Ladies and Gentlemen of the 'Dope, I present you:
Where’s that confounded bridge?
I ain’t gonna tell you nothin’!
Instead, let me tell you 'bout my girl.
Let me tell ya, she lives next door…
I ain’t disclosin’ no names.
When I first bought Houses of the Holy back in the mid Seventies, “The Crunge” was about the only song on it I hated. Today, it’s one of the only songs on that album I like.
Would I have appreciated it more at the time if I knew it was, in part, a spoof of James Brown’s “Sex Machine”? Probably not.
This song cracks me up because, whatever else you want to say about LZ, they are Very Loud. In this song they Reallllly project… some big dodge. They ain’t gonna tell you nothin’ (but you really oughta know). Something about this particular message at 110 decibels just hits my funny bone.
I can’t put my finger on it. Maybe if I knew what they were getting at it wouldn’t seem so funny.
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Maybe if I knew what they were getting at it wouldn’t seem so funny.
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If you must read this do so in the voice of John Major
A James Brown style dance track in a ridiculous time signature which means you can’t actually dance to it. IIRC the album cover had the dance steps written out, ballroom style.
Introducing Stevie Wonder on synthesiser!
I didn’t realize that was Stevie Wonder. It does sound like his style. I think it is neato how Wonder can create such an ‘urban’ sound.
‘The Ocean’ is another song from this album that plays games with the time signature. It switches from 4/4 to 7/8 time every other measure- except for the sections that are straight 4/4 of course 
I wonder what Zep was up to? Songs you can’t dance to, and cover art that would make you come across as a pedophile if you put it on your wall. Definitely a bad year for hip horny teenagers.