Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole (1970)
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- čas přidán 2. 02. 2023
- I first heard this as a folk song called "Hangman" by The Kingston Trio, which was originally titled "The Maid Freed from the Gallows" and "The Prickilie Bush." However, the
Trio's version was fairly straight laced and lacked the drama and excitement that Zeppelin puts into their version. This track is on side two along with "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" on LZ III, which I just uploaded a short time ago. The pace picks up much the way a hangman's reel does, and luckily an historical drama starring Alan Bates was available that is an excellent match for the song. A lot of editing was required though as the focus of the music is on Bates and not the other major character played by Faye Dunaway, plus some
scenes needed to be re-sequenced in order to pair well with the lyrics. Not enough footage was left to use from the Bates film, so I gave a little less equal time to the song as
known as "The Maid Freed from the Gallows" using footage from the film, Once Upon A Time In Deadwood. In this instance, the unlucky maid is actress Veronica Lopez. - Hudba
Another classic song as well as a masterpiece by a legend.
Thanks Kimberly!
Somehow Munrow’s Retro continues to introduce me to music from groups I thought I completely knew. This vid left us hanging, however. I’ll show myself out now.
Oh, what a gibe… (or gibbet?). David Lynch could not do better! ; )
Hahaha .. well that is the theme of the song is it not? Listening to the song closely, it really sounds as though the hangman doublecrosses both the condemned man and his sister as well, because you can hear him plainly singing "she's swinging from the gallows pole." That is NOT what is in the printed lyrics on line, but I have a fine ear. So the entire video is correct.
Listen to the original Scottish version
You may want to listen to some Pentangle and Fairport Convention. I'm dating myself.
I like the reverse-rewind kicking legs there at the end.
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That must have been the film that did that. All I did was speed it up a little at the very end to match the song ending. I even transported a few scenes from the main film, Wicked Lady, to make it appear she had an audience too. She functions as the sister who gets double crossed by the hangman when she tries to save her brother's life by utilizing her charms ... and ends up on the gallows as well.
You got it wrong, the doomed man gave the hangman his sister in return for his freedom: "Hangman, hangman upon your face is smiles you can tell me that I'm free to ride- ride many a miles miles", etc." Amazingly good tune on bluegrass.
The lyrics vary depending on who is doing the song. I have the old Kingston Trio version, where I first heard it, and it is at odds with Led Zeppelin's version. I imagine the original Scottish version is different too (along with Fairport Convention's). In any event, after his friends and brother are not able to bribe the hangman, he sets his sister to the task of bribing him to set him free in return for her sexual favors, but never intended her to take his place ... not in the Zeppelin version. Technically, the online version of the lyrics say that after performing certain acts on the hangman, the man hangs anyway. That's all. Not that she hangs. BUT if you have a sharp ear, you can here him taunting the hanged man that he has hanged her sister as well and is she is swinging on the gallows pole too. As it turns out, trying to bribe the hangman was a capital offense, if enforced. How did I get it wrong. The difference is you say in the version you know the condemned man intentionally exchanged his sister for his own life. I am saying she bribed the hangman with sex, and was double-crossed and ended up on the gallows. Either way she swings. Again, lyrics vary, there must be a dozen versions.
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Another classic song as well as a masterpiece.
What’s not explained in this video or the song however is that the sister and hangman eventually wed. They lived happily ever after on the gold and silver and little of everything the brother brought. Nasty, nasty people