Talk:The Rain Song

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[edit] Unreferenced and inaccurate

"Harrison told Page that he had a great band (Led Zeppelin), but they didn't write enough ballads. As a tribute to Harrison, the first two notes of The Rain Song are the same as Harrison's "Something". "

First of all the the first two notes of this song are part of a slowly strummed/downward arpeggio singl chord. Perhaps this should be chords not notes. As I don't have access to a guitar at the moment I couldn't even tell you what they are as the song is played in an alternative turning to "normal" ie E A D G B E

Also, needs referencing. In fact, it needs reqwiting as it has specualtion and PoV. maybe I will visit it soon 8) Candy 13:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I Believe the tuning to the song is E A D A D E however I will not change the page unless someone proves me correct - Phöénix 00:16, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

The tuning used is D G C G C D 67.110.231.105 22:19, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Something" needs to go!

"Although there is no proof, it has been said that Jimmy Page was inspired to write the song after a meeting with George Harrison. Harrison told Page that he had a great band (Led Zeppelin), but they didn't write enough ballads. As a tribute to Harrison, the first two notes of "The Rain Song" are the same as Harrison's "Something""

So, as there is no "proof" ie reference it is now being deleted by me. It doesn't make sense anyway - the first two notes come from an arpeggio.

Candy 12:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I see the part about Harrison is back. Please take this to discussion before reverting again. The source cited has NO SOURCES and one part (the bit about the chords being the same as Harrison's Something is a READER CONTRIBUTION - again unsourced). It's going again. Candy 18:08, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Here's a reference: http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ledzeppelin/albums/album/120527/review/5940338/houses_of_the_holy
It is a review from Rolling Stone magazine, not just some random blog entry. Also note that Harrison was talking to Bonham, not Page. --Kainaw (talk) 19:19, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

The similarity between The Rain Song and Something is the chord progression - both songs begin with the following chord progression: Major / Major 7th / Dominant 7th / 4th 67.110.231.105 22:25, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reference. I see though that the explanation in Rolling stone needs careful thought before being added to this article. If you read closely it says the "first two notes" not chords. As the Rain Song is slowly strummed (down from high to low) it is unclear if it means the first two notes of the first chord or the top note of the first two chords.
I would suggest something brief which doesn't include anything about notes or chords but only mentions the meeting and response. The reader then can make their own interpretation of the less than clear source material. Candy 07:18, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song.ogg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:37, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Genre"

Who listed the genre as hard rock? Did they ever actually listen to the song? I'm not sure what genre to call it, but it certainly isn't hard rock. User:Bernsteinp 7:44, 20 Januray 2008

Maybe Psychedelic rock? ----SpeedKing (talk) 18:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)