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Today I would like to write some words about Led Zeppelin. I take two books: “Led Zeppelin” by Florence Rajon (Paris: Prelude et Fugue, 1997) and “Hammer of Gods” by Stephen Davis.
I open the books without any ideas about what I should write about the band. Coincidentally, with no intentions, I open Rajon’s book at the page 99, when he writes about the album of “Houses of the Holy” and the other book, I open at the page of 124, when Davis writes “They worked at Electric Lady with Eddie Kramer, mixing tracks like Houses of the Holy.”
I do not worry about “déjà vu” or coincidences. For some people, it would be some kind of strange.
Then I took the lyrics of Houses of the Holy:
“From the houses of the holy
We can watch the white doves go
From the door comes Satan’s daughter
And it only goes to show, you know
There’s an angel on my shoulder
(…) Let the music be your master
Will you heed the master’s call
Oh, Satan and man”
It reminds me (immediately) the French book about Led Zeppelin: “The inside of the cover, which depicts a man carrying a child at arm’s length, as an offering made to the deity of the ruined castle, intrigued fans who recognized the ominous death of Karac Plant four years later.” In French:
“L’intérieur de la pochette, qui représente un homme portant un enfant à bout de bras, comme une offrande présentée à la divinité du château en ruine, intrigua les fans qui reconnurent le sinistre présage de la mort de Karac Plant quatre ans plus tard.” (Florence Rajon, p. 101)
There was no secret about mysticism of the group. However, there is a strange association between the image inside of the cover of the album – “a man carrying a child at arm’s length, as an offering made to the deity of the ruined castle” – and the words of the song saying: “Let the music be your master. Will you heed the master’s call? Oh, Satan and man.”
It does not mean the death of Karac Plant was the result of an image of an album or the consequence of the lyrics of a song. By the way, the music of Houses of the Holy would be appear only on the next album, Physical Graffiti.
A tragedy happens in the life of any person. Sometimes it is a mystery. But when a person is associated with mysticism, it is easier to explain the event as if it were an omen of bad luck. It was the case of led Zeppelin.
Today I would like to write some words about Led Zeppelin. I take two books: “Led Zeppelin” by Florence Rajon (Paris: Prelude et Fugue, 1997) and “Hammer of Gods” by Stephen Davis.
I open the books without any ideas about what I should write about the band. Coincidentally, with no intentions, I open Rajon’s book at the page 99, when he writes about the album of “Houses of the Holy” and the other book, I open at the page of 124, when Davis writes “They worked at Electric Lady with Eddie Kramer, mixing tracks like Houses of the Holy.”
I do not worry about “déjà vu” or coincidences. For some people, it would be some kind of strange.
Then I took the lyrics of Houses of the Holy:
“From the houses of the holy
We can watch the white doves go
From the door comes Satan’s daughter
And it only goes to show, you know
There’s an angel on my shoulder
(…) Let the music be your master
Will you heed the master’s call
Oh, Satan and man”
It reminds me (immediately) the French book about Led Zeppelin: “The inside of the cover, which depicts a man carrying a child at arm’s length, as an offering made to the deity of the ruined castle, intrigued fans who recognized the ominous death of Karac Plant four years later.” In French:
“L’intérieur de la pochette, qui représente un homme portant un enfant à bout de bras, comme une offrande présentée à la divinité du château en ruine, intrigua les fans qui reconnurent le sinistre présage de la mort de Karac Plant quatre ans plus tard.” (Florence Rajon, p. 101)
There was no secret about mysticism of the group. However, there is a strange association between the image inside of the cover of the album – “a man carrying a child at arm’s length, as an offering made to the deity of the ruined castle” – and the words of the song saying: “Let the music be your master. Will you heed the master’s call? Oh, Satan and man.”
It does not mean the death of Karac Plant was the result of an image of an album or the consequence of the lyrics of a song. By the way, the music of Houses of the Holy would be appear only on the next album, Physical Graffiti.
A tragedy happens in the life of any person. Sometimes it is a mystery. But when a person is associated with mysticism, it is easier to explain the event as if it were an omen of bad luck. It was the case of led Zeppelin.