1470 - Led Zeppelin Trampled Under Foot 1974

"Trampled Under Foot" is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin, featured on their 1975 album "Physical Graffiti". The lyrics were inspired by blues musician Robert Johnson's 1936 "Terraplane Blues." A Terraplane is a classic car, and the song uses car parts as metaphors for sex—"pump your gas," "rev all night," etc. The themes of these songs however differ; "Terraplane Blues" is about infidelity, while "Trampled Under Foot" is about giving in to sexual temptation. The song was written by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, and evolved out of a jam session in 1972. Much rehearsal went into perfecting the relentless semi-funk riff that dominates this song. John Paul Jones has credited Stevie Wonder with the inspiration for the beat ("Superstition", 1973), which he played on a clavinet. While both riffs are funky with a vaguely similar pattern, they are readily distinguishable. The song showcased Jones' skills as a keyboard player when performed on stage. A notable example is the version played at the Earls Court Arena in 1975, as featured on the Led Zeppelin DVD, which includes an extended solo by Jones on a Hohner Clavinet D6. It is also notable that Plant rarely sang all the different verses of the song live, and sang a verse (with small alterations sometimes) twice or even three times.