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''''Sick Again'''' is a song by England|English rock group Led Zeppelin, from the band's 1975 album ''Physical Graffiti''. | ''''Sick Again'''' is a song by [[England|English]] rock group Led Zeppelin, from the band's 1975 album ''Physical Graffiti''. | ||
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'Sick Again' is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin, from the band's 1975 album Physical Graffiti. OverviewThis song was written by Robert Plant about teenage groupies, or as he called them, the 'L.A. Queens', with whom the band were acquainted on their Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1973|1973 US Tour.[1] He took pity upon these girls who would flock to the hotel rooms of the band to offer them favors. In an interview he gave in 1975, he provided an explanation of the lyrics:
Plant's vocals are however somewhat hard to hear because they are not prominent in the mix. The song's musical structure alternates between a bluesy E minor motif in the verse section as the vocals are called, followed by a thunderous E minor pentatonic chord sequence in response. A riff in A major is introduced in the chorus, resolved by a bluesy B7 'goodbye chord' arpeggio as an interlude to the verse and bridge. Of particular note is the relentless pounding of drummer John Bonham's bass drum and triplet fills during the open chords of the song's interludes, almost as if to punctuate that this is the heavy section. The very last sound of the very last song on Physical Graffiti is that of Jimmy Page's backward echo-processed slide guitar, followed by a pick scrape to close out the song, although shortly afterwards a cough from drummer John Bonham can be heard very faintly.[3] Live performances'Sick Again' was frequently performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts, being the second number performed on all the 1975 and 1977 tour dates.[4] When Led Zeppelin performed this live on their Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1977|1977 U.S. tour, they started it with the first verse instrumental of 'The Rover', and Page here used his Gibson EDS-1275 Double Neck Guitar as the song was played directly after 'The Song Remains the Same (song)|The Song Remains the Same'. It was also played in 1979 (a filmed version from Knebworth Festival 1979|Knebworth is featured on the Led Zeppelin DVD (DVD)|Led Zeppelin DVD), but was dropped for the band's final Tour Over Europe 1980|tour 'Over Europe' in 1980.[5] Jimmy Page performed this song on his tour with the Black Crowes in 1999. A version of 'Sick Again' performed by Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes can be found on the album Live at the Greek. Credits
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