Led Zeppelin's Black Dog Analysis

The album The Dark Side of the Moon, by Pink Floyd was an album that pushed the boundaries on multi-tracking and tape looping, as well as mixing in1973. The engineer, Alan Parsons, use many unusual techniques to help create the sound that we know and love. Which landed the album on the charts for 750 weeks. Dark side of the moon was first lead engineering job Alan had with Pink Floyd and only took a year to record.

Pink Floyd is one of the most known Psychedelic Rock bands to ever exist. They were a game changer within the music business and appeared countless times on British’s top 100 list. Most of their music including the album “The Dark Side of the Moon” had important political subject to talk about. They were apart of the British Invasion (although the band itself originated from Cambridge & London, England).

While there are some similarities between Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton and Elvis Presley’s versions of the song Hound Dog, I am of the opinion that there were more differences. The obvious similarities would be the lyrics retained in Elvis’ version of the song, though the interpretation of those lyrics were very different. Perhaps what I feel is colored by growing up in a household where my mother was an Elvis fan who played his version, and my father, who was a coal miner’s son born in the 1920s in the “hills” of Virginia, sang and played a much loved copy he had of Big Mama Thornton’s version. While my father masculinized the song when he sang it, he did so retaining much of the spirit Thornton’s recording had. Early on I was too young to understand any of the risqué meanings behind the lyrics, but I knew it had a deeper meaning than the fun version my mother and her sisters would bounce to while it played.

As the title of the paper suggests, I chose Kendrick Lamar’s song “Blacker the Berry” off the To Pimp A Butterfly album. When selecting a song, I actually took to Twitter to ask my followers what song I should write about. I personally do not listen to Kendrick Lamar so I decided to ask people who enjoy his music to recommend songs that an analysis should be written over. Several people mentioned “Blacker The Berry”. Although I did not hear the many rhymes and metaphors at first, after reading the lyrics along with listening to the song I was quick to realize how creative, witty and almost unintentional the rapping’s of Kendrick Lamar are. Another reason I decided on this song is because he raps about current violence of high profile crimes

From getting their name on a sewing machine AC/DC was a pretty good band. AC/DC wore school uniforms when they performed. When their lead bon scott died everyone thought AC/DC was done but AC/DC pulled threw and kept going. AC/DC had a huge impact on rock’n roll. AC/DC won 14 awards, and was inducted into the grammy hall of fame. This is why they were one of the best bands of the 20th century.

The first thing the group did was to make it cool to be a British

Before Led Zeppelin was founded, each of the members had previous experience playing different styles of music that contributed to the sound of Led Zeppelin. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's main influences were blues player, Willie Dixon and the influences found in the country of Morocco. Both men played in many other bands including Jeff

The inspiration has also touched more than just these three artists to produce and record Jerry Leiber’s Hound Dog. There is no bad or better cover for Hound Dog but, in my opinion I have enjoyed Elvis Presley’s cover of Hound Dog the most because it is uplifting and brings a charming spice into my soul. His cheer and smile as he gave all he had to present Hound Dog to the audience wins my heart. I have a love as well for rhythm and blues. Willie Mae and Jimi Hendrix are talented artists, but do not win my top vote because this song and lyrics are about a spicy woman who is fired up and is throwing out of her life the undesirable things. The man in her life she is fed up with and ready to move on. I feel that Willie Mae Thornton and Jimi Hendrix covers are full of emotions that cause you to feel lament and soul quenching pain. The woman in the story I do not feel is experiencing lost pain or guilt. I love the spice that Elvis Presley throws at

Led Zeppelin was formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page. They were originally called the New

Led Zeppelin were never afraid to try new musical directions, drawing inspiration from such styles as blues, rock, folk, country (and everything in between!) to create a unique sound that almost defies description, probably the most appropriate way to describe their vast repertoire is simply as "Led Zeppelin". During their reign they created one of the most enduring and diverse catalogues in modern music and firmly secured their status as one of the most influential groups ever (probably second only to The Beatles!).

The Beatles were one of the most influential music groups of the rock era. They were able to conquer and influence pop culture with their music. Initially they affected the post-war baby boom generation of Britain and the W.S. during the 1960s, and later the request of the world. Certainly they were the most successful group, with global sales exceeding 1.3 billion albums. During the sixties, The Beatles using revolutionary ideas in their music inspired a generation of young adults across the globe to look at life from their perspective.

The Rolling Stones was a band that was formed in London that stormed across America. Their image was posted as “Bad Boys”, they wrote music that was a faster version of Chicago blues. This took a shift later which they wrote about other social problems in their music. They were a popular band and recorded over three hundred plus songs to this date. most of their songs resonated with the general population and how they felt at the time.

Judas Priest was influenced by Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. Both Black Sabbath and Judas Priest came from Birmingham, and were heavily influenced by the factories and bleak surroundings of the area (Bowe 26). Early in their career, Black Sabbath had let Judas Priest borrow their rehearsal space. One of the first members of Judas Priest had briefly been involved with Earth, which was the band that became Black Sabbath

In 1980, Led Zeppelin could have had the biggest tour in the history of rock and roll, although this never happened because one of the members, Rob Plant, refused to be a part of it. He rejected to reunite with the rest of the group because he believed that “no amount of money is worth having to sing Stairway to Heaven.” To begin with, when asked about Rob Plants interpretation of the song, he responded with-“I still interpret the song a different way and I wrote the lyrics. “In addition, he believed that the lyrics took some rough shots, but in the beginning of the song it’s meant towards a woman who strives for money, only to find out the rough way that is was going to be keeping her from reaching her stairway to heaven. Rob Plant had no other reason for stating what his meanings words towards writing the song, but he did note that he saw it as “a woman getting everything she wanted without giving anything back.” According to an article by

In 1971, Led Zeppelin released a chart topping, revolutionary song that is currently still played by many people across the globe. The song “Stairway to Heaven” off of their fourth album( Led Zeppelin IV) was almost an instant hit amongst all people of the United States, and various other countries. The song was composed by band members Jimmy Page (guitarist) and Robert Plant ( vocalist). The song is lengthy one, with a duration of roughly eight minutes and withholds many complex segments. Stairway to heaven begins as somewhat of an older folk type melody, then delves into a deeper, more abrupt, electric type of composition whilst the whole time altering tempo. It was and still