Other lyrics, notably "squeeze (my lemon) till the juice runs down my leg," can be traced to Robert Johnson's " Travelling Riverside Blues". The song evolved into "The Lemon Song", with Plant often improvising lyrics onstage (the opening lyrics to both songs are identical). In some early performances Robert Plant introduced the song as "Killing Floor" an early UK pressing of Led Zeppelin II showed the title as "Killing Floor" and was credited to Chester Burnett (Howlin' Wolf's legal name). Led Zeppelin performed "Killing Floor" live in 19, and it became the basis for "The Lemon Song", from 1969's Led Zeppelin II. This is one of two songs where Page may have "learned" from Jansch, the other being "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp", listed below. Nevertheless, Jansch said that Page "ripped me off, didn't he? Or let's just say he learned from me." Ultimately, no legal action was ever taken against Led Zeppelin, because it could not be proven that the recording in itself constituted Jansch's own copyright, as the basic melody was traditional. Early in 1965, Anne Briggs and Jansch were performing regularly together in folk clubs and spent most of the daytime at a friend's flat, collaborating on new songs and the development of complex guitar accompaniments for traditional songs. In spite of this difference, Jansch's record company sought legal advice following the release of Led Zeppelin. According to Stewart's account, it was he (Stewart) who taught Page 'Blackwaterside' (the DADGAD version) during a tea-break. At the time, Stewart was recording his own debut record and had engaged Jimmy Page as a session musician. However, he mistook Jansch's ' drop-D' tuning for DADGAD. "Dazed and Confused" Īl Stewart learned Bert Jansch's version of the traditional song " Down by Blackwaterside". Major differences between both versions include the prominence afforded Nicky Hopkins's keyboard playing in the Mickie Most mix, and that Rod Stewart sings only two verses in the Jeff Beck recording. It's a classic example of coming from the same area musically, of having a similar taste. It was on Truth but I first heard it when I was in Miami after we'd recorded our version. I thought, "Oh dear, it's going to be identical", but it was nothing like it, fortunately. Someone told me he'd already recorded it after we'd already put it down on the first Zeppelin album. That's why you'll find on the early LPs we both did a song like "You Shook Me." It was the type of thing we'd both played in bands. had the same sort of taste in music as I did. This song was correctly credited to Willie Dixon, but a similar controversy exists over whether Page got the idea from friend and former bandmate Jeff Beck: Main article: You Shook Me § Led Zeppelin version
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