In England it's understandable, because wherever you go to enjoy yourself, 'Big Brother' is not far behind. It's about a bunch of hippies getting busted, about the problems you can come across when you have a simple walk in the park on a nice sunny afternoon. The most common interpretation of the song's lyrics is that they point to an encounter with the police after smoking cannabis in the park, and leaving to go to the Misty Mountains ('where the spirits fly'), which seems to be an obscure reference to J. The group's recording of this song also appeared as the sole Led Zeppelin track in the 1997 Time-Life six-CD boxed set, Gold And Platinum: The Ultimate Rock Collection, marking one of the rare times that a Led Zeppelin recording has been released in a commercially-issued various artists compilation. However, the musicians felt that the rest of the take was too good to discard it. At 2 minutes 11 seconds, in the second half of the second verse, the band erroneously falls out of sync with one another. This repeating riff, heard on the bass guitar, is based on the notes A G E and sounds like a funk rock bassline. The song features a memorable riff, on which Page and Jones harmonize using keyboard and guitar. It is notable for the presence of layered guitar and keyboard parts, making it solidly melodic, and is driven by one of drummer John Bonham's most powerful recorded performances in the studio. Musically the song is a medium tempo rocker which begins with bassist John Paul Jones playing a Hohner Electra-Piano. It was recorded at Headley Grange, a mansion with a mobile recording studio in Hampshire, England, where the band temporarily lived. In the United States of America and Australia it was the B-side of the ' Black Dog' single, but still received considerable FM radio airplay. ' Misty Mountain Hop' is a song from English rock band Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album, released in 1971.

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