Robert Plant confesses his song “horrible”

Robert Plantthe frontman of Led Zeppelinrevealed what in his opinion is the band’s only “horrible” song and because he thinks he has ruined it. The legendary artist was the singer and lyricist of the rock band from his foundation in 1968 until their dissolution in 1980, before embarking on a successful solo career.

Despite all the successes of the Led Zeppelin, Plant thinks that there is one that stands out as particularly poor and the reason is to be found in its interpretation. The musician revealed that the 1969 version of the Hit Folk band “Babe i’m Gonna Leave You“It’s not one of his favorites.

He told the Guardian: “I realized that the hard and virile approach to the song I had started with” You Better Run “(in 1966 cover of the Young Rascals) was not at all the necessary for the song. On” Babe i’m Gonna to Leave you “I find that my voice is horrible. I should have closed that fucking mouth!”.

Previously played by the folk singer Joan Baezthe Led Zeppelin recorded their version after the guitarist Jimmy Page He had listened to his interpretation.

Page played the song for Plant during their first meeting in his home in 1968. The band’s tour manager, Richard Cole, claims that their version was born when Plant played the guitar part that was cut in Page, even if Page denies this statement. The Zeppelin LEDs took the version of Baez and added hard rock elements with an electric guitar and doubled the length of the original.

In the past, the singer of Led Zeppelin also confessed what the album that most likes of the band was. It is “Tail“The latest production of the English training published in 1982 after the death of the drummer John Bonham. The disc was the reworking of old studio material, unpublished recordings with the presence of the deceased drummer (Read here)

After the dissolution of the group in 1980, following the death of the drummer John Bonham, Plant continued to have a successful solo career. Although he thought of abandoning music to devote himself to the teacher’s career, the singer has continued to release singles and albums to date. His latest album, “Raise The Roof (Deluxe Edition)”, It was published in 2021 and is a joint project with the American singer Country and Bluegrass Alison Krauss.