`Thank You` is a slow ballad and signaled a deeper involvement in songwriting by Plant, being the first Led Zeppelin song that he wrote all the lyrics
`Thank You` is a slow ballad and signaled a deeper involvement in songwriting by Plant, being the first Led Zeppelin song that he wrote all the lyrics for. According to various Led Zeppelin biographies, this is also the song that made Jimmy Page realize that Plant could now handle writing the majority of the lyrics for the band`s songs. The first lines of Plant`s composition heavily resemble those in the Jimi Hendrix song "If 6 Was 9".
The song features some delicate organ playing by John Paul Jones, and ends with the organ fading into near-silence before coming back about 10 seconds later. This has created a problem for radio stations wishing to play the track, which must decide whether to accept the "dead air" or cut it off.
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Led Zeppelin first recorded this song for their album Led Zeppelin III in 1970. The album is a shift in style for the band towards acoustic material,
Led Zeppelin first recorded this song for their album Led Zeppelin III in 1970. The album is a shift in style for the band towards acoustic material, influenced by a vacation Jimmy Page and Robert Plant took to the Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in the Welsh countryside. The music suits the building tension in the song. It begins as a simple acoustic guitar rhythm, and builds to a crescendo of mandolin, banjo, drums, bass and electric guitar, increasing in tempo as the song progresses. The acoustic guitar chord progression (in standard tuning) is simple with a riff based on variations of the open A chord and the chords D and G occurring in the verse. The Led Zeppelin version is unique in that, despite the bribes, which he accepts, the hangman still carries out the execution.
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One of the best progressive rock albums of all time; released in 1973. The album cover is a painting by Betty Swanwick called The Dream. The original
One of the best progressive rock albums of all time; released in 1973. The album cover is a painting by Betty Swanwick called The Dream. The original painting did not feature a lawn mower; the band had Swanwick add it later as an allusion to the song "I Know What I Like."
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Waterloo is the place where Napoleon Bonaparte met his defeat at an epic battle in 1815. This song uses the battle as a metaphor for a woman who gives
Waterloo is the place where Napoleon Bonaparte met his defeat at an epic battle in 1815. This song uses the battle as a metaphor for a woman who gives in and falls in love with a man - he`s her "Waterloo."
Originally recorded in Swedish, it was ABBA`s Swedish version that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, giving the band a huge career boost.
This was one of many ABBA hits used in the 1994 movie Muriel`s Wedding.
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ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote this after separating from wife and fellow band member, Agnetha. It`s about a divorce where one person doesn`t want to
ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote this after separating from wife and fellow band member, Agnetha. It`s about a divorce where one person doesn`t want to separate and clings desperately to the marriage. Bjorn has said that while he usually didn`t use drugs or alcohol while writing, he had a bottle of brandy next to him while writing the lyrics for this song. It was very personal to him.
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The two songs that were chosen as singles from Waterloo are “Honey Honey” and the big burst of energy that is the title track. Their instincts to
The two songs that were chosen as singles from Waterloo are “Honey Honey” and the big burst of energy that is the title track. Their instincts to really rock it out on “Waterloo” paid off for the quartet fairly handsomely, since it was the entry that helped them to win the Eurovision Song Contest in Europe and was the breakthrough in England that they had been looking for. On “Honey Honey,” Agnetha and Frida purr their way through the song in full-on sex kitten mode and show just how far they’ve come since their lackluster debut single, “People Need Love.” If you want to hear the earliest example of ABBA getting it right, then Waterloo is the perfect place for you to start.
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