You would find in a lot of Zep stuff that the riff was the juggernaut that careered through and I worked the lyrics around this.
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Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all.
The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in.
You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies.
In those days, it didn't take much imagination to come up with something that required great lyric development skills. You just thought of an experience that you might have gone through, and write it down.
I have this guitar on which I occasionally kill time making up rock n' roll lyrics.
When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.
I really wanted to work hard on my lyrics.
I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend's house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to catch it, so I ran to another room to write it down, but then the kitchen caught fire. His cabinets were charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.
'Back In The Saddle' - I never realised what a good riff that was, or at least how much it satisfied me. And when we play it live, it comes across much better than I ever expected it to.
I usually start with a lyric and see where that takes me.
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