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Led Zeppelin's "Over The Hills And Far Away" came out in 1973, when we were babies, or about to be born. Because our parents listened to it, it became part of our DNA. For us little tykes living in hilly San Francisco, the song inspired us to wonder what lay beyond SF's hills.
However, when I was in preschool, my classmates and neighborhood friends, Mark and Tina, moved all the way to Concord, CA. That was so far away, it might as well have been Concord, New Hampshire.
My grandmother lived in Oakland, and several relatives were alums of UC Berkeley. For me, those East Bay Hills represented a wall, beyond which I had no clue. Nevertheless, with "classic rock" such as Led Zep being so popular, those East Bay Hills seemed appropriate, for "Over The Hills And Far Away." Indeed, when my friends attended UC Berkeley in the early-to-mid 1990s, "Over The Hills And Far Away" was still part of the musical fabric.
But ah, I went "over the hill," to UC Santa Cruz. The campus is located on a hill, which overlooks the Monterey Bay. As you go higher in elevation, the ecology goes from ranchland to forest. In those trees, "Over The Hills And Far Away" felt so right. At the time, Led Zep albums were being remastered - and they still didn't sound great. So, one of my housemates wondered if the original recordings, not the physical media, were to blame.
-Lummy The Loch Monster
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Topic - Led Zeppelin, "Over The Hills And Far Away" - Luminator 13:24:39 08/03/23 (0)
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