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Clockwise, from top left: Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones Led Zeppelin were an English rock band who recorded 94 songs between 1968 and 1980. The band pioneered the concept of album-oriented rock and often refused to release popular songs as singles, [1] instead viewing their albums as indivisible, complete listening experiences, and disliked record labels re-editing ...
The song was voted the worst song of all time by a panel of professional music writers and industry experts published in a 2003 Q poll, which deemed it "magnificently dreadful" and reminiscent of "the school disco you were forced to attend, your middle-aged relatives forming a conga at a wedding party, a travelling DJ act based in Wolverhampton ...
The band covered Joan Baez's version of the song written by Anne Bredon; both guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were fans of Baez. Baez's album Joan Baez in Concert, where Baez's version of the song appeared, had originally indicated no writing credit, and Led Zeppelin credited the song as "Trad. arr. Page".
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Ultimate Classic Rock writer Michael Gallucci ranked "Down by the Seaside" at number 66 (out of 92) on their list of every Led Zeppelin song ranked. [5] Another UCR writer, Eduardo Rivadavia, ranked the song the ninth best on the album, calling it a "wistful fantasy awash in trembling guitars and bluesy electric piano breakdowns."
This was also one of the first songs recorded by the band for which Robert Plant received writing credit. According to rock journalist Stephen Davis, the author of the Led Zeppelin biography Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, the lyrics for this song reflect a romance Plant had with his wife's younger sister. [5]
In Through the Out Door is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. [2] It was recorded in three weeks in November and December 1978 at ABBA's Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and released by their label Swan Song Records on 22 August 1979 in the US [3] and 24 August 1979 in the UK.
The discography of the English rock band Led Zeppelin consists of 9 studio albums, 4 live albums, 10 compilation albums, 19 singles, 16 music videos and 9 music downloads.The band is estimated to have sold over 300 million records worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling music artists in history.