239/365 - that's the way it ought to be...

365 - The 2010 Edition * August 27, 2010

 

I guess it must be time to "get the Led out".. Cat linked to one of her "most favorite songs" which turned out to be "ramble on" - from one of Led Zeppelin's first albums.. That's interesting, given the fact that the song is older than she is - she wasn't old enough to have heard the song when it was on the radio.. At least, I don't think she could have been.. So what is it that draws her to a song like that, with all of the music of the last 40 years to choose from?

 

I think we like what we like - and if music is done well, it's almost timeless.. But usually, there is a connection between a song, and an event in our lives - whether it's a party - a person - a time in our lives.. Sometimes it's a break-up - sometimes it's meeting someone special.. There are so many ways music touches our lives, and there's nothing like a piece of music to take us back...

 

By the time Led Zeppelin III came out, I had an 8-track tape player - sort of.. The VW van I was driving at the time had a 6-volt electrical system (crazy-ass Germans...) - so I had to carry a 12-volt battery in the back of the van to run the 8-track, which was a royal pain.. But it was worth it to be able to listen to this album continuously as we cruised around with all of our friends.. This song especially reminds that the van didn't have air conditioning.. It had sliding windows in the front, and pop-out windows that barely opened in the back - so it was always hot. We were used to it though, and riding through the night - or sitting in someone's driveway listening to Led Zeppelin was cool stuff...

 

This is one of my own "most favorites" - it's mesmerizing and peaceful, and hopeful...

 

"That's the Way" - by Led Zeppelin

 

I don't know how I'm gonna tell you

I can't play with you know more,

I don't know how I'm gonna do what mama told me,

My friend, the boy next door.

 

I can't believe what people saying

You're gonna let your hair hang down,

I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long,

You're on the darker side of town.

 

And when I'm out I see you walking,

Why don't your eyes see me,

Could it be you've found another game to play,

What did mama say to me.

 

*That's The Way,

Oh, That's The Way it ought to be,

Yeah, yeah, mama say

That's The Way it ought to stay.

 

And yesterday I saw you standing by the river,

And weren't those tears that filled your eyes,

And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying,

Had they got you hypnotized?

 

Yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers,

But all that lives is born to die,

And so I say to you that nothing really matters,

And all you do is stand and cry.

 

I don't know what to say about it,

When all you ears have turned away,

But now's the time to look and look again at what you see,

Is that the way it ought to stay?

Done