On May 30, 10:14Â am, ta
nc.rr.com> wrote:> On May 30, 12:43 pm, Zeus
yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> We come from the land of the ice and snow,
>> From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
>> This riddle is appropriate for the date today,
>> for I am a Pathfinder and can show you the way.
>
>> Think of where this reservoir is, Valhalla I come from,
>> a city where I rest my head, and the princess she shall come.
>
>> The city I refer to, is of course my name,
>> but to solve this riddle think of her diary just the same.
>
>> My diary is of madmen, who form blizzards and rain ice,
>> Now I am the Thunderbolt and now I don't play nice!
>
>> Thor
"Immigrant Song" was written during Led Zeppelin's tour of Iceland,
Bath and Germany in the summer of 1970. The opening date of this tour
took place in Iceland, and just six days later the band performed the
song for the first time on stage during the Bath Festival. The song is
dedicated to the Icelander Leif Ericson. It is sung from the
perspective of Vikings rowing west from Scandinavia in search of new
lands. The lyrics make explicit reference to Viking conquests and the
Old Norse religion (Fight the horde, sing and cry, Valhalla, I am
coming!). In a 1970 radio interview, Plant jokingly explained:
“ We went to Iceland, and it made you think of Vikings and big
ships... and John Bonham's stomach... and bang, there it was -
Immigrant Song!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrant_Song
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullinkambi
