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Led Zeppelin — Going To California
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TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: May 09, 2013 - 21:18
 
“This, and not Stairway to Heaven, is Led Zeppelin's best ”      

teleskialaska
(Alaska)
Posted: May 09, 2013 - 21:16
 
This album had such a huge impact on my life. I cannont thank LZ enough for this music.  "It's is not hard, hard, hard as it seems"  Peace!

CopyrightX
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CopyrightX)
Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 09:55
 
Superb!
skooba
(The tip of Americas Wang)
Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 17:27
 
 Hannio wrote:

Actually, I was imputing to Bob a much more deviant intention.  I was thinking of the Simpsons episode where Homer wants to buy illicit fireworks from Apu, but Chief Wiggums walks in during the deal and Homer, off the top of his head, nervously tells Apu he wants some booze, cigarettes, a couple of nudie mags and an enema.  When he gets home Marge looks in the shopping bag and tells him she doesn't know what plans he has for the evening, but he can count her out.
 

One of the best episodes ever!  {#Yes}

clickfaster
Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 05:50
 
I saw Page and Plant in Virginia Beach back in 1998.  The crowd was going insanely wild and rocking with "Led Zeppelin" when they brought out the stools to sit down and play Going to California.  From the first note, the noise from the audience instantly dropped to nothing!  You couldn't have flipped a switch to get people to shut up more quickly.

Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 05:39
 
 cubaninlondon wrote:
{#Angel} I knew it! After Mitchell's California it was only logical to play the Zep's own take on the same state.  
Glad someone else could see a connection!

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 06:01
 
 Proclivities wrote:

Well, given the well-documented and unbiased evidence that folks who drink beer and/or smoke cigarettes have compulsions to torture birds, I understand your concerns.

 
Actually, I was imputing to Bob a much more deviant intention.  I was thinking of the Simpsons episode where Homer wants to buy illicit fireworks from Apu, but Chief Wiggums walks in during the deal and Homer, off the top of his head, nervously tells Apu he wants some booze, cigarettes, a couple of nudie mags and an enema.  When he gets home Marge looks in the shopping bag and tells him she doesn't know what plans he has for the evening, but he can count her out.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 13:49
 
 cubaninlondon wrote:
{#Angel} I knew it! After Mitchell's California it was only logical to play the Zep's own take on the same state. Loved it in my teens and still love in my forties. Plant's voice is surreal.

Greetings from London.
 
And I've read in a piece about Joni {ed.  also in a post from March} that Robert and Jimmy were inspired by her and her writing when they came up with this - one of their most beautiful songs.


jpdribbler
(Berlin)
Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 12:09
 
The first few seconds (playing at really low volume, I must add to my excuse) had me thinking that this was some acoustic Pearl Jam/Given To Fly cover. Both great songs, but not that similar...

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 12:01
 
I LOVE this song!!  {#Daisy}

cubaninlondon
(London)
Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 11:04
 
Oh, by the way, Bill, I'm starting to second-guess you. That's not good for a DJ, mate.{#Angel}

Greetings from London.

cubaninlondon
(London)
Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 11:03
 
{#Angel} I knew it! After Mitchell's California it was only logical to play the Zep's own take on the same state. Loved it in my teens and still love in my forties. Plant's voice is surreal.

Greetings from London.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 13:47
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
Only a 9 because of hearing too many times over the years. As most Zep, on the face of it though is definitely 10 worthy. I have to reserve the 10 for the Zep songs I don't hear all the time.

 
Yeah, like it's the song's fault.  {#Doh}

AlienRelic
(east of Eden)
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 12:16
 
"Took my chances on a big jet plane.
Never let them tell you they are all the same"

I think of this lyric every time I go through the process, once joyful, now totally dismal, of boarding a flight.

Easyrider
Posted: May 05, 2012 - 03:58
 
Sheer brilliance and awesome guitar work,love it!

stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 09:47
 
 mfcrowe wrote:
Had a crush on Joni, loved this song...played it often after each time I got dumped by a lovely lady...still do for all three... spent too many "days with a woman unkind, smoked my stuff and drank all my wine..."
 
hah, brings an old new meaning as this happened to me not too long ago.



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 11:04
 


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this spring morning...  love it...

 

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 18:30
 
 unclehud wrote:
Blues-Rock supergroup and predeccesors of heavy metal.  But they have enough talent with lyric and instrument to make this special tune — and an entire LZ3 album full of ballads.
 
Wikipedia offers this, which illustrates Bill's mastery of the segue:
The song is reportedly about Canadian singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell, with whom Plant and Page were both infatuated.  In live performances of the song, Plant would often say the name "Joni" after this stanza (which is thought to have referenced Mitchell's 1967 composition "I Had a King"):

   To find a queen without a king,
   They say she plays guitar and cries and sings.

 
Cool trivia.

http://www.sweetslyrics.com/images/img_gal/7389_joni%20mitchell%2005.jpg

Bumping this excellent live version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luDgb5vVHuA&feature=related

mfcrowe
(Chicago,, IL)
Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 18:29
 
Had a crush on Joni, loved this song...played it often after each time I got dumped by a lovely lady...still do for all three... spent too many "days with a woman unkind, smoked my stuff and drank all my wine..."

Link84
(The Hague, Netherlands)
Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 08:21
 
Maybe one of their best songs!

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 08:17
 
Blues-Rock supergroup and predeccesors of heavy metal.  But they have enough talent with lyric and instrument to make this special tune — and an entire LZ3 album full of ballads.
 
Wikipedia offers this, which illustrates Bill's mastery of the segue:
The song is reportedly about Canadian singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell, with whom Plant and Page were both infatuated.  In live performances of the song, Plant would often say the name "Joni" after this stanza (which is thought to have referenced Mitchell's 1967 composition "I Had a King"):

   To find a queen without a king,
   They say she plays guitar and cries and sings.

LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 08:13
 
The Powerful and Almighty Led Zeppelin.

foolsparadise
(Cypress TX, via Edmonton Canada)
Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 14:22
 
 membeth wrote:
Joni Mitchell's California followed by this made me smile.  Kinda why I heart RP.
 

ditto, cranked up the stereo and enjoyed..

membeth
(Washington, D.C.)
Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 14:20
 
Joni Mitchell's California followed by this made me smile.  Kinda why I heart RP.

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 14:08
 

Captures the spirit of the lyrics, doesn't it?



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Nov 20, 2011 - 20:40
 

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 

zurcronium
(Not in Texas)
Posted: Nov 20, 2011 - 20:40
 
Nice transition Bill since this song is about Joni in part I learned recently. Beyond the fact that the music is simply terrific. 

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 06:45
 
Only a 9 because of hearing too many times over the years. As most Zep, on the face of it though is definitely 10 worthy. I have to reserve the 10 for the Zep songs I don't hear all the time.


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 07:12
 
 Hannio wrote:
The picture would be a bit more effective without the cig and the booze in his other hand.  As it is, one wonders what plans he has for the poor dove.
 
Well, given the well-documented and unbiased evidence that folks who drink beer and/or smoke cigarettes have compulsions to torture birds, I understand your concerns.


Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 07:12
 
Just one word to describe this song (and the entire album): Godlike!

h8rhater
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 05:57
 
 Hannio wrote:


The picture would be a bit more effective without the cig and the booze in his other hand.  As it is, one wonders what plans he has for the poor dove.
 
What are you a Puritan?! ...and that ain't booze. It looks like a fine bottle of New Castle Brown Ale to me. Tasty drinkin'

What a great poster. Had it on the wall throughout my college daze (there might have been some booze and cigarettes involved). Good times.




DanFHiggins
(Mid Maryland)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 09:10
 
 a-shultz wrote:
Radio Paradise sure plays this one a lot. Good thing it's fantastic. :)
 
THANK YOU RP!

a-shultz
Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 19:47
 
Radio Paradise sure plays this one a lot. Good thing it's fantastic. :)

pinnyrat
Posted: Mar 13, 2011 - 13:22
 
 Seahunt wrote:
I'm too young to have found this music myself.  It was my older bothers and sisters.  I can't imagine what you thought when this came out.  I can't think of an albumn that I would have crashed my car listening to it the first time because it was so great.  It sounds as good today as ever.
 


"Older bothers and sisters"? Typo...or Freudian slip?? ;)

Seahunt
(Parent's Basement)
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 04:33
 
I'm too young to have found this music myself.  It was my older bothers and sisters.  I can't imagine what you thought when this came out.  I can't think of an albumn that I would have crashed my car listening to it the first time because it was so great.  It sounds as good today as ever.

petrfas
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 04:31
 
Can you here the Pearl Jam's Given to Fly at the begining? I do :) 

fingerpin
(oHIo)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 07:26
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Damn, that man could rock a pair of tight jeans.  The cig looks more like a joint. As for the dove?  Not even gonna speculate. If he was Ozzy, I'd be very afraid.

I love this song - this whole album is a 10 (except for "Black Dog," which I've never liked. It seems totally incongruous with the rest of the album mood.)

 
It's a cig. And, in all seriousness, the dove simply flew to him while he was on stage. He has since attempted an explanation by suggesting, "Perhaps it sensed my sincerity." with a little hint of a smirk. {#Roflol}


aelfheld
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 07:24
 
 Hannio wrote:
The picture would be a bit more effective without the cig and the booze in his other hand.  As it is, one wonders what plans he has for the poor dove.
 
What's wrong with a smoke and a drink?  And dove's good eating.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 13:57
 
 Hannio wrote:


The picture would be a bit more effective without the cig and the booze in his other hand.  As it is, one wonders what plans he has for the poor dove.
 
Damn, that man could rock a pair of tight jeans.  The cig looks more like a joint. As for the dove?  Not even gonna speculate. If he was Ozzy, I'd be very afraid.

I love this song - this whole album is a 10 (except for "Black Dog," which I've never liked. It seems totally incongruous with the rest of the album mood.)


On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 16:10
 
If you love this song you must watch this clip . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luDgb5vVHuA&feature=related

Nice to see Jimmy using the acoustic, as he often substituted the electric for it onstage (although maybe not on this song). JPJ on mandolin, I believe.
As sweet a sound as the birds in the trees.


polymerchm
(Silver Spring, MD)
Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 13:15
 
So again you play California by Joni, and I comment to my daughter that Going to California is written in part about Joni, and them presto, Going to California, and then.........  Well, I still don't wonder why there is 70 Gbytes of music on my server unplayed. 

justsomeone
(Between a rock and a hard place)
Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 03:07
 
Robert Plant looking at the dove in that way, reminds me of the old joke:

What's the difference between kinky and pervert?
Kinky is when you tickle with a feather.
Pervert is when you use the whole bird.


Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 03:01
 
 helgigermany wrote:

Style of pants still modern!!

 

The blouse too, but not for men... {#Lol}

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 00:10
 
Pretty nice actually, but then... He goes up with his singing and all i can think is, PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!
For that, 3

fingerpin
(OhiO)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 08:27
 
 Hannio wrote:


The picture would be a bit more effective without the cig and the booze in his other hand.  As it is, one wonders what plans he has for the poor dove.
 
In many an interview he says, to paraphrase, "I squeezed its arse."
What does the cig and beer have to do with the fact that the dove simply flew to him and landed in his hand? {#Eh}
You can buy a homogenized pic with the cig removed if that's yer thing.

ziakut
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 08:27
 
I like this Zep tune, cause it's mellow and Robert Plant doesn't croon like a banshee in the.....wait. Scratch that! Oh Well...still a good tune though...

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 07:11
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Robert Plant with dove by ~Kissa21
©2007-2010 ~Kissa21

1969

 

The picture would be a bit more effective without the cig and the booze in his other hand.  As it is, one wonders what plans he has for the poor dove.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 07:11
 
 calypsus_1 wrote:

Robert Plant with dove by ~Kissa21
©2007-2010 ~Kissa21

1969

 
Style of pants still modern!!


Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: May 27, 2010 - 14:43
 



calypsus_1
Posted: May 25, 2010 - 20:34
 

Robert Plant with dove by ~Kissa21
©2007-2010 ~Kissa21

1969