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This time Keith Moon really got out of time, saying that the new band formed by Jimmy Page would go down like a lead zeppelin! In fact, in 1969 when the second chapter of the zeppelin came out, the world went into chaos, because it was about to meet the son of the blues, that is, HARD ROCK. Led Zeppelin II was born in a historic period for the music world; such record institutions as Abbey Road by the Beatles, Let It Bleed by the Stones, The Allman Brothers Band, Velvet Underground, In The Court Of The Crimson King, Hot Rats by Frank Zappa, Green River by CCR were released. The album opens in a shocking way, with tracks never taken to such a granitic power: until then every band had created riffs, but never so engaging. Have you ever wondered what any bassist was supposed to do in the zeppelin?? Harmonically speaking, in Led Zeppelin's songs the bass is forced to stay on the heels of the riff, teetering between genius and banality, creating a moment of tension until the final explosion of solos, shaping rhythmic textures of high school, that only someone like JPJ was able to conceive, and devising cues for improvisation. In The Lemon Song, what has been said materializes on the (unfortunately or perhaps not) plagiarized composition of Howlin Wolf, Killing Floor. Opening the dance is Whole Lotta Love, a track that has entered the list of the most beautiful riffs in rock history such as: Smoke On the Water, Sunshine Of Your Love, Aqualung, Satisfaction, You Really Got Me. The track is a reworking of You Need Love by Willie Dixon, featuring a complex instrumental interlude, in which a theremin peeks out, the flagship of an authentic orgiastic cacophony. Plant sings about love, but a love parsecs and parsecs away from the ramblings of the now buried flower children, supporting the following thesis: "Why should I talk about broken hearts, when everything is born from the belly?". Heartbreaker is the fifth track in which that confused roaring creature, emanating from the Gibson Les Paul Standard and later perfected by Eddy Van Halen, becomes part of the new skills of every rock guitarist. "It is the horrible thread of a fabric woven with cables and hawsers. Crossed by a polar wind, flown over by birds of prey." These bleak words from Herman Melville are enough on their own to define that symphonic poem for percussion that bears the name of the White Whale. Once again, the zeppelin has brought along many legends, such as the one that American soldiers, before going to bomb Vietnamese villages, would always listen to Whole Lotta Love while engaging in a solemn self-pleasure to regain energy.
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
04 Thank You (04:24)
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, oh my my
An inspiration is what you are to me
Inspiration, look, see
And so today, my world it smiles
Your hand in mine, we walk the miles
Thanks to you it will be done
For you to me are the only one
Happiness, no more be sad
Happiness, I'm glad
If the sun refused to shine
I would still be loving you
Mountains crumble to the sea
There will still be you and me
07 Ramble On (04:15)
Leaves are fallin' all around
It's time I was on my way
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged
For such a pleasant stay
But now it's time for me to go
The autumn moon lights my way
For now I smell the rain
And with it pain
And it's headed my way
Ah, sometimes I grow so tired
But I know I've got one thing I got to do
Ramble on
And now's the time, the time is now
To sing my song
I'm goin' 'round the world
I got to find my girl
On my way
I've been this way ten years to the day
Ramble on
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams
Got no time for spreadin' roots
The time has come to be gone
And though our health we drank a thousand times
It's time to ramble on
Ramble on
And now's the time, the time is now
To sing my song
I'm goin' 'round the world
I got to find my girl
On my way
I've been this way ten years to the day
I gotta ramble on
I gotta find the queen of all my dreams
I ain't tellin' no lie
Mine's a tale that can't be told
My freedom I hold dear
How years ago in days of old
When magic filled the air
T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl so fair
But Gollum and the evil one crept up
And slipped away with her, her, her, yeah
Ain't nothing I can do, no
I guess I'll keep on
Ramblin'
I'm gonna... sheyeah (Sing my song)
I gotta find my baby
I'm gonna ramble on, sing my song, gonna work my way, go around the world (Ramble on)
Baby, baby (Yeah)
Do do do (Baby) do do do, my baby (Ramble on, babe)
Do do do do do do do de do de do de do de do de, yeah, yeah (I can't stop that feeling anymore, everytime I think about my babe I think I got someone)
I gotta keep-a-searchin' for my baby
Baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby babe
Ooh, ma ma ma ma ma ma ma babe
Sheyeah, yeyeah, yeyeah, yeyeah, yeyeah, yeyeah, yeyeah, yeyeah
Ma ma ma ma ma ma baby
Ooh, I can't find my bluebird
I listen to my bluebird sing, but I can't find my bluebird
09 Bring It On Home (04:20)
Baby, baby
I'm gonna bring it on home to you
I've got my ticket, I've got that load
Got up, gone higher, all aboard
Take my seat, right way back, ooh yeah
Watch this train roll down the track
I'm gonna bring it on home
Bring it on home to you
Watch out, watch out, make room
Try to tell you baby
What you tryin' to do?
Tryin' to love me baby
Love some other man too
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Went a little walk downtown
Messed and got back late
Found a note there waitin', it said
"Daddy, I just can't wait"
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it back home
Bring it back home to me baby
Tell you, pretty baby
You love to mess me 'round
I'm gonna give you lovin', baby
Gonna move you out o' town
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Sweetest little baby
Daddy ever saw
I'm gonna give you lovin' baby
I'm gonna give you more
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home to you
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By Antonino91
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By Torre Ste
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By paolofreddie
Whole lotta love, famous for its catchy and insistent guitar riff, will mark the history of rock.
Led Zeppelin II is an anthem for those who live for rock.
