Whole Lotta Love
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Whole Lotta Love is a Led Zeppelin hard rock song that is a blues-adapted 1969 rock song featuring descending chromatic riffs, theremin sound effects, and sexual themes, serving as the opening track of Led Zeppelin II and becoming a rock radio staple.
- AKA: Whole Lot of Love, Whole Lotta Love (1969), Led Zeppelin II Opening Track.
- Context:
- It can typically demonstrate E Major Guitar Riff with unison bending technique.
- It can typically feature Five Minutes Twenty-Three Seconds in original album version.
- It can typically incorporate Backwards Echo Production in psychedelic middle section.
- It can typically utilize Theremin Performance by Jimmy Page.
- It can typically present Sexual Lyrical Content adapted from blues tradition.
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- It can often generate Extended Live Versions lasting twenty-plus minutes.
- It can often inspire Cover Versions across multiple genres.
- It can often feature Robert Plant Vocal Improvisations in concert performances.
- It can often include Rhythm Section Breakdowns during middle passage.
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- It can range from being a Three-Minute Radio Edit to being a Thirty-Minute Live Version, depending on its performance expansion.
- It can range from being a Studio-Produced Whole Lotta Love to being a Raw Live Whole Lotta Love, depending on its production treatment.
- It can range from being a Original 1969 Whole Lotta Love to being a Modern Cover Whole Lotta Love, depending on its performing artist.
- It can range from being a Chart Single Whole Lotta Love to being an Album Track Whole Lotta Love, depending on its release format.
- It can range from being a Censored Whole Lotta Love to being an Explicit Whole Lotta Love, depending on its broadcast standard.
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- It can achieve Number One Chart Positions in multiple countries.
- It can generate Plagiarism Lawsuit Settlement with Willie Dixon estate.
- It can serve as Top of the Pops Theme via CCS instrumental version.
- It can influence Hard Rock Guitar Technique through Page's riff construction.
- It can establish Led Zeppelin Concert Tradition as set closer.
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- Example(s):
- 1969 Studio Recording, the original Atlantic Records release with full production effects.
- 1970 Royal Albert Hall Performance, featuring extended theremin solo section.
- 1973 Madison Square Garden Performance, documented in The Song Remains the Same.
- 1975 Tina Turner Cover Version, reaching R&B chart success.
- 1997 Page-Plant Reunion Version, reimagined with Middle Eastern arrangements.
- 2007 O2 Arena Reunion Performance, from Led Zeppelin's reunion concert.
- CCS Instrumental Version (1970), used as BBC Top of the Pops theme.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Led Zeppelin Hard Rock Song, Hard Rock Song, Led Zeppelin II, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Willie Dixon, Blues Rock Fusion, 1969 Rock Music, Hard Rock Guitar Riff, Rock Song, Classic Rock Radio.