 Led Zeppelin III (1970) [ larger cover art ] |
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Ahhh-ah-ah! Ahhh-ah-ah!
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow
Hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde and sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming.
On we sweep with the threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore.
Ahhh-ah-ah! Ahhh-ah-ah!
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow
How soft your fields so green can whisper tales of gore
Of how we calmed the tides of war
We are your overlords.
On we sweep with the threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore.
So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins
For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing.
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 08:57 A-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah We come from the land of the ice and snow from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands To fight the horde and sing and cry, Valhalla, I am coming On we sweep with, with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore Ah-ah-ahh-ah, ah-ah-ahh-ah We come from the land of the ice and snow from the midnight sun where the hot springs FLOW How soft your fields, so green can whisper tales of gore, of how we calmed the tides of war We are your overlords On we sweep with, with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore S-so now you better stop and rebuild all your ruins for peace and trust can winthe day despite of all you're losin' Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ahh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 08:56 What was I thinking of? Giving this a mere 9! Obviously wasn't myself |
| Proclivities (Paris of the Piedmont) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 10:33 Great tune - for some reason it always reminded me of "Bali Hai" from South Pacific - just in that main part of the melody melody starts around the 0:41 mark |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Mar 30, 2013 - 08:23 Thanks for kicking my Saturday work day off with a BANG!!  |
| jmpnbob (So Cal palos verdes) | Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 14:13 Dives for the "MUTE" button..............................but I really like RP :=) |
| jimys (A land far, far away with no television) | Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 14:12 OMG! Bill, you're killing me today!!  |
| bpkengor (East Coast, USA) | Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 08:33 justboy68 wrote: Yes! You could play nothing but Led Zep 24/7 and I guarantee I would still be listening non stop. i'd be curious to see your Pandora playlist... |
| bpkengor (East Coast, USA) | Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 08:32 kind of jarring transition from Jigsaw to Immigrant Song. Gallows Pole or Kashmir or Ten Years Gone might have been a better Zep followup to Radiohead... |
| max_p | Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 08:24 mash up with this and Helter Skelter making the rounds |
| justboy68 | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 02:57 Yes! You could play nothing but Led Zep 24/7 and I guarantee I would still be listening non stop. |
| Sasha2001 (The business end of Bloomberg's education machine.) | Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 05:57 lemmoth wrote: Not in my book. What do your mysterions think, questionmark? This is one of rock's greatest songs ever. That said, its hard to pick a favorite on an album of all-time greats. |
| jpfueler (Alvarado, Texas, (A Bit FurtherSouth o' Ft Worth)) | Posted: Dec 03, 2012 - 18:16 vito1975 wrote: for this does http://www.dennyweb.com/viking_kittens.htm |
| Pyro | Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 14:49 I used to crank this one up when I wanted to piss off my parents. Great for teenage angst.... |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 14:47 I like to drive VERY FAST down the freeway when I play this song... juz sayin... |
| vito1975 | Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 00:27 his comes to my mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNu_kqxqbew  |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 11:23 QuestionMark wrote: There are much better songs on this LP, William. Not in my book. What do your mysterions think, questionmark? |
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 18:10 impediguy wrote: Dare one of y'all to sing this at Karaoke!  i recon its not hard to sample and play it thru guitar hero!!!! |
| sieversfam | Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 18:09 On_The_Beach wrote:  THAT...was hillarious. |
| impediguy | Posted: May 28, 2012 - 18:14 Dare one of y'all to sing this at Karaoke! |
| QuestionMark (Toto's homeland) | Posted: May 19, 2012 - 20:16 There are much better songs on this LP, William. |
| icemang (Boston & DC, mostly) | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 19:22 Obviously a classic Zep tune but the segue from Radiohead was slightly jarring to say the least, what up Bill? |
| PhoenixArtDj (Star Idaho) | Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 16:02 No songs scream out Led like Immigrant Song. When you look up the definition of Rock n' Roll in the dictionary. There is a pic of Zeppelin from 1973. |
| ckcotton (Adding snarky comments since 2007) | Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 15:47 GOD DAMN this is ROCKIN! |
| whomhow (changeable) | Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 03:02 Ideal rock song. 10 with no doubt. |
| jt1 | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 03:09 Madness to Led Zep...only on RP. Brilliant. |
| pierpod (Paris, France) | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 03:08 LED ZEP IS BEST  |
| flapser | Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 03:06 1 word: GODLIKE! |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 13:36 TerryS wrote:  Reminds me of Don Cherry's jacket. |
| missyanneb | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 10:00 Just so hard not to turn this up super loud at work... |
| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 10:00 that was a bad-ass segue |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, SC) | Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 09:58 Nice! A little Zep to kick it up a notch! |
| ziakut (A place with air, water and chocolate.) | Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 19:27 The older I get, the more I appreciate Led Zeppelin. I'm kinda done with this song. Just so over heard over the years. A band like this that has an infinite amount of good material...I'd love to hear some more lesser heard tunes. Not complainin' just hopin'... |
| Dahlia_Gumbo (San Francisco) | Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 20:45 Saw Robert Plant at HSB in San Francisco 2 weeks ago — he's still got it! |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 19:11   |
| ferwoman | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 19:03 I wish I could vote numerous times for this one. Fun for the ears! |
| rpdevotee | Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 16:42 Ha! I just saw this song performed LIVE yesterday by Led Zepp!! Seriously!! ...of course it was Led Zepp"again" (the cover band), not the original Led "Zeppelin". However, I must say that I learned a very important lesson...I learned how incredibly bad ass Led Zeppelin was. If some halfway decent cover band can get the biggest crowd response of any band in our free summer concert series here in in San Jose, CA—40 years after the music was made, then how good must have Led Zeppelin really been!? I cannot phathom what it would have been like to see Zepp perform live in their prime! |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 16:27 Captn_Pea wrote: Viking Kittens... Ok, yet another song where the lyrics in my mind were way cooler then the actual lyrics. "On we sweep, with threshing oar, Our only goal will be the Western Shore." - kinda lame for such an awesome song. Besides, they look more like Viking bunnies if you ask me. |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 16:21 as good now as it was in 1970 |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 18:03 Reminds me of Don Cherry's jacket. |
| grant | Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 18:00 The progenitors . . . |
| gabrielle7nt (okidoki) | Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 17:58 Thanks Bill |
| rpdevotee | Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 00:51 It doesn't get much better than this folks... |
| Baby_M (a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 13:29 CamLwalk wrote:  WE ARE YOUR OVERLORDS! |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 08:02 redfern777 wrote: I can't hear it without being reminded of "Bali Hai" from South Pacific. at about the 0:40 mark. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 07:55 billybob123 wrote: You gotta check out the cover of this song by Tomoyasu Hotei from his album Electric Samurai. I just checked it out. A little thin compared to the Zep's version. IMO. |
| Mr_Tom | Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 07:54 Wow, these guys are quite good. They could be pretty big I reckon |
| DanO-1 (Sandia Park, New Mexico) | Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 07:52 My favorite Zep song ever...forever |
| kcar | Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 00:14 Captn_Pea wrote: Viking Kittens... This song teeters right on the edge of "Spinal Tap" territory...and the kitties push it over. Still love it. |
| ParkerH (Naples, FL) | Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 19:49 Always delightful. |
| denbear (Denver, Colorado) | Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 19:48 That's it. Right there. Yes, ah. Deeper. Harder. Doesn't get better. |