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Old 01-06-2023, 09:41 AM   #18337 (permalink)
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Also The Rain Song is my favorite Zeppelin song, I like a little schmaltz mixed in with my hard rock I guess.
Did ya know that George Harrison 'inspired' that song? At a party he complained to Page that Zeppelin didn't do enough ballads.

Page took the challenge and wrote The Rain Song, and in a wink to Harrison, used the same opening chords as George's Beatles song Something.





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