Led Zeppelin - Black Mountain Side

BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE

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• black
• mountain
• side
• led
• zeppelin

[OhNonottheNWO]

"Same seven notes and some slack poet's verse,

stick them together with glue,

you can mix a fine cocktail from memory, and pretend what you're writing is new.

But there's nothing that's new under heaven,

theres nothing that hasn't been sung,

pour me another double retake,

you can't write a song that's never been sung."  Chumbawamba

[Stiletto92]

It's not "Bert's song" it's not Jimmy's, it doesn't belong to anybody. It's a traditional folk song and it's in the public domain for god's sake. Chill out and stop bitching about one of the greatest bands ever for pathetic petty reasons

[BoojumFed]

@willwelsh816:

Bert Jansch. He wrote the instrumental accompaniment to 'Blackwaterside' (or 'Black Waterside' or 'Blackwater Side'), which Page riffed on to create this. Which is fair enough, since Jansch was riffing Anne Briggs version anyway, and the original song's an Irish ballad.

[willwelsh816]

i really want to hear the guy who inspired jimmy to play this, it sounds really nice. who was it?

[mclainrose]

then why change the name to black mountain side....

[Gettheledoutstyle]

@jlowe1958 randy california himself took it from davey graham its a common riff thats been used many a time.. zeppelin made the riff famous and also added a beautiful ascending melody to the riff which is boring as hell in taurus.. just my opinion about it taurus and spririt

[jlowe1958]

FYI- The opening riff of 'Stairway' was cribbed nearly literally from the song 'Taurus' by the band 'Spirit' (one of the more under appreciated acts in rock history). Spirit toured with the early pre-Stairway Zep..so it's pretty clear what happened there.

But these acts of larceny don't take away from Page's genius..not just as a player and writer..but as a master of texutres and guitar tones

[jon040192]

@choclinda I am completely with you on this except for one eeeenie teeeenie little detail....Page isn't American.........

[whathehellbombit]

@BoomBoy13 Led Zeppelin has a catalogue of some of the best songs ever written, 90% written by the band. so what they redid a few songs (much better than the original) to get the band off the ground, Many rock bands do it. Youre a fucking moron.

[HoboSex]

Viram Jasani on tabla

[cosmiclight]

@choclinda -Yes I met Bert Jansch early last year while he toured through my hometown of Portland Oregon. After a great solo concert he performed, I was determined to have him autograph the cover of my Pentangle Sweet Child Album c1968. I asked a lady cleaning up the stage equipment, if Bert would come out to autograph my album. I was honored to learn it was his wife, then humbled when I shook Bert’s hand and spoke to him for a couple minutes about his great musical influence on others.