#led zeppelin IV

[singemall-stayallnight]

"I put a lot of work into my lyrics. Not all my stuff is meant to be scrutinized, though. Things like “Black Dog” are blatant let’s-do-it-in-the-bath-type things, but they make their point just the same."

—Robert Plant, The Durable Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stone, 13 March 1975

Robert Plant singing "Black Dog" at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1973.

[half-facedfig]

These are some collages I did this week~

[archivist-crow]

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Fifty-three years ago today, on November 8th, 1971, the untitled fourth studio album by Led Zeppelin was released. Commonly referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, original pressings of the album have no text on either the front or back covers and even lacks a catalog number on the spine, a decision that required threats from the band to withhold the masters if Atlantic Records did not comply. In the UK, the album debuted at No. 10 on the charts and took the top spot the following week, charting for a total of 90 weeks. In the US, it was the band’s bestselling record but peaked at No. 2, failing to capture the top spot. With near-unanimous critical acclaim on its release, the album is one of the bestselling albums of all time and is considered by many to be the band’s masterpiece, the greatest heavy rock album ever, and among the greatest albums of all time.

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Led Zeppelin: Final

[drpepper-lovers-blog]

Led Zeppelin album as eye-shadow palette

[n3wy0rkd011]

The story behind Led Zeppelin IV’s stick man is so great. Robert Plant found the colored version in an antique store without context and used it in the album cover.

More than 50 years later, the original black and white photograph was found in a Victorian photo album with the caption “A Wiltshire Thatcher”, which allowed for his identity to be assumed to be Lot Longyear, a widower who lived from 1823-1893

[anyataylordelrey]

dear led zeppelin fans!!

i’m really interested in how you personally interpret the infamous line ~ “to be a rock and not to roll.”

i don’t believe that there’s any right or wrong answer to this, and that’s truly the beauty of the lyricism!!

i’ll reblog and say my own interpretation later on but i’m so curious to hear what other people think <3

[hawks-alphonse]

It's not a painting. It's a picture of a Victorian artisan taken in the English countryside in 1892.

[teaforqne]

I need to know the people's opinion...

[withepollsout-itslessdangerous]

(as for me... HotH for the win 😨 like literally that's my favorite album of basically all time and DANCING DAYS is SO slept on its crazy. My fav song off that album as well lol could you tell)

[juhnkit]

Motivational Music in the Morning ... #LedZeppelin, #RockAndRoll ... from the album #LedZepplinIV [Official 8 Track Collection] (1971)

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[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Almost Famous (2000, Cameron Crowe)

17/12/2024

[donnabisestile]

Spent my days with a woman unkind Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine Made up my mind to make a new start Going to California with an aching in my heart

Someone told me there’s a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair Took my chances on a big jet plane Never let them tell you that they’re all the same

The sea was red and the sky was grey I wonder how tomorrow could ever follow today The mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake As the children of the sun begin to awake

Watch out Seems that the wrath of the Gods got a punch on the nose And it's starting to flow, I think I might be sinking Throw me a line, if I reach it in time I’ll meet you up there where the path runs straight and high

Find a queen without a king They say she plays guitar and cries and sings La la la la Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn Trying to find a woman who’s never, never, never been born Standing on a hill in the mountain of dreams Telling myself it’s not as hard, hard, hard as it seems

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Led Zeppelin: Semi final