Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop

Misty Mountain Hop

«Misty Mountain Hop» es una canción de la banda inglesa Led Zeppelin, la quinta de su famoso álbum sin nombre de 1971. En Estados Unidos y Australia fue lanzada como lado B del sencillo «Black Dog», aunque aún de ese modo era pasado regularmente en las radios.

Fue compuesta por Jimmy Page, Robert Plant y John Paul Jones en Headley Grange, una mansión en Hampshire que contaba con un estudio de grabación, y lugar en donde el grupo vivía a veces.

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin fue un grupo británico de rock, considerado uno de los mejores grupos musicales de la historia. Fue fundado en 1968 por el guitarrista Jimmy Page, quien había pertenecido a The Yardbirds, al incluir en su formación a John Paul Jones como bajista y teclista (al que Page conocía de trabajos anteriores con The Yardbirds), al vocalista Robert Plant y a John Bonham a la batería (que había coincidido con Plant en The Band of Joy).

Led Zeppelin presentó elementos de un amplio espectro de influencias, como el blues, el rock and roll, el soul, la música celta, la música india, el folk, e incluso el country.

Letra

Walkin' in the park just the other day baby
What do you what do you think i saw?
Crowds of people sittin' on the grass with flowers in their hair said
"hey boy do you wanna score?"
And you know how it is;
I really don't know what time it was woh oh
So i asked them if i could stay awhile.
I didn't notice but it had got very dark and i was really
Really out of my mind.
Just then a policeman stepped up to me and asked us said,
"please, hey, would we care to all get in line,
Get in line."
Well you know,
They asked us to stay for tea and have some fun,
Oh, oh, he said that his friends would all drop by, ooh.
Why don't you take a good look at yourself and describe what you see,
And baby, baby, baby, do you like it?
There you sit, sitting spare like a book on a shelf rustin'
Ah, not trying to fight it.
You really don't care if they're coming, oh, oh,
I know that it's all a state of mind, ooh.
If you go down in the streets today, baby, you better,
You better open your eyes.
Folk down there really don't care, really don't care,
Don't care, really don't
Which, which way the pressure lies,
So i've decided what i'm gonna do now.
So i'm packing my bags for the misty mountains
Where the spirits go now,

Over the hills where the spirits fly, ooh, i really don't know.