Levee's goin' to break.....

**maniclion** · 09-23-2005, 06:29 PM

You've probably been hearing it constantly, but do you know who wrote it and what event inspired it?

"the Great Mississippi flood of 1927 -- which inspired Memphis Minnie to write one of Led Zeppelin's best songs -- broke levees from St. Louis to New Orleans and turned most of the Delta country of western Mississippi (the state, not the river) into an inland sea. Thousands died, many of them African-American sharecroppers rounded up at gunpoint and set to work shoring up the levees. When the rainsoaked barriers finally gave way, hundreds of them, many chainganged together like convicts, were swept to their deaths."

This was also the catalyst that spread Jazz and Blues from New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta out to the rest of the Country particularly Chicago when the homeless migrated to those cities not wanting to ever go back to such a flood prone area. That basically spawned a whole musical revolution.

Maybe these past events will give our nation another cultural stir? Or remember that 2 years later 1929 the stock market crashed

**min0 lee** · 09-23-2005, 06:44 PM

Good research and I like that song.

**Tough Old Man** · 09-23-2005, 06:45 PM

Let the water flow

**maniclion** · 09-23-2005, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by Tough Old Man

Let the water flow

So how did you scrape by during the great depression old man?

**Rich46yo** · 09-23-2005, 07:25 PM

I think they "Zep" wrote and made the song to fill their pocketbooks. If they gave a fuck about the peoples who suffered they would have given all the money to charities that would help them, or their descendants.

I like music too but don't lose sight of the fact that the world of rock and roll, indeed the entire entertainment industry, is full of nothing but selfish,greedy, drugged up, cocksuckers with narcissistic personalty disorders...........Uncle Rich..........

**maniclion** · 09-23-2005, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Rich46yo

I think they "Zep" wrote and made the song to fill their pocketbooks. If they gave a fuck about the peoples who suffered they would have given all the money to charities that would help them, or their descendants.

Go back read my post then edit your post accordingly.

And on the drug addled rock musician/artiste, think about how much alcohol and variuous other chemicals have fueled the minds of some of our greatest thinkers/writers/poets/philosophers, etc. Americans enjoy their drugs, Boston Tea Party, Whiskey Rebellion, the horrible failure that was Prohibition, the ever present lingering fumes of good pakalolo at just about any concert, etc.

**Big Smoothy** · 09-24-2005, 04:27 AM

Originally Posted by maniclion

Maybe these past events will give our nation another cultural stir? Or remember that 2 years later 1929 the stock market crashed

I don't think recent events will affect anything culturally.

As for the stock market the economy and fianancial markets are much more sophisticated than in 1929.

The people that jumped to their deaths in 1929 put way too much of their holding into margins. When the margin call came, that was it.

**Rich46yo** · 09-24-2005, 08:23 AM

Im a huge fan of Springsteen. And an even bigger fan of Zep and I honor them as great musicians. I do not, however, consider them social heros, great orators, or seer's. I enjoy the music and thats the end of it.

You see Im one of those lunatics that actually live the words in the Constitution and think everyone is equal. I have more repsect for the average working person then all of these rich and famous put together. Springsteen would get a moving citation from me. A working guy hurrying to work to feed his family would get a pass.........Uncle Rich.................

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