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"Achilles Last Stand" [a] is a song by the English rock group Led Zeppelin released as the opening track on their seventh studio album, Presence (1976). Guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant began writing the song during the summer of 1975 and were influenced by Eastern music, mythology, and exposure to diverse cultures during their travels.
The ten-minute opening song, "Achilles Last Stand", was first recorded on 12 November, when the basic backing track was laid down. Jones played an Alembic 8 string bass on the track, giving it a distinctive tone. [15] Plant wrote the lyrics based on travelling across Africa in mid-1975 with Page. [10]
Led Zeppelin releases list the songwriters as guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant, however, group chronicler Dave Lewis commented: "The Page/Plant credit here is a little misleading as Blind Willie Johnson may well have been under the impression that he wrote the lyrics back in 1928, a fact that Robert acknowledged when introducing the ...
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 ...
Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin song) Heaven Sent (Robert Plant song) Hey, Hey, What Can I Do; Hot Dog (Led Zeppelin song) Hots on for Nowhere; Houses of the Holy (song) How Many More Times; Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)
"Kashmir" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. Featured on their sixth studio album Physical Graffiti (1975), it was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant with contributions from John Bonham over a period of three years with lyrics dating to 1973.
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Led Zeppelin biographer Mick Wall feels that Relf only "slightly altered" the lyrics, [18] while Page biographer Martin Power credits Relf with "writing new lyrics". [11] Yardbirds chronicler Greg Russo describes that gradually the song "moved from Holmes' original lyrics to an alternate set of lyrics that combined words from Jake Holmes and ...