Originally named the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that gave them considerable artistic freedom. Initially unpopular with critics, they achieved significant commercial success with eight studio albums over ten years. Their 1969 debut, Led Zeppelin, was a top-ten album in several countries and featured such tracks as "Good Times Bad Times", "Dazed and Confused" and "Communication Breakdown". Led Zeppelin II (1969) was their first number-one album, and yielded "Ramble On" and "Whole Lotta Love". In 1970, they released Led Zeppelin III which featured "Immigrant Song". Their untitled fourth album, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV (1971), is one of the best-selling albums in history with 37 million copies sold. The album includes "Black Dog", "Rock and Roll" and "Stairway to Heaven", with the latter being among the most popular and influential works in rock history. Houses of the Holy (1973) yielded "The Ocean", "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "The Rain Song". Physical Graffiti (1975), a double album, featured "Trampled Under Foot" and "Kashmir".
Page wrote most of Led Zeppelin's music, particularly early in their career, while Plant wrote most of the lyrics. Jones's keyboard-based compositions later became central to their music, which featured increasing experimentation. The latter half of their career saw a series of record-breaking tours that earned the group a reputation for excess and debauchery. Although they remained commercially and critically successful, their touring and output, which included Presence (1976) and In Through the Out Door (1979), grew limited, and the group disbanded following Bonham's death in 1980. Since then, the surviving former members have sporadically collaborated and participated in one-off reunions. The most successful of these was the 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert in London, with Bonham's son Jason Bonham on drums.
Led Zeppelin are one of the best-selling music artists of all time; their total record sales are estimated to be between 200 and 300 million units worldwide. They achieved eight consecutive UK number-one albums and six number-one albums on the US Billboard 200, with five of their albums certified Diamond in the US. Rolling Stone magazine described them as "the heaviest band of all time", "the biggest band of the Seventies", and "unquestionably one of the most enduring bands in rock history". They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995; the museum's biography of the band states that they were "as influential" during the 1970s as the Beatles were during the 1960s.
Albums
Led Zeppelin (1969)
Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Led Zeppelin III (1970)
Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Houses of the Holy (1973)
Physical Graffiti (1975)
Presence (1976)
In Through the Out Door (1979)
Coda (1982)
Since I
Led Zeppelin Lyrics
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It really makes life a drag
I don't think that's right
I've really been the best of fools
I did what I could, yeah
'Cause I love you, baby
How I love you, darling
How I love you, baby
But baby, since I've been loving you, yeah
I'm about to lose my worried mind, oh yeah
Everybody trying to tell me
That you didn't mean me no good
I've been trying, Lord, let me tell you
Let me tell you I really did the best I could
I've been working from seven to eleven every night
I said it kinda makes my life a drag
Lord, that ain't right, no no
Since I've been loving you
I'm about to lose my worried mind
Watch out
Said I've been crying, yeah
Oh, my tears they fell like rain
Don't you hear, don't you hear them falling
Don't you hear, don't you hear them falling
Do you remember, mama, when I knocked upon your door?
I said you had the nerve to tell me
You didn't want me no more, yeah
I open my front door, hear my back door slam
You know, you must have one of them new fangled
New fangled back door man
I've been working from seven, seven, seven to eleven every night
It kinda makes my life a drag, a drag, drag
Ah, yeah, it makes a drag
Baby, since I've been loving you
I'm about to lose
I'm about to lose, lose my worried mind
Just one more, just one more, oh yeah
Since I've been loving you, I'm about to lose my worried mind
Led Zeppelin's song "Since I've Been Loving You" tells the story of a man who is deeply in love with a woman but is struggling to hold onto his sanity as he works tirelessly and endures emotional pain. In the first verse, the singer talks about how he's been working from seven to eleven every night, which makes his life feel like a drag, and he questions whether this is what he really wants. The second verse reveals that people have been warning him that his lover isn't good for him, but he loves her so much that he's been trying to make the relationship work anyway.
The third verse sees the singer breaking down in tears, overwhelmed by the emotional pain he's experiencing. He asks if the listener can hear his tears falling like rain. In the final verse, the singer reflects on a time when he went to his mother's house after his lover rejected him. He says she told him she didn't want him anymore, and when he returned home, he heard his backdoor slam shut and realized that his lover had someone else in her life.
Overall, the song is a heartfelt and emotional lament from someone who is trying desperately to hold on to a relationship that is causing him pain. It showcases Led Zeppelin's ability to convey complex emotions through powerful and soulful vocals, bluesy guitar riffs, and a steady rhythm section.
Line by Line Meaning
Workin' from seven to eleven every night
I have been working late every night just to provide for you.
It really makes life a drag
Working these hours feels like a burden and sucks the joy of life.
I don't think that's right
I feel like my hard work is not fairly appreciated and that hurts.
I've really been the best of fools
I have been blinded by love and made foolish choices.
I did what I could, yeah
I gave my best efforts, but it seems it wasn't enough.
'Cause I love you, baby
Despite everything, I still love you deeply.
How I love you, darling
My love for you is pure and sincere.
How I love you, baby
There's nothing I wouldn't do for the one I love.
My beloved little girl, little girl
You are the love of my life, my precious baby girl.
But baby, since I've been loving you, yeah
However, ever since I fell in love with you, things have gotten harder.
I'm about to lose my worried mind, oh yeah
The stress is overwhelming, and I feel like I'm losing my sanity.
Everybody trying to tell me
People are warning me that you are not good for me.
That you didn't mean me no good
They say that you are not sincere in your love for me.
I've been trying, Lord, let me tell you
I have been trying my best to make this work.
Let me tell you I really did the best I could
I put in so much effort to keep this relationship alive.
Don't you hear, don't you hear them falling
My tears are falling like rain, can't you hear them too?
Do you remember, mama, when I knocked upon your door?
I remember the time I begged you for help when I was heartbroken.
I said you had the nerve to tell me
I remember you turned me away when I needed you the most.
You didn't want me no more, yeah
You made it clear that you didn't want to have anything to do with me.
Since I've been loving you
Ever since I fell in love with you, my life has been difficult.
I'm about to lose my worried mind
I'm at my wits' end, and my anxiety is through the roof.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JIMMY PAGE, ROBERT PLANT, JOHN PAUL JONES
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ericjensen6742
I seen this movie at the U.A. Westwood, on Westwood blvd.
in Westwood, (sadly, it's a CVS now,) 60 times in one year!!!
Circa 1980.
I was 14 years old that year, and in my 'senior' year of Paul Revere Junior High School in Pacific Palisades\Brentwood.
My friends, and I would invariably rip some super 'Da kine',
'Maui Waui', 'Kau'i Electric',
or some Humboldt county Purple Skunk Indica bud, or Kryptonite bong hits in our U.S. bongs,
and jump on the old R.T.D. (Rapid Transit District,
or,
Really That Dirty) bus to the midnight matinee at the U.A. westwood where they would simultaneously show the perrenial costume-cult-classic 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'.
They would show them in separate movie theaters because they have four.
Heavy metal would play in the third, and 'Fritz the Cat'
in the fourth. Sometimes we would ride our skateboards all the way to Westwood, and maybe play video games for an hour at the Westwood video game arcade,
or maybe even sneak into the nearby cemetery, and rip some pre-matinee bong-hits, and then go to the movie,
and watch it dazed, and awestruck as our beloved ❤🎉
Led Zeppelin were blasted through the Dolby Surround Sound movie theater speakers at Volume 11!! And we were in heaven.
Good shit!!!
Good times
@radtech71
It's not a song, it's an experience....
@user-wz7gv9od2m
Well said. To me, one of the things about Zepplin is that they take us to another place in so much of their music. Iconic musicians - each one - they were so far ahead of their time!
@willbrink
That's what a guitar God sounds like. Still the greatest rock band of all time.
@francishughes542
Surely you mean Band ?.
@PickettMusic
Pretty sloppy
@leoneo4068
It's Jimmy Page, baby)
@ddsfard
This is the greatest 8 minutes of music in the 15 billion years of this universe's existence. Just 4 human dudes with voice, boxes, sticks and metal strings, making sounds that shake the heavens. Unbelievable.
@user-lq9eb2ys9p
Дженни Джоплин!!!!
@fritzmeglitze4929
Well said!👍
@scottharris3611
I don’t know. There were some Cro-magnons that could slay.