Beth Hart - 'No Quarter / Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' (Medley) [A Tribute To Led Zeppelin]

No Quarter

Close the door, put out the light
You know they won't be home tonight
The snow falls hard and don't you know?
The winds of Thor are blowing cold
They're wearing steel that's bright and true
They carry news that must get through

They choose the path where no-one goes
They hold no quarter
They hold no quarter

Walking side by side with death
The devil mocks their every step, ooh
The snow drives back the foot that's slow
The dogs of doom are howling more
They carry news that must get through
To build a dream for me and you, oh

They choose the path where no-one goes
They hold no quarter
They ask no quarter
They hold no quarter
They ask no quarter

Oh!
The pain, the pain without quarter, oh yeah!
They ask no quarter (without quarter, quarter, quarter)
They give no quarter (giving me, giving me no)
Oh (I hear the dogs of doom are howling more!)

Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You

Babe, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you
I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you
I'll leave you when the summertime
Leave you when the summer comes a-rolling
Leave you when the summer comes along

Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby, baby
I wanna leave you
I ain't joking woman, I've got to ramble
Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I believing
We really got to ramble (I can hear it calling me)
I can hear it calling me the way it used to do
I can hear it calling me back home

Babe, I'm gonna leave you
Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you
Oh I can hear it calling me
I said don't you hear it
Calling me the way it used to do?

I know I know, I know
I never, never, never, never,
Never gonna leave you, babe
But I got to go away from this place
I've got to quit you, yeah
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Oh, don't you hear it calling me?
Oh, woman, woman, I know, I know
It feels good to have you back again
And I know that one day baby,
It's gonna really grow, yes it is
We gonna go walking through the park every day
Come what may, every day, oh
My, my, my, my, my, my babe
I'm gonna leave you, go away

Oh, I miss you, baby
It was really, really good
You made me happy every single day
But now I've got to go away
Oh, oh, oh

Baby, baby, baby, baby
That's when it's calling me
I said that's when it's calling me back home

Η Beth Hart είναι καλλιτέχνιδα εξ' Αμερικής (Los Angeles). Τραγουδίστρια, μουσικός και συνθέτρια είναι ενεργή δισκογραφικά από τις αρχές της δεκαετίας του ενενήντα αρχικά με το συγκρότημα Beth Hart and The Ocean of Souls και το ομώνυμο ντεμπούτο του που "βγήκε" το 1993.

Συνέχισε με προσωπική (solo) καριέρα, ενώ έχει συνεργασθεί με τον (τιτάνα) Joe Bonamassa σε τρεις δίσκους. Έχει κερδίσει οκτώ φορές στους διαγωνισμούς Blues Music Awards (5) και European Blues Awards (3), ενώ ήταν υποψήφια για Grammy (στην κατηγορία "Best Blues Album") το 2014.

Το νέο της δισκογραφικό πόνημα φέρει τον τίτλο "A Tribute to Led Zeppelin" κι όπως γίνεται άμεσα αντιληπτό αφορά σε διασκευές στα τραγούδια της θρυλικής μπάντας. Το album κυκλοφορεί ήδη (σε cd, βινύλιο και ψηφιακή μορφή) από τις 25 Φεβρουαρίου μέσω της Provogue/Mascot Label Group και απαρτίζεται από τα κάτωθι τραγούδια - διασκευές:

1. Whole Lotta Love
2. Kashmir
3. Stairway To Heaven
4. The Crunge
5. Dancing Days / When The Levee Breaks (Medley)
6. Black Dog
7. No Quarter / Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Medley)
8. Good Times Bad Times
9. The Rain Song

Δελτίο τύπου: «The Grammy-nominated powerhouse vocalist Beth Hart takes on one of her most profound undertakings to date by channelling the legendary voice of Robert Plant on A Tribute To Led Zeppelin.

The nine track album highlights the incredible musical spectrum that Led Zeppelin operated in. At the helm was super-producer Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance) and engineer Doug McKean (Goo Goo Dolls, Adam Lambert).

The A-list musicians include Cavallo on guitar along with Tim Pierce, Chris Chaney (bass), Jamie Muhoberac (keyboards); Dorian Crozier (drums), and Matt Laug (drums on Stairway To Heaven. Orchestral arrangements were by David Campbell (Muse, Beyoncé).

All that was left was the final piece of the puzzle... the voice. Things clicked into place when Cavallo was producing Hart's previous album, War In My Mind (2019), and she did an impromptu version of "Whole Lotta Love" in the studio.

He later asked about doing a whole record. Beth said, "I'm not doing this whole album. To do Zeppelin, you've got to be pissed off to hit that right. I can't go there; I've worked years to put my rage away."

She continues, "then the pandemic and all the things around it hit. So now I'm pissed off. I called my manager and said, have Rob and Doug send me all the music because I am ready to do this."

If you were to rewind, you could say the story for a Led Zeppelin album started further back; in May 2004 Hart prowled the stage at the Paradiso in Amsterdam for an incendiary performance of "Whole Lotta Love". The song became a semi-regular fixture in her setlist over the years, including a memorable performance with Slash.

After her phenomenal performance at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for Buddy Guy, she received a standing ovation from Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones.

Talking about the music and legacy of Zeppelin, she says, "it's so beautifully done, it's timeless. It will go on forever. Sometimes people come along, and they're from another planet, and they make these pieces of art which will forever be."

On a final thought, Beth pauses and reflects to say, "this Zeppelin album allowed me to get all my rage out, and for that, I'm really grateful".»

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