Guitar bros, help with a song

[hanselthecaretaker]

I heard it yesterday and was too busy at work to remember if they even said who it was and forgot about it later, but that badass steady rhythm line and main riff popped into my mind now and it's my new favorite song....I thought about calling the radio station but how would I explain to them with no background info ("it's that one song you played in the afternoon that goes "blah blah blah"..... uhh, no). Emailing them would take too long too and their playlist history only goes 24 hours back. All else I know is that I heard them say "Led Zeppelin" in roughly the same time frame I heard that song but was barely listening. I don't listen to enough 'Zep to know their sound.

The rhythm guitar plays an E chord on each downbeat that's also played damped every 16th note before the next downbeat through the whole song, kinda like a "ka-chung ka-chung ka-chung" - "chun"= E and "ka"= damped 16th note.

Forgive my two bit tab, but this is the best I can remember of it:
It's kind of an offbeat song, around 85 bpm assuming it's in 4/4 time (although it sounds more like 2/4 or cut because of the beat).

For now, we'll say it's in 4/4 time, standard E tuning:

Rhythm guitar
x= damped strings

**each number equals quarter note downbeat**
-----1------2------3-----4------1-----2------3-----4----
e------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------
g--x-1----x-1----x-1---x-1----x-1---x-1----x-1---x-1------
d--x-2----x-2----x-2---x-2----x-2---x-2----x-2---x-2------
a--x-2----x-2----x-2---x-2----x-2---x-2----x-2---x-2------
E----0------0------0-----0------0-----0------0-----0-------
(repeats over and over)

Lead Guitar- main riff (played over the rhythm):

**numbers condensed to save space, but match rhythm above**
-------1---2--3--4---1---2--3--4---1----2----3----4----1---------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------------
d-7--5-----------7--5----------7--5----4----2----4----5----------
a-7--7-----------7--7----------7--7----5----4----5----7----------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------

To make more sense of the above, the riffs basically fall on the same count as those damped 16th notes in the rhythm.

Any questions, ask away. If this is too confusing or you don't give a damn... oh well!

Thanks for any help.

 

[redguru]

Looks like it's "rock & roll."

Were the lyrics "It's been a long time since I rock and rolled"

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Looks like it's "rock & roll."

Were the lyrics "It's been a long time since I rock and rolled"

By Zeppelin? I'll dl it and check back.

 

[chefbone]

Are you sure it's not Rush???

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Looks like it's "rock & roll."

Were the lyrics "It's been a long time since I rock and rolled"

Ohhhhh I know that song well but that's not it....too fast. This one is slow and has a lug-along feel to it. It's kinda sexy, I pictured getting head to it within a minute of hearing it.

Chefbone, didn't sound like anything I knew by Rush. This is a little heavier than the typical Rush sound....unless it's something I've never heard from them.

 

[chefbone]

What kind of effects? Is it distorted? I just picked up my acoustic because I was too lazy to go break out one of the BIG GUNS!!!! Plus, it's a little late here to be Jammin'

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

What kind of effects? Is it distorted? I just picked up my acoustic because I was too lazy to go break out one of the BIG GUNS!!!! Plus, it's a little late here to be Jammin'

No real effects that I can remember....just that steady lugging-through-a-swamp rhythm, and that offbeat riff, plus some cool diversions and I think a decent solo.

If I remember right, a part of the lyrics was something like "thanks for......dreams......." tough to remember. But that rhythm is slow and steady; killer shit.

 

[Razorguns]

simple solution: buy led zep box set. Trust me, you wo't be dissappointed.

 

[JayC9]

communication breakdown?
whole lotta love?
achilles last stand?

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

communication breakdown?
whole lotta love?
achilles last stand?

I'll check. And Razor, that boxset sounds good, I'll have to pick that up.