![]() Physical Graffiti (1975) [ larger cover art ] |
Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face
With stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space to be where I have been
To sit with elders of a gentle race this world has seldom seen
Who talk of days for which they sit and wait
When all will be revealed
Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace
Sounds caress my ear
Though not a word I heard could I relate
The story was quite clear, whoa-oh-hoh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Oooh, oh, baby, I've been flyin' No, yeah
Mama cares, ain't no denyin'
Oh, oooh yes, I've been flyin'
My mama, ain't no denyin', no denyin', no
Oh, all I see turns to brown as the sun burns the ground
And my eyes fill with sand as I scan this wasted land
Tryin' to find, tryin' to find where I've been, ah-ah, ah-ah
Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace
Like thoughts inside a dream
Who hid the path that led me to that place
With yellow desert screen
My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again
Sure as the dust that blows high in June
When movin' through Kashmir
Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails
Across the sea of years
With no provision but an open face along the straits of fear
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-hoh, oh, ohh
Whoa, when I'm on, when I'm on my way, yeah
When I see, when I see the way you stay, yeah-eah
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when I'm down, oh
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when I'm down, so down
Ooh, my baby, ooh, my baby, let me take you there
Oh, oh, come on, come on, oh, let me take you there
Let me take you there, woo, yeah-yeah, woo, yeah-yeah
Let me take you there, let me take you there
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Jun 18, 2013 - 06:31 shellbella wrote: Everybody knows how much I love James Patrick Page. Am I as a hetero male allowed to too? |
| tfioreze (The Netherlands) | Posted: Jun 18, 2013 - 06:29 This track takes me to Kashmir! |
| BrightonGuy (Brighton, England) | Posted: Jun 14, 2013 - 01:27 Music from this this track was blatantly lifted by Genesis for use on their album Duke, a few years later. In fact, that album very likely owes its existence to this one song. |
| BigIslandBlues | Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:41 " Up to eleven! " |
| Ahnyer_Keester (Chicago Il) | Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:37 Everyone in between these earbuds loves this song. Most are playing air drums as well. |
| stephw (From The Great White North) | Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:35 closing in on the long weekend! |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:34 Everybody knows how much I love James Patrick Page. |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 05:42 ottojschlosser wrote: Not a big fan of cocaine-influenced Zep, sorry. Do you know that for a fact? Seems more influenced by eastern music. |
| spiggy (Mostly in the clouds, sometimes Earth) | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 05:13 hahahaa... ;) George_Tirebiter wrote: Everyone in that dudes hotel room loves this. ;) |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 05:08 and the 'unledded' Page and Plant version with the arabic orchestra is really good too!! |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 05:06 Second time I've heard it today - first time on the builder's CD player in a 250-yr old Georgian building being restored - wonder what they'd have made of it all! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 02:59 Nice! |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 23:26 This song kicks everything that needs kicking in a rock and roll song. Great drumming! |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 20:13 cosmiclint wrote: This from someone who has rated songs 1 more often than any other number. Why do you come here if you hate the music so much? Napkin boy doesn't like any music older than Justin Bieber. Best just to ignore him. |
| cosmiclint (romeotuma's hotel room) | Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 16:27 Papernapkin wrote: No more. Fun song, but it's time to move on. If you're still commenting on how this 'never gets old', well, then you're just too old. This from someone who has rated songs 1 more often than any other number. Why do you come here if you hate the music so much? |
| gillespp (Portland, OR) | Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 16:25 Started RP on iTunes, then fired another track of RP from the RP website a half second or so off in timing. Massive reverberation—works amazingly well with Kashmir. It'll probably suck with other songs. |
| ottojschlosser (Beaverton OR (no, really, that's its name)) | Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 16:24 Not a big fan of cocaine-influenced Zep, sorry. |
| Keef (Confluence of the American River) | Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 16:23 teleskialaska wrote: I find it bizarre that some folks are critical of this song, or of RP for playing it and/or Zeppelin too much. I love RP cause they do Play Zeppelin and so much more. If you don’t like it go to Pandora and set up your robotic programming to never include it. I love that Bill loves Zeppelin and so much more. I think I hear something I have never heard before every day, and at the same time I hear Kashmir. I know Zeppelin is still a force, cause kids are still wearing their T. Shirts, and kids are still trying to play the guitar like Jimmy. Keep it up RP Like |
| Spiderwoman (Lake Chelan, North Central Washington) | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 12:45 GENIUS Every time you play Led Zeppelin, my comment will be the same genius |
| Propayne (Richmond VA) | Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 07:29 Papernapkin wrote: No more. Fun song, but it's time to move on. If you're still commenting on how this 'never gets old', well, then you're just too old. I'll tell ya what's old - all your frickin' agest comments. |
| *HVB* | Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 07:17 Undoubtedly one of rock history's heavier voices |
| ncollingridge (Knebworth, UK) | Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 03:59 The reason that Led Zep lead the pack of rock bands by a large margin is that they bring together rhythm, power, melody and SOUL. No other band has achieved this so consistently throughout their work. |
| drewd | Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 20:03 I want to shangri la beneath the summer moon while listening to this. Just plain awesome.....
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| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 19:50 ![]() Life comes at ya fast |
| silby | Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 14:09 franta wrote: Led Zeppelin belong in the hall of fame of critically acclaimed musicians that I really can't stand. I gave it a sucko-barfo for its length, had it been shorter I would have gladly given it a marginal Actually, the critics didn't care for Zep too much, especially in the early days. But the did bring the rock to the people... |
| vycha | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 10:57 Это великая песня нашего детства!This is a great song of our childhood |
| K_Love (Central Florida) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 10:56 George_Tirebiter wrote: Everyone in that dudes hotel room loves this. ;) |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 10:51 andrea924 wrote: You haven't lived till you've heard your kid's middle-school orchestra play this song in all its ponderous glory. THAT is funny!!! |
| wkbalash | Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 04:57 perfect song for the early morning. gets the blood going and the feet too |
| kcar | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 20:18 andrea924 wrote: You haven't lived till you've heard your kid's middle-school orchestra play this song in all its ponderous glory. A rock song hasn't been truly sucked dry of its life force until you hear a muzak version of it played in a grocery store... But you do wonder who chose that song to prepare, practice and perform: a nostalgic teacher or the kids, having a mass retro fit? |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 16:26 I do so love James Patrick Page.... He would love me too.... |
| George_Tirebiter (Phoenix) | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 16:25 Everyone in that dudes hotel room loves this. ;) |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 06:38 I heard a high school marching band do this at a football game... imagine that. |
| shplody | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 16:07 Oh my ... thisll brighten things up at work! |
| franta | Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 05:39 Led Zeppelin belong in the hall of fame of critically acclaimed musicians that I really can't stand. I gave it a sucko-barfo for its length, had it been shorter I would have gladly given it a marginal |
| teleskialaska (Alaska) | Posted: Jun 05, 2012 - 14:21 I find it bizarre that some folks are critical of this song, or of RP for playing it and/or Zeppelin too much. I love RP cause they do Play Zeppelin and so much more. If you don’t like it go to Pandora and set up your robotic programming to never include it. I love that Bill loves Zeppelin and so much more. I think I hear something I have never heard before every day, and at the same time I hear Kashmir. I know Zeppelin is still a force, cause kids are still wearing their T. Shirts, and kids are still trying to play the guitar like Jimmy. Keep it up RP |
| NeuroGeek (Just Way Out There) | Posted: Jun 05, 2012 - 14:13 andrea924 wrote: You haven't lived till you've heard your kid's middle-school orchestra play this song in all its ponderous glory. ouch. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 09:00 BLADERUNNER wrote: A great piece of music, like a great work of art, or a great old movie, can never be heard/seen/watched too many times. while it is fine to live in the moment, we are, collectively, a product of our life experiences, and to not embrace a classic such as this is akin to burning a book we disagree with, or banning a comic due to content, or any other form of censorship. RP is THE place for music, so suck it up when you hear something not quite your cup of tea. for me, i will take my chances here, and enjoy the total spectrum of music that RP provides us. ok, i will now climb down from my soapbox. To "not embrace" a creative work is not at all "akin to burning" or censoring it. Someone just may not like this tune (or any tune) - that does not automatically make them a practitioner of censorship and book-burning. Anything can be done "too many times", unless (perhaps) one suffers from some sort of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Personally, I like hearing this tune every once in a while, but I can understand why others may not. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 08:52 No more. Fun song, but it's time to move on. If you're still commenting on how this 'never gets old', well, then you're just too old. |
| andrea924 | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 08:49 You haven't lived till you've heard your kid's middle-school orchestra play this song in all its ponderous glory. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 08:47 lemmoth wrote: Nonsense. Just because a "great,great" song was massively overplayed on radio is no reason for a "great, great" radio station like RP to bring it out now and then. Not nonsense. I'd like to add that I know in advance when it is coming on because for the last 5 years it has always been preceeded by Kecharitomene by Loreena McKennitt. So much so that I almost look at them as one song now. I don't get why Bill gets to decide which overplayed songs are OK to "bring out now and then" but not us. This is not every now and then, I hear it all the time on other stations. I mean it when I say it is a great song, but enough is enough. |
| danoodles (Saint Louis, Mo.) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 08:46 AAAAAHHH, just let it carry you away. |
| stalfnzo (Somewhere... out there) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 15:15 Remembering songs that shaped my youth. Oh, how my parents hated LZ. God, how I still love them. |
| Grammarcop (Upriver from Zug Island) | Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 03:35 It's too early in the morning for this. |
| debobasu (Crossroads of LIFE!) | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 21:46 Easy there, donny downer... Also nice segue |
| ThePoose (Ottawa, capital of Canada) | Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 10:52 Segue. Segway is a brand name. membeth wrote: Nice segway from Loreena McKennit to Led Zeppelin! |
| ThePoose (Ottawa, capital of Canada) | Posted: Mar 02, 2012 - 10:51 He'll be dead by then. shellbella wrote: When I grow up I want to marry Jimmy Page.. |
| BLADERUNNER (Port City on the Cape Fear) | Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 05:29 A great piece of music, like a great work of art, or a great old movie, can never be heard/seen/watched too many times. while it is fine to live in the moment, we are, collectively, a product of our life experiences, and to not embrace a classic such as this is akin to burning a book we disagree with, or banning a comic due to content, or any other form of censorship. RP is THE place for music, so suck it up when you hear something not quite your cup of tea. for me, i will take my chances here, and enjoy the total spectrum of music that RP provides us. ok, i will now climb down from my soapbox. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 18:36 AhhHaa, good with meat sauce with bucantini and a bottle of The Show.. |
| aelfheld | Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 12:50 Kerry-56 wrote: So tired of Led Zeppelin. Surely there is something better to play here at Radio Paradise. Leave this to the oldies on-air stations. God forfend you learn how to mute those songs you don't like. Or are you worried you'd not have the sound on much? |

closing in on the long weekend!
