Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
"The Rain Song"
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"The Rain Song"
by Led Zeppelin
From the album Houses Of The Holy (1973)
Written by milindaledzep (2)
Plucked mandolin style guitar starts off this gentle tune bringing to mind late summer/autumn. This vision of instrumental keyboards and guitar just coasts along, taking you to a land of romantic utopia.
Robert Plant is perhaps in love as he gently rocks the listener's ear by saying "Speak to me only with your eyes". The piece then bursts into fireworks of melody, vocals, keyboards and dreamy guitar lines to enhance the senses when Robert says "just a little rain must fall".
Take a positive tune on top of a realistic vocal and we reach the last few acoustic bars to close the piece. A real knights of the round table track, chivalry in motion; Robert is indeed Merlin's cousin here and king Arthur's friend — hail a great track!
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