Jimmy’s penchant for jazz/R&B harmony is manifested in the G11 chord he plays-in place of the perfectly acceptable straight G chord-near the end of each of the song’s verses, which are loosely based on the 12-bar blues form. Like “Houses of the Holy,” “Custard Pie” is built around a repeating two-bar riff based on an open A chord.Īs in other songs, Page makes great use of rests in the song’s main riff, which allows it to “breathe” nicely and draws attention to the vocals and drums.
This opening track from Physical Graffiti features a punchy, Les Paul–through-Marshall–driven “crunch riff” behind Plant’s sexually euphemistic lyrics, many of which were borrowed from songs by early American bluesmen of the Robert Johnson era, specifically “Drop Down Mama” by Sleepy John Estes, “Shake ’Em on Down” by Bukka White, and “I Want Some of Your Pie” by Blind Boy Fuller. He thoughtfully describes the underlying chord changes in his slide melody by closely following the chord tones as he works his way up to the highest note on the neck. Also noteworthy is Page’s short and sweet slide solo, played with a thick, overdriven tone that effectively sustains his vibrato-ed notes and enhances their singing quality. The chorus, played in the happy-sounding key of G, provides a welcome contrast to the somber feel of the verse and solo sections, which are in A minor. Jimmy achieved a rich texture by performing the song’s main guitar part on a 12-string acoustic and handsomely decorated the chorus with authentic country-style pedal-steel licks, for which he used lots of oblique bends and a wah pedal to accentuate their weeping sound. During the 1975 concert at the Earls Court, Plant said that 'Tangerine' is 'a song of love in its most.innocent stages'.Like “Thank You,” this folky ballad, written exclusively by Page, offers good bang for your musical buck, in terms of packing a lot of expression into a handful of melodically embellished open “cowboy” chords. At these latter performances, Page played the song on his Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck guitar. 'Tangerine' was often played live at Led Zeppelin concerts as part of the band's acoustic set from 1971 through 1972, and was revived for the Earls Court shows of 1975. 'Tangerine' appears in the motion picture Almost Famous, and can be heard during the final scene of the film. This was the second Led Zeppelin song to be named after a fruit, the first being ' The Lemon Song'. The song uses a standard Am G D C progression for the verses before moving on to G C D progression for the chorus. The song uses a simple double track vocal pattern to create a recognisable lilting feel. ( Bron-Yr-Aur from Physical Graffiti was the last). This was the second-to-last Led Zeppelin song Page wrote without any input from Robert Plant. Throughout its duration, the song continually changes tempo a few bars at a time whilst the lyrics fondly recall love and contentedness.
The song begins with a false start, after which Page pauses to set the right tempo.
The track has an acoustic country flavour courtesy of the pedal- steel guitar playing of Page. It was released on their 1970 album Led Zeppelin III. ' Tangerine' is a song composed by Jimmy Page and performed by English rock band Led Zeppelin.
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