Good Times Bad Times: Difference between revisions
John Leach (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "]]" to "") |
Pat Palmer (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - " England|English " to " English ") |
||
Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
|engineer = Glyn Johns | |engineer = Glyn Johns | ||
}} | }} | ||
''''Good Times Bad Times'''' is a song by England|English rock music|rock band Led Zeppelin, featured as the opening track on their 1969 debut album ''Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin''. | ''''Good Times Bad Times'''' is a song by [[England|English]] rock music|rock band Led Zeppelin, featured as the opening track on their 1969 debut album ''Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin''. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== |
Revision as of 22:11, 30 May 2024
This article may be deleted soon. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]()
'Good Times Bad Times' is a song by English rock music|rock band Led Zeppelin, featured as the opening track on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin. OverviewFor the lead guitar solo, guitarist Jimmy Page passed his Telecaster guitar through a Leslie speaker to create a swirling effect.[1][2] This type of loudspeaker|speaker contains a rotating paddle and was designed for Hammond organ. However, guitars could be used with it. In an interview he gave to Guitar World magazine in 1993, Page explained that:
Page, also the band's Record producer|producer, placed microphones all over the recording studio to capture a live sound when this song was recorded. This song is also notable for drummer John Bonham's repeated use of a series of two sixteenth-note triplets on a single bass drum, an effect many subsequent rock drummers have imitated. Bonham had reportedly developed this technique after listening to Vanilla Fudge. He was unaware that drummer Carmine Appice was actually playing on a double bass set. As Page has stated:
Bass Guitar|Bass player John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones has also remarked on his own contribution to the track:
Jones says that the riff he wrote for this song was the most difficult one he ever wrote.[6] Live performances'Good Times Bad Times' was rarely played live at Led Zeppelin concerts in its entirety. In a few instances in 1969 it was used as an introduction to 'Communication Breakdown'. It also appeared in almost complete form within the 'Communication Breakdown' medley performed at the LA Forum on 4 September 1970 (as can be heard on the Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings|Led Zeppelin bootleg recording Live On Blueberry Hill), and several 'Whole Lotta Love' medleys in 1971. It was also the opening song for Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert|Led Zeppelin's reunion show at the The O2 arena (London)|O2 Arena, London on 10 December 2007. Accolades
(*) designates unordered lists. Chart positionsLed Zeppelin Single
Credits
References
|