So I’ve got a crisp Unaipon for whichever of you can soonest tell me the artist who performed the song I am about to describe.

The lyrics I am 100% certain of are:

The world —————- so let’s talk about sweet sweet love.
————————————————- there’s still a sky above.
————————————————-
————————————————-
————————————————- and talk about sweet sweet love.

The first line says something like “the world is in an awful mess” but I can’t remember the exact words.

It is a slow, low-key rockabilly song. The singer sounds a bit like Gomer Pile. I think probably there were two syllables in the singer’s first name and also in his last name. I suspect from the style and lyrical content that the tune may have been from the sixties but I am not at all sure on that. To my recollection there’s just one acoustic guitar, plus drums.

It’s a B-side. The A-side was more notable and perhaps a bit more jaunty.

So, what time frame do you reckon?

Nah I’ll leave this open forever.

Of course, eventually a pineapple won’t be worth much…

dv said:

Nah I’ll leave this open forever.

Of course, eventually a pineapple won’t be worth much…

Unless you can come up with some more of the lyrics, you may need to leave it open for a long time.

So now we play the waiting game…

I’ll knock up the sheet music on the weekend and post it here.

>I’ll knock up the sheet music on the weekend and post it here.

Full marks for industry but it might not help much.

I’ll knock up the sheet music on the weekend and post it here.
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Watch out for a plethora of demisemiquavers, in the key of D(v), sprouting from your computer screens…

OTOH, I’m pretty sure if people could hear the choon of the elusive “upside down” song, I might quite quickly get a link to the actual number. On account of this was a song popular enough to be played as background music in the Mole Creek general store in the 1980s.

You really gotta be,
Upside dow-en,
If you you wanna be
My baby

(above words are almost certainly not correct, but they convey the rhythm and feel)

Bubblecar said:

OTOH, I’m pretty sure if people could hear the choon of the elusive “upside down” song, I might quite quickly get a link to the actual number. On account of this was a song popular enough to be played as background music in the Mole Creek general store in the 1980s.

You really gotta be,
Upside dow-en,
If you you wanna be
My baby

(above words are almost certainly not correct, but they convey the rhythm and feel)

Is it this one?
diana ross upside down

No no, I remember that one well :)

Bear in mind that in this song, the “upside dow-en” part of the lyrics are almost certainly wrong, it’s just the way I’m remembering the rhythm. It featured a gravelly voiced male and higher female chorus. A more accurate model would be:

You really gotta be,
Upside dow-en,
If you wanna be
My bay-eebe.

Or:

You really gotta be,
UP-SIDE dow-en,
IF you wanna be,
My BAY-eebe.

OK, I’m writing the chorus as a midi file and will try uploading it.

while we are on songs and names .. seem to remember a thread about Australian place names in songs.. http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/local/canberra/rarecollections/201105/r768429_6519237.mp3

Might work, might not. This is the very simple choon for the chorus of the “upside down” song:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/f7b81b19wdb7dw0/WBMB.MID

Bubblecar said:

Might work, might not. This is the very simple choon for the chorus of the “upside down” song:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/f7b81b19wdb7dw0/WBMB.MID

worked for me

morrie said:

Bubblecar said:

Might work, might not. This is the very simple choon for the chorus of the “upside down” song:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/f7b81b19wdb7dw0/WBMB.MID

worked for me

That’s gratifying :)

Bubblecar said:

morrie said:

Bubblecar said:

Might work, might not. This is the very simple choon for the chorus of the “upside down” song:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/f7b81b19wdb7dw0/WBMB.MID

worked for me

That’s gratifying :)

worked for me as well but I still didn’t recognise the tune..

Bubblecar said:

Might work, might not. This is the very simple choon for the chorus of the “upside down” song:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/f7b81b19wdb7dw0/WBMB.MID

Sorry, I don’t recognize that snippet.

It was a very crappy song, but with a pleasantly primitive compulsion to it. I can’t really fit it into a genre, but it was vaguely US reggae or suchlike.

Can we do a karaoke session in a pub when the song is finally figured out?

Did Plastic Bertrand not sing this song?

Peak Warming Man said:

Did Plastic Bertrand not sing this song?

Did Plastic Bertrand not sing every song ever sung?

Mrs. Rule and I don’t recognise it – And if we don’t recognise it, you made that shit up.

It’s not a bad hook. Why not fill the gaps and record it?

this is the closest I have found thus far and generationally is not in the period you suspect the song to be written within DV.

LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE

Come a little closer, honey; don’t be shy You make me wild; you make me high on life Don’t want to whisper sweet nothings in your ear Just want to tell you about our love I hold so dear
CHORUS

Let’s talk about love, love, love, sweet sweet love Let’s talk about all the things that you’ve been dreaming of Let’s talk about love, love, love, sweet sweet love Let’s talk about all the things that you’ve been dreaming of

Our caramel kisses, oh so divine Our precious passion; it tastes as sweet as wine I’m floating higher; I’m drunk with desire You turn me on; you really light my fire
(REPEAT CHORUS)

What more is there to say I wanna be with you every single day Oh, please tell me that you’ll stay for the night We’ll make love till the early morning light…

(Key change into BREAK)
(REPEAT CHORUS) +

Let’s talk about love, love, love, sweet sweet love Let’s talk about all the things that you’ve been dreaming of Let’s talk intimately, heart to heart If you don’t know how, it’s time you ought to start

© 2001 Dahlia Grace Wakefield (SOCAN), Tina May Koski (SOCAN) & Greg Johnston (SOCAN) All Rights Reserved.

***
I

I try and I don’t know why but I’m going around in circles I cry that nothing ever turns out the way I want in life I feel that things should change for me and for the better I care that people are staring back at me, yeah
PRE-CHORUS:

Should I close the door to what I already know and fear at times Or should I walk out and open the door to a brand new life?
CHORUS:

I, I…. La da da da da… Oh oh oh I…

I fear that I don’t know what I’m doing at all times I think that I really ought to change the frequency, yeah I see all the pristine possibilities in life I hope that I can make the best of it, yeah
(REPEAT PRE-CHORUS & CHORUS)
BRIDGE:

I’m independent, I’m introspective, I am sensitive And I’m always changing my mind I’m superstitious, a little mysterious, I am serious I’m always changing, I…..
(SOLO)
(REPEAT PRE-CHORUS)
(CHORUS OUT)

I’m sensual, I’m spiritual, I am a loyal, unique individual I’m musical, I’m mystical, I’m lovable….oh….I

© 2001 Dahlia Grace Wakefield (SOCAN) Greg Thomas Johnston (SOCAN) All Rights Reserved.

***

That’s not it.

I heard the song in 1990.

dv said:

That’s not it.

I heard the song in 1990.

which artist do you suspect sang the song?

Looks like we’ve all tried to Google it ;)

I thought it might have been Amy Winehouse but she doesn’t sound anything like Jim Nabors.

I think were just going to have to accept that some songs were not meant to be remembered.

were = we’re

Divine Angel said:

Looks like we’ve all tried to Google it ;)

I thought it might have been Amy Winehouse but she doesn’t sound anything like Jim Nabors.

Yes we’ve all had a google and some songs don’t need to be remembered but didn’t Jim Nabors have a hit song?

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

Looks like we’ve all tried to Google it ;)

I thought it might have been Amy Winehouse but she doesn’t sound anything like Jim Nabors.

Yes we’ve all had a google and some songs don’t need to be remembered but didn’t Jim Nabors have a hit song?

Oh, he had quite a few songs. http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_31345/jim-nabors/songs

roughbarked said:

didn’t Jim Nabors have a hit song?

Alex would know. Her fam is into Nabors.

Divine Angel said:

roughbarked said:

didn’t Jim Nabors have a hit song?

Alex would know. Her fam is into Nabors.

I’d forgotten about him since Gomer Pyle.

I had no idea he was still alive, but I read that he married his boyfriend of 38 years last year. Cradle snatcher too, the boyfriend is 20 years younger! Scandalous!

Divine Angel said:

I had no idea he was still alive, but I read that he married his boyfriend of 38 years last year. Cradle snatcher too, the boyfriend is 20 years younger! Scandalous!

Golololollly

Gomer Pyle in outer space, 1975: Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi play two alien robots that befriend two children who are trapped onboard their flying saucer when the police arrive and force an emergency departure. Along with their half-horse/half-dog, the Dorse, the bumbling duo travel through time in a series of adventures, attempting to return the children to their appropriate planet and year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPTmWzEQJ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvrP2h1UchE

Pat Kelly – Talk About Love

It’s hard to build a better nation with different nations
When every day we’re at war with newly faces
No godly love, but there is always a daily grace
And nothing could erase each night’s horrible traces

Yet they talk about love, they talk about love
They talk about love, they talk about love, love, love, sweet love

Day in, day out, the nation fights for more power (brotherly love)
But it’s easier to write a story in a longer hour
No brotherly love, no sisterly love for their own
And it took a miracle to put love into heritage

Yet they talk about love, they talk about love
They talk about love, they talk about love, love, love, sweet love

Day in, day out, the nation fights for more power (brotherly love)
But it’s easier to write a story in a longer hour
No brotherly love, no sisterly love for their own
And it took a miracle to put love into heritage

Yet they talk about love, they talk about love
They talk about love, they talk about love, love, love, sweet love

Yet they talk about love, they talk about love
They talk about love, they talk about love
Talk about love…

Here’s the music

This all takes 25 seconds, so it’s about 154 bars per minute. 462 crochets per minute.

Isn’t 3/4 waltz music?

dv said:

Here’s the music

This all takes 25 seconds, so it’s about 154 bars per minute. 462 crochets per minute.

It sure is, but ye old rock’n‘roll is all 3/4 or 3/8.

dv said:

Here’s the music

This all takes 25 seconds, so it’s about 154 bars per minute. 462 crochets per minute.

Don’t ring no bells.

I’ve also remembered that there are some spoken words during the intro. “Let’s talk. Let’s talk.”

Have you emailed Jim Nabors yet? He might have some idea.

dv said:

It sure is, but ye old rock’n‘roll is all 3/4 or 3/8.

Huh? Generally it was in 4/4 or 2/4, although there are some numbers in waltz time.

Kay Starr – Rock And Roll Waltz ( 1954 )

Rock Era Waltzes

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Here’s the music

This all takes 25 seconds, so it’s about 154 bars per minute. 462 crochets per minute.

http://www.dazvoz.com/talkaboutsweetsweetlove.jpeg

Don’t ring no bells.

Would you be able to MIDI-fy that for us, Mr Car?

PM 2Ring said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Here’s the music

This all takes 25 seconds, so it’s about 154 bars per minute. 462 crochets per minute.

http://www.dazvoz.com/talkaboutsweetsweetlove.jpeg

Don’t ring no bells.

Would you be able to MIDI-fy that for us, Mr Car?

OK but may take a while cos the phone’s ringing :)

You’ve baffled me now, PM 2Ring. The basic rock’n‘roll beat is a triple beat no matter how you slice it.

dv said:

You’ve baffled me now, PM 2Ring. The basic rock’n‘roll beat is a triple beat no matter how you slice it.

Dafuq? 4/4 wit the em-pha-sis on the 1-3 beats

Dafuq? 4/4 wit the em-pha-sis on the 1-3 beats
—-

That’s rock, rather than rock’n‘roll.

dv said:

You’ve baffled me now, PM 2Ring. The basic rock’n‘roll beat is a triple beat no matter how you slice it.

I don’t know anything about this stuff, but Wiki answers says:

There is not one…there are many

and other sites seem to favour 4/4.

you aren’t thinking country rock are you? pretty sure they use 3/4 regularly

dv said:

Dafuq? 4/4 wit the em-pha-sis on the 1-3 beats
—-

That’s rock, rather than rock’n‘roll.

Are you high?

Riff-in-Thyme said:

you aren’t thinking country rock are you? pretty sure they use 3/4 regularly

No one thinks country rock.

Well I guess this is somewhat countrified in keeping with the Gomer Pileness of it.

Dropbear said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

you aren’t thinking country rock are you? pretty sure they use 3/4 regularly

No one thinks country rock.

some live and breathe it

dv said:

Well I guess this is somewhat countrified in keeping with the Gomer Pileness of it.

well now I’m on your page but still those lyrics are kinda generic

Dv, how confident are you that this choon is correctly written down there? ‘Cos it doesn’t sound to me like something that would stick in my head. I’ll upload the MIDI in a minute.

Dv, how confident are you that this choon is correctly written down there?

—-

If there are any errors, they are minor.

This should be it:

http://www.mediafire.com/?10333hu7asv3713

Bubblecar said:

This should be it:

http://www.mediafire.com/?10333hu7asv3713

Not the most memorable tune that I’ve ever heard.

Yep, I’ve heard the choon, but name and artist definitely coming out of it.

dv said:

You’ve baffled me now, PM 2Ring. The basic rock’n‘roll beat is a triple beat no matter how you slice it.

From An analysis of early rock and roll

For a deeper look into the musical characteristics of rock and roll, Joe Burns analyzed a sample of 100 rock and roll songs, from the years 1955 through 1959, on chord progressions, time signatures, and melody lines.

…

The sample included 100 songs. Seventy-eight of the songs were what would be termed fast tempo, while 22 were slower tempos. The number of chord progressions equals 145 instead of 100 due to many songs having more than one progression. There are no tables regarding the time signatures due to almost no fluctuation. All songs, except two, were in 4/4 or straight beat time, as if a metronome was keeping pace. Rock and roll was dance music, and this straight beat allowed almost anyone to keep the tempo. The two songs not in 4/4 were Phil Phillips’ “Sea of Love” and Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel”. Both songs were in 12/8 time which itself is little more than a form of 4/4 time.

Thanks, Car. Yes, that’s the tune. As I say, those bars should take 25 seconds so the tempo should be 1.8 times faster, but that’s the tune.

You’ve certainly gone to a lot of effort to get this song. Hope it pays off!

I’ll upload a faster one.

I can’t imagine how it could possibly pay off, even if I do in fact find out the artist and title very soon.

Actually, on a second listening, it appears you’ve left out a couple of notes before the part about “sky above”.

But you get the gist.

and thanks for going to this effort.

For some reason the faster speed doesn’t seem to register in the saved midi file, so I won’t bother. Just speed it up in your mind :)

For some reason the faster speed doesn’t seem to register in the saved midi file, so I won’t bother. Just speed it up in your mind :)
—-

I will try slowing my brain cycles down. Imagine someone who sounds almost but not quite exactly like Gomer Pile strumming a guitar and singing that with a very simple drummer supporting him.

Yes, I missed out a bar. Try this:

http://www.mediafire.com/?q5dkfhy4hdlwky8

It sounds vaguely familiar in the speeded up version, but that may be just because it’s not a terribly original choon.

Thanks again, here is a sped up MP3 version

MP3 version

Yes, I recognize it.

But that’s never 3/4

But that’s never 3/4.
—

How do you figure? There are clearly three crotchets per bar.

Are you getting any bells ringing about the artist?

I have a collection of dorky records selected from seconhand shops for their kitsch and amusing covers. I couldn’t see anything in there that fitted.

Thanks for looking anyway, morrie.

There are clearly three crotchets per bar
_____________

Not the ones with 2 and 1/2 minims

dv said:

Thanks again, here is a sped up MP3 version

MP3 version

Sorry, still no idea. It’s an ok tune, but as Sibeen said, there’s nothing particularly distinctive about it.

Not the ones with 2 and 1/2 minims

—-
Okay, there are some with 2 and a half minims, eg fifth bar of first stanza) because the second note stretches into the subsequent bar.

I could have drawn it differently but there isn’t any way to escape from it being a three-beat cycle. ba-bump X ba-bump X

Not the ones with 2 and 1/2 minims

—-
Okay, there are some with 2 and a half minims, eg fifth bar of first stanza) because the second note stretches into the subsequent bar.

I could have drawn it differently but there isn’t any way to escape from it being a three-beat cycle. ba-bump X ba-bump X [<ROCK><ROLL><NUL><ROCK><ROLL><NUL>

Third time lucky:

Not the ones with 2 and 1/2 minims

—-
Okay, there are some with 2 and a half minims, eg fifth bar of first stanza) because the second note stretches into the subsequent bar.

I could have drawn it differently but there isn’t any way to escape from it being a three-beat cycle. ba-bump X ba-bump X <ROCK><ROLL><NUL><ROCK><ROLL><NUL>

Third time lucky:

Not the ones with 2 and 1/2 minims

—-
Okay, there are some with 2 and a half minims, eg fifth bar of first stanza) because the second note stretches into the subsequent bar.

I could have drawn it differently but there isn’t any way to escape from it being a three-beat cycle. ba-bump X ba-bump X (ROCK)(ROLL)(NUL)(ROCK)(ROLL)(NUL)

You’re having a lend surely..

…besides it’s months since April 1

Dropbear said:

Riff-in-Thyme said:

you aren’t thinking country rock are you? pretty sure they use 3/4 regularly

No one thinks country rock.

I can’t abide a lot of country music (eg virtually anything by Slim Dusty), but I don’t mind some country rock tunes.

Last night, a local station did a 2 hour program of “outlaw” music. Some of the songs were great. Eg

Toby Keith – Bullets In The Gun

Greg Allman’s Midnight Rider – this version is by The Drive-By Truckers.

Not in the slightest.

Talk about kitsch and amusing..

Reminds me of one time when I was working in a studio… this bloke wanders in off the street and says to me.. “I’m the bosssssssss” (yes he said it like that) and I’ve these little tunesss in my head that I want ssomeone to write down and arrange.”

Thought I, “‘e’s a loony!” “spose I better humour him though.”

The bossssssss proceeded to whistle a few of his little ‘jigsss’ while I nutted out a bit of fly shit just to get rid of him.

(not related are you dv? :))

Ian said:

Yes, I recognize it.

I don’t. I got out of music radio too early. I don’t recognise much, if not most, of the stuff they play these days.

AussieDJ said:

Ian said:

Yes, I recognize it.

I don’t. I got out of music radio too early. I don’t recognise much, if not most, of the stuff they play these days.

I mean the last 4 notes… heard that somewhere..

Ian, to meet your objection …

I’ve added a crochet rest to the start. You can see now that the entire piece is made up of crotchet-minim sets, plus sesquiminims. Three, three, three all the way.

I think you’ve got part of a Jackie DeShannon song mixed up with something ele.

The vocalist is male.

But, out of interest, do you have a particular JDS song in mind that you think I’ve got mixed up with something else?

dv said:

The vocalist is male.

But, out of interest, do you have a particular JDS song in mind that you think I’ve got mixed up with something else?

Put a little love in your heart

ROFL

dv said:

ROFL

Glad you got the joke.

Nah … I half recognise the tune you’ve nutted out, but am buggered if I can progress past that.

I think we should all get together with metronomes and pencils to resolve this issue of a rock’n‘roll signature because in my head, the denominator has always got to be a multiple of three.

e.g. It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me by Joel, which is 12/8.

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/It-s-Still-Rock-And-Roll-To-Me/19396486

When you search for some of those lyrics the first hit you get is this thread, it’s not looking good.

We performed that song at school. Took me years to work out what a Beau Brummel baby was.

My brain keeps drifting back to Jackson Browne, for some reason, but can’t find anything of his that quite matches.

Think 1960s.

It may have even been on 78 rpm

(pick up keyboard.. play)

NFI

Good luck with it boss

I’m pretty sure I’ve heard the tune.
It won’t be a B side of a Beatles or any famous group because a lot of them became pretty famous in their own right.

Well it is still looking as though my best bet is to release the song commercially and find out who sues me.

I’ll need to fill in the lyrics, presumably

Peak Warming Man said:

I’m pretty sure I’ve heard the tune.
It won’t be a B side …..

Ask someone at 3PBS-FM in Melbourne.

When that station was set up, it’s charter was something like “to play under-represented music”, and when asked what was meant by “under-represented music”, the answer was … “we’ll play the B-sides”.

dv said:

The singer sounds a bit like Gomer Pile.

Are you sure the singer was a male?

AussieDJ said:

dv said:

The singer sounds a bit like Gomer Pile.

Are you sure the singer was a male?

Don’t answer that – you confirmed the vocalist was male further down the thread.

The answer might be in this lot …

http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tophits/50s.html

dv said:

Think 1960s.

It may have even been on 78 rpm

When did you last hear the song?

AussieDJ said:

dv said:

Think 1960s.

It may have even been on 78 rpm

When did you last hear the song?

I think a song with sweet love is going to come up with many hits in google.

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

dv said:

Think 1960s.

It may have even been on 78 rpm

Maybe it was on a wax cylinder?

Or carved into a stone tablet?

Bubblecar said:

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

Love as in can be sweet or sour or songs about love gone sour?

Bubblecar said:

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

Sure,

Country music is full of jaded love stories.

Skunkworks said:

Bubblecar said:

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

Love as in can be sweet or sour or songs about love gone sour?

oh hi.

You are still alive.

Bubblecar said:

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

The Lemon Song, by Led Zeppelin, perhaps?

Bubblecar said:

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

—-

You are so urbane and eastern..

tauto said:

Bubblecar said:

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

—-

You are so urbane and eastern..

I would’ve suggested Southern!

:-)

Bubblecar said:

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

tainted love perhaps but no not sour love

monkey skipper said:

Bubblecar said:

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

Sure,

Country music is full of jaded love stories.

and dead/dying dogs

When did you last hear the song?

—

Early 1990s

dv said:

When did you last hear the song?

—

Early 1990s

In a Gomer Pyle themed nightclub?

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

When did you last hear the song?

—

Early 1990s

In a Gomer Pyle themed nightclub?

surely not!

morrie said:

Bubblecar said:

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

The Lemon Song, by Led Zeppelin, perhaps?

Have you seen the version of The Lemon Song by Zepparella ? Unfortunately, that clip’s a bit low quality. There used to be a studio-quality clip, but it’s been removed for copyright reasons. OTOH, the studio clips don’t have the same ambiance as the live gig clips.

PM 2Ring said:

morrie said:

Bubblecar said:

You rarely hear songs about sour love.

The Lemon Song, by Led Zeppelin, perhaps?

Have you seen the version of The Lemon Song by Zepparella ? Unfortunately, that clip’s a bit low quality. There used to be a studio-quality clip, but it’s been removed for copyright reasons. OTOH, the studio clips don’t have the same ambiance as the live gig clips.

They’re getting into it. :)

morrie said:

PM 2Ring said:

morrie said:

The Lemon Song, by Led Zeppelin, perhaps?

Have you seen the version of The Lemon Song by Zepparella ? Unfortunately, that clip’s a bit low quality. There used to be a studio-quality clip, but it’s been removed for copyright reasons. OTOH, the studio clips don’t have the same ambiance as the live gig clips.

They’re getting into it. :)

They do some great versions. The band went through a few line-up changes, though, so the style does vary a bit from song to song.

IMHO, The Lemon Song is one of the greatest rock blues songs of all time. True, it’s a mash-up of Howlin’ Wolf’s Killing Floor and Robert Johnson’s Travelling Riverside Blues, and they didn’t give those guys credits on the album, but Led Zep made something fresh and new from those old blues numbers.

PM 2Ring said:

morrie said:

PM 2Ring said:

Have you seen the version of The Lemon Song by Zepparella ? Unfortunately, that clip’s a bit low quality. There used to be a studio-quality clip, but it’s been removed for copyright reasons. OTOH, the studio clips don’t have the same ambiance as the live gig clips.

They’re getting into it. :)

They do some great versions. The band went through a few line-up changes, though, so the style does vary a bit from song to song.

IMHO, The Lemon Song is one of the greatest rock blues songs of all time. True, it’s a mash-up of Howlin’ Wolf’s Killing Floor and Robert Johnson’s Travelling Riverside Blues, and they didn’t give those guys credits on the album, but Led Zep made something fresh and new from those old blues numbers.

That rings a bell. I think we may have discussed this before and you pointed out the derivation. Its certainly one of my favourites.

PM 2Ring said:

morrie said:

PM 2Ring said:

Have you seen the version of The Lemon Song by Zepparella ? Unfortunately, that clip’s a bit low quality. There used to be a studio-quality clip, but it’s been removed for copyright reasons. OTOH, the studio clips don’t have the same ambiance as the live gig clips.

They’re getting into it. :)

They do some great versions. The band went through a few line-up changes, though, so the style does vary a bit from song to song.

IMHO, The Lemon Song is one of the greatest rock blues songs of all time. True, it’s a mash-up of Howlin’ Wolf’s Killing Floor and Robert Johnson’s Travelling Riverside Blues, and they didn’t give those guys credits on the album, but Led Zep made something fresh and new from those old blues numbers.

I have the big boxed set with the crop circle gear and give that a regular flogging. Much better than the albums which were always a bit hot and miss to me. I love the immigrant song.

Samantha Fish Band doing Killing Floor a few months ago.

Skunkworks said:

PM 2Ring said:

The Lemon Song

I have the big boxed set with the crop circle gear and give that a regular flogging. Much better than the albums which were always a bit hot and miss to me. I love the immigrant song.

I have that set, and also the 2 CD set of songs that didn’t make it onto the 4 CD set. And I’ve loaded them all onto my mp3 player. :)

I’ve been a Led Zeppelin fan since I was 10. But I’ve got to be in the right mood these days for the wilder numbers like Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song_, Dazed & Confused, etc. But I can listen to The Lemon Song , When the Levee Breaks and Since I’ve Been Lovin’ You at any time. Another big fave is one of their later numbers, Tea For One, which isn’t on the 4 disk set.

PM 2Ring said:

Skunkworks said:

PM 2Ring said:

The Lemon Song

I have the big boxed set with the crop circle gear and give that a regular flogging. Much better than the albums which were always a bit hot and miss to me. I love the immigrant song.

I have that set, and also the 2 CD set of songs that didn’t make it onto the 4 CD set. And I’ve loaded them all onto my mp3 player. :)

I’ve been a Led Zeppelin fan since I was 10. But I’ve got to be in the right mood these days for the wilder numbers like Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song_, Dazed & Confused, etc. But I can listen to The Lemon Song , When the Levee Breaks and Since I’ve Been Lovin’ You at any time. Another big fave is one of their later numbers, Tea For One, which isn’t on the 4 disk set.

Nahh this is a big box it has that four box CD at the centre in foam and another four CDs around that. I am pretty sure it is the complete set of songs from all the albums.

Skunkworks said:

Nahh this is a big box it has that four box CD at the centre in foam and another four CDs around that. I am pretty sure it is the complete set of songs from all the albums.

Ah, ok. I didn’t know about that one.