MU121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Led Zeppelin Iv, Electric Mud, Mean Woman Blues
Document Summary
Nothing can be constructed as stolen from somewhere else. Intricacy of song came to him after listening to muddy water"s electric mud. Page admits structure of song based on fleetwood mac"s oh well. Song notable for dense clusters of blues diction. One of lz"s smartest blues thefts if it is theft at all. Link between stairway and spirit"s taurus lies in just a few notes. Quasi-classical descending into is similar to progression heard on acoustic instrumental from spirit. Similarity is beginning in a minor and going down to f but lz"s f is a different chord shape. Lz"s version also brings in ascending b and c note played on high e string. Bass notes of both songs share chromatic descent of a to g sharp to g to f sharp to f. Page"s line has jazzy construction, whereas taurus is more of folk method similar to donovan.
