About This Track
“The Song Remains the Same” is the opening track from Led Zeppelin’s 1973 album Houses of the Holy.
The song features furious multi-tracked guitar from Jimmy Page, played on a Gibson EDS-1275 double neck 12-string during live shows and vocals from lead singer Robert Plant. This was Plant’s tribute to world music, reflecting his belief that music is universal.
The song was originally an instrumental which was given the working title “The Overture”, before Plant added lyrics to it, after which it temporarily came to be known as “The Campaign” before the band settled on the title “The Song Remains the Same”. In an interview he gave to Guitar World magazine in 1993, Page discussed the song’s construction:
“It was originally going to be an instrumental — an overture that led into “The Rain Song”. But I guess Robert had different ideas. You know, “This is pretty good, Better get some lyrics—quick!” … I had all the beginning material together, and Robert suggested that we break down into half-time in the middle. After we figured out that we were going to break it down, the song came together in a day… I always had a cassette recorder around. That’s how both “The Song Remains The Same” and “Stairway” came together — from bits of taped ideas.”
The song features furious multi-tracked guitar from Jimmy Page, played on a Gibson EDS-1275 double neck 12-string during live shows and vocals from lead singer Robert Plant. This was Plant’s tribute to world music, reflecting his belief that music is universal.
The song was originally an instrumental which was given the working title “The Overture”, before Plant added lyrics to it, after which it temporarily came to be known as “The Campaign” before the band settled on the title “The Song Remains the Same”. In an interview he gave to Guitar World magazine in 1993, Page discussed the song’s construction:
“It was originally going to be an instrumental — an overture that led into “The Rain Song”. But I guess Robert had different ideas. You know, “This is pretty good, Better get some lyrics—quick!” … I had all the beginning material together, and Robert suggested that we break down into half-time in the middle. After we figured out that we were going to break it down, the song came together in a day… I always had a cassette recorder around. That’s how both “The Song Remains The Same” and “Stairway” came together — from bits of taped ideas.”
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lukasz_pulawski wrote:
check out Dream Theater's cover
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BMWPRETTY wrote:
Spank! I love this tune and talent! I am here with the tune! :-)
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jpeiper wrote:
That awesome chiming twelve string. Love, love, love this song. So great to have Zep on Last.fm now!
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toddt62 wrote:
Wow!!! A rare Led Zeppelin treasure on Fast.FM.
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me_araujo wrote:
intro
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EvilMonkeyRec wrote:
Led Zeppelin Live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCNk73OsmZo - http://theevilmonkeysrecords.blogspot.com/2011/11/led-zeppelin-bringer-of-war-1973-01-15.html
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ravipsk wrote:
what a tribute to the guitar....
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Bonii_Gans wrote:
never get bored to this song. the intro, the part when the G chord move to F chord! aMazing!
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OneDrunkWalking wrote:
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice.... Song remains the same." -George Dubyas brother Jeb?
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serowe_ludki wrote:
whoa amazing!
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Yhavimoth wrote:
Joy in musical form.
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academyofrock wrote:
You may enjoy this Blog post on Led Zeppelin and Business Leadership http://humandynamics.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/whole-lotta-love-business-lessons-from-peter-grant-and-led-zeppelin/
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Guztavzepagan wrote:
Definitely an influence from touring the west coast, It's yet another gem though.
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FjordSweetFjord wrote:
JPJ grooves the fuck out of this song. been a favorite song of mine for the last fifteen years.
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TheDarkSide73 wrote:
Jimmy Page is GOD
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pteronophobic wrote:
The opening guitar chords bring me so much joy.
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lukasz_pulawski wrote:
Dream Theater made a good cover of it
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Nakkinak wrote:
awwwwwwwwwwwwwesome
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janis-joplin1 wrote:
One of Led Zeppelin's best songs!
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promisedeyes wrote:
Superb! :-)
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