10 Hidden Details You Never Noticed In Hard Rock Songs
9. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
The combination of Led Zeppelin with producer Eddie Kramer seemed to be the perfect marriage in the early '70s. While Jimmy Page took the credit as producer on many of Zeppelin's projects, having one of the engineers behind some of Jimi Hendrix's greatest material certainly didn't hurt. The synergy between the band and producer was so good that even when they blatantly screwed up, it sounded badass as hell.
As the band started work on their second album while on the road, "Whole Lotta Love" was standing out as the most experimental track. After spending the entire middle section going through every effect in their arsenal, Page and Kramer were able to miraculously bring their sonic chaos back to Earth for the solo. That didn't mean that the more off-the-wall parts had gone though.
Once the band comes to a halt for Robert Plant's vocal, what sounds like a disembodied voice can be heard after Plant stops singing. As it turns out, Kramer had leakage coming from one of the previous vocal tracks, but the sound ended up being so spooky that they eventually just left it in.
"Whole Lotta Love" might be the foundation of classic rock, but if you listen a little more closely, you'll see the weird sonic journey it really is.