Re: The Led Zeppelin Mailing List Digest V1 #37

[Keith Donovan <Keith.Donovan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>
>>I can offer this bit of info: the first verse of SIBLY is a lift from a
>>Moby Grape song titled: 8:05 from the 1st Moby Grape album. Robert is a
>>self-confessed fan of Moby Grape, so it's not surprising to see that a
>>little Grape crept into Zeppelin.
 
>Robert actually covered "8.05" in 1993 (it was released on the "Calling
>To
>You" CD single).  However, none of the lyrics in Robert's version match
>up
>to the lyrics in SIBLY.
 
>Later,

The lyrical reference is not from 8:05 but from a song on the "Grape Jam"
record that was packaded as a bonus record when purchasing Moby Grapes
second album "Wow".  I apologize I can't recall the song title but it is
definately from the "Grape Jam" lp


Keith Donovan