WE MISS YOU: THE STORY OF THE LAST SINGLE BY LED ZEPPELIN BEFORE HE LEAVES……
“Fool in the Rain,” the group’s tenth and last single from their eight studio albums prior to John Bonham’s death and their breakup in 1980, was released in December 1979 in response to the wild reception the In Through the Out Door album release had generated a month earlier. To learn more,
Singer Robert Plant said, “I always thought of the Stones as a pop group who made singles,” back in 2005. “The entire notion of us competing with Bobby Goldsboro as they were wasn’t relevant to our situation. We stated that since the album serves as the band’s statement, there is no reason to release a single. Compared to earlier Led Zeppelin albums, Plant and bassist John Paul Jones contributed more to the songwriting of Through the Out Door. Jones was especially inspired by Plant’s experimentation with a novel kind of melodic To learn more,
“You see, there was a tension when Jonesy didn’t really participate to the songwriting of [1976’s] Presence. In his book Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page, guitarist and producer Jimmy Page provided an explanation. “At that point, I wouldn’t want to have any input. However, he purchased a Yamaha GX-1 synthesiser, which sparked a number of ideas for In Through the Out Door. Additionally, he began collaborating closely with Robert, which had never been the case before. To learn more,
