Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page (guitar), Robert Plant (vocals), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards) and John Bonham (drums). With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal bands. However, the band’s individualistic style draws from many sources and transcends any one genre. Their rock-infused interpretation of the blues and folk genres also incorporated rockabilly, reggae, soul, funk, classical, Celtic, Indian, Arabic, pop, Latin and country. The band did not release the popular songs from their albums as singles in the UK, as they preferred to develop the concept of album-oriented rock.
Close to 30 years after disbanding following Bonham’s death in 1980, the band continue to be held in high regard for their artistic achievements, commercial success and broad influence. The band have sold more than 300 million albums worldwide, including 111.5 million sales in the United States and they have had all of their original studio albums reach the U.S. Billboard Top 10, with six reaching the number one spot. Led Zeppelin are ranked No. 1 on VH1′s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. Rolling Stone magazine has described Led Zeppelin as “the heaviest band of all time” and “the biggest band of the 70s”.
In My Time Of Dying
While Led Zeppelin made this song famous in the 1970s, it is a much older song than that. It was originally recorded in the 1930s by Josh White, and again on Bob Dylan’s first album in 1962.
http://djallyn.org/media/Led_Zeppelin-In_My_Time_Of_Dying.flvIn my time of dying, want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is take my body homeWell, well, well, so I can die easy
Well, well, well, so I can die easyJesus, gonna make up my dyin’ 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 pairWell, well, well, so I can die easy
Well, well, well, so I can die easyJesus, gonna make up.. somebody, somebody…
Jesus gonna make up… Jesus gonna make you my dyin’ bedOh, Saint Peter, at the gates of heaven… Won’t you let me in
I never did no harm. I never did no wrongOh, Gabriel, let me blow your horn. Let me blow your horn
Oh, I never did, did no harm.I’ve only been this young once. I never thought I’d do anybody no wrong
No, not once.Oh, I did somebody some good. Somebody some good…
Oh, did somebody some good. I must have did somebody some good…
Oh, I believe I didI see the smiling faces
I know I must have left some tracesAnd I see them in the streets
And I see them in the field
And I hear them shouting under my feet
And I know it’s got to be real
Oh, Lord, deliver me
All the wrong I’ve done
You can deliver me, Lord
I only wanted to have some fun.Hear the angels marchin’, hear the’ marchin’, hear them marchin’,
hear them marchin’, the’ marchin’Oh my Jesus… (repeat)
Oh, don’t you make it my dyin’, dyin’, dyin’…cough
Break