Johnny Retro
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The begining lick is creepy, but fuckin awesome
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Dude i know..that was their first real jam song i feel like. I love how they incorperate so many meledys in one song.The how many more times performance is epic. I love zeppelin. I have the double disc dvd of live performances. That one is definitely one of my favs. "The Boogy Choo" lol
Dude i know..that was their first real jam song i feel like. I love how they incorperate so many meledys in one song.
yeah ive got those dvds too you ever seen, It Might Get Loud, or The Song Remains the Same? a must watch for zep fans
doesnt any of you guys now know what no quater is about??? i suppose they were on some good shit in those days, it prob has no meaningfav zep songs = black dog, since i been, and youve got to luv john bonhams drumming in moby dick
oh i have a question i luv the song no quater but me and my muso mates have no idea what the songs about, the winds of thor, blowing cold, and no quater.
i understand no quater is a military term as if to punish or leave no one alive but appart from that im lost.
any ideas what their singing about?
thanks for trying but im specifically trying to workout where they were going after that, ??????I don't know for sure but I think the term "no quarter" is a war time law meaning there will be POW's and everyone will be killed. So basically no quarter means taking no prisoners kill all opposing soldiers.
I am not 100% on this so don't jump on me if someone knows it is wrong. It is just something I heard.
I can confirm that the title "No Quarter" was indeed taken from the military phrase meaning "no mercy". As far as I am aware, that's pretty much the whole story. The song is just a very vague tale of some traveling fighters. Many people believe that it is about an incident from mid-evil times, because of the footage shown when they play the song in their movie "The Song Remains the Same". When Zeppelin played live, they never did any song the same way, always changing things up. They played "No Quarter" before they recorded and released it, and it was originally a very upbeat song. They noticed how cool it was when they played it really slow with very heavy keyboards, and it evolved into the song we all know and love. The song was then released and instantly became a "late in the show" staple of Zeppelin concerts. That's all I know about that song and I can't guarantee or prove any of it, but I hope it clears up something.-Pthanks for trying but im specifically trying to workout where they were going after that, ??????
all the other songs i get, and are classics a combination of blues and jazz made heavy by j page's awesome riffery drumming gone crazy by john bonham's pysicodelic drumming and massive gong, and the voice of rob plant that took the blues of people years before them and turned it into the R.O.C.K of countless ages........
im startin to think the song is about sex, but im not sure
someone must know what drugs they were on when they wrote no quater, is it politcal?? does it carry a statement of the time???? i must know the answer?????
or did they just pull the words out of a hat, i dont think so????someone enlighten me pls...
it does help somewhat, my theory is their poms, so naturally all their songs are about wars and castles and mythology etc.. in no quarter, right at the end robert plant is singing" ou yeh ou yeh, give it to me , give it to me???, i wonder if it has a second meaning other than the war no mercy thing, like taking no prisoners on tour, as they travelled must have been a good trip for them, back then????I can confirm that the title "No Quarter" was indeed taken from the military phrase meaning "no mercy". As far as I am aware, that's pretty much the whole story. The song is just a very vague tale of some traveling fighters. Many people believe that it is about an incident from mid-evil times, because of the footage shown when they play the song in their movie "The Song Remains the Same". When Zeppelin played live, they never did any song the same way, always changing things up. They played "No Quarter" before they recorded and released it, and it was originally a very upbeat song. They noticed how cool it was when they played it really slow with very heavy keyboards, and it evolved into the song we all know and love. The song was then released and instantly became a "late in the show" staple of Zeppelin concerts. That's all I know about that song and I can't guarantee or prove any of it, but I hope it clears up something.-P