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 Royal Orleans - Led Zeppelin "Presence" - New Orleans, LA
N 29° 57.505 W 090° 03.869
15R E 783304 N 3317804
The street signs at the intersection of Royal St and Orleans St in New Orleans, LA evoke Led Zeppelin's "Royal Orleans," from "Presence."
Waymark Code: WMJMW7
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2013
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One time love, take care how you use it
Try to make it last all night, and if you take your pick
Be careful how you choose it, sometimes its hard to feel it bite
Feel it bite
A man I know, went down to Louisiana,
Had himself a bad, bad fight
And when the sun peeked through
John Cameron with Suzanna,
He kissed the whiskers, left and right
Whiskers!
Now, now, now, fright subsides
Out at a hotel in the Quarter, our friends check in to pass the night
Now love gets hot, but fire preceded water
Poor whiskers set the room alight
Whiskers!
Down on Bourbon Street, you know it's right
You can see my friend, they run around all through the night
Most everywhere, until the closet's bare
Run for the razor, doin' up my hair
New Orleans queens, sure know how to schmooze it
Maybe for some that seems alright
When I step out, strut down with my sugar
She'd best not talk like Barry White!
One time love, take care how you use it
Try to make it last all night, and if you take your pick
Be careful how you choose it, sometimes its hard to feel it bite
Feel it bite
Musician: Led Zeppelin
Name of Song: Royal Orleans
Relevant Verse:
The two signs reference the title. The story goes that Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones brought a "friend" back to his room, unaware that she was a he, and later, they smoked pot together, the friend fell asleep with the joint in hand, and up in flames went their room. Jones denies that he was unaware that the other person was a transvestite, indicating that the other person was an acquaintance of Richard Cole, and that the rumors about this song actually happened to someone else in another country (possibly Kinks manager, Robert Wace, whose encounter with a transvestite inspired "Lola").
The actual Royal Orleans Hotel is now the Omni Royal Orleans, located several blocks away at 621 St. Louis St.
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