"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", Led Zeppelin
Aaah, perfection. Its gray outside, and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is playing deliciously loud. This was the first Led Zeppelin I really, truly loved, and discovered all on my own. Its funny that unlike with something like Physical Graffiti, I don't really feel that. I can't feel the emotions I felt then. But this song... Mmm, so explosive, emotional. It has everything a good song needs, it has all the elements that make Led Zeppelin. Its a slow progression, what starts out melodious eventually erupts. Absolutely erupts. The mesmerizing production, the top-notch musicianship, the fury with which they play! I love struggling to find words -- when something just completely takes you over, so deep, so enveloped. That is "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You". That groove, the rampancy, the savagery, the excitement.
