In 1984, Plant formed a short-lived all-star retro rock group with musicians Jimmy Page (also of Led Zeppelin), Jeff Beck, and Phil Collins called The Honeydrippers. The band had a Top Ten hit with their song "Sea of Love", a remake of the Phil Phillips' chestnut. Plant's also notably performed with Page in the outfit Page & Plant.
Plant's love of the music of Morocco led him to a new collaboration called Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation. The band's releases met with critical acclaim and numerous Grammy nominations. They completed a notable 2006 tour of Europe in September.
In 2007, Plant began recording and performing with American bluegrass star Alison Krauss. A duet album, Raising Sand, was released on 23 October 2007 on Rounder Records. The album, recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles and produced by T-Bone Burnett, met with enormous critical and commercial success. Tours have reached devoted audiences in multiple cities.
The year of 2010 proves to be yet another successful year for the lemon squeezer. During the summer, Plant will be reuniting with his old, Pre-Zep group, The Band Of Joy, for a tour of the southern and mid continental tour of the US.
In 2012 Robert Plant starts another band project going by the name Sensational Space Shifters releasing the live album Robert Plant Presents: Sensational Space Shifters. Along with Plant himself the band consists of Liam "Skin" Tyson, Justin Adams, Billy Fuller and John Baggot along with Dave Smith, Juldeh Camara and Patty Griffin.
Little Hands
Robert Plant Lyrics
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Little hands clapping all over the world
Piper is piping, drummers are drumming
Little hands clapping all over the world
Little hands clapping, children are sharing
Little loves loving, all boys and all girls
Children are singing, truths that they're bringing
Come let us meet them, oh yes we will greet them, oh
Little hands clapping, children are caring
Piper is calling all over the world
Out in the street now, sick that you meet now
How many new friends do you call your own?
Come let us meet them, oh yes we will greet them, oh
Little hands clapping, truth that they're grasping
A world with no pain for one and for all
Children are learning, souls they are yearning
A nice place to play and no place to fall
Come let us meet them, yes we will greet them
Robert Plant's song Little Hands celebrates children and their innate goodness. The song speaks to the ways in which children bring out the best in humanity, uniting people across cultures and geographical borders. The lyrics describe the joy of children clapping, sharing, and singing, and the freedom that their actions bring.
The piper and the drummers mentioned imply a sense of celebration and harmony, with the piper leading the way and the drummers providing the heartbeat of the music. The children singing and sharing their truths represent a pure and uncorrupted form of communication that the world needs more of.
The chorus urges listeners to come let us meet them, promising that we will greet them with open arms. This represents the idea that we should always strive to nurture and support young people, who hold the key to a brighter future.
Line by Line Meaning
Little hands clapping, children are laughing
Children are joyously clapping their little hands while they laugh
Little hands clapping all over the world
This is happening everywhere around the globe
Piper is piping, drummers are drumming
Instruments are playing to make melodious music
Little hands clapping all over the world
Children are responding with appreciation to the beautiful music wherever it plays
Little hands clapping, children are sharing
Children are now sharing what they have and experiencing it all together
Little loves loving, all boys and all girls
Sweet innocent love of children; no discrimination between girls and boys
Children are singing, truths that they're bringing
Children are singing what is true to them, what is important to them
Freedom is ringing all over the world
Freedom is not just an ideal, it is a reality that is being heard now universally
Come let us meet them, oh yes we will greet them, oh
Let us go out and see for ourselves the children who live around the world
Little hands clapping, children are caring
Children care for each other, and they are clapping joyously
Piper is calling all over the world
Melodious music is calling everyone to come and enjoy it
Out in the street now, sick that you meet now
There are sick people, too, whom one may meet while walking outside
How many new friends do you call your own?
How many friends have you just made by now, upon meeting new people outside?
Come let us meet them, oh yes we will greet them, oh
Let us go out and see for ourselves the children who live around the world
Little hands clapping, truth that they're grasping
Children are clapping and understanding what is true to them at the same time
A world with no pain for one and for all
Children wish a world with no suffering, whatsoever for everyone
Children are learning, souls they are yearning
Children are learning new things in life, and their souls yearn for more of those joyful experiences
A nice place to play and no place to fall
Children seek interesting playgrounds that may not harm or injure them
Come let us meet them, yes we will greet them
Let's take that initiative to meet them, and greet them with an open heart
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ALEXANDER LEE SPENCE
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Boston Guy in the midwest
This Plant dude has a halfway decent singing voice. He should join a band or something...
Lee Ferguson
lol
Jane Otte
Beautiful version of Skip's amazing song...Plant praised Spence's solo album OAR, thus the reason he agreed to contribute to the tribute album "More Oar". Skip made magnificent song writing contributions to Moby Grape ,percussion to Jefferson Airplane and guitar riffs with Quicksilver Messenger Service but had a tragic life battling mental illness and was homeless in the last stage of his life dying way too young of lung cancer at 52. Love Tom Waits version of Book of Moses from the tribute album as well.
David Braucher
Jane Otte pl
Housesider
Really good rendition of a Skip Spence masterpiece.
jaxflfreebird
Meh.
chip mchugh
beautifully done cover
jaxflfreebird
NOT!!!
miles Jackson
Yes a few musicians got together to make a tribute to Skip Spence. I'm surprised how many baby boomers don't actually know about Moby Grape + Skip etc but then I only know because of my "mining" on the internet I'm a child of baby boomer parents (born in 1973).
Trust me I fully appreciate the 60's even though I wasn't there but I was still kinda brought up with all the decent music my parents vinyl is just sweet and it sure educated me from an early age
Noname 1st
I've only just discovered skip Spence watching a greatful dead doc, This song is a trip on OAR,good version Mr plant 👏✌️♥️