![]() Physical Graffiti (1975) [ larger cover art ] |
Down by the seaside. See the boats go sailin'
Can the people hear, What the little fish are sayin'
Oh, oh, the people turned away. Oh, the people turned away
Down in the city streets, see all the folk go racin', racin'
No time left, to pass the time of day
The people turned away. The people turned away
So far away, so far away
See how they run, see how they run, see how they run, see how they run.
Do you still do the twist
Do you find you remember things that well
I want to tell you... Some go twistin' every day
Though sometimes it's awful hard to tell
Out in the country, hear the people singin'
Singin' 'bout their progress, knowin' where they're goin'
Oh, oh, oh, oh, the people turned away
Yes, the people turned away
Sing loud for the sunshine, pray hard for the rain
And show your love for Lady Nature. And she will come back again
The people turned away
The people turned away
Can the people hear, What the little fish are sayin'
Oh, oh, the people turned away. Oh, the people turned away
Down in the city streets, see all the folk go racin', racin'
No time left, to pass the time of day
The people turned away. The people turned away
So far away, so far away
See how they run, see how they run, see how they run, see how they run.
Do you still do the twist
Do you find you remember things that well
I want to tell you... Some go twistin' every day
Though sometimes it's awful hard to tell
Out in the country, hear the people singin'
Singin' 'bout their progress, knowin' where they're goin'
Oh, oh, oh, oh, the people turned away
Yes, the people turned away
Sing loud for the sunshine, pray hard for the rain
And show your love for Lady Nature. And she will come back again
The people turned away
The people turned away
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: May 18, 2013 - 16:42 Jeez. Hanging out on the screened (and opaque) tennis courts on spring nights with the crew, listening to his on a portable cassette player. Moonlight, a glow from the roach, and an artificial illumination from cheap bourbon. |
| arserocket (S.O.B in an S.U.V) | Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 09:13 Everyone in my trailer loves this |
| iTuner | Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 13:27 THIS is the Led Zeppelin you wish you heard played on the radio. The chance to hear songs like this make me thankful for RP. Wouldn't be on my playlist but so happy when it comes up. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 13:27 This is NOT your classic rock radio (where we only get to hear the big songs).. Thanks RP |
| zackdog0126 (Bluffton SC) | Posted: Nov 11, 2012 - 11:35 |
| zackdog0126 (Bluffton SC) | Posted: Nov 11, 2012 - 11:31 Where else would you get a song from India and the Zepp |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 22:20 kingart wrote: Dead Zeppelin. Maybe, but they seem to have following out there! At least there's water mentioned....... ![]() |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 11:30 Dead Zeppelin. |
| ter666 (No. Cal.) | Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 19:11 Takes me back to High School. Love it. |
| pinto (west meade) | Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 19:10 This would play well on The Grand Ole Opry |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 08:20 Unforgettable memories to this double album. The cassette got stuck in my car player as a teenager, so I spent the whole summer listening to this album. Of all the ones to get stuck in my deck for the summer......PERFECT! |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 14:39 Led Zeppelin goes country. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 14:33 No doubt others noticed it, but this has a very Grateful Dead and Jerry dippy twang to it. |
| kcar | Posted: Jun 09, 2011 - 00:11 jagdriver wrote: Great story here for Zep fans that'll you'll find most humorous. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9599650 Scroll the page to: Excerpt: 'Roadwork' Chapter 17: The Grande Wow, that was cool. Makes you realize how the history of rock n' roll was filled with chance happenings, weird people, and seat-of-your-pants planning when things broke down. The music industry back then was definitely not a perfectly controlled machine... I heard one story of luck that blew my mind a few years ago while watching a history of Stax/Volt records. The company had arranged a 1962 recording session with Johnny Jenkins. Since there was still some studio time left after the band had finished, the engineers let a kid who'd come along with Jenkins—mostly to drive the car and carry the equipment—record two songs. The kid was Otis Redding, the two songs became hits and Redding became the mainstay for Stax/Volt. |
| Dave_Mack (Islands in the Stream of Consciousness) | Posted: May 24, 2011 - 09:40 peter_james_bond wrote: Bill, you should pair this song with Queen's Seaside Rendezvous from A Night At The Opera. That's an amusing and odd song. |
| flyboy (Sarah Palin's Hometown) | Posted: May 24, 2011 - 09:40 I always picture parts of this song being what Arthur Dent hears the people of Krikkit singing when he's watching the history of Krikkit on Slartibartfast's Starship Bistromath, and he thinks that Paul McCartney would have enough money to buy Kent if he had written the song. |
| gabrielle7nt (4.7 miles from my summer home) | Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 07:19 Dave_Mack wrote: It's chilly by the seaside in Carmel, but beautiful. The sand was so cold, but offset by the hot guy pressed against me. |
| Dave_Mack (5.7 miles from a better place) | Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 07:16 It's chilly by the seaside in Carmel, but beautiful. |
| agkagk (Aurora, Ontario, Canada) | Posted: Mar 06, 2011 - 06:38 jagdriver wrote: Great story here for Zep fans that'll you'll find most humorous. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9599650 Scroll the page to: Excerpt: 'Roadwork' Chapter 17: The Grande That's a great goosebump-inducing story. Thanks. |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 15:58 Bill, you should pair this song with Queen's Seaside Rendezvous from A Night At The Opera. |
| oldviolin (Esse quam videri) | Posted: Jan 02, 2011 - 15:22 I love the smell of conk shells in the morning...or evening |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Dec 18, 2010 - 06:10 LOVE LED !! |
| BKardon (Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison) | Posted: Nov 16, 2010 - 12:34 Always been much of a Led Zeppelin fan. |
| Umberdog (Southern Oregon) | Posted: Nov 16, 2010 - 12:31 Never been much of a Led Zeppelin fan. |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 16:39 Nice Bill. Thanks for this gem so forgotton........ |
| davewski | Posted: Aug 28, 2010 - 17:22 Not your typical Zep song, but it's one of their best. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Aug 13, 2010 - 01:13 This Playlist is not what i get here. By the way, nice rotation! |
| Delawhere | Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 17:20 if I had to pick my favorite Zep album, this would have to be it. Since it is a double album/cd, there are more songs to love. |
| flyboy (Sarah Palin's Hometown) | Posted: Mar 22, 2010 - 16:17 10^10 |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 17:10 This song does have that feeling of leaving the beach on a hot day, sand in your hair, your whole body and brain fried by the sun and surf and the wind is blowing through the window and your just driving home trying to stay awake and thinking about how you have to work tomorrow and won't get day like this for at least another week. ![]() |
| themotion (somewhere between infinity) | Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 17:10 bentonian wrote: One of the best LZ songs - bluesey, kind of sad, melodic, then with the kick. Outstanding! Agreed (~: |
| ottojschlosser (Coarsegold CA) | Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 17:09 So what is the attraction of this song again? If I wanted to listen to the Dead, I would. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Feb 03, 2010 - 17:05 Ahhh yes, rub that previous tune out of my ears! |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 06:35 Ilike a bit of the old LZ, but this is rubbish |
| ch83575 | Posted: Nov 01, 2009 - 12:36 jagdriver wrote: Wow... I never realized Jimmy Page is a midget. |
| jagdriver (Just a tad south of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 09:52 ![]() |
| bentonian (Longmont, CO) | Posted: Aug 14, 2009 - 08:36 One of the best LZ songs - bluesey, kind of sad, melodic, then with the kick. Outstanding! |
| blueyedmerle ("In the light") | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 17:20 dotiegail wrote: love this song It's just about perfect.......................................... |
| dotiegail | Posted: May 27, 2009 - 08:14 love this song |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 09, 2009 - 14:48 love it... |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 03:48 skyguy wrote: I JUST noticed after listening this to this for many years..shake it shake it sugar-ree. I really thought it was Gerry Garcia at first. This is one of the few LZ albums I don't have. |
| skyguy (CO) | Posted: Feb 21, 2009 - 14:45 I JUST noticed after listening this to this for many years..shake it shake it sugar-ree. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 12:23 Great story here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9599650 Scroll the page to: Excerpt: 'Roadwork' Chapter 17: The Grande |
| guthrieandme (Bend, Oregon) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 12:19 I like the version of this Plant sings with Tori Amos, too.... beautiful. |
| spaceman (Vienna, Austria) | Posted: Nov 18, 2008 - 16:48 Chazar wrote: Most Delicious. Great album. Man... now you made me turn off RP and digg out the album... |
| bigB_3 (ATL) | Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 13:32 Gednabb wrote: Sorry, just don't get it. A 3. I feel like all these classic bands are overrated. You gave James - Ring the Bells a "10", now we get it. |
| palad1 (Paris, France) | Posted: Aug 31, 2008 - 15:03 Chazar wrote: Most Delicious. Great album. Amen. ![]() |
| Crawlmeister (Alaska) | Posted: Aug 15, 2008 - 23:44 Gednabb wrote: Sorry, just don't get it. A 3. I feel like all these classic bands are overrated. I think you should stop rating the songs and wait until you DO get it. |
| Panama_Floyd (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 23:19 Cool to hear this insead of "Kasmir" for the 23,409,582,340,958th time...but I'd still rather hear "Houses of the Holy". Physical Graffiti is a great record. Why only four cuts to choose from on RP? |
| Gednabb (New York City) | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 08:33
Sorry, just don't get it. A 3. I feel like all these classic bands are overrated. |




