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From Wikipedia:
The song’s wistful folk-style sound, with Robert Plant on lead vocals, acoustic guitar by Jimmy Page and mandolin by John Paul Jones, contrasts with the heavy electric-amplified rock on four of the album’s other tracks. Page’s guitar is in double drop D tuning: DADGBD.
The song is reportedly about Canadian singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell, with whom Plant and Page were both infatuated. In live performances of the song, Plant would often say the name “Joni” after this stanza (which is thought to have referenced Mitchell’s 1967 composition “I Had a King”)
To find a queen without a king,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings.
In an interview he gave to Spin magazine in 2002, Plant stated that the song “might be a bit embarrassing at times lyrically, but it did sum up a period of my life when I was 22.” In a 2007 interview with the same magazine, Plant stated that the song was about “Me reflecting on the first years of the group, when I was only about… 20, and was struggling to find myself in the midst of all the craziness of California and the band and the groupies…”
This song started out as a song about Californian earthquakes and when Jimmy Page, audio engineer Andy Johns and band manager Peter Grant travelled to Los Angeles to mix the album, they coincidentally experienced a minor earthquake. At this point it was known as “Guide to California”.
Lyrics:
Spent my days with a woman unkind, Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Made up my mind to make a new start, Going To California with an aching in my heart.
Someone told me there’s a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.
Took my chances on a big jet plane, never let them tell you that we’re all the same.
The sea was red and the sky was grey; I wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.
The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake
as the children of the sun began to awake.
Seems that the wrath of the Gods
Got a punch on the nose and it started to flow;
I think I might be sinking.
Throw me a line if I reach it in time
I’ll meet you up there where the path
Runs straight and high.
To find a queen without a king,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings… la la la la
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin’ to find a woman who’s never, never, never been born.
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it’s not as hard, hard, hard as it seems.
*Going To California*
by *Led Zeppelin*
+Andy O I think you missed one …
Mellow Zeppelin – My personal favorite Zeppelin tune.
*Хорошего настроения на весь день вам!*
Seems that the heart of the Gods got a punch on the nose, and it’s
starting to flow, I think I might be *SINKING*
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*This Day in Music – the 70s*
Click or tap *HERE* to read what happened
on March 9, 1971…
1971, Led Zeppelin appeared at Leeds University, Leeds, England, during
their ‘Back To The Clubs’ tour. This was the first tour which saw Zeppelin
performing ‘Stairway To Heaven’, ‘Black Dog’ and ‘*Going To California.*’
… also on this news feed, *This Day in Music – 60s, 80s, 90s and 2000s*…Check
it out!
Going to California by Led Zeppelin in 1080p HD: http://youtu.be/Gxm31VqLifg
Nice video. Was it done by vzqk50a?
Wonderful mandolin!
“The sea was red and the sky was grey /
I wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today”
Going to California by Led Zeppelin in 1080p HD: http://youtu.be/Gxm31VqLifg
I’ve been staring at 2:26 forever. Who is this woman?
…
Going to California. Вот прям завтра с утра.
Going to California by Led Zeppelin in 1080p HD
Fantastic quality!!!!
“… wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today”
yeah, I’ve sat in that time slot many times
Led Zeppelin – Going to California
Música quarentona e ainda tão atual.
Música quarentona e ainda tão atual.
http://youtu.be/Gxm31VqLifg?list=RDGxm31VqLifg
this is why Zepp is so awesome…they can go from whole lotta love to this
and never miss a beat and it’s all so awesome..
Watch out.
so many old hippies here
Wonderful fidelity. Thank you.
Great work thank you for posting ~ best regards Steve in York
Going to California by Led Zeppelin in 1080p HD: http://youtu.be/Gxm31VqLifg
W/ Coffee on a Sunday Morning
Happy 66th birthday Robert Plant!
AWESOME
Theres a girl who says she doesnt like cali after some years…I felt the
same and left when I was 18 in 1985, now I live in Hawaii, and everytime
something makes me remember cali or I visit…I realize I am searching for
a reason to go home…
A great song. Going to California by Led Zeppelin in 1080p HD:
https://youtu.be/Gxm31VqLifg
Awesome video….For those of you who have never been to Cali and pine for
it, don’t believe the hype..I’ve been here for 14 years and been wanting to
leave for 13…..
Beautiful song. I’m all about the evolution of music but just don’t get
why quality is sacrificed.
wait? no flower girls or san francisco? nothing like 70s california?
I don’t quite know where I got the inspiration to post this ghostly tune
from the mega group of the late 20th Century! I just felt like it!
Enjoy……. Still reflecting back to you!
great vid. one of my favorite songs ever.
That’s not exactly as I remember , but close enough. Thanks for helping me
relive a wonderfull time as a young man. I heard this in ’68, I heard it
tonight. Always in my heart.
I never forget the first Zeppelin song I learned on guitar :’)
That’s not exactly as I remember , but close enough. Thanks for helping me
relive a wonderfull time as a young man. I heard this in ’68, I heard it
tonight. Always in my heart.
Beautiful song..
One more California traveling song… my favorite Led Zep tune…
Check out this video on YouTube:
Check out this video on YouTube:
beautiful song, beautiful work, thk for sharing
Nice. Thanks
Perfect production, you’re very good @ making Perfect videos.
Beautiful