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Led Zeppelin — Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)
Album: Led Zeppelin II
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Released: 1969
Length: 2:38
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With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat,
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
Missus cool rides out in her aged Cadillac.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.

Come on, babe on the round about, ride on the merry-go-round,
We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down.

Alimony, alimony payin' your bills,
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
When your conscience hits, you knock it back with pills.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.

Come on, babe on the round about, ride on the merry-go-round,
We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down.

Tellin' tall tales of how it used to be.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
With the butler and the maid and the servants three.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.

Nobody hears a single word you say.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.
But you keep on talkin' till your dyin' day.
Livin', lovin', she's just a woman.

Come on, babe on the round about, ride on the merry-go-round,
We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down.

Livin', Lovin', She's just a woman.
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I don't know what master/remaster this was taken from, but apart from the otherworldly musicianship, I can so clearly hear each instrument in its own space. Musical bliss for me! (But I've probably opened up an audiophile can of worms!)
Posted 8 months ago by no_comment    [ Reply ]
 veganaiZe wrote:

Back to back with Heartbreaker, as it should be. ☺



On my Favorites Mix, it's back-to-back with Lola (Kinks), which is almost as perfect as Heartbreaker. :)
Posted 9 months ago by myrwin    [ Reply ]
with a purple umberella and a fifty cent hen is what i always heard....
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:

whenever i hear this, it takes me back to high school where they had a zeppelin light show at the downtown planetarium. (i saw several of these shows, dark side of the moon, zeppelin, i forget what else.) and this song in particular was a GREAT show of lights and that's what comes to mind visually whenever i hear this.



Ahhh memories... the Mclaughlin Planetarium laser light show synced up to an entire album! Your right, the Zepplin show was a stand-out! Good times 
Posted 1 year ago by kayumann    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This is the ONLY time in my memory I've heard back-to-back songs by the same artist on RP!!? 
(Saw them at the old Boston Garden in '70; worst concert EVER! They kept fans waiting an hour, no opening act, played (fantastically) for 45+ minutes, left without an encore!! The crowd trashed the place and North Station.....!)
Posted 1 year ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
whenever i hear this, it takes me back to high school where they had a zeppelin light show at the downtown planetarium. (i saw several of these shows, dark side of the moon, zeppelin, i forget what else.) and this song in particular was a GREAT show of lights and that's what comes to mind visually whenever i hear this.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
2 Zep tracks in a row , thank you.

❤️  🇬🇧
Posted 1 year ago by Dapps    [ Reply ]
 grandemarch wrote:

Robert Plant sounds a bit like John Fogerty here.




LOL! ...that is not a bad thing. ...eh?
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Robert Plant sounds a bit like John Fogerty here.
Posted 2 years ago by grandemarch    [ Reply ]
GREAT TUNE!! I bought this album right after it was released. I was 14yrs old. I had no idea what the lyrics were.  Thank You for the lyrics, RP!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
The mighty Zep👍
Posted 2 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Well, after 47 years of hearing this song, this is the first time I've checked the lyrics, and specifically the first line (thanks to the RP lyrics feature): "With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat"
As opposed to what I was hearing: "With a purple operator and a 50-cent hair", which of course makes no sense. ; )



"With a purple operator and a fifth in hand"
Posted 3 years ago by kenslvr    [ Reply ]
rock allo stato puro - che nell'album poi contrasta con una melodia da favola
Posted 3 years ago by mario_1954    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
 I always thought it was "...and a fifth in hand."

Any American knows what a "fifth" is.

BTW, I bought this LP when it first came out because I wanted to be cool in school.
I had no idea about the music on it.



 


I always heard the same thing.  Thought this was about an inebriate.
Posted 3 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
 PhoenixArtDj wrote:
When Robert Plant dies, may that day be a loooonnnggg time coming, his essence needs to be scientifically studied to find the essence of Rock and Roll.


I think his "essence" has been "studied" plenty.
Posted 3 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Heartbreaker > Living Loving Maid.  Perfect for a Friday late afternoon/early evening imo.  Thanks RP!
Posted 3 years ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Well, after 47 years of hearing this song, this is the first time I've checked the lyrics, and specifically the first line (thanks to the RP lyrics feature): "With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat"
As opposed to what I was hearing: "With a purple operator and a 50-cent hair", which of course makes no sense. ; )
 

Eau Claire, Wisconsin: beer-saturated, manure-laden boots, aire-guitar flailing.. gleefully bellowing "slow cousin walter"... to the tune of "Smoke On The Water"
Posted 3 years ago by john_m_hopkins    [ Reply ]
Of for crying out loud!

Its all about the hooks! 
Posted 4 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
dialed up LZ on a food pickup run and when I get home and ask Alexa to play RP, what am I rewarded with but a Zep twofer. Occasionally the universe comes together.
Posted 4 years ago by Ian_C    [ Reply ]
Not even in their top 10 tunes, but hot dang this rocks.
Posted 4 years ago by PhoenixArtDj    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by scottleduc    [ Reply ]
When Robert Plant dies, may that day be a loooonnnggg time coming, his essence needs to be scientifically studied to find the essence of Rock and Roll.
Posted 5 years ago by PhoenixArtDj    [ Reply ]
 I always thought it was "...and a fifth in hand."

Any American knows what a "fifth" is.

BTW, I bought this LP when it first came out because I wanted to be cool in school.
I had no idea about the music on it.


On_The_Beach wrote:
Well, after 47 years of hearing this song, this is the first time I've checked the lyrics, and specifically the first line (thanks to the RP lyrics feature): "With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat"
As opposed to what I was hearing: "With a purple operator and a 50-cent hair", which of course makes no sense. ; )
 
Posted 5 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I finally got the lyric "50 cent hat". Kept hearing "fips in hand". Leading to my lifetime search for a fips.
Posted 5 years ago by bagman1673290    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
 WBOB wrote:
Classic, simply Classic stuff. Saw Zep 1973 Chicago, $7.50! Made the movie from that tour. Number one concert in my life of hundreds.
 You've had hundreds of lives?

Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
Nice to keep the transition with living loving maid ! 
Posted 5 years ago by freechelmi    [ Reply ]
 veganaiZe wrote:
Back to back with Heartbreaker, as it should be. ☺
 
Absolutely! Love that Bill always plays it as it always should have been.
Posted 5 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Just can't listen to this anymore still "PTSD'd" from decades of overplay...and it's brilliant.  (always happy for new generations that get to discover this for the first time!)
Posted 5 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Classic, simply Classic stuff. Saw Zep 1973 Chicago, $7.50! Made the movie from that tour. Number one concert in my life of hundreds.
Posted 5 years ago by WBOB    [ Reply ]
Back to back with Heartbreaker, as it should be. ☺
Posted 5 years ago by veganaiZe    [ Reply ]
Led Zepplin two-fer - THANKS BILL!!!!
Posted 5 years ago by daveinnj    [ Reply ]
YEA, Heartbreaker and Living Loving Maid belong played together!

Jam On . . .
Posted 5 years ago by WBOB    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by noe.architecte169    [ Reply ]
She's just a virtual being from the internet
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
The whole album would get a "10" in my world (ie. my own feeble rock'n roll brain).  Takes me back to a time when blasting this on the quad 8-track deck in my '65 Dodge  van with a bunch of stonies in the back bobbing and shaking to the music was a great way to spend Saturday night in the Great White North!
 
 bobcouch wrote:


Or just play the whole album!
 
Posted 5 years ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
 veloman wrote:
The song name would probably not go so well in this day and age{#Naughty}
 

It would probably go better than "Dead Loving Maid" would.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 hypotenuse wrote:

I'll second that!
 

Or just play the whole album!
Posted 5 years ago by bobcouch    [ Reply ]
 Ugh! Ugh! Rock it! C'mon rock it!
Posted 6 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Yeeeah baby! Thank you Bill for not breaking this up...as if you could! {#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}
Posted 6 years ago by loungelizard48    [ Reply ]
 veloman wrote:
The song name would probably not go so well in this day and age{#Naughty}

 
{#Doh}
Posted 6 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 veloman wrote:
The song name would probably not go so well in this day and age{#Naughty}

 
Why do you say that?
Posted 6 years ago by icuski2    [ Reply ]
The song name would probably not go so well in this day and age{#Naughty}
Posted 6 years ago by veloman    [ Reply ]
 h8rhater wrote:
...if only we could just roll right on into Ramble On.

 
I'll second that!
Posted 7 years ago by hypotenuse    [ Reply ]
i still listen to some zep every day. i love this song. ahem - not exactly a PC lyric these days. 
Posted 7 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
...if only we could just roll right on into Ramble On.
Posted 7 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by Noé    [ Reply ]
WOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
rock baby   : )
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
.....this album changed my teenage life.
Posted 7 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
Most excellent!
{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 7 years ago by Springbok84    [ Reply ]
Thank you for playing both of these together!
Posted 7 years ago by musikalia    [ Reply ]
Arguably (this is the INTERNET after all) the greatest rock song(s) of all time
Posted 7 years ago by V12Silly    [ Reply ]
Led Zeppelin 'o Rama{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 7 years ago by Faithful_Fool    [ Reply ]
{#Motor}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Next song is this one!  Universe still spinning 'round.
Posted 8 years ago by agd3    [ Reply ]
Amazing. This song is as old as I am and we both still rock.
Posted 8 years ago by ElCamoteLoco    [ Reply ]
Well, after 47 years of hearing this song, this is the first time I've checked the lyrics, and specifically the first line (thanks to the RP lyrics feature): "With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat"
As opposed to what I was hearing: "With a purple operator and a 50-cent hair", which of course makes no sense.    ; )
Posted 8 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
This is the only way these two songs are meant to be played: one right after the other. The bridge between the two is brilliant and always gets me rocking. 
Posted 8 years ago by stangalbraith    [ Reply ]
By golly this music's got me shakin my rickety biscuits!!! Woopiddy-dooooo yee-haaaa
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 Utopia_Bold wrote:
  Please stop. This tune has been going on for 10 minutes.

 
What?!  This song isn't even three minutes long.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Really?
Posted 8 years ago by thecdar    [ Reply ]
 woodchuk wrote:
A thumping rocker of a song that was standard fare for FM rock stations for decades.  Not their best, but it's great to hear again once in a great while.

 
Among their very best and great to hear anytime!{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 8 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 Typesbad wrote:

It's always been something of a radio crime not to air these two songs together.

 
Yep--impossible to separate! :-)
Posted 8 years ago by Tjerome    [ Reply ]
This song is the essence of Page.
Posted 8 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 martin1451 wrote:
Wow, two Led Zeps in a row from the same album! (Heartbreaker before this one) Haven't seen this practice on RP before!

 
It's always been something of a radio crime not to air these two songs together.
Posted 8 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
Just played the vinyl album this morning.  Nice hearing the songs together like they should be.
Posted 8 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
A thumping rocker of a song that was standard fare for FM rock stations for decades.  Not their best, but it's great to hear again once in a great while.
Posted 8 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
oh hey, I like this sound! Woo-hoo hope to hear a coupla' more from this neat young group, by gum : )
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Used to love this album, but it's a bit heavy-handed these days.
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
  Please stop. This tune has been going on for 10 minutes.
Posted 8 years ago by Utopia_Bold    [ Reply ]
I've always thought this was one of their best tunes.  That great Telecaster sound.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 martin1451 wrote:
Wow, two Led Zeps in a row from the same album! (Heartbreaker before this one) Haven't seen this practice on RP before!

 
Hmm, the same thing just happen.
Posted 8 years ago by ktalinu    [ Reply ]
The locked-at-the-hip-and-lip sing-along air guitar-and-drum specials. 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Crown}
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Wow, two Led Zeps in a row from the same album! (Heartbreaker before this one) Haven't seen this practice on RP before!
Posted 9 years ago by martin1451    [ Reply ]