Was that about New Orleans?

9/2/2005 10:15:51 PM

That's not a song.

9/2/2005 10:17:06 PM

No shit, but it's part of the lyrics to one of there songs.

9/2/2005 10:19:55 PM

Ahem.

I hate to pull a Baba O'Riley, but the song is called "When the Levee Breaks." It's about the levee that was dry in "American Pie" by Don McLean.

9/2/2005 10:32:35 PM

No shit I didn't get the title exactly right--don't be a cunt. I was asking for information.

Quote :

"If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break, If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break, When the levee breaks I’ll have no place to stay. Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, "

[Edited on September 2, 2005 at 10:41 PM. Reason : a]

9/2/2005 10:39:05 PM

It's stolen from an old blues song (as is 75% of the LZ catalog), so I wouldn't be surprised if it was a levee somewhere on the Mississippi.

9/2/2005 10:42:30 PM

led zeppelin is gay

9/2/2005 10:52:03 PM

BLASPHEMY!

you are gay nothing22

9/2/2005 11:32:01 PM

omg never call led zeppelin gay...

9/2/2005 11:57:44 PM

Because if there's one thing that isn't gay, it's tight jeans and black magic.

9/3/2005 12:05:09 AM

If you want a strangely appropriate song, check out The Tragically Hip: New Orleans is Sinking

Quote :

"Bourbon blues on the street, loose and complete Under skies all smoky blue green I can't forsake a dixie dead shake So we danced the sidewalk clean My memory is muddy What's this river that I'm in? New Orleans is sinking man And I don't wanna swim Colonel Tom, what's wrong? what's going on? You can't tie yourself up for a deal He said, Hey north you're south shut your big mouth, You gotta do what you feel is real Ain't got no picture postcards, ain't got no souvenirs My baby, she don't know me when I'm thinking bout those years Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire Sucking up to someone just to stoke the fire Picking out the highlights of the scenery Saw a little cloud that looked a little like me I had my hands in the river My feet back up on the banks Looked up to the lord above And said, hey man thanks Sometimes I fell so good, I gotta scream She said Gordie baby I know exactly what you mean She said, she said, I swear to god she said My memory is muddy What's this river that I'm in? New Orleans is sinking man and I don't wanna swim Swim! "

9/3/2005 12:13:09 AM

9/3/2005 2:21:46 AM

Most illingest b-boy I got that feeling
Cause I am most ill and I'm rhymin' and stealin'

9/3/2005 2:39:35 AM

Quote :

"I hate to pull a Baba O'Riley"

aha

9/3/2005 1:12:29 PM

i love that song teenage wasteland

9/3/2005 1:23:28 PM

Quote :

"Likewise, the Great Mississippi flood of 1927 -- which inspired Memphis Minnie to write one of Led Zeppelin's best songs -- broke levees from St. Louis to New Orleans and turned most of the Delta country of western Mississippi (the state, not the river) into an inland sea. Thousands died, many of them African-American sharecroppers rounded up at gunpoint and set to work shoring up the levees. When the rainsoaked barriers finally gave way, hundreds of them, many chainganged together like convicts, were swept to their deaths."

http://billmon.org/archives/002120.html

9/4/2005 12:50:04 AM

[Edited on September 4, 2005 at 12:13 PM. Reason : 1st track]

9/4/2005 12:13:32 PM