Dazed and Confused
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- For the Richard Linklater movie, see Dazed and Confused (film)
- For the UK style magazine, see Dazed & Confused (magazine)
"Dazed and Confused" is a 1969 song by Led Zeppelin. The original tune came from folk singer Jake Holmes, who included it on his debut album The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes, released in June 1967. During a 1967 Yardbirds tour of the United States, Holmes opened for them at Village Theater in Greenwich Village on August 25, 1967. The Yardbirds were inspired by his performance and decided to re-work the song for their own use, which was called "I'm Confused" in early performances. The Yardbirds' interpretation featured long instrumental patches of bowed guitar courtesy of Jimmy Page and dynamic instrumental flourishes. It quickly became a staple of The Yardbirds' live act during the Page-era for the band.
When the Yardbirds finally ended their existence as a band in 1968, the song was re-worked yet again, this time for Led Zeppelin's 1969 debut album. It became a centrepiece for the group, before the success of "Whole Lotta Love" on their second album. The Led Zeppelin version contained altered lyrics by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant compared to the Yardbirds version, and with John Bonham on drums the song developed into a manic, menacing performance on stage. The live version, often clocking at around 20 minutes in early versions, and well over 30 minutes in later versions, allowed bassist John Paul Jones and Bonham to improvise and include riffs from other songs such as "The Crunge", "Walter's Walk", and Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco" (to name a few).
The song was recorded in October 1968 at Olympic Studios, London.
The song, as rumored, was not used as the basis for the title of the 1993 film Dazed and Confused which chronicled the lives of various youths on the last day of High School, 1976. Unsurprisingly, it is not found on the film's soundtrack. Richard Linklater and producers based the film on friends and own high school experiences in the 1970s.
| Led Zeppelin |
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| John Bonham · John Paul Jones · Jimmy Page · Robert Plant |
| Discography |
| Studio Albums: Led Zeppelin · II · III · Image:Zoso.png (IV) · Houses of the Holy · Physical Graffiti · Presence · In Through the Out Door · Coda
Live Albums: The Song Remains the Same · BBC Sessions · How the West Was Won |
| Films |
| The Song Remains the Same · Led Zeppelin DVD |
| Other |
| Peter Grant · Swan Song Records · The Yardbirds · XYZ · The Firm · Page and Plant |
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