The Rain Song ~ Led Zeppelin ~ The Song Remains the Same

Описание: Lyrics:

It is the springtime of my loving
The second season I'm to know
You are the sunlight in my growing
So little warmth I've felt before
Ahh, isn't hard to feel me glowing
I watched the fire that grew so low
Oh ho, oh ho, ahh...oh

It is the summer of my smiles
Flee from me, Keepers of the Gloom
Speak to me only with your eyes, ohh
It is to you I give this tune
It isn't hard to recognize, ohh
These things are clear to all from time to time
Ah, oh

Talk; talk to me, talk to me
Now listen!
I've felt the coldness of my winter; ooh, yeah yeah
I never thought it would ever go
I cursed the gloom that set upon us...
Upon us...
But I know that I love you so
Oh yeah; it feels good, feels good now
But I know that I love you so

These are the seasons of emotion
And like the wind they rise and fall
This is the wonder of devotion
I see the torch we all must hold
And people, this is the mystery of the quotient
Upon us all, ahh, a little rain must fall...
Jus' jus' jus' just a little rain...
Oh, I know


Robert Plant ~ Vocals
Jimmy Page ~ Guitar
John Bonham ~ Drums
John Paul Jones ~ Mellotron

"The Rain Song" is a love ballad of over 8 minutes in length. Guitarist Jimmy Page originally constructed the melody of this song at his home in Plumpton, England. George Harrison of the Beatles was reportedly the inspiration for "The Rain Song" when he made a comment to Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, about the fact that the group never wrote any ballads. In tribute to Harrison, the opening two chords are recognizably borrowed from the first line of his ballad "Something" with the Beatles. Page was able to bring in a completed arrangement of the melody, for which singer Robert Plant composed some lyrics; and these lyrics are considered by Plant himself to be his best overall vocal performance.The song also features a mellotron, played by John Paul Jones, to add to the orchestral effect, while Page plays a Danelectro guitar.

For all live versions of the song, the orchestral string sounds were played by Jones on either the mellotron (1972~1975) or a Yamaha synthesizer (1979~1980), as Led Zeppelin never utilized a string section on stage.
When played live, Page used the 6-string neck of the EDS-1275 for "The Rain Song" in order to have two different tunings on the same guitar. The 12-string neck was tuned to Standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E) for his use on "The Song Remains the Same". The alternate tuning used for "The Rain Song" on the 6-string neck was Asus4 (E-A-D-A-D-E) - a step higher than the album cut, which is the "Open page" alternative guitar tuning (D-G-C-G-C-D). This is quite an uncommon modal tuning and makes for a very rich sounding accompaniment, led by John Paul Jones. The likely reason the alternate tuning was used in live performances is that while it required Plant to sing in a higher key, it necessitated a tuning change of only two strings (the B and G) on the EDS-1275, whereas the song's original key would have required the tuning of five strings. As this same guitar would later be used in the show for "Stairway to Heaven", the six-string neck would then need to be returned to standard tuning—the alternate "Rain Song" tuning allowed this to be achieved with relative ease.

"The Rain Song" was the only song from Houses of the Holy performed on the 1980 European tour. In this incarnation, Page again utilized the double-neck, the only known time he used that guitar solely for the 6-string portion without using the 12-string portion on a preceding song.