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"The Rain Song" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, and the second track from their fifth album ''Houses of the Holy'', released in 1973. ==Recording== "The Rain Song" is a ballad of over seven minutes in length. Guitarist Jimmy Page originally constructed the melody of this song at his home in Plumpton, England, where he had recently installed a studio console. A new Vista model, it was partly made up from the Pye Mobile Studio which had been used to record the group's 1970 Royal Albert Hall performance and The Who's ''Live at Leeds'' album.〔Dave Lewis (1994), ''The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin'', Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9.〕 Page was able to bring in a completed arrangement of the melody, for which singer Robert Plant composed the words. This song is considered by Plant to be his best overall vocal performance.〔Austin Scaggs, (Q&A: Robert Plant ), ''Rolling Stone'', May 5, 2005.〕 The song also features a mellotron played by John Paul Jones to add to the orchestral effect, while Page plays a Danelectro guitar.〔 The working title for this track was "Slush," a reference to its easy listening mock orchestral arrangement.〔 George Harrison was reportedly the inspiration for "The Rain Song" when he made a comment to Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, about the fact that the group never wrote any ballads.〔(Friends )〕〔Brad Tolinski (2012), ''Light & Shade Conversations Jimmy Page'', Crown Publishing Group, ISBN 0307985717 〕 In tribute to Harrison, the opening two notes are recognisably used from the first line of his ballad "Something" with the Beatles.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Rain Song」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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