![]() ![]() "The song was bigger than me," said Plant. Meanwhile, back in the band's studio in rural England, Page and Bonham began riffing on an Arabic-sounding set of chords that would perfectly match Plant's desert vision. As he traveled the desert in northwest Africa, Plant envisioned himself driving straight through to Kashmir, on the India-China border. While vacationing in southern Morocco, Plant conjured the lyrics for Led Zeppelin's most ambitious experiment, the centerpiece of 1975's Physical Graffiti. Writers: John Bonham, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant Songs like that come out in five minutes if I work on them more than, say, 20 minutes, they’re probably not going to work. As soon as you start, you get that magic feeling, an extra feeling. It’s how a basketball player must feel when he starts hitting every shot, when you’re in that zone. When I’m writing a song that I know is going to work, it’s a feeling of euphoria. That song had everything - different melodies, opera, R&B, rock - and it explored all of those different genres in an authentic way, where it felt natural. A great song has all the key elements - melody emotion a strong statement that becomes part of the lexicon and great production. It takes the emotions of a moment and holds it for years to come. When you hear a great song, you can think of where you were when you first heard it, the sounds, the smells. ![]() Click here for the new, updated 500 Greatest Songs list from 2021Ī great song doesn’t attempt to be anything - it just is. ![]()
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