A plea to Zeppelin fans
 

Feels strange to be asking this, but right at the same time, I hope it's not inappropriate to post this.

I found out yesterday that a guy I used to hang out with nearly 20 years ago died four months ago. We lost touch many years ago as our circle of friends split and we all went our separate ways, but it came as a shock all the same. He would have been no more than 38 years old.

He was a huge, and I mean HUGE fan of Led Zeppelin, and he was an excellent drummer.

I know there are a number of Pixies who are Zeppelin fans, and I wondered if you would please indulge me, and play a song for my deceased friend today, or when you read this? Doesn't feel like much more I can do but I think he'd think this was cool.

For M... we usually met up as a crowd but there was one particular time I'll always remember, when we ended up sitting alone on the floor in the back yard of the pub for hours, drinking beer and putting the world to rights. I'll never forget that my friend, you were there for me when nobody else was.

Sorry about your friend. I am sure Aqua will indulge you in a strip to Kashmir to cheer you up!

Sorry about the loss of your friend, FWM. Our thoughts are with you.

Listening to "Friends" right now off of Led Zeppelin III.

As an aside--The guys from Led Zep originiated a few miles from where I sit right now.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Bright light, almost blindin'
Black night still there shinin'
I can't stop, keep on climbin'
looking for what I knew

Had a friend, she once told me
You got love, you ain't lonely
Now she's gone and left me only
lookin' for what I knew

Ah-ahh, ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh, ah-ahh

Mmm, I'm tellin' you now
the greatest thing you ever can do, now
is trade a smile with someone who's blue, now
It's very easy, just-a

Met a man on the roadside cryin'
Without a friend, there's no denyin'
you're incomplete, there'll be no findin'
lookin' for what you knew

So anytime somebody needs ya
don't let them down, although it grieves ya
Someday you'll need someone like they do
lookin' for what you knew

Ah-ahh, ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh, ah-ahh

Mmm, mm, I'm tellin' you, now
the greatest thing you ever can do, now
is trade a smile with someone who's blue, now
It's very easy, just-a, oh, yeah
Ah, nah, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, yeah

I'm tellin' you, now
the greatest thing youever can do, now
is tradeasmile with someone who's blue, now
It's very easy, i-it's very easy
It's very easy, it's easy, easy, yeah, yeah"

((((FWM))))

One (or more) Zeppelin songs cued up to play. Very sorry to hear about your friend. :console:


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"That's the way"

I don't know how I'm gonna tell you, I can't play with you no 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 in 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?

And 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?

That's the way... That's the way it oughtta be
Oh don't you know now, Mama said.. that's the way it's gonna stay, yeah.

peace to all who knew him.


In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is take my body home
Well, well, well, so I can die easy
Well, well, well, so I can die easy

Jesus got to make up - Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dying bed

Meet me, Jesus, meet me
Meet me in the middle of the air
If my wings should fail me, Lord
Please meet me with another pair
Well, well, well, so I can die easy
Well, well, well, so I can die easy

Jesus, gonna make up - Jesus gonna make up
Jesus gonna make up my dying bed

Oh, Saint Peter, at the gates of heaven
Won't you let me in?
I never did no harm
I never did no wrong

Oh, Gabriel, let me blow your horn
Let me blow your horn
Oh, I never did, did no harm
Did no harm

I've only been the young once
I never thought I'd do anybody no wrong
No, not once

Oh, I did somebody some good
Somebody some good, yes
Oh, did somebody some good
I must have did somebody some good
Oh, I believe I did

I see the smiling faces
I know there must be lipstick traces

And I see them in the streets
And I see them in the fields
And I hear them under my feet
And I know it's got to be real
Oh, Lord, deliver me
All the wrong I've done
Oh, you can deliver me, Lord
I only wanted to have some fun

Oh, hear the angels marching, hear them marching --

Oh, my Jesus, oh my Jesus --
It's got to be, it's got to be my Jesus
It's got to be, it's got to be my Jesus
Oh, gonna take me home

Come on, come on - I can hear the angels singing
Oh, here they come, here they come, here they come
I'll touch Jesus, I'll touch Jesus, I'll touch Jesus --
Oh, I see him
Come on, take, take, take --
Oh, don't you make it my dying, dying, dying

I find stairway to heaven appropriate. Good friends are sometimes hard to fine, but they're harder to lose. It's not much, but my condolences for you loss.

Spookily, I've had "Mothership" on in the car all day. Consider it a requiem for your friend.

(((FWM)))

DM

THANK YOU - Led Zeppelin

If the sun refused to shine,
I would still be loving you
When mountains crumble to the sea,
there would still be you & me

Kind woman I give you my all
kind woman nothing more
Little drops of rain whisper of the pain
tears of loves lost in the days gone by
My love is strong With you there is no wrong
Together we shall go until we die my my my

An Inspiration's what you are to me
Inspiration look and see


And so today my world it smiles
Your hand in mine we walk the miles
But thanks to you it will be done
for you to me are the only one

Happiness, no more be sad
Happiness, I'm glad

If the sun refused to shine,
I would still be loving you
When mountains crumble to the sea,
there would still be you & me

Crankin one up for you, friend. Hope it helps.

PS I think this is a fantastic way to honor your friend.

This has always been one of my favorites by Robert and the boys.

The Battle of Evermore ~ Led Zeppelin

Queen of Light took her bow, And then she turned to go,
The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom, And walked the night alone.

Oh, dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light.
The dark Lord rides in force tonight, And time will tell us all.

Oh, throw down your plow and hoe, Rest not to lock your homes.

Side by side we wait the might of the darkest of them all.

I hear the horses' thunder down in the valley below,
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon, waiting for the eastern glow.

The apples of the valley hold, The seeds of happiness,
The ground is rich from tender care, Repay, do not forget, no, no.
Dance in the dark of night, sing to the morning light.

The apples turn to brown and black, The tyrant's face is red.

Oh war is the common cry, Pick up your swords and fly.
The sky is filled with good and bad that mortals never know.

Oh, well, the night is long, the beads of time pass slow,
Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow.

The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath,
The drums will shake the castle wall, the ringwraiths ride in black, Ride on.

Sing as you raise your bow, shoot straighter than before.
No comfort has the fire at night that lights the face so cold.

Oh dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light.
The magic runes are writ in gold to bring the balance back. Bring it back.

At last the sun is shining, The clouds of blue roll by,
With flames from the dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds his eyes.

Ooh, Bring it back, Bring it back...

Thank you so much, all of you. It really means a lot to me that you've replied :)

xx

FWM,
I'm sorry to hear about your friend, and even though you lost touch, it still has to hurt.

I think this was quite the original and appropriate way to say good bye. I'm sure he's smiling as he thinks of you.

While not a huge zepplin fan, I found some and also played in his honor yesterday.

Jon Bonham drummed using 4 drumsticks when they recorded this tune called "Four Sticks."
I'll play it in remembrance of your friend past.