365 Reasons to Drink: August 20, 2008
References: Robert Plant in food history?, today in history, The Lemon Song, photos of the Oval Office, a description of the day John Bonham died, all-female tribute band Lez Zeppelin, the Jimmy Page mixed vodka shot.
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Ah, but Plant didn’t say it first. According to Wikipedia:
Other lyrics, notably “squeeze (my lemon) ’til the juice runs down my leg,” can be traced to Robert Johnson’s “Traveling Riverside Blues”. It is most likely that Johnson borrowed this himself, from a song recorded in the same year (1937) called “She Squeezed My Lemon” (by Arthur McKay).[2] Robert Johnson’s name has never been added to the credits for “The Lemon Song”. The song also borrowed from Albert King’s “Cross-Cut Saw”.[1]
You are right, but it’s good enough to permit a Bill Clinton pants stain reference.
Two things that always bothered me: the first is the way Zeppelin “borrowed” from other musicians without crediting them. Another example is “Boogie with Stu”, which I picked up on as a Richie Valens fan. (Although now I learn from Wikipedia that Valens himself based the song on a Little Richard song!)
The other thing that bothers me: “pant” as the singular of “pants”.
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