1529 – Led Zeppelin – Down by the seaside (1975)

Escrita por Jimmy Page e Robert Plant, foi gravada em 1971 no Island Studios, em Londres, e seria utilizada pro Led Zeppelin IV. Mas como não foi, usaram no Physical Graffiti e foi lançada em 24 de fevereiro de 1975. Foi escrita no cottage Bron-Yr-Aur. Seria uma canção acústica, com uma clara influencia de Neil Young. Virou elétrica, com uma mudança de lenta pra rápida e repetindo essa idéia. Robert Plant tocou gaita e cantou. Jimmy Page tocou violão, guitarra, lap steel e slide guitar. John Paul Jones tocou baixo, bandolim, violão e teclado. John Bonham tocou bateria e percussão.

A letra:

Down by the seaside
See the boats go sailin'
Can the people hear
What the little fish are sayin'

Oh, oh, the people turned away
Oh, the people turned away

Down in the city streets,
See all the folk go racin', racin'
No time left, to pass the time of day

Baby, baby baby... The people turned away
The People turned away
So far away, so far away

See how they run, see how they run,
See how they run, see how they run

Do you still do the twist
Do you find you remember things that well
I want to tell you
Some go twistin' every day
Though sometimes it's awful hard to tell

Oh, oh... Out in the country,
Hear the people singin'
Singin' 'bout their progress
Knowin' where they're goin'

Oh, oh, the people turned away
Yes, the people turned away

Sing loud for the sunshine
Pray hard for the rain
And show your love for lady nature
And she will come back again

The people turned away
The people turned away

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