Led Zeppelin "Dazed and Confused" (live)

Jimmy Page, hard rock's greatest guitarist

Who cares about a bunch of potheaded hair-farmers tripping on acid, singing the UK version of American blues like they had the roots or the knowledge of jazz to get away with it? They were once the greatest band in the world, conquering the world like the British Empire once did. This was hegemony on a level not seen before, mediated by music industry tycoons and business types. The furious four make it to Royal Albert Hall at the end of the Sixties to show what guitar and man can get away with with a great back beat. And this is nowhere near the best version of the song. That's the amazing thing.

LYRICS: "Dazed and Confused"

I've been dazed an' confused for so long it's not true

I wanted a woman, never bargained for you

Now lots of people talkin', pretty few of them a-know

Soul of a woman was created below, that's right

You're the one, you're the one

Oh, everybody's been talkin', Lord

I swear they been talkin' trash (trash)

The way that ya push, push, push, push, push, push me, darlin'

I can't take too much of that

So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon woah, darlin', show me the way

I wanna make love to ya, little girl, twenty-five

Twenty-five

Twenty-five

Twenty-five

Ohhhhhhh

Said you hurt an' abuse, tellin' all of your lies

I try to quit you, baby, but ya keep me

Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mesmerized

So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, say what you will

I wanna make love to ya again, darlin', twenty-five

Twenty-five

Twenty-five

Twenty-five

Ahhhh

Ma-ma-ma-ma

Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma

 

Oh, yeah

If you're goin' to San Francisco

Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

If you're goin' to San Francisco

You're gonna meet a lotta gentle people there ohhh

Everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, oh ho

Everywhere

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

Whooooooooooaah, whooooooooooaah

Ahh, ahhh, ahhh

Ahhh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ah ah, ah ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahh

I know

Ahhhhhh

Ah ah, aah, ah, ah, ah, ah

Dun dun dun [repeated call-and-response between Page and Plant]

Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahh, ahhh, ahhh

Ah, ah ah ah ah ahhh ah ah

Push, push, push, push, push, push

Push, push, push, push, ah, ah

Ahh

Ah

Uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh, ahh, ahhh

Oh

Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh

Ah ah ahh, ah ah ahh ahhh

Ahhh, Ahhh, Ahhh, Ahhh

Ah no, push, push

A-suck it, suck it, do me, do me, do me, ohh

Do it

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ahhh

Ah-nah-nah-nahh-nahh-nah-nah-nah-nah-nahhh

Mm-bah-nah, -bah-nah

Mm-bah-nah, -bah-nah

Mm-bah-nahhhh, -ahhhh

Ah, ahhh

Ahhh

Ahhh

Ahhh

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

A-push

I can, I can, I can, I can, I can, I can

Oh everybody's been talkin', Lord

I swear they been talkin' trash

The way that ya push me darlin'

Ya know I couldn't take too much of that

So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, show me the way

I wanna make love to ya little girl twenty-five

A-twenty-five

Twenty-five

Twenty-five

Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ahh

Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

Ma-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my!

Ohhh, suck it

Yeah

Ohh