zeppelincheetah Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 Was it to be used for a future Led Zeppelin release? Quote
lzfan715 Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 It was going to be on the next album that unfortunatly never came out. Quote
Evster2012 Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 (edited) It eventually evolved into Midnight Moonlight on the Firm's first album. Edited May 18, 2008 by Evster2012 Quote
zooma Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 My recollection is this was destined to become a Zeppelin epic along the lines of Kashmir that was never finished but was thought of as special by the band and was going to be completed someday, until Jimmy used it with the Firm. Quote
Evster2012 Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 ^^Yes, that's correct. I saw Jimmy in a tv interview once, playing Swan Song on an acoustic. He then stopped abruptly and said "and then", and went into Kashmir. I believe that the implication was that the embryonic Swan Song was originally intended as an intro to Kashmir, but got dropped only to remain a work in progess on its own. Until of course being dovetailed in as a section of Midnight Moonlight. Quote
ArmsofAtlas Posted May 21, 2008 Posted May 21, 2008 It was going to be on the next album that unfortunatly never came out. Wasn't it recorded for Phys Graf, or at least during the sessions? Quote
Cactus Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 ^^Yes, that's correct. I saw Jimmy in a tv interview once, playing Swan Song on an acoustic. He then stopped abruptly and said "and then", and went into Kashmir. I believe that the implication was that the embryonic Swan Song was originally intended as an intro to Kashmir, but got dropped only to remain a work in progess on its own. Until of course being dovetailed in as a section of Midnight Moonlight. Heavy Metal Arena He actually plays WS/BMS before Kashmir and just as an aside he looks totally wasted. Quote
Evster2012 Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Heavy Metal Arena He actually plays WS/BMS before Kashmir and just as an aside he looks totally wasted. That's it!!! Thank you!!! Pretty shoddy WS, but that is exactly the vid I meant! Quote
Cactus Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 (edited) "There's varying degrees of heavy metal, you see...." drool **Happy 1000th post** Edited May 24, 2008 by Cactus Quote
mos6507 Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 The Swan Song riffs made it into the White Summer/BMS intro for Kashmir on the 1977 tour onward. It made sense to lump the DADGAD stuff into one megasong. Also, Kashmir's big failing as a song was that it really provides no space for Jimmy to solo other than a little trilling on the outro. It really works better with the White Summer intro. Quote
Cactus Posted May 24, 2008 Posted May 24, 2008 The Swan Song riffs made it into the White Summer/BMS intro for Kashmir on the 1977 tour onward. It made sense to lump the DADGAD stuff into one megasong. Also, Kashmir's big failing as a song was that it really provides no space for Jimmy to solo other than a little trilling on the outro. It really works better with the White Summer intro. I was thinking recently how epic a guitar break on Kashmir would have been, if they had done one. He plays some interesting eastern sounding fills at various points live, but the problem with so many recordings is he is drowned out by the keys. I don't know if this is how it sounded in the room at the time, but it doesn't live up to the sound on the record. Oh well - that's life (live) for you. Quote
docron Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Wasn't it recorded for Phys Graf, or at least during the sessions? Yep, was part of the sessions for Physical Graffiti. I've got a couple cuts of this track on a boot - pretty good sh1t, but I can see why they didn't put it on the album. Quote
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