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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
I remember standing security watch at Moffett Field south of San Francisco in the small hours of the morning in 1969, FM radio blasting The Doors, Hendrix, Airplane, Big Brother and a lot we had never heard before through the darkness, through outdoor speakers near the mess hall nearby, channeling uninterrupted music from another world just up the peninsula, so close yet so far away. The Navy wisely chose not to suppress such unmilitary defiance by the cooks who were prepping the next day's meals, and none of us was complaining. My next duty station was aboard an aircraft carrier steaming toward Vietnam. A surreal time I recall now with very mixed feelings, but the music has stayed with me... and yes, you are right, William spans that temporal journey too, and has created a musical tapestry memorializing it on RP.
Back in the day when LA was normal it used to "Get the LED out". KMET
Ah, I miss the MET!!
So, so many memories.
My fave track? Trampled Underfoot. Reminds me of gettin me dance on down the Student's Union bar in Manchester. (even though I was under age for the booze!)
An interesting perspective. I was 15 in 1975 and I like(d) Led Zepplin, the Pistols, the Runaways, and Patti Smith. Call me an omnivore, but I would never give this a 3. YMMV
Ok, fair. I've got 7 years on you. LZ peaked for me with 'Whole Lot of Love' and that was it. You're the same age as my kid sister. Sometime in the mid-70's I'm driving her to the airport. She gets in my 69 slant-6 Plymouth Valiant with her spiked red hair and black pants and throws 'Blitzkrieg Bop' into the cassette deck. They start chugging along and I look at her with eyes wide and say "What is this?!". She just smiles, stares straight ahead at the traffic while slightly bopping her head and says "The future."
Thank god she was right.
I think some of us might just be remembering how utterly boring this music was in 1975, not necessarily hating it. This was the beginning of the end of the stadium/glam/cock rock era and some of us couldn't wait for it to die. A lot of the ire was actually focused on the "progressive" FM radio stations who continued to churn this stuff out. But 1975 was also the year of the Sex Pistols and The Runaways. And Patti Smith releases Horses. And things start to change. For the better. So, yeah a 3. Meaning, Meh. Who cares. Time to move on.
An interesting perspective. I was 15 in 1975 and I like(d) Led Zepplin, the Pistols, the Runaways, and Patti Smith. Call me an omnivore, but I would never give this a 3. YMMV
I think some of us might just be remembering how utterly boring this music was in 1975, not necessarily hating it. This was the beginning of the end of the stadium/glam/cock rock era and some of us couldn't wait for it to die. A lot of the ire was actually focused on the "progressive" FM radio stations who continued to churn this stuff out. But 1975 was also the year of the Sex Pistols and The Runaways. And Patti Smith releases Horses. And things start to change. For the better. So, yeah a 3. Meaning, Meh. Who cares. Time to move on.
This is one of those songs that I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard it. It was mindblowing then and still is now.
On I-85 southbound about 30 minutes from Atlanta with four friends ... and we'd just ingested the chemicals for that night's party. Radio was tuned to WRAS, and this came on. Everyone went silent and the driver (Becky) turned it up loud.
Back in the day when LA was normal it used to "Get the LED out". KMET
LA was normal?
I was 17. I was a local DJ while at studying at college ... I remember buying this album and playing it on rotation for a few months on my Road PA System stacked in my bedroom, It was loud. Loud enough to require me to put a 10p piece on the record arm to stop it bouncing because of the volume of the speakers in the small room.
I now have tinnitus.
I still listen to loud music.
I will never learn.
Thank you for sharing. Very recognizable. LZ was also played far too loud in my teenage bedroom.
Like you, I also have the tinnitus. It was there after a My Morning Jacket concert in 2011 and never went away. Tinnitus never does, unfortunately.
And yes, I also keep playing music loud.
Music is the reason I got tinnitus, now music is also the medicine against it.
I can live with tinnitus, but I can't live without music!
word!
Me is was JBL and Marantz that put the ring in the ears whilst in the USAF.
A person once told me that his "bad hearing is my reward for years of loud music."
I'm in the tinnitus boat and still like it loud, where required. You just need the volume just above the ring threshold and you'll be good.
Wasn't that "When the Levee Breaks"?
And that story was apparently apocryphal as well. Rick Beato has a video that debunks the story and replaces it ... tech.
Wait. Who could vote down this post? These are scary times.
Here we go...
Marantz Model 22 Stereo Receiver. I got mine in 1970 and still use it. It's fun to read the manual and look at the schematic diagrams; this was quite a piece of electronics in the day! (Your Koss headphones plug in at the lower right.)
Haha. Had one too. And a Rabco straight line turntable.
Posted 11 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly:
my reply: I hope that the living members of zep read your account! I think they would love it. I did.
I was 17. I was a local DJ while at studying at college, which allowed me to buy a decent amount of vinyl. I remember buying this album and playing it on rotation for a few months on my Road PA System stacked in my bedroom, which left no room for anything but a bed. It was loud. Loud enough to require me to put a 10p piece on the record arm to stop it bouncing because of the volume of the speakers in the small room.
I dread to think how it affected my parents but they were good enough not to complain too much.
I now have tinnitus.
I still listen to loud music.
I will never learn.
I still think this track is fantastic.
The documentary "It will Get Loud" talks about the drums in this song... which remain one of the most recognizable songs ever - at least by LZ. Jimmy Page talks about how the kit was just set up in a foyer of an old english estate and how the cavernous sound was just a result of mic placement and wires running to a portable studio truck. Really neat that it was that simple. Many tried to recreate this sound with FX in the studio without getting that echo/delay.
That was "When the Levee Breaks"! Google it!
At least I enjoy my life ...
I agree! ...Enjoy life!
At least I enjoy my life ...
I was 17. I was a local DJ while at studying at college, which allowed me to buy a decent amount of vinyl. I remember buying this album and playing it on rotation for a few months on my Road PA System stacked in my bedroom, which left no room for anything but a bed. It was loud. Loud enough to require me to put a 10p piece on the record arm to stop it bouncing because of the volume of the speakers in the small room.
I dread to think how it affected my parents but they were good enough not to complain too much.
I now have tinnitus.
I still listen to loud music.
I will never learn.
I still think this track is fantastic.
HAHAHA right on brother
A line that stands out with every listening.
The documentary "It will Get Loud" talks about the drums in this song... which remain one of the most recognizable songs ever - at least by LZ. Jimmy Page talks about how the kit was just set up in a foyer of an old english estate and how the cavernous sound was just a result of mic placement and wires running to a portable studio truck. Really neat that it was that simple. Many tried to recreate this sound with FX in the studio without getting that echo/delay.
Wasn't that "When the Levee Breaks"?
Bill must really like this song. There are four versions of it in the RP library. Over on the Eclectic channel, we get the London Philharmonic version every now and then.
A worthy addition to the RP catalog: Page, Plant, Jones and Jason Bonham playing live at the 2007 Celebration Day concert, honoring Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.
I believe you're getting this mixed up with When the Levee Breaks.
...but without the ganja this time.
BUT..BUT..WHY??
Drums are 4/4. The melody is in 13/4
Damn this is good radio.
I dread to think how it affected my parents but they were good enough not to complain too much.
I now have tinnitus.
I still listen to loud music.
I will never learn.
I still think this track is fantastic.
Thank you for sharing. Very recognizable. LZ was also played far too loud in my teenage bedroom.
Like you, I also have the tinnitus. It was there after a My Morning Jacket concert in 2011 and never went away. Tinnitus never does, unfortunately.
And yes, I also keep playing music loud.
Music is the reason I got tinnitus, now music is also the medicine against it.
I can live with tinnitus, but I can't live without music!
LL RP
Yep, all of us completely stoned, laying on the carpeted floor, and flying off.....a long long time ago, but I still remember that feeling....now....
Not long enough.
After work at the Catfish Parlour in Austin TX. High I was, in my buddies car and heard this for the first time. Revelation. Same effect today but without the ganja this time.
now the first few albums we very different.
Thanks, Bill.
I dread to think how it affected my parents but they were good enough not to complain too much.
I now have tinnitus.
I still listen to loud music.
I will never learn.
I still think this track is fantastic.
Eight years later.
Can you hear me now?
This is one of those songs that I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard it. It was mindblowing then and still is now.
".....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...."
He may have borrowed this guy's bass drum for this tune.
All will be revealed...
Far out beyond words
Thank You Thank You Thank You
Them Lead Zeplins must be terrists!
Don't let 'em into the country!!
Kid Rock rules!
Bad (or sick) band! Sad!
Them Lead Zeplins must be terrists!
Don't let 'em into the country!!
Kid Rock rules!
Thanks, swaying has resulted in a slight improvement.
Sorry about the smart-assed remark. I too suffer from light pollution.
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With stars to fill my dream"
Unfortunately it will have to be a dream as light pollution now obscures the night sky.
Ulises wrote:
Then move.
Thanks, swaying has resulted in a slight improvement.
We must live in antipodal musical worlds. I'm a big fan of LZ but not this one. Even if it is grandiose and pompous.
With stars to fill my dream"
Unfortunately it will have to be a dream as light pollution now obscures the night sky.
Then move.
With stars to fill my dream"
Unfortunately it will have to be a dream as light pollution now obscures the night sky.
...or you could just name your country "Kashmir" and you wouldn't have to go through the trouble of renaming the song.
side 2 of Zeppelin iV
that always bugged me
side 2 of Zeppelin iV
Not long enough in my mind....
That really is unbelievable. Bowie + Prince. Wow.
Yes, it's awful, and I am hoping RP will give him some recognition soon...
Very sad, I think especially having grown up listening to Prince in my formative years (the 80s). Lots of memories.
As long as it takes to press the PSD button if you're that dissatisfied.
I could, and did.
It doesn't make sense. Yesterday was played the fourth season of vivaldi and the votes cast was a 8.9. Who can vote vivaldi less than 10. With led zeppelin that's exactly the same
I could, and did.
He was the man. Beating those drums into submission and driving Page and JPJ to try and keep up.