caroselambra~ Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 i absolutely love this song i think it's the most moving, tinged with melancholy, track they ever recorded. the guitar solo somewhere past the middle is pure bliss and the keyboard bit just after is inspired i've listened to it a thousand times and it's still not played out. does anyone have any thoughts on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Like you, it hasn't worn out it's welcome with me either. Along with IMTOD it's probably my favorite song on PG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDog71 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Agreed! It is a fantastic song with wonderful lyrics and great rhythm sections. One of the finest songs they ever did and one of many gems from Physical Graffiti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mernie Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Like you said, the guitar solo is pure bliss. I will play the song over and over just to hear the guitar solo. It's exquisite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie_72 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 One of my absolute faves for sure! I fell in love when I first heard it, seeing a video of them playing it at Knebworth. The music and lyrics are beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 One of my fave songs to hear live. In some of the live versions I've heard Robert's voice comes across so powerfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Led Zeppelin could do bombast and spectacle, but they also could do tender as well, and I think this song is a great example of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Couldn't agree more. One of my favorite Zep songs. The way Jimmy layers the guitar parts is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 It's on the bottom of my favorites list. Don't really care for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preyer Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 it's one of my favourites, too. musically, i think it's brilliant. it's really the reason LZ was what they were, perfectly contained. sure, it's one of many such songs, but also one of the underrated ones. i used to toy around on guitar. once i learned a song, the magic of it faded away. i never got the whole of TYG down, but not once did it disappoint on that level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I love the solo too; it's probably my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninelives Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Like you, it hasn't worn out it's welcome with me either. Along with IMTOD it's probably my favorite song on PG Same here. Without a doubt one of my favorite songs off the album. I love the haunting lyrics and Jimmy's opening guitar is just gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preyer Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 my understanding is JP agonized over this one. not that he didn't do that a lot, but i want to say the arrangement of it was difficult even for him. thankfully he was a perfectionist ~ in lesser hands this could really have been a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUCK'EYE' DOC Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I also LOVE this song! "This song was first intended to be an instrumental number. Jimmy used some 14 guitar tracks to overdub the harmony section. Some suspect that this is the long lost 'Swan Song'. When it was played live in 1977, JPJ used a unique three-necked guitar to help recreate the wall of sound. This instrument was made for JPJ by guitar technician Andy Manson and JPJ used it along with base pedals. It became too much for JPJ to handle live and was discarded." Said Robert: "'Ten Years Gone' was painstakingly pieced together from sections Jimmy had written. After the tremendous concentration on a song like that, we'd play anything to loosen up. Out ot that came 'Trampled Underfoot' and 'Custard Pie'." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal light Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 And now those days live only in memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadScreamingGallery Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I bought PG sometime between the first of the '75 shows I saw and the last '75 shows I saw so when I first listened to the album, I was focused on hearing those songs that I heard Zep play live. The first two sides of PG, I thought, were near perfect. Although I love "Ten Years Gone", when the song started, it didn't really appeal to me - it was only at that part where Robert sings '....I think of you, and how it used to be' followed by Jimmy's powerful and emotional guitar solo that I sat up and took notice. And then that achingly beautiful verse that followed it... I nearly wore out the vinyl playing those three sections of the song over and over again. And now those days live only in memory. For those of us who have them, what wonderful memories they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyzep247 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 It's one of my favorite songs. Truly a masterpiece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustle In My Hedgerow Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 The chordal progressions are amazing in this song.. all the instruments are cascading along the notes at a graceful pace. Definitely one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARTENDER Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 When people ask me what is my favorite LZ song, I often reply "I have no answer for you, because I don't have one... they're all too good". But over the years, I've been through stuff that have left big scars on me; life lessons that are never forgotten, and there's always something that reminds me of all these experiences... and that something.. is Ten Years Gone. I recognize now that... Ten Years Gone... is my favorite Led Zeppelin song... actually my favorite song of all-time. I know it sounds ridiculous, but sometimes I feel Led Zeppelin made that song just for me. Even when I was born a few years after the band split. From "Then, as it was, then again it will be" to "ten years gone, holding on, ten years gone", is my fucking life right there. Whoa... I finally got the led out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 bartender, what an excellent post. i think perhaps that is what music is for at it's most healing. as for the song that chose you, you could have done much worse. to watch page play this song live was one of the highlights of my life. no man can lay down the passion onstage like our boy. the master... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moffo Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 It's awesome... In my top 5!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedZepChick Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Beautiful song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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