https://open.spotify.com/track/1xbiqo873CvNGJkzN1Lrh4?si=u4hvat1gSquNQ73wK5lFmA
So this song was written and sung by Robert Plant for and about Jimmy Page - based off a musical sketch Jimmy gave him. Outrider is Jimmy’s first and only solo album.
Robert said on video the song is about Jimmy because people say he’s The Only One (for Robert, cough, musically) so he called it that. It has a lovely moany mmmm hhhnnnggg middle section, interestingly. Robert also says he can’t sit down. We all know Robert is a blessed innocent that just can’t identify innuendo, right?
I like to think about Jimmy listening to this behind the console with whoever was his trusty engineer - playing it back over and over - like you do in the course of producing a record. He gave it a nice crisp ballance with the guitar - I mean you can hear Robert breathing. I like to think Jimmy kept a professional attitude throughout but we may never know.
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