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Led Zeppelin – Fool in the Rain (6:11)

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“Fool in the Rain” is a song on English rock band Led Zeppelin’s 1979 album, In Through the Out Door. It was their final U.S. single released during the band’s tenure, reaching number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1980.
The song exhibits a Latin feel. Drummer John Bonham plays a half-time shuffle beat similar to the “Purdie shuffle” rhythm attributed to session drummer Bernard Purdie, along with a samba-style breakdown. A master drum track shows that the samba breakdown (2:25) was recorded separately.

Bass player John Paul Jones and vocalist Robert Plant developed the idea for the samba beat from watching the 1978 FIFA World Cup tournament in Argentina.[1] Guitarist Jimmy Page used an MXR Blue Box effect pedal during the solo to produce the octave sound.

Lyrically, the song is about a man who is supposed to meet a woman on a certain street corner. When the woman doesn’t appear, he is filled with grief at being stood up. By the final verse, he realizes that he’d been waiting for her on the wrong corner, making him the “Fool in the Rain.”

This song was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts, as it was heavily studio-based. The piano was quite necessary in the song, but with John Paul Jones on piano, there could be no bass. There is also a twelve-string guitar line at one point in the song and the guitar solo that has to be pulled off. However, on October 5, 2005, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant performed the song with Pearl Jam at a Hurricane Katrina benefit show.
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  • tlukes123

    Great track, makes me want to dance!

    last month

  • MikesDmusic

    That voice - Plant is always a pleasure to listen to!

    March 2012

  • fuckyouty1

    the ONLY song I like by Led Zeppelin

    March 2012

  • przemuniak95

    that middle part ...

    February 2012

  • APRILELIZ

    so good!

    January 2012

  • lukasz_pulawski

    nice Latin feel

    December 2011

  • zepp69

    one of their best in my opinion

    September 2011

  • WolfmanShowbiz

    man that breakdown really ruins a great song unnecessarily

    September 2011

  • myprogrushradio

    @MykeHawk: aren't we all [just fools waiting on the wrong block]?

    September 2011

  • MajkaMorelka

    Gah, this makes me feel happy. [2]

    June 2011

  • pteronophobic

    Gah, this makes me feel happy.

    June 2011

  • lebarbon

    samba on drums... bonzo was too good!!!!!!!!!!

    June 2011

  • Coolbutlame

    why is this song not on mothership???

    June 2011

  • brisafresca

    That´s great..! and I love it..

    June 2011

  • MykeHawk

    I'm just a fool waiting on the wrong block

    May 2011

  • Psychedalex77

    this song has inspired me to learn the half time shuffle

    April 2011

  • Hazent

    I just LOOOOVE it !!!

    April 2011

  • tilleafian

    Superb drum groove again from Bonham,Jeff Porcaro the drummer from Toto confessed to incorporating part of this groove in Toto's big hit Rosanna.

    April 2011

  • Rajuice

    Ooh, hand that ticks on the clock, just don't seem to stop, when I'm thinking it over <3

    April 2011

  • aplusmusic

    LOVE!

    March 2011
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