English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

From Led Zeppelin Three

2007-02-20 19:44:07 · 2 answers · asked by David 6 in Entertainment & Music Music

2 answers

Originally titled "The Boy Next Door" (referring to the lyric "my friend the boy next door"), "That's the Way" is one of Led Zeppelin's most beautiful ballads (in the true tradition of the folk ballad) and among the songs they claim composed itself. Jimmy Page riffed fluently while Robert Plant sang along on the spot — the legend says it was as simple as that — as they streamed the song in 1970 during one of their retreats to a country cottage dubbed Bron-y-Aur. The band in fact credits "a small derelict cottage in South Snowdonia" within the liner notes to Led Zeppelin III, on which the cut appears. That version begins with Page strumming an acoustic 12-string; a mandolin and pedal steel are added. There are no audible bass or drums; the acoustic guitar provides the percussion until the last few bars, when a gentle tambourine is added. Plant's vocal is all old-English ballad, but delivered in his best restrained, unique hard rocker's wail. Zeppelin skeptics could conceivably start here.

2007-02-20 19:54:17 · answer #1 · answered by travel_like_us 3 · 0 0

Sorry, I am a new wave guy, I can tolerate Zep for the length of Kashmir & maybe one another song on a very boring day.

2007-02-20 19:47:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers