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Led Zeppelin — Travelling Riverside Blues
Album: BBC Sessions
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Released: 1971
Length: 5:03
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Asked sweet mama, Let me be her kid
She said, "You might get hurt if you don't keep it hid"

Well I know my baby, If I see her in the dark
I said I know my rider, If I see her in the dark

Now, I goin' to Rosedale, Take my rider by my side
Still barrelhouse, If it's on the riverside, yeah
I know my baby, Lord, I said, "is really sloppy drunk"
I know my mama, Lord, a brownskin, but she ain't no plum

See my baby, tell her, Tell her hurry home
Had no lovin', since my baby been gone
See my baby, Tell hurry on home
I ain't had, Lord, my right mind, Since my rider's been gone

Hey, she promises, She's my rider
I wanna tell you, She's my rider
I know you're mine, She's my rider
She ain't but sixteen, But she's my rider

I'm goin' to Rosedale, Take my rider by side
Anybody argue with me man, I'll keep them satisfied
Well, see my baby, tell her, Tell her the shape I'm in
Ain't had no lovin', Lord, since you know when

Spoken: Why don't you come into my kitchen

She's a kindhearted lady. She studies evil all the time
She's a kindhearted woman. She studies evil all the time

Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg
Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed
Squeeze my lemon, 'til the juice runs down my leg

Spoken: I wonder if you know what I'm talkin' about

Oh, but the way that you squeeze it girl
I swear I'm gonna fall right out of bed

She's a good rider
She's my kindhearted lady
I'm gonna take my rider by my side
I said her front teeth are lined with gold
She's gotta mortgage on my body, got a lien on my soul
She's my brownskin sugar plum...
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I remember back in the late 80's/early 90s when I was in college that this was the 'holy grail' of Led Zeppelin rarities. I tapped it off a buddy, who had it on a tape that he taped from a guy who had taped from another guy... and so on. 

By the time I taped it, it sounded like listening to through a pillow... and I LOVED it. I wore that tape out... but not before I taped it onto a new tape (which I still have somewhere around here).

This song is on the boarder of too cool.
Growing up, I always heard the lyrics as "squeeze my liver, til the juice runs down my leg."
 bknv wrote:

ok, someone with a massive dislike for zep, but all these songs at 1??

1 - Led Zeppelin - That's The Way
1 - Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
1 - Robert Plant - Morning Dew
1 - Rush - Subdivisions
1 - Led Zeppelin - In The Evening
1 - Rush - Tom Sawyer
1 - Led Zeppelin - Your Time is Gonna Come/Black Mountain Side
1 - The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
1 - Rush - Time Stand Still
1 - Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
1 - Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
1 - Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
1 - Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
1 - Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be
1 - Michael Franti and Spearhead - Yell Fire!
1 - Alanis Morissette - Baba
1 - Nitin Sawhney - Mausam
1 - Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
1 - Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
1 - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - City Don't Cry
1 - Robert Plant - Big Log
1 - Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
1 - Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
1 - Robert Plant - All The King's Horses
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Trampled Rose
1 - Van Morrison - Madame George
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read The Letter
1 - Led Zeppelin - Down By the Seaside
1 - Led Zeppelin - Trampled Underfoot
1 - Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times
1 - Led Zeppelin - That's the Way (live)
1 - Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Killing The Blues
1 - Led Zeppelin - Poor Tom
1 - Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
1 - Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away
1 - Robert Plant - Shine It All Around
1 - Sigur Rós - Untitled Track 4
1 - Led Zeppelin - In The Light
1 - Led Zeppelin - Friends
1 - Robert Plant - Ship of Fools
1 - Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues
1 - Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
1 - Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
1 - Janis Joplin - Summertime
1 - Led Zeppelin - Going To California
1 - System of a Down - Aerials
1 - Led Zeppelin - Hots on For Nowhere
1 - Robert Plant - 29 Palms
1 - Counting Crows - Sullivan Street
1 - Led Zeppelin - All My Love
1 - Led Zeppelin - South Bound Saurez
1 - Michael Franti and Spearhead - Light Up Ya Lighter
1 - Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er
1 - Led Zeppelin - Bron-y-aur Stomp
1 - Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Rover
1 - Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
1 - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
1 - Nitin Sawhney - Dead Man
1 - Robert Plant - Mighty Rearranger


 

His woman left him for a Zep-Head!.........now he retaliates with internet rating wrath......and no one notices / nor cares......hahah, 
WOO-HOO! WICKED ZEP DURING A MID-MARCH SLUSH-STORM!!!  SLOPPY GOOD ROCK MAN : )
Love it! Perfect for late in the day on Friday afternoon. 

"She's gotta mortgage on my body, got a lien on my soul "
Uh oh, a nasty song by LZ.

Lemons?  
 robbeek wrote:
When I hear this one I picture Robert Johnson and the rest of the musical pioneers of his day smiling, thinking it is good to be remembered.

 
Somehow, I think Robert Johnson would not be smiling.
 jmpnbob wrote:
Wow!!! It was going great till someone started swinging a cat around by the tail... awful, just awful thing to do I tell ya.

 
Image result for led zeppelin shut the fuck up
 jmpnbob wrote:
Wow!!! It was going great till someone started swinging a cat around by the tail... awful, just awful thing to do I tell ya.

 
Get the wax outta yer ears,
Wow!!! It was going great till someone started swinging a cat around by the tail... awful, just awful thing to do I tell ya.
One of the greatest songs of all time. Can't believe that last comment. And no comments since 2015? This isn't getting played enough!
my ears - make it stop.....thank goodness for PSD.  {#Frustrated}
Outstanding voice!
 wtango wrote:

What is this HD page?

 
Click on the "HD Slideshow Player" link beneath the volume control at the upper left.
I wonder do you know what I'm talkin' about?
 HazzeSwede wrote:
Stunning pictures on the HD page ! {#Cheers}

 
What is this HD page?
Still love Mr. Griffin's voice. Then and now.
{#Clap}  {#Clap}  {#Clap}
woo-hoo baby, juicy leg time!!!
 Cynaera wrote:
I love the innuendo... Still - the FCC has TOO MUCH POWER!  I wonder if this song would be allowed airplay, without censorship. Well, Plant doesn't overtly refer to "balls," so maybe it would fly under the radar of the censorgods.  Then again, most rap music just gets all the "objectionable" words bleeped (I don't care for rap, but it's pretty funny to listen to, because it's mostly a great beat and five or six words followed by a blank beat.)

And Nickleback's "Rock Star" can talk about popping pills with a Pez dispenser, but the word "drugs" is censored (this is on Jack FM, pretty much anywhere that travesty of mis-programming exists.)  "Hotel California" can say "Haven't seen a god-damned thing."  Warren Zevon's "Lawyers, Guns and Money" has the word "shit" bleeped.

I"m confused - I guess I need to do more digging on what the "holier-than-thou" FCC has as a Bible. Chances are, it'll get complicated - that happens when dealing with a mega-bureaucratic dinosaur.

I will shut up now. Got litterboxes to clean and a world to save. {#Rolleyes}

 
Cynaera, ever provoking. Where is her replacement?
 themotion wrote:
Those amazing rolls from Bonham are worth a 10 alone. 

 
Yes, he was an excellent baker!
Crank it up. Got to have Loud Zep.  I can but only pity those who don't feel the Zep.
 ziakut wrote:
The older I become, the more I appreciate this amazing band.

 
Agreed.  I largely ignored them, other than what I heard on the radio, when I was in junior high and high school - when they were at their peak.  Now, I can't get enough of them.


The older I become, the more I appreciate this amazing band.
 I find it to be most excellent.
 sirdroseph wrote:


Now that is just laziness.  I have bands that I can't stand like say, Pearl Jam but there are few tunes I like from them and rate them accordingly.  You are not even bothering to listen to the songs and just throwing up a 1 automatically.  You have every right to do so and the fate of the world hardly falls in the balance based upon anyone's likes or dislikes of music, but still....

 
 
 
That could be me thank you very much, when I heard this I had to run to hit mute and saw your overwhelming affection for LZ. Robert Plants voice is so painful to my ears as it is to others, and as one listener put it "a retarded screeching Monkey" and a "1" reflects my distaste for the "Oh Baby Oh Baby Oh baby" lyricist.

So many times what sounded like a good song coming on Plants voice started screeching.

Love Radio Paradise,  a Solid Sukco Barfo "1" for LZ  IMHO...


 bknv wrote:

ok, someone with a massive dislike for zep, but all these songs at 1??

1 - Led Zeppelin - That's The Way
1 - Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
1 - Robert Plant - Morning Dew
1 - Rush - Subdivisions
1 - Led Zeppelin - In The Evening
1 - Rush - Tom Sawyer
1 - Led Zeppelin - Your Time is Gonna Come/Black Mountain Side
1 - The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
1 - Rush - Time Stand Still
1 - Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
1 - Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
1 - Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
1 - Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
1 - Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be
1 - Michael Franti and Spearhead - Yell Fire!
1 - Alanis Morissette - Baba
1 - Nitin Sawhney - Mausam
1 - Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
1 - Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
1 - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - City Don't Cry
1 - Robert Plant - Big Log
1 - Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
1 - Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
1 - Robert Plant - All The King's Horses
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Trampled Rose
1 - Van Morrison - Madame George
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read The Letter
1 - Led Zeppelin - Down By the Seaside
1 - Led Zeppelin - Trampled Underfoot
1 - Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times
1 - Led Zeppelin - That's the Way (live)
1 - Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Killing The Blues
1 - Led Zeppelin - Poor Tom
1 - Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
1 - Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away
1 - Robert Plant - Shine It All Around
1 - Sigur Rós - Untitled Track 4
1 - Led Zeppelin - In The Light
1 - Led Zeppelin - Friends
1 - Robert Plant - Ship of Fools
1 - Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues
1 - Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
1 - Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
1 - Janis Joplin - Summertime
1 - Led Zeppelin - Going To California
1 - System of a Down - Aerials
1 - Led Zeppelin - Hots on For Nowhere
1 - Robert Plant - 29 Palms
1 - Counting Crows - Sullivan Street
1 - Led Zeppelin - All My Love
1 - Led Zeppelin - South Bound Saurez
1 - Michael Franti and Spearhead - Light Up Ya Lighter
1 - Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er
1 - Led Zeppelin - Bron-y-aur Stomp
1 - Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Rover
1 - Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
1 - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
1 - Nitin Sawhney - Dead Man
1 - Robert Plant - Mighty Rearranger



 

Now that is just laziness.  I have bands that I can't stand like say, Pearl Jam but there are few tunes I like from them and rate them accordingly.  You are not even bothering to listen to the songs and just throwing up a 1 automatically.  You have every right to do so and the fate of the world hardly falls in the balance based upon anyone's likes or dislikes of music, but still....
Listen for those kick drum fills or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
 {#Meditate}
 patrick_larson wrote:
Most awesome blues song.

 
Amen
{#Biggrin}

walchenbach wrote:

andrea:

if you have no lemon to squeeze, i am sorry for you.
if you play for the other team, ok, but i hope you are not adverse to the functional equivalent.
if you are adverse to lemon squeezing, i feel sorry for your partner.

 


Stunning pictures on the HD page ! {#Cheers}
 AvoidingWork wrote:

Might take a judges ruling but try, "Zeppelin up!  Dance!" instead.  Zeppelin is a 3 syllable word.
 
 
Yeah, yer right. Not a Haiku....just a minimalist poem. Don't love yours either tho.
Oh, let's not overthink it. It's Zep!


Thanks for playing this one...I dont have it, nor Hey Hey What Can I Do? in my collection...so super nice to hear...especially late night.

I would live on the crumbs from Zeppelin's vault.


Dude, it's like I'm anemic and this song is iron for my BLOOD, man.  Danka!{#Daisy}


I love the innuendo... Still - the FCC has TOO MUCH POWER!  I wonder if this song would be allowed airplay, without censorship. Well, Plant doesn't overtly refer to "balls," so maybe it would fly under the radar of the censorgods.  Then again, most rap music just gets all the "objectionable" words bleeped (I don't care for rap, but it's pretty funny to listen to, because it's mostly a great beat and five or six words followed by a blank beat.)

And Nickleback's "Rock Star" can talk about popping pills with a Pez dispenser, but the word "drugs" is censored (this is on Jack FM, pretty much anywhere that travesty of mis-programming exists.)  "Hotel California" can say "Haven't seen a god-damned thing."  Warren Zevon's "Lawyers, Guns and Money" has the word "shit" bleeped.

I"m confused - I guess I need to do more digging on what the "holier-than-thou" FCC has as a Bible. Chances are, it'll get complicated - that happens when dealing with a mega-bureaucratic dinosaur.

I will shut up now. Got litterboxes to clean and a world to save. {#Rolleyes}
 andrea924 wrote:
I wonder how many women like this song. Not me, for one. "Squeeze my lemon." It makes me laugh, when I'm not gritting my teeth.
 
andrea:

if you have no lemon to squeeze, i am sorry for you.
if you play for the other team, ok, but i hope you are not adverse to the functional equivalent.
if you are adverse to lemon squeezing, i feel sorry for your partner.

Six years ago uploaded this. Time flies {#Music}
 andrea924 wrote:
I wonder how many women like this song. Not me, for one. "Squeeze my lemon." It makes me laugh, when I'm not gritting my teeth.
 

{#Wave}
 shayde wrote:

Dude.  Haiku.  5-7-5.  Look it up : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku 

How about...

Zeppelin up, lets dance!
Have not heard this much, ever? 
Could be best of all 
 
Might take a judges ruling but try, "Zeppelin up!  Dance!" instead.  Zeppelin is a 3 syllable word.
 
always with the juice comments
 bknv wrote:

ok, someone with a massive dislike for zep, but all these songs at 1??

1 - Led Zeppelin - That's The Way
1 - Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
1 - Robert Plant - Morning Dew
1 - Rush - Subdivisions
1 - Led Zeppelin - In The Evening
1 - Rush - Tom Sawyer
1 - Led Zeppelin - Your Time is Gonna Come/Black Mountain Side
1 - The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
1 - Rush - Time Stand Still
1 - Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
1 - Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
1 - Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
1 - Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
1 - Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be
1 - Michael Franti and Spearhead - Yell Fire!
1 - Alanis Morissette - Baba
1 - Nitin Sawhney - Mausam
1 - Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
1 - Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
1 - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - City Don't Cry
1 - Robert Plant - Big Log
1 - Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
1 - Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
1 - Robert Plant - All The King's Horses
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Trampled Rose
1 - Van Morrison - Madame George
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read The Letter
1 - Led Zeppelin - Down By the Seaside
1 - Led Zeppelin - Trampled Underfoot
1 - Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times
1 - Led Zeppelin - That's the Way (live)
1 - Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Killing The Blues
1 - Led Zeppelin - Poor Tom
1 - Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
1 - Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away
1 - Robert Plant - Shine It All Around
1 - Sigur Rós - Untitled Track 4
1 - Led Zeppelin - In The Light
1 - Led Zeppelin - Friends
1 - Robert Plant - Ship of Fools
1 - Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues
1 - Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
1 - Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
1 - Janis Joplin - Summertime
1 - Led Zeppelin - Going To California
1 - System of a Down - Aerials
1 - Led Zeppelin - Hots on For Nowhere
1 - Robert Plant - 29 Palms
1 - Counting Crows - Sullivan Street
1 - Led Zeppelin - All My Love
1 - Led Zeppelin - South Bound Saurez
1 - Michael Franti and Spearhead - Light Up Ya Lighter
1 - Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er
1 - Led Zeppelin - Bron-y-aur Stomp
1 - Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Rover
1 - Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
1 - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
1 - Nitin Sawhney - Dead Man
1 - Robert Plant - Mighty Rearranger
 
WOW

 Giselle62 wrote:


LED ZEPPELIN Haiku:
This got me up and dancing
haven't heard it much—ever?
Could be best band of all time.
 
Dude.  Haiku.  5-7-5.  Look it up : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku 

How about...

Zeppelin up, lets dance!
Have not heard this much, ever? 
Could be best of all 


LED ZEPPELIN Haiku:
This got me up and dancing
haven't heard it much—ever?
Could be best band of all time.

 jmpnbob wrote:
I guess the biggest gripe that I have with zepplin on RP is when I mute them I forget to turn the volume back up and miss a lot of great music
 
ok, someone with a massive dislike for zep, but all these songs at 1??

1 - Led Zeppelin - That's The Way
1 - Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
1 - Robert Plant - Morning Dew
1 - Rush - Subdivisions
1 - Led Zeppelin - In The Evening
1 - Rush - Tom Sawyer
1 - Led Zeppelin - Your Time is Gonna Come/Black Mountain Side
1 - The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
1 - Rush - Time Stand Still
1 - Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
1 - Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
1 - Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
1 - Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
1 - Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be
1 - Michael Franti and Spearhead - Yell Fire!
1 - Alanis Morissette - Baba
1 - Nitin Sawhney - Mausam
1 - Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
1 - Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
1 - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - City Don't Cry
1 - Robert Plant - Big Log
1 - Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
1 - Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
1 - Robert Plant - All The King's Horses
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Trampled Rose
1 - Van Morrison - Madame George
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read The Letter
1 - Led Zeppelin - Down By the Seaside
1 - Led Zeppelin - Trampled Underfoot
1 - Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times
1 - Led Zeppelin - That's the Way (live)
1 - Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
1 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Killing The Blues
1 - Led Zeppelin - Poor Tom
1 - Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
1 - Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills And Far Away
1 - Robert Plant - Shine It All Around
1 - Sigur Rós - Untitled Track 4
1 - Led Zeppelin - In The Light
1 - Led Zeppelin - Friends
1 - Robert Plant - Ship of Fools
1 - Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues
1 - Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
1 - Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
1 - Janis Joplin - Summertime
1 - Led Zeppelin - Going To California
1 - System of a Down - Aerials
1 - Led Zeppelin - Hots on For Nowhere
1 - Robert Plant - 29 Palms
1 - Counting Crows - Sullivan Street
1 - Led Zeppelin - All My Love
1 - Led Zeppelin - South Bound Saurez
1 - Michael Franti and Spearhead - Light Up Ya Lighter
1 - Led Zeppelin - D'yer Mak'er
1 - Led Zeppelin - Bron-y-aur Stomp
1 - Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Rover
1 - Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
1 - Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
1 - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
1 - Nitin Sawhney - Dead Man
1 - Robert Plant - Mighty Rearranger


Great, no doubt. Indeed Mr. Johnson's lyrics sounded much more risqué than this awsome version, but still has that spicy touch.
 philbertr wrote:
Great memory of telling my girlfriend in high school the lyrics to this song as we sat in the school auditorium listening...

Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg....

Whoda thought I'd have to explain that one?!  But then, she was such a sweet innocent girl....

(Of course she did slap me a pretty good one for that!)

 
Wait, a blues song with suggestive lyrics? What will they think of next.

Most awesome blues song.
For Led Zeppelin, this wasn't so bad.
Great memory of telling my girlfriend in high school the lyrics to this song as we sat in the school auditorium listening...

Squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg....

Whoda thought I'd have to explain that one?!  But then, she was such a sweet innocent girl....

(Of course she did slap me a pretty good one for that!)

 derfury wrote:
Say what you want about the lyrics, they obviously aren't intended to be serious, the boys are just having some fun. The groove, the beat, the mad licks. Doesn't get much better musically than this IMHO. Artists who can be as versatile as Zep are nearly non-existent. There is a reason these guys are one of the most respected bands of all time.
  Yeah.


Those amazing rolls from Bonham are worth a 10 alone. 
 jmpnbob wrote:
I guess the biggest gripe that I have with zepplin on RP is when I mute them I forget to turn the volume back up and miss a lot of great music
 
maybe congress will pass a law to remedy this injustice

 fredriley wrote:
It makes my scrotum shrivel - brrr! Nice bit of blues, though.
 
Thanks for that Fred.
Say what you want about the lyrics, they obviously aren't intended to be serious, the boys are just having some fun. The groove, the beat, the mad licks. Doesn't get much better musically than this IMHO. Artists who can be as versatile as Zep are nearly non-existent. There is a reason these guys are one of the most respected bands of all time.


 andrea924 wrote:
I wonder how many women like this song. Not me, for one. "Squeeze my lemon." It makes me laugh, when I'm not gritting my teeth.
 

Hey, relax.... it's just good ol' Zeppelin doing what they did best. You need to relax, you need to
just go out and get ......ah .......relaxed......{#Whisper}—-{#Idea}—-{#Hug}

When I hear this one I picture Robert Johnson and the rest of the musical pioneers of his day smiling, thinking it is good to be remembered.
 andrea924 wrote:
I wonder how many women like this song. Not me, for one. "Squeeze my lemon." It makes me laugh, when I'm not gritting my teeth.
 

It's a matter of technique, now, isn't it?
Wooo Hooooo... Oh Yeah! 
more Zeppelin...more.... I need more......
 andrea924 wrote:
I wonder how many women like this song. Not me, for one. "Squeeze my lemon." It makes me laugh, when I'm not gritting my teeth.
 
Myself, I've always found "The Lemon Song" from Led Zeppelin II (reprised in part in this piece) ridiculously funny:  great chops and laughable lyrics!


Another hot track today!
What an excellent tune. I am sure Robert Johnson would approve!
I guess the biggest gripe that I have with zepplin on RP is when I mute them I forget to turn the volume back up and miss a lot of great music
Zep's tribute to Mr. Johnson. Love it. 10+ from the Bay. {#Wave}
 jbtidwell wrote:

You are right —- I'll have to encode and upload it.

 
That would be excellent!

 Rantipole wrote:
I wondered why this was so awful, then saw it was Led Zeppelin and wondered no more.
 
And you think you know something ... Pray tell, who do you think is excellent?  We can't hear you!  That's right, you don't have the chops to put your "fine" tastes out there for the rest of us laugh at....

 Rantipole wrote:
I wondered why this was so awful, then saw it was Led Zeppelin and wondered no more.
 
Sure look it up in dictionary next to awfull they got a picture of Zep so I looked at your your 1's and found Beatles,Marley,Stones,Beck and a few other awfull artists. I perfectly understand if you don't care for these people, thats your option, some things I don't care for but I prefer not to be the worlds critic and run it down.

This song has a nice little groove.  {#Music}
seeds & stems
I wondered why this was so awful, then saw it was Led Zeppelin and wondered no more.
I'm a fan of Zep, but this one is so so.
handyrae wrote:
Not this one. And I've never quite figured out why a man would use a lemon for his metaphor. There are a lot of much sweeter and more tempting fruit out there to choose from.

well, when your man gives you lemons, you make....

EW!   {#Hand}  lol!  ew ew ew ew ew.

yeah, i love zep.  but when he falls out of bed, he can stay there on the floor, if you know what i'm talkin' about.

 jbtidwell wrote:

You are right —- I'll have to encode and upload it.

 
i would but i am max'd out on uploads, i am waiting for the sorries. he is next on the queue if its not there already.

 andrea924 wrote:
I wonder how many women like this song. Not me, for one. "Squeeze my lemon." It makes me laugh, when I'm not gritting my teeth.
 

Not this one. And I've never quite figured out why a man would use a lemon for his metaphor. There are a lot of much sweeter and more tempting fruit out there to choose from.

 gadfly wrote:
I am a 40+ white man (no wasp) and I frekin hate zep
 

I'm sorry. {#Sorry}
 rickhoran wrote:

RP really should have the original from Robert Johnson on its play list.


 
You are right —- I'll have to encode and upload it.

RP really should have the original from Robert Johnson on its play list.


andrea924 wrote:
I wonder how many women like this song. Not me, for one. "Squeeze my lemon." It makes me laugh, when I'm not gritting my teeth.

I like it!  I'll grant you that "squeeze my lemon" is a unique metaphoric request, but I appreciate that the group backs it up musically in a way that, say, Justin Timberlake probably couldn't.

I wonder if you know what I'm talkin' about?


andrea924 wrote:
I wonder how many women like this song. Not me, for one. "Squeeze my lemon." It makes me laugh, when I'm not gritting my teeth.
It makes my scrotum shrivel - brrr! Nice bit of blues, though.
I wonder how many women like this song. Not me, for one. "Squeeze my lemon." It makes me laugh, when I'm not gritting my teeth.
I've always considered this to be a really raunchy song but fun nonetheless to tap your foot. It's too bad that RP doesn't seque from Traveling Roadside Blues to "Mexican Blackbird" by ZZ Top. As a "raunch-pair" they'd fit really well and they're both non-PC in a creative kind of way.
dionysius wrote:
Bombast, not blues. Not even the tiniest patch on Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside Blues" at all.
The higher the ranking (8.3), the more people come out of the woodwork to proclaim that they know what everybody else apparently doesn't know, and that is - They know what good music is, and the rest of us poor suckers don't. Rock and Roll. 10
Jelani wrote:
Grow up,get an education, and do something constructive. Or go listen to some contemporary "boy bands" if you think you know silly lyrics and painful delivery. Zeppelin were pioneers of the first order.
Is this you showing your enlightened side? Way to show some acceptance of differing opinions. Or are you simply practicing for your coming years as a Republican policy advisor?
Very few people nowadays can make such AWESOME music ....
Bombast, not blues. Not even the tiniest patch on Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside Blues" at all.
Classic Zeppelin - an old blues song made new.
Odyzzeuz wrote:
Pretty marginal Zep. The lyrics are typically silly and the delivery is a little painful.
Grow up,get an education, and do something constructive. Or go listen to some contemporary "boy bands" if you think you know silly lyrics and painful delivery. Zeppelin were pioneers of the first order.
Kaiser wrote:
One thing just occurred to me: I wonder if the ridiculously PC environment currently pervading commercial radio is preventing rock stations from playing this song. The lyrics do make a reference to an underage girl, dontcha know. Musician friend of mine called his buddy's niece "the jailbait niece" since she was definitely under age (16), but yowza, she was "nice." I could see what ol' Robert was probably referring to!
Quite the masterpiece of raw.
Odyzzeuz wrote:
Pretty marginal Zep. The lyrics are typically silly and the delivery is a little painful.
This was an outtake that never made it on a "released" Zep album, but showed up on some post Bonham compilation, like Coda or something. You got to love a band that has songs considered not good enough for their albums that are still better than most.
A fine bit of blues which won't date, unlike some of Led Zep's rock output. 7 from the Nottingham jury.
Totally Taj Mahal and Negro Blues-like it may be (Oh God those guys OWE some people BIG-TIME, man!) at least, till that JP-unique riffing and noodling toward the end, but: IT SURE GETS ME GOING, WITHOUT FAIL, EVERY TIME! YEAH, BILL! JAM! DAMN!
Now this vintage Plant I get.
Odyzzeuz wrote:
Pretty marginal Zep. The lyrics are typically silly and the delivery is a little painful.
This song is a cover from legendary delta bluesman Robert Johnson. The music (and lyrics) were written sometime in the 1930's. As for Zep's delivery, it is phenomenal. I really wonder where some of those ridiculous comments come from sometimes.
You've got to be kidding. Much better tunes than this. It's OK>Kaiser wrote:
My favorite Zeppelin tune by far.
I'm intrigued that y'all get past the blues rifts to actually listen to the lyrics.
One thing just occurred to me: I wonder if the ridiculously PC environment currently pervading commercial radio is preventing rock stations from playing this song. The lyrics do make a reference to an underage girl, dontcha know.
They are so amazingly fluid. Everything just flows together so well...
Pretty marginal Zep. The lyrics are typically silly and the delivery is a little painful.
Quintessential Zep!
Oh Yeah Bill! Blowing up the headphone over here!!
My favorite Zeppelin tune by far.
killer
AWESOME.
gadfly wrote:
I am a 40+ white man (no wasp) and I frekin hate zep
Does the color really matter ?
I'm in that neighborhood. 11 for everything but the singing. eastcoast wrote:
I gave it a 5 cause its zepplin, but the vocals are quite grating.
Can't think of a better combo than Jimmy Page's Guitar and Robert Plant's voice. They are both great instruments that just carry on each other, both intertwined and yet individual.
eastcoast wrote:
I gave it a 5 cause its zepplin, but the vocals are quite grating.
I will never understand. Ten, all the way. Fifteen, if I could. Effin' brilliant. If I were a stripper, this would be in my dance repertoire.
I remember the first time I heard this song...I found myself standing still with my mouth hanging open...FREAKING BRILLIANT blues!! S~
jagdriver wrote:
Didn't even know this existed. Thanks, Bill.
What he said. 10 from me.
man...these guys just rippin off......oh wait a second this is Led Zeppelin....kidding.....listen and see if you can drum like the late jonny B
FLIPPIN BLILLIANT!!!!!!!
Didn't even know this existed. Thanks, Bill.
Nice segue from the "Legend" mashup, Bill... Pays great tribute to LZ's great inspiration, da blues!
themotion wrote:
when i was a kid, i thought he said "squeeze my lever" ... makes more sense.
juice from a lever....you were a weird kid
maybe LZ best tune!!!