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When the levee breaks


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Iiiiiiiiiiiiiif it keeps on raining.

Fantastic song. One of my favourite Zeppelin songs.

A levee... when a river gets high on a flood plain it deposits it's load on either side of the banks. If they break.. then it's likely the surrounding land will flood :)

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The drumming...absolutely!

Listen closely to what Bonham is doing in that song.It sounds so simple but it's very complex.

And very hard to keep it going on time without any flaws.

I've seen many a drummer attempt it...it's hard as hell to do.

And yeah...it's a motherfucker of an awesome song!

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The drumming...absolutely!

Listen closely to what Bonham is doing in that song.It sounds so simple but it's very complex.

And very hard to keep it going on time without any flaws.

I've seen many a drummer attempt it...it's hard as hell to do.

And yeah...it's a motherfucker of an awesome song!

No drummer can touch Bonham IMO.Incredible song.

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Awesome song if it was maybe 3 minutes shorter, just get bored when someone isn't singing and there isn't anything really interesting happening with the instrumentals (Zeppelin do it a lot)

Thats the only thing I don't like so much with Zeppelin, but their songs are so great that I forgive them that :P

Actually most of my favourite songs are among the shorter ones, like D'yer Mak'er, Tangerine, Over the hills and far away, Houses of the holy, Heartbreaker, Black Dog etc, but the lenght of the song haven't got so much to do with if I like it or not (What did I say there? :huh: ), if a great song is long, it's just better :)

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Apparently Gas Panic! by Oasis is a bit of a rip off of this song. Anyone shed any light whether it is?

Yeah,Noel ripped off the drums and the rhythm from When the Levee Breaks..Gas Panic sounds a lot like this song.Led Zeppelin is one of his biggest influences.

here's Gas Panic:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VjD3cRgjQ3Q

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