rah wrote:

Ditto! I totally agree...

xouba wrote:

absolutely. under the right circumstances, the driving rhythm of this one is perfect.

If "classic" still means anything in rock after what commercial FM has done to the term . . . this is a freakin' classic.

Is it just me who sees this song as a very sensual one? Even potentially erotic (in the good sense), if you ask me :-)

Uh, yup. Another can of weather whoop-ass might break some California levee's tomorrow.
Holds no candle to the N.O. situation, though....

Absolutely classic. Led Zep was without a doubt one of the best bands of all times and this is one of their best.

This song is so ahead of its time production-wise. But of course it's an awesome, timeless song to begin with. But seriously, why do I get the feeling bands like Aerosmith used this song as a blueprint for over half of the stuff they put out?

What would music be like today without LedZeppelin?

Um...I guess your hearts are in the right place, but it's kind of ridiculous to think that people who have lost their homes etc. are going to be thrown in to more of a depressed tailspin by hearing a Led Zeppelin song.

Give people a little credit, eh? I think they can handle it.

Robert Plant: very underated and under-mentioned harmonica player.

AndyC wrote:

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

Y'all know what you're doing... and, clearly, so did Led Zeppelin.

Ben Harper to Led Zeppelin. Nicely done.

You know, I love RP and all the great music it's introduced me to, but it only takes a few bars of Levee to realise just how fantastically, totally, brilliant Led Zep were.

jerseygirl wrote:

According to Wikipedia it was the Great Flood of 1927 and it was the most destructive flood in US history until the flood caused by Hurricane Katrina.

PBS aired a special about the 1920's Mississippi flood last week. Can you say deja vu?

I've been thinking about the tune since the hurricane struck.

Actually the timing is PERFECT for this song.

there was a great flood in that area in 1929. the mississippi overflowed like never had before.


Song was actually written in 1929 by Memphis Minnie, who was from Algiers, Louisiana, a community that is part of the city of New Orleans. It is the portion of Orleans Parish, Louisiana on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

So to say that it was unexpected...

palexis wrote:

Song was actually written in 1929 by Memphis Minnie, who was from Algiers, Louisiana, a community that is part of the city of New Orleans. It is the portion of Orleans Parish, Louisiana on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

So to say that it was unexpected...

yeah, I don't know guys...timing is a little off

Not sure if this song is one people in the South would enjoy hearing after the events of the past few days with hurricane Katrina.

" When the levee breaks I’ll have no place to stay.
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Lord, mean old levee taught me to weep and moan"

Indeed.

I hope NOLA gets back on its feet soon.

Again I have to say I hate them but I like Jimi Hendrix! :puke:

Fenderbelly_Bodine wrote:But it's just a cover. Robert Plant, supposedly, has the original in his possession.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_The_Levee_Breaks

Reasons against his ever releasing that one may be that there's little money to be made off it, that it's a poor recording, or that it's representative of real blues and therefore better.

One of the very few Led Zeppelin songs I rate highly.

rgrace wrote:

it's his enunciation (which perfectly suits the song, if you ask me), not the lyrics. the lyrics make perfectly intelligible -- even historical -- sense:


If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break,
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay.

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.

Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home,
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down South
They go no work to do,
If you don't know about Chicago.

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
Thinkin' about me baby and my happy home.
Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... Sorry but I can't take you...
Going down... going down now... going down....


and they're not Plant's (or Zeppelin's) lyrics by the way. the song was originally recorded by Memphis Minnie in the early 1900s.

How is it that the clients call or show up for the songs I want to enjoy.

and beyond



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g1lgam3sh wrote:
Straight to the stars...