ROBERT PLANT - Big Log (HD,HQ Sound,Lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AT7sJkBejc
Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English musician,
singer and songwriter. Best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of
the rock band Led Zeppelin, he has also had a successful solo career.
With
a career spanning more than 40 years and possessing a powerful wide
vocal range (particularly his trademark high-pitched screams), Plant is
regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music,
and has influenced contemporaries and later singers such as Freddie
Mercury, Axl Rose and Chris Cornell.In 2006, heavy metal magazine Hit
Parader named Plant the "Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time".In 2009,
Plant was voted "the greatest voice in rock" in a poll conducted by
Planet Rock.In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 15 on their
list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. In 2011, readers of
Rolling Stone placed Plant in first place of the magazine's list of the
best lead singers of all time.
Website : RobertPlant.com
"Big
Log" is a song from his album "The Principle of Moments", released in
1983. It was the first single from the album and became his first Top 40
solo hit, peaking at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and number 20 on
the US Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached number six on the
Billboard Top Tracks chart.
Model in video: Emily Didonato
Lyrics:
Songwriters: PLANT/BLUNT/WOODROFFE
My love is in league with the freeway
Its passion will ride as the cities fly by
And the tail lights dissolve in the coming of night
And the questions, in thousands, take flight
My love is a-miles in the waiting
The eyes that just stare, and the glance at the clock
And the secret that burns, and the pain that grows dark
And it's you once again
Leading me on (Leading me on)
Leading me down the road
Driving beyond (Driving beyond)
Driving me down the road
My love is exceedingly vivid
Red-eyed and fevered with the hum of the miles
Distance and longing, my thoughts do collide
Should I rest for a while at the side?
Your love is cradled in knowing
Eyes in the mirror, still expecting they'll come
And sensing too well when the journey is done
There is no turning back, no
There is no turning back
On the run
- Plant's lyrics were often influenced by the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Big Log is a mythical, extended metaphor for a lost love: "My love is in league with the freeway... My love is the miles and the waiting." A Big Log is common lingo of tractor trailer drivers. It is the book in which their road hours are logged, therefore the connection between the road and love and the countless hours we all log on both. (thanks, Stuart - Salem, MA)
- In the video, Plant's classic car overheats at a desolate desert gas station, which causes him to muse upon lost love. (thanks, ErickOverveen - Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- This was Robert Plant's first hit as a solo artist after the break up of Led Zeppelin.
- Some people know this song as "My Love Is In League With The Freeway." The phrase "Big Log" does not appear in the lyrics.
- The name "Big Log" is likely meaningless. Plant's solo work (up until Now And Zen) and work with Led Zeppelin often featured songs with titles that had little or nothing to do with the lyrics. Also from The Principle Of Moments are the tracks "Messin' With A Mekon," "Horizontal Departure" and "Stranger Here... Than Over There." (thanks, Jodeo - Plymouth, MI)
- Phil Collins played drums on this and 5 other tracks on the album. He also played drums on Plant's previous album Pictures At Eleven. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for above 3)
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