![]() On the one hand, there is much on the surface to love: Plant and Page, the references, the rock. ![]() The reason why, in the end, is for its dual-pronged sonic attack. Written by Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page, the song has gone on to much acclaim and is today recognized as one of the band’s best. Even the song’s opening line, some believe, is a reference to a Tolkien line: “Ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind,” which comes from the fictional elf poem, “Namárië.”Īin’t nothing I can do, no Final Thoughts In the song, Plant references the storybook quest’s evil land of Mordor and the once-Hobbit now-ring addict Gollum. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. Of course, you can’t get too far talking about Led Zeppelin and the lyrics of Robert Plant without talking about mythology and/or writer J.R.R.
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