"When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zep

[kwassa]

an appropriate song from a very old album. I've heard it for years on the radio and never knew what it was about!

some lyrics
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/led-zeppelin/82208.html

If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break,
If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break,
When the levee breaks I’ll have no place to stay.
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Lord, mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,

Cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good,
Now, cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
Thinkin’ ’bout me baby and my happy home.

[mitchum]

1. Fantastic sounding song...

I've always said that If I had to go to war, THAT is what I would use for my martial music. Forbidding, ominous, powerful.
I have always thought that LZ was pretty rotten when they tried to mimmic trad blues and R&B, but when they hit upon the idea of over the top, widescreen production and approach, they came up a winner with "When The Levee Breaks"

It's actually based on an old Memphis Minnie song. She was pretty damn fantastic in her own right.