Led Zeppelin - The Ocean

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Led Zeppelin - The Ocean
Copyright - 1973 Atlantic Records
The Ocean is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1973 album Houses of the Holy. "The Ocean" refers to the sea of fans seen from the stage at Led Zeppelin concerts, to whom this song was dedicated. It is one of the few Led Zeppelin songs where all four members shared the writing credit.
The intro and chorus (the main riff) of this song are done in an alternating 4/4 and 7/8 beat, and the song is in a 4/4 beat in the verses and the latter part of the song. The voice on the intro is drummer John Bonham. When he says, "We've done four already but now we're steady, and then they went 1, 2, 3, 4!" he is referring to the takes. They had tried to record it four times prior but couldn't get it right, so as a pep talk he said this famous line.
At approximately 1:37-1:38 into the song and again at around 1:41, a telephone can be faintly heard ringing in the background. Some speculate that this was intentional - the sheet music (printed after the fact) that accompanies the CD box set has the word "ring" printed twice above the percussion tab of this song. Others are of the opinion that while Led Zeppelin recorded the song a ringing phone was accidentally captured in the mix. There is also a noise heard about 1:59 which sounds like someone pronouncing "c" as in "cat". This occurs again at about 2:12.
In the last line, the "Girl who won my heart" is a reference to Robert Plant's daughter Carmen, (born November 21, 1968), who was three years old at the time of recording. In concert, Plant always updated the lyric to reflect her current age, as captured on the Led Zeppelin DVD which features the band's performance of the song at Madison Square Garden in 1973. The band first played this song live on their 1972 U.S. concert tour and it remained as part of their live performances until their 1973 U.S. tour. It was deleted from their set list thereafter.
This is one of the few Led Zeppelin songs in which it is possible to hear the squeak of John Bonham's bass drum pedal in the studio.
Lyrics:
(Count-In: John Bonham - "We've done four already but now we're steady
and then they went: One, two, three, four")
(PUT THE VOLUME UP TO HEAR THIS)
Singing in the sunshine, laughing in the rain
Hitting on the moonshine, rocking in the grain
Ain't no time to pack my bag, my foots outside the door
Got a date, I can't be late, for the high hopes hailla ball.
Singing to an ocean, I can hear the ocean's roar
Play for free, play for me and play a whole lot more, more!
Singing about good things and the sun that lights the day
I used to sing on the mountains, has the ocean lost it's way.
Sitting round singing songs 'til the night turns into day
Used to sing on the mountains but the mountains washed away
Now I'm singing all my songs to the girl who won my heart
She is only three years old and it's a real fine way to start.

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