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Going To California by Led Zeppelin
Genre: Folk Rock
Year: 1971
Year: 1971
"Going to California" is the penultimate song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin on their fourth album, released in 1971. The songs wistful folk-style sound, with Robert Plant on lead vocals, acoustic guitar by Jimmy Page and mandolin by John Paul Jones, contrasts with the heavy electric-amplified rock on several of the albums other tracks.
The song is reportedly about singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell, with whom Plant and Page were both infatuated. In live performances of the song, Plant would often say the name "Joni" after this stanza:
In an interview he gave to Spin magazine in 2002, Plant stated that the song "might be a bit embarrassing at times lyrically, but it did sum up a period of my life when I was 22."
This song started out as a song about Californian earthquakes and Read full article at wikipedia.org
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More songs by Led Zeppelin: Tea For One, Hey Hey What Can I Do, Houses of the Holy, Bring It On Home, Good Times Bad Times.
Best of Folk Rock: Like A Rolling Stone, The Sound Of Silence, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Mrs. Robinson, Mr. Tambourine Man.
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