Killing Floor Vs Lemon Song

The credit for songwriting the lemon song was originally given to both jimmy page and robert plant.

Killing floor vs lemon song.

Lz played kfloor uptempo from the beggining. I should have quit you a long time ago ohh yeahhh long time ago i wouldn t be here my children down on this killing floor i should have listened baby to my second. The led zeppelin song that i chose to focus on is the lemon song and compare it to howlin wolf s killing floor. It has been acknowledged by the blues foundation hall of fame which noted its popularity among rock as well as blues musicians.

Killing floor is a 1964 song by american blues singer songwriter and guitarist howlin wolf. Great blues music from howlin wolf. The lemon song was performed live on led zeppelin s first three concert tours of the united states on the first tour as killing floor before being dropped from their live set in late 1969. Could you imagine if both bands played each others version.

On these sorts of tracks robert plant was never content to take lyrics from just one source but for the most part the lemon song draws on howlin wolf s killing floor according to led zeppelin. The lemon song lyrics. Features the howlin wolf smokestac. Called one of the defining classics of chicago electric blues killing floor became a blues standard with recordings by various artists.

Recorded april 24 1969 at fillmore west. However the squeeze my lemon sequence continued to be inserted into the whole lotta love medley and ad libbed elsewhere. Which one is the better of the two. Long before led zeppelin ii this song was known at the time as killing floor.

Led zeppelin killing floor lemon song. Hendrixs kfloor vs zeps lemon song.