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Over The Hills And Far Away by Led Zeppelin

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Led Zeppelin Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1968. The Group Comprised Vocalist Robert Plant Guitarist Jimmy Page Bassist And Keyboardist John Paul Jones And Drummer John Bonham. With A Heavy Guitar-Driven Sound They Are Cited As One Of The Progenitors Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Although Their Style Drew From A Variety Of Influences Including Blues And Folk Music. Led Zeppelin Have Been Credited As Significantly Impacting The Nature Of The Music Industry Read More On Last.Fm

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Over the Hills and Far Away

"Over The Hills And Far Away" Is The Third Track From Led Zeppelin's 1973 Album Houses Of The Holy. Jimmy Page And Robert Plant Originally Constructed The Song In 1970 At Bron-Yr-Aur A Small Cottage In Wales Where They Stayed After Completing A Gruelling North American Concert Tour. Page Plays A Six-String Acoustic Guitar Introduction With A Melody Reminiscent Of "White Summer". Page Repeats The Theme With 12-String Acoustic Guitar In Unison. Plant's Vocals Enter On The Next Repetition. He Tenderly Offers Himself To The "lady" Who's "got The Love He Need S ." The Acoustic Guitars Build In A Crescendo Toward The Abrupt Infusion Of Page's Electric Guitars Along With Drummer John Bonham's And Bass Guitarist John Paul Jones' Rhythm Accompaniment. Through The Pre-Verse Interludes And Instrumental Bridge "Over The Hills And Far Away" Stands Out As An Example Of Jones And Bonham's Tight Interplay. Following The Final Verse The Rhythm Section Fades Out Gradually Replaced By The Echo Returns From Page's Electric Guitar And A Few Chords Played By Jones On Harpsichord. In The Final 8 Bars Page Executes A Linearly Descending/ascending Sequence And Then Concludes With The Idiomatic V-I Tag On Pedal Steel Guitar. The Song Was Released As Houses Of The Holy's First US Single Reaching #51 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart Later Becoming A Staple Of The Classic Rock Radio Format. Set Lists From Led Zeppelin Concerts Frequently Contained "Over The Hills And Far Away" The Song Being One That The Band Introduced On Stage Well Ahead Of Its Studio Release. The Group First Played It During Their 1972 Concert Tour Of The United States And Retained It Consistently Through 1979 Before Omitting It From Their Final Tour Of Europe In 1980. In Singing The Song Live Plant Commonly Followed The Words "pocket-Full Of Gold" With "Acapulco Gold" A Type Of Marijuana As Can Be Heard On The Live Album How The West Was Won. Also At Concerts Guitarist Jimmy Page Performed An Extended Guitar Solo Which Essentially Consisted Of The Rhythm And Lead Guitar Parts Of The Album Version Split Into Two Separate Pieces. This Extended Solo Made The Live Renditions Last Almost Or More Than Seven Minutes. Plant Had Problems With Singing The Song Live - He Struggled To Sing It At The Oxford Show At The UK 1972/1973 Tour And Changed To Melody Of The Song To A Lower Register On All The Future Tours. Archive Footage Of This Track Being Performed Live At Seattle In 1977 And At Knebworth In 1979 Was Used For An Officially Distributed Video Of The Song Used To Promote The 1990 Led Zeppelin Remasters Release. The Video Accompanied A CD Single Which Was Released Following The Successful "Travelling Riverside Blues" Release. The Song Was First Called "Many Many Times" As Shown On A Picture Of The Original Master On The Led Zeppelin Website. Among Blogging And Forum-Attending Led Zeppelin Fans The Song Has Gained The Abbreviation OTHAFA.

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