zeppelincheetah Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 This time I just decided to copy/paste some stuff from wikipedia: "Black Mountain Side" was inspired by a traditional Irish folk song called "Down by Blackwaterside"[1] which also appears on Bert Jansch's 1966 album Jack Orion as "Blackwaterside".[2] Jansch had learnt it from Anne Briggs, who also recorded a version, as did The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. To enhance the Indian character of the song, drummer and sitarist Viram Jasani played tabla on the track. As far as my opinion on the song I love it. It's beautiful and relaxing and I don't think it's ever annoyed me. What's frustrating is the end of Your Time is Gonna Come bleeds into the beginning of the song, and as I said in the last topic YTIGC is my least favorite song on the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfvr Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Ann Briggs got the song from folk song collector, Albert Lloyd. Orginally the song was unaccompanied and the riff was from a friend , Stan Ellison. After she listened to LZ's Black Mountain Side she had wanted royalties given to Lloyd's widow. Source:LZ,The Story of a Band and Their Music, Keith Shadwick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonzoLikeDrumer Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Again, true brilliance in this cut! "Your Time is Gon'a Come" fade's into this song to enhance one Blues song and give way to an instrumental of acoustic guitar's and/or other stringed acoustic instrument's. "Black Mountain Side" is a jumping and lively little song with zippy chord frag's and riff-age. There are some conga's and/or some other type of odd percussion in there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kaiser Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 This time I just decided to copy/paste some stuff from wikipedia: As far as my opinion on the song I love it. It's beautiful and relaxing and I don't think it's ever annoyed me. What's frustrating is the end of Your Time is Gonna Come bleeds into the beginning of the song, and as I said in the last topic YTIGC is my least favorite song on the album. The reverse for myself. I love "YTIGC" & I hate that it doesn't have a proper fadeout then going into a song I consider incidental. "Black Mountain Side" is ok as a gap between "YTIGC" & "Communication Breakdown" but I don't think much of it as an actual song. I much prefer the Yardbirds era recording of "White Summer" to "Black Mountain Side". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Again, true brilliance in this cut! "Your Time is Gon'a Come" fade's into this song to enhance one Blues song and give way to an instrumental of acoustic guitar's and/or other stringed acoustic instrument's. "Black Mountain Side" is a jumping and lively little song with zippy chord frag's and riff-age. There are some conga's and/or some other type of odd percussion in there too. I agree with you. This is a great instrumental/acoustic song. I can picture them in a room just having fun with this song. Just wished it would have been longer!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonzoLikeDrumer Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I agree with you. This is a great instrumental/acoustic song. I can picture them in a room just having fun with this song. Just wished it would have been longer!! True, but like Kaiser said, it was only meant to be a filler IMHO. Just turned out being a really nice transition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Dog_90 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Great acoustic track but it's my least favorite song on Led Zeppelin I. Great acoustic guitar work by Jimmy Page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbreaker Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Great acoustic track but it's my least favorite song on Led Zeppelin I. Great acoustic guitar work by Jimmy Page. What? Black Mountain Side is probably my favorite on Led Zeppelin I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Masson Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 BMS derives from a traditional song called Blackwaterside. Bert Lloyd pieced it together for Anne Briggs who started performing it in British folk clubs in the early 1960's. Bert Jansch later made his own accompaniment for the tune, and Jimmy's version of the riff is indirectly inspired by that, although he plays it in a different tuning, and as a short acoustic number. Jimmy was in fact already working on it before Jansch released his own version. The changes made are seemingly very slight, but they make a world of a difference: Jimmy is really taking the song out of the conventional framework and creating an entirely different frame of understanding for it, a bit like a world music kind of thing - and this is duly emphasized by the use of the tablas. Once again, that guitar just sounds so great, and Jimmy's playing is wonderful. I have never thought of it as a filler, and the fact that Jimmy used to play it live (linking it with White Sumemr, a similar folksy thing he'd done with The Yardbirds in 1968) until April, 1970 would seem to underline that. In fact it was revived on the 1977 U.S. tour, as a sort of intro for Kashmir. Along with BIGLY, the inclusion of it on the first album, showed the importance of the British folk legacy for the kind of ideas Jimmy had in mind when he formed Led Zeppelin - it wasn't just heavy blues, but a threefold reworking of British folk, the blues and Rock & Roll - very similar to the Jethro Tull formula in fact, but from a somewhat different angle, and hence the entirely different styles of the two bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstickbonzo Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I much rather listen to White Summer/Black Mt. Side where he does it better justice, IMO. It's a good little diddy tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgeholder Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Raleigh, North Carolina, April 8th, 1970. As the comic book guy would say. "Best. Version. Ever" Bonzo helps out on this version, and it ventures into new terrain quite successfully. Live, it could sometimes go on too long (IMHO) My review of 'White Summer/Black Mt. Side' from Thee Image Club, Miami, FL.,2/14/69 (in my old notebook) is kinda funny: "Why Jimmy insists on bringing such raucous proceedings to a grinding halt like this, I'll never know" Haha! It made a great intro to Kashmir in '77, though. Often the most dramatic moment moment in the show. On video I like the 'Julie Felix Show' April 28th, 1970, Jimmy on accoustic. Short & sweet. On Led Zeppelin I, I can't think of a more perfect way to go into 'Communication Breakdown'. Great segue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Dog_90 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 What? Black Mountain Side is probably my favorite on Led Zeppelin I That's cool but I'm not saying that it's a bad song. It's just my least favorite on the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedcat Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 It's the acoustic things like Black Mountain Slide that made me a fan. This is the kind of music that made Zeppelin special. Thankfully Page carried this on throughout the bands career. Regards; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelincheetah Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 such a pleasant song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringoffire Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I am a big fan of this song...love the beautifully weird tuning Page uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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