I agree with the previous sentiment. I think this has nothing to do with LotR, though many Led Zeppelin songs do. This is, in fact, a very sad song. It does sound optimistic at first; OK, I've just been dumped by my bitch of a girlfriend ("a woman unkind"), I'm smoking and drinking myself to death ... wait on, maybe I'll start anew!
The media has a tendency to idealise California, and particularly the Californian girl. Take the Beach Boys' song, for example. Quite simply, he thinks that there is the woman for him, this perfect woman that he's been seeking all his life, so off he goes.
The poor bastard is dreaming. The woman he seeks ... a girl "with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair", has "never, never been born." THAT'S the crucial line in the song. It's just a roundabout way of saying that she doesn't exist ... a sexist statement, maybe, but there it is.
But he'll go on looking, spurred on by all of these false hopes and dreams he's built around (and under) himself, and is telling himself that in the end he'll find the woman of his dreams. He won't. But he's so caught up in his own optimism that he can't see it ... and he won't accept it when people try to tell him that "they're all the same." It's actually a highly cynical song, if you look at the lyrics in a certain way.
Jordan plays back! Swoosh! And that's the game! Nothing further, your Honour.
MadTom has made the most sense so far. And haveing ' a women thats never been born' be imaginary is much more probable then her being an elf, not to bash the lotr guy
MadTom has made the most sense so far. And haveing ' a women thats never been born' be imaginary is much more probable then her being an elf, not to bash the lotr guy
@MadTom Best comment so far. To add, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page had crushes on Joni Mitchell, and she's the "queen without a king" mentioned (referencing her song "I Had a King"). Additionally, the song itself was intended to be about earthquakes, and was originally titled "Guide to California".
@MadTom Best comment so far. To add, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page had crushes on Joni Mitchell, and she's the "queen without a king" mentioned (referencing her song "I Had a King"). Additionally, the song itself was intended to be about earthquakes, and was originally titled "Guide to California".
I agree with the previous sentiment. I think this has nothing to do with LotR, though many Led Zeppelin songs do. This is, in fact, a very sad song. It does sound optimistic at first; OK, I've just been dumped by my bitch of a girlfriend ("a woman unkind"), I'm smoking and drinking myself to death ... wait on, maybe I'll start anew!
The media has a tendency to idealise California, and particularly the Californian girl. Take the Beach Boys' song, for example. Quite simply, he thinks that there is the woman for him, this perfect woman that he's been seeking all his life, so off he goes.
The poor bastard is dreaming. The woman he seeks ... a girl "with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair", has "never, never been born." THAT'S the crucial line in the song. It's just a roundabout way of saying that she doesn't exist ... a sexist statement, maybe, but there it is.
But he'll go on looking, spurred on by all of these false hopes and dreams he's built around (and under) himself, and is telling himself that in the end he'll find the woman of his dreams. He won't. But he's so caught up in his own optimism that he can't see it ... and he won't accept it when people try to tell him that "they're all the same." It's actually a highly cynical song, if you look at the lyrics in a certain way.
Jordan plays back! Swoosh! And that's the game! Nothing further, your Honour.
MadTom has made the most sense so far. And haveing ' a women thats never been born' be imaginary is much more probable then her being an elf, not to bash the lotr guy
MadTom has made the most sense so far. And haveing ' a women thats never been born' be imaginary is much more probable then her being an elf, not to bash the lotr guy
@MadTom Best comment so far. To add, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page had crushes on Joni Mitchell, and she's the "queen without a king" mentioned (referencing her song "I Had a King"). Additionally, the song itself was intended to be about earthquakes, and was originally titled "Guide to California".
@MadTom Best comment so far. To add, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page had crushes on Joni Mitchell, and she's the "queen without a king" mentioned (referencing her song "I Had a King"). Additionally, the song itself was intended to be about earthquakes, and was originally titled "Guide to California".