South Bound Saurez
| "South Bound Saurez" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Led Zeppelin | |
| from the album In Through the Out Door | |
| Released | 15 August 1979 |
| Format | LP record |
| Recorded | November–December 1978 |
| Studio | Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 4:11 |
| Label | Swan Song |
| Songwriter(s) | John Paul Jones, Robert Plant |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page |
"South Bound Saurez" is the second track on Led Zeppelin's 1979 album In Through the Out Door. The song is centered on John Paul Jones's honky-tonk piano. It is credited to Jones and singer Robert Plant.
"South Bound Saurez" is one of only two Led Zeppelin songs which Jimmy Page had no part in writing (the other being "All My Love", also from In Through the Out Door). At the time, Page and drummer John Bonham were spending a lot of time together and rarely appeared at the studio when Plant and Jones started working on songs for In Through the Out Door.
The song was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts, though some of the guitar riffs were at times included during live performances, as can be heard near the end of "Whole Lotta Love" in The Song Remains the Same.
Over the years, several music writers have referred to the song as "South Bound Suarez", using "Suarez" (a common Spanish name) in place of "Saurez". In Experiencing Led Zeppelin: A Listener's Companion, author Gregg Akkerman mentions "South Bound Saurez" as "a misspelling of the intended 'Suarez'", but does not elaborate. However, music journalist Martin Popoff comments: "As for the title, 'Saurez' isn't a Spanish word for party, nor is it a misspelling of the French 'soiree.' It is, in fact, a distinguished Spanish surname that makes the idea of a 'south bound' Saurez seem reasonable."
The lyrics to the song (as shown by MetroLyrics) do not include a reference to "South Bound Saurez". In the track listing for In Through the Out Door, Page's website lists the song as "South Bound Suarez". However, when the remastered edition of In Through the Out Door was prepared by Page in 2015, the spelling remained the same. The performance rights organisation ASCAP (Work ID: 490429471) and International Standard Musical Work Code (T-070.143.812-1) both currently have the song registered as "South Bound Saurez".
...
Wikipedia