Rain Song

1979-08-04
Stevenage
England
Knebworth Festival

Audio ~ Rain Song - tisdu - 4/8/79
Video ~ Rain Song (+ other songs) - audience - 4/8/79

Disc 1:
01. Intro
02. The Song Remains The Same
03. Celebration Day
04. Black Dog
05. Nobody's Fault But Mine
06. Over The Hills And Far Away
07. Misty Mountain Hop
08. Since I've Been Loving You
09. No Quarter

Disc 2:
01. Ten Years Gone
02. Hot Dog
03. The Rain Song
04. White Summer / Black Mountain Side
05. Kashmir
06. Trampled Underfoot
07. Sick Again
08. Achilles Last Stand

Disc 3:
01. Guitar Solo
02. In The Evening
03. Stairway To Heaven
04. Rock And Roll
05. Whole Lotta Love

A pretty good show but nothing compared to the standards Zeppelin had set in the past. The first 45 minutes or so sound good and strong, and Ten Years Gone is very pretty, but towards the middle section, the individual performances, though good, don't quite gel into a good ensemble performance. "Well, it's nice to see you again" said Plant to the audience at the beginning of the show, in fact they not played in the United Kingdom for the last four years! The crowd roared. Achilles Last Stand is aggressive and In The Evening is intense, but Stairway To Heaven sounds timid and tired ... Robert's introduction is so lackluster it is obvious he didn't want to play it. The encores are energetic and good, and Whole Lotta Love features the new arrangement first tried in Copenhagen in July. A short Heartbreaker finishes the event. After the last note, Plant said: "All you people that have come so far. It's been kinda like a blind date. Thanks for eleven years!"

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[Conneyfogle]

The video at 3:35 and 5:00 is the Rain Song

[werbeboard]

good song. ;)

[francescaemc2]

It isn't hard to feel me glowing!!!!!

Thanks for posting this gorgeous song.

Could eat it with a spoon.

[fitterx]

this was me and the ex-wifes song...brings back some serious memories...truly one of the most beautiful songs

[ludwigvan17]

Wow, the audio quality is excellent here. I wish it was like that on the dvd.

[carrollckjcm]

beautiful song