveway and crank it.  I asked my mom for a 8 track player for Xmas that year.  She order me one out of the Sears catalog I believe.

 
 
Thanks for the story, jbuhl! And how cool you were a Zep Head at the ripe old age of 10....and that's my new rating on this gem....9 makeway for 10!
Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Since i was 16.  Owesome!
Posted 5 years ago by richardsimao    [ Reply ]
 ckcotton wrote:
Seriously what was I thinking ...... its GOT TO BE a 10!
 
Invoking Turbo Mode....going to  Warp 12 !
Posted 6 years ago by webpilot1    [ Reply ]
Maybe my favorite LZ song ever
Posted 6 years ago by brendasistrom    [ Reply ]
Not a big fan of Led Zepplin as a general rule but this is a terrific song.
Posted 6 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Seriously what was I thinking ...... its GOT TO BE a 10!
Posted 6 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
                               
Posted 6 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 LowPhreak wrote:

{#Sunny}

 
{#Notworthy}
Posted 7 years ago by Chinto    [ Reply ]
 icuski2 wrote:
What an unbelievably beautiful song! Thanks Zep, Robert Plant & RP. Sure needed that. 

 
{#Sunny}
Posted 7 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
What an unbelievably beautiful song! Thanks Zep, Robert Plant & RP. Sure needed that. 
Posted 7 years ago by icuski2    [ Reply ]
10 and godlike . End of .
Posted 7 years ago by gazcon73    [ Reply ]
I remember the first time I ever heard this album circa 1970 and me about 10.  My cousin bought the 8 track.  We didn't even have a place to play it other than his moms car.  Used to sit in the back seat in the driveway and crank it.  I asked my mom for a 8 track player for Xmas that year.  She order me one out of the Sears catalog I believe.

 
Posted 7 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
some of us can allow a song to lift us above, well above, the very moment we find ourselves in
do you find some songs can break through and bring tears, or a strong smile? 

Led Zep  Thank you
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 iloveradio wrote:
It may be Led Zeppelin, but this is not good music.{#No}

 
It IS Led Zeppelin and it IS good music. ;)
Posted 8 years ago by hopper99    [ Reply ]
I bought this album back in the early 1970's and decided to recreate the cover as a large scale poster and it took me weeks to paint it on my father's easel.  I had a picture window in my bedroom (yes I know) and people told me years later that when they walked past our house all they could hear was this album blasting out of my speakers and seeing a large burning Zeppelin painting!

This particular song and the way it fades out at the end brings it all back - well a fleeting memory anyway.
Posted 8 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
It may be Led Zeppelin, but this is not good music.{#No}
Posted 8 years ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
 JasondotG wrote:

Did you notice it was Led Zeppelin after that and move it to 10?

 

Giving it a high score just for who made it is not the way I listen to music.
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
 Kaw wrote:
Today I noticed the lyrics. 7 -> 9

 
Did you notice it was Led Zeppelin after that and move it to 10?
Posted 8 years ago by JasondotG    [ Reply ]
Today I noticed the lyrics. 7 -> 9
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
 Montyontherun wrote:
WOW what a morning of fantastic music. I'm struggling to get work done. Bill you are a bad bad man!

 
Sad but so true. He's pure evil. ;-)
Posted 8 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
WOW what a morning of fantastic music. I'm struggling to get work done. Bill you are a bad bad man!
Posted 8 years ago by Montyontherun    [ Reply ]
NONE BETTER... Perfect Saturday afternoon tune 
Posted 8 years ago by DJE    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy} Thank you is always welcome..
Posted 8 years ago by yeshetarchin    [ Reply ]
Has a British Invasion feel to the first part.
Posted 8 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
I know it's a cliche to say this but it is really a timeless classic!
I love it , thanks Radio Paradise for playing it .
Posted 8 years ago by Rockstable    [ Reply ]
I know it's a cliche to say this but it is really a timeless classic!
I love it , thanks Radio Paradise for playing it .
 
Posted 8 years ago by Rockstable    [ Reply ]
{#Crown}
Posted 8 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
One of the greatest love songs ever written.  Simply beautiful.
Posted 9 years ago by buddy    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I can remember living at Mom and Dad's house, and relishing the time when they went gadabouting in the motorhome, leaving the house to me. I'd crank up the music, sit at the end of the hallway with my back to the wall, and listen to Led Zeppelin with my eyes closed. This song always put me in the perfect frame of mind to eventually mop the kitchen floor, do some laundry, and make the house a better place for when my folks came home. 

I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's what I can offer.  This song, and Zep in general, can never fail to make me feel a lot more benign about life.
 Lazarus wrote:


Miss you so much, Cynaera...

this song has a nobility to it because the lyrics ring with authenticity—  genuine feelings—  and the music matches it perfectly...

"Thank You" signalled a deeper involvement in songwriting by singer Robert Plant, being the first Led Zeppelin song that he wrote all the lyrics for. According to various Led Zeppelin biographies, this is also the song that made Jimmy Page realise that Plant could now handle writing the majority of the lyrics for the band's songs. Plant wrote the song as a tribute to his then-wife Maureen. 

 
I give thanks to all you beautiful people, Peace!
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
The best. What more can I say?
Posted 9 years ago by tee_dee    [ Reply ]
It's 10 and there's nothing to add for me.
Posted 9 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
LZ at their best, when they did this combination of rock, semiacustic, incredible rhythm section and beautiful melody on this incredible voice Rober Plant had back in the 70's ... well, on the top list of my RP songs, which is an incredible list!
Posted 9 years ago by hugogdt    [ Reply ]
Thank you for this nice song!
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Driving in a buddys car, blaring this song out. Having that one girlfriend next to you. Summer night,,,very cool thoughts.
Posted 9 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
First Radiohead - Lucky
now
this
my head is
about to explode.
...in a good way.
 
Posted 9 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
Incredibly excellent and powerfully moving song.
Posted 10 years ago by otis_of_moab    [ Reply ]
This beautiful song reminds me why Led Zeppelin remains one of the greatest rock'n'roll bands of all time.
Posted 10 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I can remember living at Mom and Dad's house, and relishing the time when they went gadabouting in the motorhome, leaving the house to me. I'd crank up the music, sit at the end of the hallway with my back to the wall, and listen to Led Zeppelin with my eyes closed. This song always put me in the perfect frame of mind to eventually mop the kitchen floor, do some laundry, and make the house a better place for when my folks came home.

I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's what I can offer.  This song, and Zep in general, can never fail to make me feel a lot more benign about life.
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

this song has a nobility to it because the lyrics ring with authenticity—  genuine feelings—  and the music matches it perfectly...

"Thank You" signalled a deeper involvement in songwriting by singer Robert Plant, being the first Led Zeppelin song that he wrote all the lyrics for. According to various Led Zeppelin biographies, this is also the song that made Jimmy Page realise that Plant could now handle writing the majority of the lyrics for the band's songs. Plant wrote the song as a tribute to his then-wife Maureen. 
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
My husband and I walked out of the church on our wedding day to this song. Loved it then, love it even more now.
Posted 10 years ago by strawberrymojo    [ Reply ]
 dkwalika wrote:
Bill: Thank you, I needed this. Google Hancock Michigan weather.

 
I checked......sending you some CA spring sunshine and warmth.
Posted 10 years ago by EarthMama    [ Reply ]
Bill: Thank you, I needed this. Google Hancock Michigan weather.
Posted 10 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
 avatar71 wrote:
Last song, side one...back then every side was like its own suite of songs. I remember listening to this hundreds of times and the stillness that would follow while I flipped the album over for Heartbreaker...digital has really altered the whole listening experience. Songs sound differently, are arranged differently, and probably even written differently at times. What changes will the next format bring?

 
These are strange observations.  I bought numerous newly released CDs last month, they are still in the same album format as always.
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
......... breathtaking
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

But this band sure would be better if they had a good drummer, guitar player, and vocalist. Like today's bands, eh?  

 

 



 
Ha! Are still inside your mamas butt?
Posted 10 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]
Just the first note sent me to the way back. Damn nostalgia. Miss those days so much.
Posted 10 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]

But this band sure would be better if they had a good drummer, guitar player, and vocalist. Like today's bands, eh?  

 

 


Posted 10 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
man does this take me back....holy cow....one of the first albums I ever owned.....
Posted 10 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
Boy oh boy....these guys (whoever they are) sure sound like Kid Rock!
Posted 11 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
GENIUS
Posted 11 years ago by Spiderwoman    [ Reply ]
 bwild wrote:
One of my favorite tunes of all time ! ! 
{#Music}

 
One of my favorite albums.
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite tunes of all time ! ! 
{#Music}
Posted 11 years ago by bwild    [ Reply ]
Heavenly!
Posted 11 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
Very nice!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 Keef wrote:

So do all of us in your Church.
 

Thanks, man...  we be happy to have you...  hope you are having a marvelous day right this minute...

love this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 (former member) wrote:


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

 
So do all of us in your Church.
Posted 11 years ago by Keef    [ Reply ]
Thank You.
Posted 11 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

One of my favourite LZ tunes from the period.

LZ was seriously overplayed at high school parties.



 

Still overplayed on the "Classic Rock" stations.  How many have a "Get the Led out" wedge of time?

 

Love the lesser known tunes.  Cringe at Stairway to Heaven.


Posted 11 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
just the best love song ever
Posted 11 years ago by tapis23    [ Reply ]
Not my HS parties: I graduated before Zep was around.

One of my favourite LZ tunes from the period.

LZ was seriously overplayed at high school parties.



 


Posted 11 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Thanks for that one!
Posted 11 years ago by jwilson277    [ Reply ]
Still get chills from this one
Posted 11 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I can remember living at Mom and Dad's house, and relishing the time when they went gadabouting in the motorhome, leaving the house to me. I'd crank up the music, sit at the end of the hallway with my back to the wall, and listen to Led Zeppelin with my eyes closed. This song always put me in the perfect frame of mind to eventually mop the kitchen floor, do some laundry, and make the house a better place for when my folks came home.

I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's what I can offer.  This song, and Zep in general, can never fail to make me feel a lot more benign about life.
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
My heart melts every time I hear this. Such a great song.
Posted 11 years ago by jnesser    [ Reply ]
One of John Paul Jones' greatest moments.
Posted 11 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:

This piece is truly a hymn!  The underrated John Paul Jones shines through. 
 



Is there anybody left who still doesn't appreciate what a monster talent JPJ was? His catalogue as a sessions player and arranger between 1964 and 1968 is legendary. Part of the reason he joined Led Zeppelin was that the sessions work was beginning to burn him out. Led Zeppelin was something of a supergroup in my mind - methodically pieced together like members of a championship NBA team.
Posted 11 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]

One of my favourite LZ tunes from the period.

LZ was seriously overplayed at high school parties.


Posted 11 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 ronniegirl wrote:
BILL NOOOOO!      You stepped on the fade out and back!   Oh, the humanity!
 
TBH, I was ready for a change.
Posted 11 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
BILL NOOOOO!      You stepped on the fade out and back!   Oh, the humanity!
Posted 12 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
 avatar71 wrote:
Last song, side one...back then every side was like its own suite of songs. I remember listening to this hundreds of times and the stillness that would follow while I flipped the album over for Heartbreaker ... digital has really altered the whole listening experience. Songs sound different, are arranged differently, and probably even written differently at times.
 
Well said avatar71. I have thought/felt the same thing many times.
Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Last song, side one...back then every side was like its own suite of songs. I remember listening to this hundreds of times and the stillness that would follow while I flipped the album over for Heartbreaker...digital has really altered the whole listening experience. Songs sound differently, are arranged differently, and probably even written differently at times. What changes will the next format bring?
Posted 12 years ago by avatar71    [ Reply ]
Immortal.
Posted 12 years ago by ottovonb    [ Reply ]
 scocam wrote:

Beautiful. This is the music that god would listen to.



 
This piece is truly a hymn!  The underrated John Paul Jones shines through. 
Posted 12 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 That_SOB wrote:
 

 I was up the road a piece at the University of Washington, during the same time. A bunch of us "hippies" had rented a big old house and were working (yes hippies worked) ...
 
 

I was hitch-hiking back to Austin, around 1972 I think, and was picked up by this huge brotha in a Lincoln Continental sipping some moonshine out of a jar between his legs.  One of the hazards of hitch hiking.  Anyway, he asked me what I did.  I told him I worked as a tree trimmer, to which he responded, "oh, so you're not a hippie".  I suppose it was meant in an approving way, but it still left me a bit deflated.
Posted 12 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Everybody loves Bonham's drums and Page's guitar, but JPJ is a monster on the bass!
Posted 12 years ago by mauguima    [ Reply ]
Loads of thumbs up , magic, even after all these years. Goes to show good real music never fades.
Posted 12 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
Love how the Procol Harem drifts through.... an all-time classic
Posted 12 years ago by Bobert_ParkCity    [ Reply ]
One of the few Led Zeppelin songs I could get my parents to listen to. Never told them who it was!!!
 
Posted 12 years ago by Yeoleman    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

 but I recall the first time I heard this album. We were in Danny Crawford's room at old Oxford Hall in Berkeley. We were smoking weed //
  

 I was up the road a piece at the University of Washington, during the same time. A bunch of us "hippies" had rented a big old house and were working (yes hippies worked) our way through collage. I remember Saturdays in Seattle, sitting on the warm lawn, taking in that seldom seen golden orb (the sun), stoned, shirtless, with long-hair blowin in the wind. We drove the "respectable" neighbors to tears and tearing their hair out as we put huge box speakers on the porch and cranked the amp to 10.. After a month of Saturdays I'm sure the neighbors for blocks around knew every word to every Zeppelin tune. Ah, life was good then, so simple, sex, drugs, rock & roll, retaking physics 251 three times until the prof gave me a sympathy C. Those Summers in Seattle were as close to heaven as I have ever been, and I have been searching for a time machine to go back ever since.
 
Posted 12 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
43 years ago... I was 8 when my big brother played this album for me. DAMN I feel old. Ageless music though.
Posted 12 years ago by shanydawg    [ Reply ]
One of my favorites!
Posted 12 years ago by theralph    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I can remember living at Mom and Dad's house, and relishing the time when they went gadabouting in the motorhome, leaving the house to me. I'd crank up the music, sit at the end of the hallway with my back to the wall, and listen to Led Zeppelin with my eyes closed. This song always put me in the perfect frame of mind to eventually mop the kitchen floor, do some laundry, and make the house a better place for when my folks came home.

I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's what I can offer.  This song, and Zep in general, can never fail to make me feel a lot more benign about life.
 
You have the most interesting anecdotes. I've probably posted this elsewhere on another song from this album, but I recall the first time I heard this album. We were in Danny Crawford's room at old Oxford Hall in Berkeley. We were smoking weed and had this thing cranked way up. Amazing experience. Poor, sweet Danny was an avid cyclist and was killed by a drunk driver not long after we all graduated. I can't hear anything from this album without remembering how excited Danny was, "These guys kick fuckin' ass!"

Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
So timeless
Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Thank you!
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Posted 12 years ago by svarny    [ Reply ]