Led Zeppelin — Ramble On
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Leaves are falling 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 to for spreadin' roots
The time has come to be gone
And tho' 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 going '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
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
'Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl so fair
But Gollum, the evil one, crept up
And slipped away with her
Her, her, yeah
Ain't nothing I can do, no
Ramble on
And now's the time the time is now
To sing my song
I'm going '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
Gonna ramble on, sing my song
Gotta keep-a-searchin' for my baby
Gonna work my way, round the world
I can't stop this feelin' in my heart
Gotta keep searchin' for my baby
I can't find my bluebird!
I'd listen to my bluebird sing but I can't find my blue bird
A-keep-a ramblin' baby
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 to for spreadin' roots
The time has come to be gone
And tho' 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 going '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
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
'Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl so fair
But Gollum, the evil one, crept up
And slipped away with her
Her, her, yeah
Ain't nothing I can do, no
Ramble on
And now's the time the time is now
To sing my song
I'm going '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
Gonna ramble on, sing my song
Gotta keep-a-searchin' for my baby
Gonna work my way, round the world
I can't stop this feelin' in my heart
Gotta keep searchin' for my baby
I can't find my bluebird!
I'd listen to my bluebird sing but I can't find my blue bird
A-keep-a ramblin' baby
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This is an amazing song.
So quiet, then so loud, and back again once more.
Astonishing track.
Is there an 11?
Astonishing track.
Is there an 11?
I believe this is Earths only song to mention "Gollum", and long before the films. So they read the books? Impressive.
poetdancer wrote:
55 years old as of 2024 . . . and counting.
This song is 50 years old... and it's still amazing.
55 years old as of 2024 . . . and counting.
talexb wrote:
Nicely written š
This is an amazing song. Dreamy singing, great drumming, hypnotic guitar strumming, and a really inventive bass line. Just listen to how the rhythm section works together. Then listen to how the band starts quiet and mellow, then explodes into rock mode, and then pulls it back again. Wow.
Nicely written š
Highlowsel wrote:
Cool story. Thank You for sharing it.
Can I share? Sure, so I will.
At 18 and newly on my own when first I heard this tune. I was traveling about America and taking a look at a homeland I knew little about since I had been a military brat during the Vietnam era and so grew to maturity mostly within the confines of the Asian sphere. My US Air Force military father did endless tours of duty to areas the family could not go, but even so we lived in places like Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, and elsewhere.
I graduated High School in Taiwan, and then came back to the west coast of the States. From there I proceeded apace. Hitch hiking and the like. This tune was one of my theme songs. There has been a fair amount of time from then to now, and damn if it doesn't still resonate. Doesn't it for you? In any case thank you for tolerating this digression. Age, I've found, tends to cause ruminations. All that's needed is a trigger. This tune, for me, is one of 'em.
Highlow
Cool story. Thank You for sharing it.
Can I share? Sure, so I will.
At 18 and newly on my own when first I heard this tune. I was traveling about America and taking a look at a homeland I knew little about since I had been a military brat during the Vietnam era and so grew to maturity mostly within the confines of the Asian sphere. My US Air Force military father did endless tours of duty to areas the family could not go, but even so we lived in places like Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, and elsewhere.
I graduated High School in Taiwan, and then came back to the west coast of the States. From there I proceeded apace. Hitch hiking and the like. This tune was one of my theme songs. There has been a fair amount of time from then to now, and damn if it doesn't still resonate. Doesn't it for you? In any case thank you for tolerating this digression. Age, I've found, tends to cause ruminations. All that's needed is a trigger. This tune, for me, is one of 'em.
Highlow
At 18 and newly on my own when first I heard this tune. I was traveling about America and taking a look at a homeland I knew little about since I had been a military brat during the Vietnam era and so grew to maturity mostly within the confines of the Asian sphere. My US Air Force military father did endless tours of duty to areas the family could not go, but even so we lived in places like Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, and elsewhere.
I graduated High School in Taiwan, and then came back to the west coast of the States. From there I proceeded apace. Hitch hiking and the like. This tune was one of my theme songs. There has been a fair amount of time from then to now, and damn if it doesn't still resonate. Doesn't it for you? In any case thank you for tolerating this digression. Age, I've found, tends to cause ruminations. All that's needed is a trigger. This tune, for me, is one of 'em.
Highlow
I remember watching the movie oblivion and this song came on, made the movie somewhat watchable
I bought this album right after it was released. I was 14yrs old, and I have loved it ever since. I am thankful that RP provides the lyrics, it clarifies a lot of things for me(for the most part). Thanx RP!
robbiethet wrote:
Cool story! Thank You for sharing it!
Got Led Zeppelin I & II for the my introductory Columbia Record Club order in '69. After The Gold Rush, Rhinoceros: Better Times Are Comin, & 8 other great albums buried somewhere beyond the cobweb veil. Haven't recovered since they came in the mail.
Cool story! Thank You for sharing it!
Skydog wrote:
Sour grapes, the fruit of the South.
here is a bit of the recent Forbes interview of Butch Trucks by Jim Clash
.
JC: You spoke earlier about Led Zeppelin and John Bonham. Ever see that group live?
BT: Duaneās gods had been The Yardbirds. After they disbanded, Clapton and Cream had done what theyād done, Beck had made some great records and we heard that Jimmy Page was coming with his new band. We happened to be in Boston playing at The Boston Tea Party with a week off, living in some one-room tenement with no electricity because we couldnāt afford hotel rooms or to go back to Macon. When we went to see Zeppelin on our off weekend, Duane was all excited. Out comes Page, and they start playing their stuff. But when Page pulled out that damn fiddle-bow and started beating on his guitar, Duane lost it. He just lost it. He said, āEither Iām going to leave, or go up there and kick the sh*t out of him.ā So we all left .
Sour grapes, the fruit of the South.
Gerry941 wrote:
Totally agree, so where did this so called "music" called rap ever come from?
Yes, it takes all tastes, but I just don't understand it.
(And before you attempt to defend it - as a music lover with catholic tastes, Bach to Beatles, Mussorgy to Manic Street, I don't want to.)
Then again perhaps I only involuntary hear it when some moron in a car with darkened windows drives down the high street.
Deep joy!
And rant over - sorry folks!!
Beauty is in the ear of the beholder. It's ok if you don't like it. Really, it is.
Totally agree, so where did this so called "music" called rap ever come from?
Yes, it takes all tastes, but I just don't understand it.
(And before you attempt to defend it - as a music lover with catholic tastes, Bach to Beatles, Mussorgy to Manic Street, I don't want to.)
Then again perhaps I only involuntary hear it when some moron in a car with darkened windows drives down the high street.
Deep joy!
And rant over - sorry folks!!
Beauty is in the ear of the beholder. It's ok if you don't like it. Really, it is.
poetdancer wrote:
Totally agree, so where did this so called "music" called rap ever come from?
Yes, it takes all tastes, but I just don't understand it.
(And before you attempt to defend it - as a music lover with catholic tastes, Bach to Beatles, Mussorgy to Manic Street, I don't want to.)
Then again perhaps I only involuntary hear it when some moron in a car with darkened windows drives down the high street.
Deep joy!
And rant over - sorry folks!!
This song is 50 years old... and it's still amazing.
Totally agree, so where did this so called "music" called rap ever come from?
Yes, it takes all tastes, but I just don't understand it.
(And before you attempt to defend it - as a music lover with catholic tastes, Bach to Beatles, Mussorgy to Manic Street, I don't want to.)
Then again perhaps I only involuntary hear it when some moron in a car with darkened windows drives down the high street.
Deep joy!
And rant over - sorry folks!!
The Mordor line makes it an automatic 8.
Got Led Zeppelin I & II for the my introductory Columbia Record Club order in '69. After The Gold Rush, Rhinoceros: Better Times Are Comin, & 8 other great albums buried somewhere beyond the cobweb veil. Haven't recovered since they came in the mail.
EXCELLENT!!!
talexb wrote:
I agreed until you got to the singing part - Robert Plant's vocals are truly awful. Whiny. No emotion.
This is an amazing song. Dreamy singing, great drumming, hypnotic guitar strumming, and a really inventive bass line. Just listen to how the rhythm section works together. Then listen to how the band starts quiet and mellow, then explodes into rock mode, and then pulls it back again. Wow.
I agreed until you got to the singing part - Robert Plant's vocals are truly awful. Whiny. No emotion.
This is an amazing song. Dreamy singing, great drumming, hypnotic guitar strumming, and a really inventive bass line. Just listen to how the rhythm section works together. Then listen to how the band starts quiet and mellow, then explodes into rock mode, and then pulls it back again. Wow.
Weird. RP says "Ramble On" is playing, but "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" by Buffalo Springfield is actually playing!
Bonham was not human.
OH HELL YES
either my headphones cannot get louder or...
my ears are shot.
either my headphones cannot get louder or...
my ears are shot.
Sasha2001 wrote:
Ramble On
Battle of Evermore
No Quarter
Misty Mountain Hop?
Kashmir?
Over the Hills and Far Away?
Somewhere Page had said that there were 6 "Rings-Themed" Zeppelin tunes. Can anyone name them all?
Ramble On
Battle of Evermore
No Quarter
Misty Mountain Hop?
Kashmir?
Over the Hills and Far Away?
Proclivities wrote:
I don't think it has anything to do with arrogance or thinking other people are "wrong"; I think some people just don't care for Led Zeppelin's music for whatever reasons. There is no quantifiable "wrong or right" when it comes to musical tastes.
Thereās also a strong never Zeppelin contingent because of stories like this.
I don't think it has anything to do with arrogance or thinking other people are "wrong"; I think some people just don't care for Led Zeppelin's music for whatever reasons. There is no quantifiable "wrong or right" when it comes to musical tastes.
Thereās also a strong never Zeppelin contingent because of stories like this.
Ramble on Deconstructed
Very cool isolated track "deconstruction" of this absolute classic on Open Culture; click above link.
Never released as a single; makes Rolling Stones top 500 greatest songs.
poetdancer wrote:
Damn, making me feel old...
This song is 50 years old... and it's still amazing.
Damn, making me feel old...
h8rhater wrote:
21 out of 1445 (a staggering 1.4%) rated it a 1. I wish I had the arrogance to think that 98.6% of the listeners here are wrong, while I am somehow a quality arbiter of good taste. They must be hipper than the hipsters.
I don't think it has anything to do with arrogance or thinking other people are "wrong"; I think some people just don't care for Led Zeppelin's music for whatever reasons. There is no quantifiable "wrong or right" when it comes to musical tastes.
21 out of 1445 (a staggering 1.4%) rated it a 1. I wish I had the arrogance to think that 98.6% of the listeners here are wrong, while I am somehow a quality arbiter of good taste. They must be hipper than the hipsters.
I don't think it has anything to do with arrogance or thinking other people are "wrong"; I think some people just don't care for Led Zeppelin's music for whatever reasons. There is no quantifiable "wrong or right" when it comes to musical tastes.
This song is 50 years old... and it's still amazing.
h8rhater wrote:
21 out of 1445 (a staggering 1.4%) rated it a 1. I wish I had the arrogance to think that 98.6% of the listeners here are wrong, while I am somehow a quality arbiter of good taste. They must be hipper than the hipsters.
That's not entirely fair. Not everyone thinks their rating should be embraced by all others (though reading comments show that there are clearly folks who do think that). A rating can simply be a personal opinion and nothing more.
21 out of 1445 (a staggering 1.4%) rated it a 1. I wish I had the arrogance to think that 98.6% of the listeners here are wrong, while I am somehow a quality arbiter of good taste. They must be hipper than the hipsters.
That's not entirely fair. Not everyone thinks their rating should be embraced by all others (though reading comments show that there are clearly folks who do think that). A rating can simply be a personal opinion and nothing more.
lizardking wrote:
This is a SOLID 10....with some personal history too....Long Live RP!!
Listened to this song during oblivion with Tom cruise
This is a SOLID 10....with some personal history too....Long Live RP!!
Listened to this song during oblivion with Tom cruise
Tomasni wrote:
This is a SOLID 10....with some personal history too....Long Live RP!!
Long Live Radio Paradise
To me this a SOLID 8 - Most Excellent almost 9
To me this a SOLID 8 - Most Excellent almost 9
This is a SOLID 10....with some personal history too....Long Live RP!!
Long Live Radio Paradise
To me this a SOLID 8 - Most Excellent almost 9
To me this a SOLID 8 - Most Excellent almost 9
Fuck the system make it happen
below72 wrote:
On YouTube there is the isolated bass track by JPJ. It really shows that he is a bass professional with studio experience under his belt. The verse lines have a very Stax or Motown feel.
Top 5 rock/blues bass lines of all time. John Paul Jones most under-rated and under appreciated bassist in the 60's 70's
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On YouTube there is the isolated bass track by JPJ. It really shows that he is a bass professional with studio experience under his belt. The verse lines have a very Stax or Motown feel.
joelbb wrote:
21 out of 1445 (a staggering 1.4%) rated it a 1. I wish I had the arrogance to think that 98.6% of the listeners here are wrong, while I am somehow a quality arbiter of good taste. They must be hipper than the hipsters.
How does anyone have the unmitigated hubris to rate this cut less than "Godlike". Bow down, ye Mortals, and wail that you are not worthy.
21 out of 1445 (a staggering 1.4%) rated it a 1. I wish I had the arrogance to think that 98.6% of the listeners here are wrong, while I am somehow a quality arbiter of good taste. They must be hipper than the hipsters.
Everyone has a favorite Zeppelin song. This is mine. Love every layer of it. One of the Top Ten Songs Ever Recorded, IMO.
How does anyone have the unmitigated hubris to rate this cut less than "Godlike". Bow down, ye Mortals, and wail that you are not worthy.
Skydog wrote:
Sounds like Duane had to get the hell over it. BTW, the best thing ABB ever did was get Dickie's ass outta there and picked up Warren, Derek, and Oteil.
here is a bit of the recent Forbes interview of Butch Trucks by Jim Clash
.
.
JC: You spoke earlier about Led Zeppelin and John Bonham. Ever see that group live?
BT: Duane’s gods had been The Yardbirds. After they disbanded, Clapton and Cream had done what they’d done, Beck had made some great records and we heard that Jimmy Page was coming with his new band. We happened to be in Boston playing at The Boston Tea Party with a week off, living in some one-room tenement with no electricity because we couldn’t afford hotel rooms or to go back to Macon. When we went to see Zeppelin on our off weekend, Duane was all excited. Out comes Page, and they start playing their stuff. But when Page pulled out that damn fiddle-bow and started beating on his guitar, Duane lost it. He just lost it. He said, “Either I’m going to leave, or go up there and kick the sh*t out of him.” So we all left .
Sounds like Duane had to get the hell over it. BTW, the best thing ABB ever did was get Dickie's ass outta there and picked up Warren, Derek, and Oteil.
here is a bit of the recent Forbes interview of Butch Trucks by Jim Clash
.
.
JC: You spoke earlier about Led Zeppelin and John Bonham. Ever see that group live?
BT: Duane’s gods had been The Yardbirds. After they disbanded, Clapton and Cream had done what they’d done, Beck had made some great records and we heard that Jimmy Page was coming with his new band. We happened to be in Boston playing at The Boston Tea Party with a week off, living in some one-room tenement with no electricity because we couldn’t afford hotel rooms or to go back to Macon. When we went to see Zeppelin on our off weekend, Duane was all excited. Out comes Page, and they start playing their stuff. But when Page pulled out that damn fiddle-bow and started beating on his guitar, Duane lost it. He just lost it. He said, “Either I’m going to leave, or go up there and kick the sh*t out of him.” So we all left .
The best Zep album for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Not a bad cut on this one!
Not a bad cut on this one!
and the What is and What Will Never Be bass line - makes into the top 4!
Top 5 rock/blues bass lines of all time. John Paul Jones most under-rated and under appreciated bassist in the 60's 70's
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All Zeppelin songs are perfect....How would you improve them?
Exactly....
Exactly....
Lazarus wrote:
That makes perfect sense... well said, treatment_bound...
Laz, here's another "tone-deaf peasant" google image which really doesn't need a caption!
That makes perfect sense... well said, treatment_bound...
Laz, here's another "tone-deaf peasant" google image which really doesn't need a caption!
scrubbrush wrote:
He took Robert's girl, silly goose, not someone's in the book.
Always thought Plant should've kicked Gollum's skinny ass for that.
I read The Lord of the Rings for the first time in early highschool, during a heavily-into-Led Zeppelin phase. I read it, in part, beacuse of the lyrics to this song and The Battle of Evermore (which references "Ringwraiths").
When I fnished the book(s) I was a little disappointed that Gollum, the evil one, never crept up and slipped away with anyones girlfriend.
When I fnished the book(s) I was a little disappointed that Gollum, the evil one, never crept up and slipped away with anyones girlfriend.
He took Robert's girl, silly goose, not someone's in the book.
Always thought Plant should've kicked Gollum's skinny ass for that.
scrubbrush wrote:
Hollywood's still churning out movies. It's bound to happen in one of the endless sequels! ; )
I read The Lord of the Rings for the first time in early highschool, during a heavily-into-Led Zeppelin phase. I read it, in part, because of the lyrics to this song and The Battle of Evermore (which references "Ringwraiths").
When I finished the book(s) I was a little disappointed that Gollum, the evil one, never crept up and slipped away with anyones girlfriend.
When I finished the book(s) I was a little disappointed that Gollum, the evil one, never crept up and slipped away with anyones girlfriend.
Hollywood's still churning out movies. It's bound to happen in one of the endless sequels! ; )
treatment_bound wrote:
If you google "tone-deaf peasant" and request images, here's just one of many entertaining photos which pop up:
That makes perfect sense... well said, treatment_bound...
everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...
If you google "tone-deaf peasant" and request images, here's just one of many entertaining photos which pop up:
That makes perfect sense... well said, treatment_bound...
everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...
I read The Lord of the Rings for the first time in early highschool, during a heavily-into-Led Zeppelin phase. I read it, in part, beacuse of the lyrics to this song and The Battle of Evermore (which references "Ringwraiths").
When I fnished the book(s) I was a little disappointed that Gollum, the evil one, never crept up and slipped away with anyones girlfriend.
When I fnished the book(s) I was a little disappointed that Gollum, the evil one, never crept up and slipped away with anyones girlfriend.
akdavey wrote:
Get in line, buddy.
Hey they stole this riff from me in '69!
Get in line, buddy.
Many, many songs from this era have gotten old. For my ear everything LZ did still sounds fresh. Rock on!
Just kind of burned out on this one. Still love Lemon Song, though.
Lazarus wrote:
... I got burned at the stake here in paradise by an angry mob of unsophisticated tone-deaf peasants.
If you google "tone-deaf peasant" and request images, here's just one of many entertaining photos which pop up:
... I got burned at the stake here in paradise by an angry mob of unsophisticated tone-deaf peasants.
If you google "tone-deaf peasant" and request images, here's just one of many entertaining photos which pop up:
Hey they stole this riff from me in '69!
Stingray wrote:
Yes indeed, hotnut... I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma... I got burned at the stake here in paradise by an angry mob of unsophisticated tone-deaf peasants, but I was saved because of my love for sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll...
hope you be having a marvelous time right this minute... love this marvelous song...
ROMEO, OUR GIGOLO - IS HE OK....?
Yes indeed, hotnut... I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma... I got burned at the stake here in paradise by an angry mob of unsophisticated tone-deaf peasants, but I was saved because of my love for sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll...
hope you be having a marvelous time right this minute... love this marvelous song...
One of Page's really great solos.
owchita wrote:
Any good percussionist can create, well, percussion from almost anything. I once saw a Spike Jones documentary in which Jones, a drummer by trade, rapped out an amazing percussive solo with kitchen knives (the old blunt butter type) on countertops, cabinets, assorted pots and pans, and other kitchen ephemera. Made me a believer.
Courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramble_On:-
There has been much doubt around Bonham's percussions in the background throughout the song, having regard to the particular resonance that it captures. There are no versions consistent in this respect: often mistaken for bongos, some said of a small plastic bin for waste played with the hands from the side of the bottom, others about the sticks on his drum kit vinyl seat pad, or even the soles of the shoes he wore during the recording session and so rhythmically beaten with his drum sticks; the book John Bonham: A Thunder of Drums reports instead of a hard case for guitar on which Bonham improvised percussion background with bare hands
There has been much doubt around Bonham's percussions in the background throughout the song, having regard to the particular resonance that it captures. There are no versions consistent in this respect: often mistaken for bongos, some said of a small plastic bin for waste played with the hands from the side of the bottom, others about the sticks on his drum kit vinyl seat pad, or even the soles of the shoes he wore during the recording session and so rhythmically beaten with his drum sticks; the book John Bonham: A Thunder of Drums reports instead of a hard case for guitar on which Bonham improvised percussion background with bare hands
Any good percussionist can create, well, percussion from almost anything. I once saw a Spike Jones documentary in which Jones, a drummer by trade, rapped out an amazing percussive solo with kitchen knives (the old blunt butter type) on countertops, cabinets, assorted pots and pans, and other kitchen ephemera. Made me a believer.
Here's the reissue info., to be released 6/2/14-
Led Zeppelin II
1. “Whole Lotta Love”
2. “What Is And What Should Never Be”
3. “The Lemon Song”
4. “Thank You”
5. “Heartbreaker”
6. “Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)”
7. “Ramble On”
8. “Moby Dick”
Companion Audio Disc
1. “Whole Lotta Love”
2. “What Is And What Should Never Be”
3. “Thank You”
4. “Heartbreaker”
5. “Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)”
6. “Ramble On”
7. “Moby Dick”
8. “La La”
9. “Bring It On Home”
musikluvr wrote:
What else can I say?
What else can I say? What else can I say? Can help but feel that if Gollum is able to steal your girl away you probably need to brush up on your social skills and/or personal hygiene!
oldfart48 wrote:
off yersef
But it is OK to call for the death of our congress like you did?
off yersef
But it is OK to call for the death of our congress like you did?
EarthMama wrote:
Agreed. That bass makes this song.
Listen to that bass....you go, Jonesy!!!! ( One of the most underappreciated musicians I can think of.)
Agreed. That bass makes this song.
Listen to that bass....you go, Jonesy!!!! ( One of the most underappreciated musicians I can think of.)
Everybody knows I love James Patrick Page.
Really nice segue!!!
ashmj000 wrote:
The photo is a fairly well-known and documented photo of Von Richthofen's Jasta 17, the Flying Circus. That's his Albatros D.III they're posed in front of with the Red Baron hisself in the cockpit. Reputedly the photo dates from April 1917.
I've always wondered where the album cover came from. Could it really be Manfred von Richthfren's "Flying Circus"? (or just another sick internet hoax)
The photo is a fairly well-known and documented photo of Von Richthofen's Jasta 17, the Flying Circus. That's his Albatros D.III they're posed in front of with the Red Baron hisself in the cockpit. Reputedly the photo dates from April 1917.
For 44 years this track has sent shivers up my spine.
One of my Desert Island Disks. Sublime.
One of my Desert Island Disks. Sublime.
nightdrive wrote:
Not good behaviour. It's only music.
Crap song. Wishing (censored) to remaining alive LZ members.
Not good behaviour. It's only music.
I've always wondered where the album cover came from. Could it really be Manfred von Richthfren's "Flying Circus"? (or just another sick internet hoax)
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all across the holy moly world like B.F. Skinner... we love this song... love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
Lazarus wrote:
We be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners... love this song...
If you Google "bowlegged gypsy muleskinners", the first three pages that come up are all selected Lazarus comments on this site.
Are you attempting to trademark that "occupation", or something?
We be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners... love this song...
If you Google "bowlegged gypsy muleskinners", the first three pages that come up are all selected Lazarus comments on this site.
Are you attempting to trademark that "occupation", or something?
brings back great memories of placing my face to the big speaker in the middle of my Mom's HiFI and REALLY getting into the music..
GENIUS
Just a phenomenal song.
One of my first albums. I could have done worse.
This is such a great autumn song.
nightdrive wrote:
off yersef
Crap song. Wishing (censored) to remaining alive LZ members.
off yersef
nightdrive wrote:
We don't want crap comments like that here on RP. Go somewhere else!
Crap song. Wishing (censored) to remaining alive LZ members.
We don't want crap comments like that here on RP. Go somewhere else!
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nightdrive wrote:
Wow! Really? Tell us how you really feel there, pal.
Crap song. Wishing death to remaining alive LZ members.
Wow! Really? Tell us how you really feel there, pal.
Crap song. Wishing (censored) to remaining alive LZ members.
Zeito wrote:
Page and Plant were Tolkien fans. "Ramble On", "The Battle of Evermore", "Over the Hills and Far Away", and "Misty Mountain Hop" all have references to the Lord of the Rings.
I was going to ask, did Robert just sing, "In the darkest days of Mordor..."? WHOA......mind blown.....I think that's the first time in all the years I've heard this song that that line made sense. Guess I'll pull the Tolkien out....got some summer reading to do!
Page and Plant were Tolkien fans. "Ramble On", "The Battle of Evermore", "Over the Hills and Far Away", and "Misty Mountain Hop" all have references to the Lord of the Rings.
I was going to ask, did Robert just sing, "In the darkest days of Mordor..."? WHOA......mind blown.....I think that's the first time in all the years I've heard this song that that line made sense. Guess I'll pull the Tolkien out....got some summer reading to do!
We be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners... love this song...
jmpnbob wrote:
Huh? Why do even listen to RP?
eh, garbage...ran for mute.
Huh? Why do even listen to RP?
Guitar jam ain't too bad either!! >10 for the whole album.
Agree with those who point out the bass. JPJ just shreds through this one! 
Courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramble_On:-
There has been much doubt around Bonham's percussions in the background throughout the song, having regard to the particular resonance that it captures. There are no versions consistent in this respect: often mistaken for bongos, some said of a small plastic bin for waste played with the hands from the side of the bottom, others about the sticks on his drum kit vinyl seat pad, or even the soles of the shoes he wore during the recording session and so rhythmically beaten with his drum sticks; the book John Bonham: A Thunder of Drums reports instead of a hard case for guitar on which Bonham improvised percussion background with bare hands
There has been much doubt around Bonham's percussions in the background throughout the song, having regard to the particular resonance that it captures. There are no versions consistent in this respect: often mistaken for bongos, some said of a small plastic bin for waste played with the hands from the side of the bottom, others about the sticks on his drum kit vinyl seat pad, or even the soles of the shoes he wore during the recording session and so rhythmically beaten with his drum sticks; the book John Bonham: A Thunder of Drums reports instead of a hard case for guitar on which Bonham improvised percussion background with bare hands
Will always love this song...and the production is masterful.
...and just what IS that tapping sound throughout? Perfect!
...and just what IS that tapping sound throughout? Perfect!
Lazarus... would that be the Electric Church?
the ratings say it all...
Everybody in my church loves this song...
Ah this one hits home. I first heard this in the middle of a year long hitch hiking jaunt across the 'ol U.S. of A. A young long hair with hardly a care just passing thru most of the communities I visited. I was a former military brat a'travelin' and seein' don't'cha know? And to paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut...so it went. Time passed. Ah..such nostalgia this song brings to me. So it goes.
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Highlow
American Net'Zen
joelbb wrote:
IS there another song more godlike? If there is one, I haven't heard it.
Is there another cut w/ more "Godlike" ratings than this one?
IS there another song more godlike? If there is one, I haven't heard it.
CamLwalk wrote:
Indeed he did:
.
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.
.
Did he just say Gollum stole his girl?
Indeed he did:
.
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.
.
CamLwalk wrote:
Page and Plant were Tolkien fans. "Ramble On", "The Battle of Evermore", "Over the Hills and Far Away", and "Misty Mountain Hop" all have references to the Lord of the Rings.
Did he just say Gollum stole his girl?
Page and Plant were Tolkien fans. "Ramble On", "The Battle of Evermore", "Over the Hills and Far Away", and "Misty Mountain Hop" all have references to the Lord of the Rings.
Pedro1874 wrote:
"the turn of the late sixties/early seventies bands (the best era of music for me)": No shite, Pedro. There were GIANTS in those days! My daughters even think of it as Rock's Golden Age. I guess the music was to compensate for just about everything else being so crappy. Strange Days had found us. P.s., my vinyls are definitely NOT in mint condition: we played the grooves off the first 3 Zep albumds.
After being blown away by the first album I can remember waiting with anticipation for this second to be released and hoping they would blow our minds again - they certainly did! I still have the first 5 albums in mint condition and they sound so much better on vinyl. 
Great 3 part documentary series on BBC4 in the UK at the moment "How the Brits rocked America" Last night it was the turn of the late sixties/early seventies bands (the best era of music for me) when the tours just got bigger and bigger. Good to see Jimmy Page (interviewed recently) looking so good. Some amazing concert and home made cine footage.
Great 3 part documentary series on BBC4 in the UK at the moment "How the Brits rocked America" Last night it was the turn of the late sixties/early seventies bands (the best era of music for me) when the tours just got bigger and bigger. Good to see Jimmy Page (interviewed recently) looking so good. Some amazing concert and home made cine footage."the turn of the late sixties/early seventies bands (the best era of music for me)": No shite, Pedro. There were GIANTS in those days! My daughters even think of it as Rock's Golden Age. I guess the music was to compensate for just about everything else being so crappy. Strange Days had found us. P.s., my vinyls are definitely NOT in mint condition: we played the grooves off the first 3 Zep albumds.
Is there another cut w/ more "Godlike" ratings than this one?
Seminal stuff. The memories.......!
eh, garbage...ran for mute.
Did he just say Gollum stole his girl?
MISS ROMEO, OUR GIGOLO - IS HE OK....?
Yes ramble on hurricane or tropical storm Isaac - just don't break down the levies!!!
After being blown away by the first album I can remember waiting with anticipation for this second to be released and hoping they would blow our minds again - they certainly did! I still have the first 5 albums in mint condition and they sound so much better on vinyl. Great 3 part documentary series on BBC4 in the UK at the moment "How the Brits rocked America" Last night it was the turn of the late sixties/early seventies bands (the best era of music for me) when the tours just got bigger and bigger. Good to see Jimmy Page (interviewed recently) looking so good. Some amazing concert and home made cine footage.
Great 3 part documentary series on BBC4 in the UK at the moment "How the Brits rocked America" Last night it was the turn of the late sixties/early seventies bands (the best era of music for me) when the tours just got bigger and bigger. Good to see Jimmy Page (interviewed recently) looking so good. Some amazing concert and home made cine footage. arserocket wrote:
I've got to see this room! I think collectively, the RP forum should visit en mass ( with Romeotuma's permission of course!) and join the party - hats off to the most postive poster out there. My nipples are standing proudly to attention for you!!
Everyone in the next room seems to like this song!
I've got to see this room! I think collectively, the RP forum should visit en mass ( with Romeotuma's permission of course!) and join the party - hats off to the most postive poster out there. My nipples are standing proudly to attention for you!!
Everyone in the next room seems to like this song!
Imkirok wrote:
Is there ever anyone in your hotel room that doesn't like any of the songs played on RP?
I've got to see this room! I think collectively, the RP forum should visit en mass ( with Romeotuma's permission of course!) and join the party - hats off to the most postive poster out there. My nipples are standing proudly to attention for you!!
Is there ever anyone in your hotel room that doesn't like any of the songs played on RP?
I've got to see this room! I think collectively, the RP forum should visit en mass ( with Romeotuma's permission of course!) and join the party - hats off to the most postive poster out there. My nipples are standing proudly to attention for you!!
rulebritannia wrote:
Yes, I am sure there is.
I know there's a better song.....somewhere......
Yes, I am sure there is.
One of my faves. My 12yo loves this too. He loves that Plant was such a Toklien freak, which got him more interested in Zeppelin.
romeotuma wrote:
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
Is there ever anyone in your hotel room that doesn't like any of the songs played on RP?
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
Is there ever anyone in your hotel room that doesn't like any of the songs played on RP?
What a fab tune!
Once the were super groups. Are there any now?
I love this song!!!!
On_The_Beach wrote:
After seeing the Who live a few times, I became a huge Entwistle fan. Probably the most "fluid" rock bassist I could think of. He did a solo on the Quadrophenia tour that was mind-blowing. May he rest in peace.
Agreed, just listen to the bass on The Real Me from Quadrophenia, it's just sick !
After seeing the Who live a few times, I became a huge Entwistle fan. Probably the most "fluid" rock bassist I could think of. He did a solo on the Quadrophenia tour that was mind-blowing. May he rest in peace.
Agreed, just listen to the bass on The Real Me from Quadrophenia, it's just sick !
An awesome thing!
Not better music to accompany adolescence.....and what comes after.
How bout some yardbirds.
I know there's a better song.....somewhere......
All of Zeppelin songs are great! Just one of my faves.
Stingray wrote:
Huh? - Like preferring Ringo over Beatles...
Prefer Plant over Zep!
Huh? - Like preferring Ringo over Beatles...
The Mordor line makes it an automatic 8.
+ Gollum goes to 9