![]() ![]() ![]() He, like his new buddies, has become much more mellow. I think the third verse might be about the police telling the marijuana smokers to take a good, hard look at themselves but the pot smokers believe that police officer is narrow minded "like a book on a shelf rusting." The fourth and final verse is about the new pot smokers new experience and how marijuana has opened his eyes to the world. He agrees and in the second verse they are caught by the police. ![]() In the first verse the narrator stumbles across some hippies smoking marijuana and they invite him to join them. Plant himself was a huge pro-marijuana supporter. Simply the song is about smoking marijuana in the park and getting caught by the police for it. Having never read it I am not sure, although I do know that Plant himself is a big fan of Tolkien's works. The misty mountains supposedly feature in the epic story. Supposedly the song contains references to Tolkien's the Hobbit. It's got some really groovy keyboards, a short and sweet guitar solo, and some cool lyrics by Plant. ![]() It is the most pop moment on the entire album. Misty Mountain Hop opens side two of Led Zeppelin's officially untitled album. This conflicting lifestyle choice is a constant high school and college theme, where young people are trying to decide their own lifestyle preference and feeling pressure from the free spirit group and the establishment telling them to get in line. So he decides what he is going to do, he decides to rejects both lifestyles and get out of there, "packing my bags for the Misty Mountains." The narrator is confused by these two opposing lifestyles and can't decide, which path to take, "which way the pressure lies." But then a policeman (representing the establishment) comes along and tries to show them the benefits of the straight and narrow, "would we care to all get in line." The narrator runs into some hippy flower children (representing the free spirited anti-establishment folk) and gets wrapped up into what they are doing. Each verse is sung in a nonchalant, somewhat off key frat boy sing along style, with Plant belting out the last line of the verse with contrasting clarity and gut wrenching emotion.Īt first glance the meaning seems simple enough, but it addresses an underlying issue that is near and dear to most teenager's hearts. Like many Zepplin songs, Misty Mountain Hop utilizes a simple, yet powerful and intriguing repetitive riff (this one only 4 beats). C'Mon, the Mothership? Trashing hotels for the hell of it? LZ was the band that changed how bands got paid. Maybe too literal for the Toilken fans, but I think LZ just came to popular attention at the end of the "Summer of Love" has a lot to do with the tongue in cheekiness about the hippy culture too. Like the misty mountains where the spirits soar, etc. But if you want to stay out of trouble, head for a natural high. I think that's why the moral at the end is to watch your back if you go out to score with the hippies, since they really don't care about anything, including having an arrest record. Um, like Yeah, that's backup officers on the way, I think). Cop is telling them to "line up" for arrest/stay for tea, instead of wait/friends stopping by. I think the narrator is being tongue in cheek sarcastic because he thinks you know the cop was nowhere near as polite as the stoners interpret his words (Would we all care to get in line, as opposed to the British term "que". DUDE! It's just a song about really, really good drugs man!!!! This trip was so groovy, the stoners misinterpreted the cop telling them he's calling for backup. ![]()
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