Killing Floor Lemon Song

On these sorts of tracks robert plant was never content to take lyrics from just one source but for the most part the lemon song draws on howlin wolf s killing floor according to led zeppelin.

Killing floor lemon song. I should have quit you a long time ago ohh yeahhh long time ago i wouldn t be here my children down on this killing floor i should have listened baby to my second. Killing floor is a 1964 song by american blues singer songwriter and guitarist howlin wolf. Called one of the defining classics of chicago electric blues killing floor became a blues standard with recordings by various artists. The lemon song included on the 1969 album led zeppelin ii is another of led zeppelin s homages to the blues.

The song was placed on the 1969 album led zeppelin ii. It has been acknowledged by the blues foundation hall of fame which noted its popularity among rock as well as blues musicians. On the original british copies of led zeppelin ii the label on the record lists killing floor as the third track and is credited to chester burnett howlin wolf s real name while the liner lists the lemon song and credits led zeppelin. However the squeeze my lemon sequence continued to be inserted into the whole lotta love medley and ad libbed elsewhere.

The lemon song was performed live on led zeppelin s first three concert tours of the united states on the first tour as killing floor before being dropped from their live set in late 1969. Great blues music from howlin wolf. The credit for songwriting the lemon song was originally given to both jimmy page and robert plant. This is very similar to a blues song by howlin wolf called killing floor it was so similar wolf was eventually given a composer credit.