10 Adult Rock Songs That No One Understood As Kids

10. The Lemon Song - Led Zeppelin

At the dawn of rock and roll, every single edgy side of the genre came back to the blues. As much as the tired 12 bar tropes have been played out at this point, Led Zeppelin was one of the few bands that actually made it sound new and modern, as Jimmy Page turned his guitar prowess inside out. Then again, even the most simple blues song can be absolutely filthy.

Stuck in the middle of Led Zeppelin II, the Lemon Song is probably one of the first proper blues songs that rock fans get acquainted with after your George Thorogoods and Stray Cats of the world. The whole thing is coated in that trademark swagger as Robert Plant wails about some reciprocation from his lover. If you think that this is actually about the citrus fruit though, you're probably still on the more innocent side of rock and roll.

Given that most of the blues goes back to sexual music, you can pretty much insinuate what Plant's "Lemon" really is, especially when he talks about the juice running down his leg. For all we would have known as kids, this could have just been about lemons, but NO...now Plant has to go in and make things weird. Kudos for trying to hide it...but just because you try doesn't mean you succeed.