 Led Zepellin II (1969) [ larger cover art ] |
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If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you
When mountains crumble to the sea
There will still be you and me
Kind woman, I give you my all, kind woman, nothing more
Little drops of rain whisper of the pain
Tears of loves lost in the days gone by
My love is strong, with you there is no wrong
Together we shall go until we die, my, my, my
An inspiration's what you are to me, inspiration, look, see
And so today, my world, it smiles
Your hand in mine, we walk the miles
But thanks to you, it will be done
For you to me are the only one, alright, yeah
Happiness, no more be sad, happiness, I'm glad
If the sun refused to shine, I would still be lovin' you
Mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me
| ThePoose (Ottawa, capital of Canada) | Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 11:46 Not my HS parties: I graduated before Zep was around. One of my favourite LZ tunes from the period. LZ was seriously overplayed at high school parties. |
| jwilson277 | Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 11:46 Thanks for that one! |
| DanFHiggins (Mid Maryland) | Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 11:45 Still get chills from this one |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 01:05 Nice! |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 14:09 Cynaera wrote: I can remember living at Mom and Dad's house, and relishing the time when they went gadabouting in the motorhome, leaving the house to me. I'd crank up the music, sit at the end of the hallway with my back to the wall, and listen to Led Zeppelin with my eyes closed. This song always put me in the perfect frame of mind to eventually mop the kitchen floor, do some laundry, and make the house a better place for when my folks came home. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's what I can offer. This song, and Zep in general, can never fail to make me feel a lot more benign about life. Miss you so much, Cynaera... love this song... |
| jnesser | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 13:57 My heart melts every time I hear this. Such a great song. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 16:32 One of John Paul Jones' greatest moments. |
| Sasha2001 (The business end of Bloomberg's education machine.) | Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 12:47 kaybee wrote: This piece is truly a hymn! The underrated John Paul Jones shines through. Is there anybody left who still doesn't appreciate what a monster talent JPJ was? His catalogue as a sessions player and arranger between 1964 and 1968 is legendary. Part of the reason he joined Led Zeppelin was that the sessions work was beginning to burn him out. Led Zeppelin was something of a supergroup in my mind - methodically pieced together like members of a championship NBA team. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 12:34 One of my favourite LZ tunes from the period. LZ was seriously overplayed at high school parties. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 12:33 ronniegirl wrote: BILL NOOOOO! You stepped on the fade out and back! Oh, the humanity! TBH, I was ready for a change. |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 15:24 BILL NOOOOO! You stepped on the fade out and back! Oh, the humanity! |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 18:15 avatar71 wrote: Last song, side one...back then every side was like its own suite of songs. I remember listening to this hundreds of times and the stillness that would follow while I flipped the album over for Heartbreaker ... digital has really altered the whole listening experience. Songs sound different, are arranged differently, and probably even written differently at times. Well said avatar71. I have thought/felt the same thing many times. |
| avatar71 (Oakland, CA) | Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 17:20 Last song, side one...back then every side was like its own suite of songs. I remember listening to this hundreds of times and the stillness that would follow while I flipped the album over for Heartbreaker...digital has really altered the whole listening experience. Songs sound differently, are arranged differently, and probably even written differently at times. What changes will the next format bring? |
| ottovonb | Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 17:10 Immortal. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 18:26 scocam wrote: Beautiful. This is the music that god would listen to. This piece is truly a hymn! The underrated John Paul Jones shines through. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 07:06 That_SOB wrote: I was up the road a piece at the University of Washington, during the same time. A bunch of us "hippies" had rented a big old house and were working (yes hippies worked) ... I was hitch-hiking back to Austin, around 1972 I think, and was picked up by this huge brotha in a Lincoln Continental sipping some moonshine out of a jar between his legs. One of the hazards of hitch hiking. Anyway, he asked me what I did. I told him I worked as a tree trimmer, to which he responded, "oh, so you're not a hippie". I suppose it was meant in an approving way, but it still left me a bit deflated. |
| mauguima (sewers) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 07:04 Everybody loves Bonham's drums and Page's guitar, but JPJ is a monster on the bass! |
| hbs47 (SE England) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 07:01 Loads of thumbs up , magic, even after all these years. Goes to show good real music never fades. |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | Posted: May 10, 2012 - 20:10 Love how the Procol Harem drifts through.... an all-time classic |
| Yeoleman | Posted: May 10, 2012 - 20:09 One of the few Led Zeppelin songs I could get my parents to listen to. Never told them who it was!!! |
| That_SOB (In at least 2 places at once) | Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 15:24 WonderLizard wrote: but I recall the first time I heard this album. We were in Danny Crawford's room at old Oxford Hall in Berkeley. We were smoking weed // I was up the road a piece at the University of Washington, during the same time. A bunch of us "hippies" had rented a big old house and were working (yes hippies worked) our way through collage. I remember Saturdays in Seattle, sitting on the warm lawn, taking in that seldom seen golden orb (the sun), stoned, shirtless, with long-hair blowin in the wind. We drove the "respectable" neighbors to tears and tearing their hair out as we put huge box speakers on the porch and cranked the amp to 10.. After a month of Saturdays I'm sure the neighbors for blocks around knew every word to every Zeppelin tune. Ah, life was good then, so simple, sex, drugs, rock & roll, retaking physics 251 three times until the prof gave me a sympathy C. Those Summers in Seattle were as close to heaven as I have ever been, and I have been searching for a time machine to go back ever since. |
| shanydawg (Cariari, Costa Rica) | Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 14:47 43 years ago... I was 8 when my big brother played this album for me. DAMN I feel old. Ageless music though. |
| theralph (Gainesville, Virginia) | Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 10:33 One of my favorites! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 10:30 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 05:04 Cynaera wrote: I can remember living at Mom and Dad's house, and relishing the time when they went gadabouting in the motorhome, leaving the house to me. I'd crank up the music, sit at the end of the hallway with my back to the wall, and listen to Led Zeppelin with my eyes closed. This song always put me in the perfect frame of mind to eventually mop the kitchen floor, do some laundry, and make the house a better place for when my folks came home. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's what I can offer. This song, and Zep in general, can never fail to make me feel a lot more benign about life. You have the most interesting anecdotes. I've probably posted this elsewhere on another song from this album, but I recall the first time I heard this album. We were in Danny Crawford's room at old Oxford Hall in Berkeley. We were smoking weed and had this thing cranked way up. Amazing experience. Poor, sweet Danny was an avid cyclist and was killed by a drunk driver not long after we all graduated. I can't hear anything from this album without remembering how excited Danny was, "These guys kick fuckin' ass!" |
| bluecshells (EARTH) | Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 09:13 So timeless |
| svarny | Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 09:11 Thank you!  |
| spij (Helsinki, Finland) | Posted: Dec 04, 2011 - 04:17 Damned, how good this still sounds, after all the years! |
| LowPhreak (United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.) | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 13:45 Keyboard yo! |
| Suzl (Boston) | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 13:45 |
| bluecshells (EARTH) | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 13:44 This is one of the most beautiful songs of all time. |
| segueman (Spring, TX) | Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 09:43 Thank you, Steve. |
| tlbritton (Texas) | Posted: Oct 06, 2011 - 09:41 Nice tribute to Steve Jobs... simply put - "Thank You" indeed |
| emmidad (Los Gatos, CA) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 14:45 Bill - how about we get to hear the entire album sometime, or maybe just one "side" for us old farts. |
| Stingray (JULIAN'S NWO) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 14:43 BONZO's DOG DOO DA band. Thank you! |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Jul 31, 2011 - 05:04 Their second album that year - 1969 Magic |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jun 29, 2011 - 19:13 I can remember living at Mom and Dad's house, and relishing the time when they went gadabouting in the motorhome, leaving the house to me. I'd crank up the music, sit at the end of the hallway with my back to the wall, and listen to Led Zeppelin with my eyes closed. This song always put me in the perfect frame of mind to eventually mop the kitchen floor, do some laundry, and make the house a better place for when my folks came home. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing, but it's what I can offer. This song, and Zep in general, can never fail to make me feel a lot more benign about life. |
| Dave_Mack (Still hangin' in the Twilight Zone) | Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 14:15 Breathtaking. |
| kahaki (Evansville, IN) | Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 14:14 samahhhdhi |
| 2cats (Oklahoma) | Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 14:12 Bill, don't wait so long to play this again. |
| Shaker (Canada) | Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 14:12 This song continues to move me with each listen. |
| Kemoc (Waynesville, OH) | Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 12:08 Thank You Bill |
| selima_sarah | Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 12:05 my favorit LZ song!!! what a beautiful love song |
| scocam | Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 20:23 Beautiful. This is the music that god would listen to. |
| rabaak | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 05:37 This might be my favorite Zeppelin Tune. |
| kurtster (Area code 216) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 11:12 crockydile wrote: You've been listening to "Classic Rock" again, haven't you?? Come hang out at RP and you'll hear Zep you've not heard in years!! Friends don't let friends listen to Clear Channel,  |
| freddyfender (Colorado Springs....deep inside the belly of the Evangelical beast) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 11:05 At times I can be such a cynical ass that I can't even stand myself; but then I hear this tune and realize sincerity actually does exist. |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 11:03 hcaudill wrote: This only makes me want to hear the next song on the album, "Heartbreaker". And then I would have to hear Living Loving Maid. . . . |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 11:02 ...lots of tens this morning... |
| Rafter101 (Davis, California) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 11:00 If...the...sun....refused to shine....I would still be lovin you... BEST ZEP EVER!!! |