Good Times Bad Times
January 12, 1969 ( album ), March 10, 1969 ( Single)
Good Times Bad Times is a song by British rock band Led Zeppelin. It is the opening track of their 1969 released debut album Led Zeppelin.
General
For the guitar solo amplified guitarist Jimmy Page his Fender to produce Telecaster guitar through a Leslie speaker has a swirl effect. This type of speakers includes rotating speaker and is designed for Hammond organs. However, it can also be used for guitars. Eric Clapton used this technique in the Cream song "Badge " and George Harrison used it on several Beatles ' recordings. In an interview he gave to the Guitar World, Page said:
" I do remember using the board to overdrive a Leslie cabinet for the main riff in ' How Many More Times '. It does not sound like a Leslie Because I was not Employing the rotating speakers. Surprisingly, did sound Has real weight. The guitar is going through the board, then through to amp Which was driving the Leslie cabinet. It was a very successful experiment. "
"I remember that I have a mixing board used to override a Leslie cabinet for the main riff of ' How Many More Times '. It did not sound like a Leslie, because I had used no rotating speaker. Surprisingly, the sound was really stunner. The guitar went through a mixer, then through an amplifier overdriven the Leslie cabinet. It was a very successful experiment. "
Jimmy Page, who was also the producer of the band, presented at the recording of the song anywhere in the studio microphones on to capture a live sound.
This song is also known for the repeated use of a series of two Sechzehntelnotentriolen on a single bass drum with drummer John Bonham, an effect that mimicked many subsequent rock drummer, as well as with the left foot on the hi-hat over almost the whole song eighth notes to play. Bonham had reportedly developed this technique after listening to Vanilla Fudge. He did not know that drummer Carmine Appice played on a double bass drum. Like Jimmy Page said:
"The most stunning thing about the track, of course, is Bonzo 's amazing kick drum. It's superhuman When you realize what he not playing with double kick. That's one kick drum! That's When people started understanding what he what all about. "
" A truly stunning thing about this title is, of course Bonzo incredible bass drum. It is superhuman when you realized that he did not play double bass drum. That 's a bass drum! Then the people began to understand what it was with him. "
Bassist John Paul Jones explained his contribution to this item:
" Usually anything [ by Led Zeppelin ] with lots of notes was mine and anything with chunky chords what Page 's. Things like ' Good Times Bad Times ', Those are my sort of riffs, they're quite busy. "
"Normally it was all [ of Led Zeppelin ] with many notes from me and everything with heavy chords of Page. Things like 'Good Times Bad Times ' - that's my kind of reef, they are quite laborious. "
"Good Times Bad Times " was played live almost completely. Occasionally the song in 1969 was used as an introduction for " Communication Breakdown ". He also appears in almost complete form in " Communication Breakdown " medley, which was listed in the LA Forum on September 4, 1970. There it contains a bass solo from John Paul Jones ( listen to the Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings Live on Blueberry Hill ). He also has been incorporated into some "Whole Lotta Love" medley from 1971. On the Led Zeppelin reunion concert at London's O2 Arena on December 10, 2007 was "Good Times Bad Times " the opening song.
The song is played in the movie The Fighter. This is one of the rare cases that one of the songs of Led Zeppelin is used in a movie. "Good Times Bad Times " was also used in the first trailer for the film American Hustle, as well as in the film itself In both films, David O. Russell directed.
Awards
Chartpalzierungen ( as a single )
Occupation
- Jimmy Page - guitar, backing vocals
- Robert Plant - vocals
- John Paul Jones - bass, background vocals
- John Bonham - drums, background vocals
Cover versions
2007
Cover of Godsmack
The metal band Godsmack coverte the song in 2007 for her album Good Times, Bad Times ... Ten Years of Godsmack. It was the only song on the album was re-released as a single. A music video, which also includes live recordings, was aufnommen for the version of Godsmack.
Chart placement of Godsmack version
In the Billboard Charts: