Re: Zep's Tingle Moments

[groovin@xxxxxxxx]

On Fri, 03 Oct 1997 00:47:17 CDT zeppelin@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>The most "tingling" moment of Zep has got to be Baby Come On Home. The
>whole song just DRIPS with emotion and soul. How they managed to not
>release this on Coda (or any other album for that matter) is beyond my
>comprehension.
>The lyrics, Roberts voice, the melody, the chorus...it has it all!

I totally agree, and it makes me very happy that it is on the WLL single.
 What bugs me is that Luis Rey HATES the song.  He says the lyrics are
silly and that he's glad this isn't a direction that Zeppelin pursued
further.  Perhaps he doesn't like that Jimmy is featured so little. 
Jimmy was not the only member of Zeppelin, and arguably not even the most
talented (and I'm not dissing Page).  I actually like it a little more
_because_ Jonesy and Bonzo have the limelight.  It's a poppy blues number
with emotion and every member of the band shines.  Bonzo's fills and
cymbal work are perfect, Jonesy plays a solid LEAD for perhaps the first
time, Jimmy's playing, while sparse, is spot on and exactly what the song
calls for, and Robert sings as emotionally as ever.  I especially like
the Percy backup chorus.  Granted it's not "Heavy Metal" but if one more
person states that Led Zeppelin was only a "Heavy Metal" band I'll puke. 
Zeppelin didn't really pursue ANY one type of music much, that is what
made them so great, they varied in style and never struck  in the same
place twice. 


Nathan

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