Talk:Led Zeppelin:Whole Lotta Love

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Contents 1 First Line 1.1 Kool-Aid 2 Democracy In Action

[edit] First Line

Listen carefully to the first line. Although it's generally assumed Robert Plant says "You need coolin'," (and this rhymes with "schoolin'" and "foolin'") he actually quite clearly says, "You need cool AIR," which also not coincidentally is a closer rhyme to "I'm gonna say it, YEAH" (i.e., "air" is a closer match to "yeah" than it is to "coolin'"), which is the line it's supposed to rhyme with.— The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.231.64.212 (talk).

Actually, I'm fairly sure the third line is "I'm gonna send ya (you)", after which the "back to schoolin'" makes more sense. If you got the BBC Sessions double CD, listen to the version on disc 2: "coolin'" is pronounced just like "foolin'". You're not going to suggest he sings "I ain't fool air", are you? :-) -- 6 times 9 21:49, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Kool-Aid

Many think Plant sings "Kool-Aid", which is an artificially-flavored drink mix which can also be mixed into a paste and used for dying clothes and hair. (Definite food for thought there I'd say...lol). According To Wikipedia, Kurt Cobain had his hair dyed with red "Kool-Aid" before a performance on Saturday Night Live performing Smells Like Teen Spirit.)

Anyway, the mascot of "Kool-Aid" "Kool-Aid Man" (aka "The Big Man"), is a large anthropomorphic frosty pitcher filled with "Kool-Aid" (usually cherry, though other flavors have been used) (I promise you it gets better...I'm in stitches here...rfl) In TV and print ads, "Kool-Aid Man" was known for bursting suddenly through walls, seemingly summoned by the making and imbibing of "Kool-Aid" by children. His catch phrase is "Oh, yeah!" For many years, "Kool-Aid Man" was portrayed by a live-action actor in a giant pitcher suit. Starting in the mid-1990s, the character was computer-generated. The most recent "Kool-Aid" commercial, however, features a new actor in a whole-new pitcher costume. (Haa Haa. I hope they pay him well!)....Then you get a sad bit which I won't report. Interesting but sad. Then we get to the relevant stuff..

Having "drunk the Kool-Aid" also refers to being a strong or fervent believer in a particular philosophy or mission — wholeheartedly or blindly believing in its virtues. This expression can also be used to refer to the activities of the Merry Pranksters, a group of people associated with novelist Ken Kesey who, in the early 1960s, traveled around the United States and held events called "Acid Tests", where LSD-laced "Kool-Aid" was passed out to the public (LSD was legal in the U.S. until 1966). Those who drank the "Kool-Aid" passed the "Acid Test". "Drinking the Kool-Aid" in that context meant accepting the LSD drug culture, and the Pranksters' "turned on" point of view. These events were described in Tom Wolfe's 1968 classic "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". That and Plant makes a reference to this here.  ♫_♫Яєd_{xx ♪}♫♪_♫♪ ^Actions _Words 22:46, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

Heh. So it would be "You need Kool-Aid / Baby I'm not fooléd (my, how poetic) / I'm gonna send ya / back to school ed. (or School Ed? A dealer named Eddie who specialises in selling drugs to schoolgirls?) / Way down inside (i.e. in the stomach, where the Kool-Aid usually goes)..." All right, I'll stop now. -- 6 times 9 23:14, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

Haa Haa (*creasing up*)  ♫_♫Яєd_{xx ♪}♫♪_♫♪ ^Actions _Words 23:26, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

Lol. 6 times 9 I think the entire song is one big code. The question is, which message to take seriously: the one encoded in the song (which you partially explained above) or the message you get when you play the song backwards... --Mischko 03:38, 25 August 2008 (EDT)

I suggest guys that we take a vote on this. I definitely don't think it's "cool air". I had always believed it was "coolin'" but now I'm not so sure. However I'm going to run with that, since that seems to be what most people are hearing and it certainly makes sense lyrically. 6 times 9? "Coolin'" yes? Mischko?  ♫_♫Яєd_{xx ♪}♫♪_♫♪ ^Actions _Words 08:06, 25 August 2008 (EDT) *still wondering what Mischko means in saying to 6 times 9 "(which you partially explained above)"..*

Yes, I'm fairly sure Plant sings "coolin'". (a) The word appears several times in the lyrics, and in the other places "cool air" would make no sense whatsoever, and (b) on the BBC live version it sounds definitely more like "coolin'". Well, OK, like a cross between "cool Ann" and "coolin'", but let's not confound the issue any further... (I think Mischko referred to my "interpretation" of the "Kool Aid" lyrics.) -- 6 times 9 08:25, 25 August 2008 (EDT)

It's "cooling", not "coolin" for sure. It's sung with such clarity I wonder why there's any debate.  Ñô†īṃέ2çяȳ^Talk 12:44, 25 August 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Democracy In Action

Listen then register your vote below...

We, the undermentioned, believe the word/s Plant sings at the end of the first line of Whole Lotta Love to be: