Down By The Seaside

Physical Graffiti, 1975

Adelightful track that took four years to finally make it onto a Zeppelin album, and another often cited now as a good example of how different the band was from their heavy rock contemporaries. Begun back in 1970 during Jimmy and Robert’s fateful visit to Bron-YrAur, later polished into studio excellence during the making of Zep IV, and when, finally made available in 1975, regarded as a nod to the mellow country-tinged blues of Neil Young, Down By The Seaside is as welcome as its title suggests. What gave it added zest was the unexpected was Page and Bonham, in tandem, pushing the arrangement along, until it upscales from the slow to fast and then back again. Playful and cool… MW