I believe this to be a name or nickname of the girl being mourned. The first verse creates the setting–it’s summer, or a time when typically one should be happy and carefree, but the character here is grey, depressed, hurting. The second and third stanzas are repeated, but still, it’s a short song. Typically I don’t reprint the entire lyric in a block, but considering you may not have discovered this little gem yet, I thought it called for it.
Take all that into account and imagine my surprise when I heard these lyrics tossed into a secular rock ballad:ĭoes she still remember times like these? The possibility or real existence of soulmates is not unique to any religion of course (and I’ve always felt I found mine), but it sure is something all romantics everywhere want to believe in. While it may hold true for some few, and no one is ruling that out, it’s far more likely the vast majority of us didn’t make that specific of a choice about our eternal companion before coming to earth.
Mostly, we’re all for true love and getting married and having families and holding it together by hard work and faithful living. This is something I must be real about and say I’ve noticed here and there in Conferences that the General Authorities sorta seem to want to debunk this overly romantic idea just a bit (I couldn’t find a specific quote, but I know I’ve heard it)–i.e., it’s not exactly supported by doctrine. Saturday’s Warrior, especially, became famous for making popular an idea not specifically presented in any scripture I ever read: premortal romance–and is all about making sure you find that one special someone you agreed to find here on earth to be your eternal companion from now to all eternity.
Those of you Latter-day Saints out there over about 25 (and hey, maybe younger–depends on your parents’ taste in entertainment) remember the popular musical melodramas Saturday’s Warrior and My Turn On Earth, both of which fictionalize a look into what that life may have been like. It’s always made sense to me, and felt true and right to my soul, that I spent eternities in Heaven before I was born. (Other verses from Isaiah and such will be discussed in the future.) And why else is heaven called “Home,” if we didn’t originate there? How can you return (at death) to someplace you’ve never been? Exactly. “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee,” (5) the Lord told Jeremiah. The belief in premortality as we define it seems unique to Mormon Christianity–even though it is mentioned in the Bible. Those of you not Latter-day Saints, no, this does not mean reincarnation or other versions of “past lives” which exist in various non-Christian religions. Today I’m using it to introduce the concept of our premortal existence, or the expanse of our immortal lives spent in heaven with our Father, as His spirit children, before we were born. (Although Relf passed away in a fatal accident in 1976, six years after the release of this album, he had not contested or argued against its use or crediting before his death.) (4) However, the “Tangerine” lyrics are apparently different, and legally belong only to Jimmy under copyright law, so that’s how I’ll treat this one. To be entirely fair, Jimmy’s first incarnation of this song was recorded with The Yardbirds under a different title, with some credit going to vocalist Keith Relf, but it was rejected by the record company and never released. It was written at some point during his days in the Yardbirds, around 1966-68, (1) and guessing from the timeframe alone, it must be among his first. Just bear in mind this is a man quoted as saying he’s still searching for the truth. I went over Jimmy’s biography in the earlier article, so I won’t repeat myself. Unlike “Stairway to Heaven,” which I covered in-depth previously ( click here if you’re late to the party), this one is unique to Jimmy Page.
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Plus it’s clear the band was and is pretty keen on this little tune. (2) Whether or not it was a chart hit, it’s been heard by all the millions who bought the record, which qualifies it for inclusion here. “Tangerine” is a lesser-known song from the more mellow third album, but it was played often in concerts, (1) and is currently being covered by Robert Plant in his tour with Band of Joy. The article I planned for this week actually belongs later on down the line, so I’m reshuffling a bit. Thanks for your patience during my time off. It’s Not About the Citrus: “Tangerine” by Led Zeppelin
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