2006-12-19 08:19:51 · 12 answers · asked by bakerjaffa 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Actually, it's spelled levee. When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
It was famously re-worked by English rock group Led Zeppelin as the last song on their fourth album, released in 1971. The lyrics in Led Zeppelin's version were based on the original recording
2006-12-19 08:23:26 · answer #1 · answered by Fool in the Rain 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An earthen mound and the American term for a balance of money. The song (When The Levee Breaks) is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. It's like a floodwall.
2006-12-19 08:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the levee breaks is the Led Zeppelin's cover version of the homonynous song written by Kansas McCoy in 1929 and widely refers to the Great Mississippi Flood in 1927,
Levee is a barrier built to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea.
syn.: dyke, dike, dam.
2006-12-20 09:21:22 · answer #3 · answered by tearaway_weft 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina? Well that's what happens when the levee breaks.
2006-12-19 08:27:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Levee is a small barrier for holding back water.
2006-12-19 08:23:00 · answer #5 · answered by smg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Levee is an earthen mound, like a ridge that holds water back.
2006-12-19 08:22:17 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think of New Orleans. The levy broke, and flooded the city
2006-12-19 08:29:11 · answer #7 · answered by xquis81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A levee is a dam or a dyke which holds back water.
2006-12-19 08:28:16 · answer #8 · answered by A.M.D.G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An American term for a balance of money
or
a drainage system
2006-12-19 08:22:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Levee; it's like a floodwall.
2006-12-19 08:24:10 · answer #10 · answered by Peggy Sue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋