# Led Zep song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820 "2001-11-06T17:55:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Venkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ec9cab/32.png) [@Venkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venkman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/1 "2001-11-06T17:55:19Z")
I’m not sure if this belongs here or in General Questions, but anyway… I’m trying to figure out the title of a particular Led Zep song. The difficulty is I can’t recall any of the lyrics, not even a single line, and don’t have any clue which album it might have been on. It’s got a very distinctive guitar riff that sounds like there’s a beat missing - if you asked someone to hum it, chances are they’d insert an extra note that’s not really there. I know that’s not much to go on, but I figure you guys are good at stuff like this. ---
**Author:** ![MinkMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minkman/32/19170_2.png) [@MinkMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkMan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/2 "2001-11-06T18:02:56Z")
The most memorable lyric is “Hey, Hey mama say the way you move…” It has a distinctive guitar riff. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/3 "2001-11-06T18:05:18Z")
“The Ocean” also is in non-standard time…hmmm how to identify it - well, there’s a middle section where everything more or less stops and Robert Plant sings “Ah nah, na na na na …” and then does it again with harmonies behind him a few times, then the song kicks in again hard… ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/4 "2001-11-06T18:05:31Z")
Not a lot of info there to go on. I eat drink and sleep Led Zeppelin, so I’m sure I could answer it. My first guess is **Kashmir**. Very distinctive riff, kind of a “different” rhythm. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/5 "2001-11-06T18:29:05Z")
I’m putting my money on “The Ocean,” since “Black Dog” has a pretty memorable opening line and, to be honest, I can’t remember the first words of “The Ocean,” either. But it is missing a beat (4/4 to 7/8, or 15/8) and certainly has a distinctive opening riff. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/6 "2001-11-06T19:09:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pulykamell \* > \*\*I’m putting my money on “The Ocean,” since “Black Dog” has a pretty memorable opening line and, to be honest, I can’t remember the first words of “The Ocean,” either. But it is missing a beat (4/4 to 7/8, or 15/8) and certainly has a distinctive opening riff. \*\* “Singing in the sunshine, laughing in the rain…” I agree about Black Dog. Obviously to anyone unfamiliar with Zeppelin, it’s the song that goes “Hey hey mama…” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/7 "2001-11-06T19:20:40Z")
I’ll second Kashmir. Guitar and drum beat differ slightly and meet every 3rd or 4th for awesome effect. ---
**Author:** ![ramesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ramesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ramesh)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/8 "2001-11-06T19:47:42Z")
Small Hijack: Does anyone know of LedZep songs being remixed? I am not talking about total molestation of a song. Just a increasing the bass, making the drums crisper, etc, etc. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/9 "2001-11-06T19:48:21Z")
What about “The Crunge”? That’s got a distinctive beat. Both “The Ocean” and “The Crunge” are on **Houses of the Holy,** so that’s a good album to explore. ---
**Author:** ![Venkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ec9cab/32.png) [@Venkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venkman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/10 "2001-11-06T19:50:27Z")
And the winner is… “The Ocean”. Thanks to everyone that replied. I guess I could have saved some time by telling you the songs I knew it was not (Black Dog, for instance), but knew that somebody out there would know exactly what I was talking about. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/11 "2001-11-06T20:03:56Z")
Damnit! I would have bet money on Kashmir too. That’s actually what I love about the song–no matter how many times I hear it, I always catch myself inserting another note that isn’t there. Gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/12 "2001-11-06T20:13:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Venkman \* > **And the winner is… “The Ocean”.** Hey, **Venkman** - what did I win?? 😃 _blush, stammer_ I…I’d like to thank everyone for this award - you like me, you really like me! :wally ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/13 "2001-11-06T20:18:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Venkman \* > **And the winner is… “The Ocean”.** Hey, **Venkman** - what did I win?? 😃 _blush, stammer_ I…I’d like to thank everyone for this award - you like me, you really like me! :wally ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/14 "2001-11-06T20:50:50Z")
Ha, I love The Crunge, gallows (pole) fodder! [slight Ocean Hijack] Driving from Freer back to Houston after logging a well, I decided to take a half day off and stop at the beach in Corpus. It was a difficult decision since there were things to get back to but I’d been up for 2 or 3 days straight and was exhausted. I fretted the whole hour or two drive there about whether or not I should have gone, all the way until I pulled up on the beach right at sunrise. The beach was deserted, just me and the birds and the surf. I noticed I’d turned off the radio 10 minutes back at the store and reached over to turn it on again. There was no commercial, no missed first half, nothing but the exact start of **The Ocean**. \* “We’ve done four already But now we’re steady And then they went One, two, three, four…”\* That was how I knew I’d made the right choice. [/hj] ---
**Author:** ![Venkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ec9cab/32.png) [@Venkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venkman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zep-song/91820/15 "2001-11-06T23:09:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WordMan \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Venkman \* > > **And the winner is… “The Ocean”.** > > Hey, **Venkman** - what did I win?? 😃 > > _blush, stammer_ I…I’d like to thank everyone for this award - you like me, you really like me! :wally \*\* How about a lifetime supply of double-post prevention cream? What the heck, I’ll throw in eternal gratitude too.