John Paul Jones - Playing for Change - When the Levee Breaks

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I just stumbled across this by chance in my RSS feed last night. It's one of the best things I've seen and heard in a long time. JPJ was always Zeppelin's not so secret weapon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH0-WXUFY2k

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 14:36 (two years ago) link

this song is good enough to transcend the cringe factor of this cover project

akm, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link

Not bad. I think I'd like it better if it were less rooted in the Led Zep IV rock arrangement and gave more space to the international folk musicians.

And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 16:29 (two years ago) link

Yeah it's not bad tbh, it's just kind of a pointlessly bloated production that doesn't really achieve much other than "solid cover of Led Zep song"

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link

"Pointlessly bloated"? This is a Led Zeppelin song we are talking about, after all.

I don't know, it just grabbed me. I especially appreciate the female voices. Susan Tedeschi is always solid, and Mihirangi blew me away.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 17:47 (two years ago) link


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