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Sick Again


corduroyg

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how underrated is this song? ive underrated it too, maybe because physical graffiti is such a monster i think this song kinda gets lost at the end of it. but damn been listening to it alot the last couple days, theres so much going on, so many little riffs and fills and solos. and bonzo is a f'ing monster. great groupie lyrics too. the fun of coming, the pain in leaving, great double meaning there haha

just a minute! just a minute!

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IMHO, nearly every live version of this song is better than the studio version.

I do like the live versions better, especially from 1977. Not all that crazy about the 1975 versions. Didn't like Jimmy's tone although that much and Robert was having severe vocal problems on that tour. Not quite as much at Earls Courts as in the U.S.

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Great song. Love the lyrics!

I always cite "Sick Again" as an example of Robert Plant's talent as a lyricist whenever people start knocking Plant's lyrics as "Tolkien/Hippy-dippy inspired nonsense" or whatever the shit :lol: "Sick Again" is a snarky little song, witty and clever from a lyrical standpoint. I have to wonder if he was writing about anybody specifically. Let's take a look:

From the window of your rented limousine, I saw your pretty blue eyes

One day soon you're gonna reach sixteen, Painted lady in the city of lies.

Oh, do you know my name? Do I look the same

You know I'm the one you want. I must be the one you need, yeah

Clutching pages from your teenage dream In the lobby of the Hotel Paradise

Through the circus of the L.A. queens. How fast your learn the downhill side

Oh, do you know my name? Do I look the same

You know I'm the one you want. I must be the one you need,.

Lips like cherries and the brow of a queen, Come on, flash it in my eyes

Said you dug me since you were thirteen,Then you giggle as you heave and sigh.

Oh, do you know my name? Do I look the same

You know I'm the one you want. I must be the one you need.

Hours, hours, and the moments in between, Oh, baby, I couldn't count the times

the fun of comin', oh the pain in leavin', Baby, dry those silver eyes

Oh, do you know my name? Do I look the same

You know I'm the one you want. I must be the one you need

The "dry those silver eyes" line is the clincher for me. Sardonic as hell...:lol:

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