# Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746 "2010-02-12T18:24:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/1 "2010-02-12T18:24:16Z")
At about 1:02 Robert Plant says something like “Let 'em”, that sounds more like he’s clearing his voice/puking. What does he say? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/2 "2010-02-12T18:34:14Z")
Listening to the song now, I don’t hear anything like that around 1:02. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/3 "2010-02-12T18:39:21Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Listening to the song now, I don’t hear anything like that around 1:02. 😕 Oops! Haha, that should be 2:38 (meaning 1:02 left in song). Sometimes I am amazed I can tie my shoes. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/4 "2010-02-12T18:42:28Z")
Seems like it’s at 2:40 after the "open your arms, open your arms " bit (still trying to figure it out). ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/5 "2010-02-12T18:50:02Z")
I’m gonna go with “Let it” and then there’s probably some slap-back echo reverb thing after that or it simply gets cut off. “Let my love come runnin’ in…Let it!” ---
**Author:** ![ThirdOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@ThirdOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThirdOne)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/6 "2010-02-12T19:18:06Z")
I googled it. There are a bunch of sites with the lyrics. If mack is correct, here is the line: "Open your arms, opens your arms, Open your arms, baby, let my love come running in. " I think I have the CD at home (yes, yes, I’m at work) and perhaps the lyrics, so later I can confirm (or not) if this is correct. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/7 "2010-02-12T19:25:52Z")
If you play it backwards, it says “Paul is dead.” ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/8 "2010-02-12T20:14:18Z")
If it’s the part I think you’re talking about, it’s a sneeze that was kept in. ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/9 "2010-02-12T20:19:57Z")
So off I went in search of a cite, and I’ll be damned if I can find a thing. Amazing- I wonder if this is just “common knowledge” I got in junior high or something. FWIW, I can’t hear it as anything other than a sneeze now. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/10 "2010-02-12T20:29:06Z")
> [@mack](#): > > I’m gonna go with “Let it” and then there’s probably some slap-back echo reverb thing after that or it simply gets cut off. “Let my love come runnin’ in…Let it!” That’s what it sounds like to me, too. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/11 "2010-02-12T20:49:03Z")
I definitely can not hear a sneeze. Still sounds like “Let 'Em” with some weird recording error. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/12 "2010-02-13T01:08:25Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > If you play it backwards, it says “Paul is dead.” Nope, wrong band. Led Zep backmasking is always about praising Satan…or selling Cadillacs. ---
**Author:** ![History\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b19c9b/32.png) [@History\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/History_Geek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-by-led-zeppelin/528746/13 "2010-02-13T09:45:49Z")
> [@mack](#): > > I’m gonna go with “Let it” and then there’s probably some slap-back echo reverb thing after that or it simply gets cut off. “Let my love come runnin’ in…Let it!” A third vote for this. It sounds pretty clear to me.