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In Reply to: Nobody picked "The Lemon Song" by Led Zeppelin? nt posted by Quadzilla on July 26, 2012 at 07:18:29:
Led Zeppelin had a history of having very sticky fingers, and it wasn't from lemon juice.
"The song is fundamentally a cover of Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor", which was a song Led Zeppelin often incorporated into their live setlist during their first concert tour of the United States. For the second and third North American tours the song evolved into "The Lemon Song", with Plant often improvising lyrics onstage.
Other lyrics, notably "squeeze (my lemon) 'til the juice runs down my leg," can be traced to Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside Blues". It is likely that Johnson borrowed this himself, from a song recorded in the same year (1937) called "She Squeezed My Lemon" (by Arthur McKay).[2] The song also borrowed from Albert King's "Cross-Cut Saw".[1]
In December 1972, Arc Music, owner of the publishing rights to Howlin' Wolf's songs, sued Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement on "The Lemon Song".[3] The parties settled out of court. Though the amount was not disclosed, Wolf received a check for $45,123 from Arc Music immediately following the suit, and subsequent releases included a co-songwriter credit for him."
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Follow Ups
- Don't you mean Howlin' Wolf's "Lemon Song"? - 1973shovel 09:34:26 07/26/12 (1)
- I don't feel having a good looking woman squeezing my lemon as a sexual dysfunction. 8^) - FenderLover 04:32:35 07/27/12 (0)
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