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Led Zeppelin — Heartbreaker
Album: Led Zeppelin II
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Released: 1969
Length: 4:14
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Hey, fellas, have ya heard the news
Ya know that Annie's back in town
It won't take long, just watch and see
All the fellas lay their money down
Her style is new but the face the same as it was so long ago
But from her eyes, a different smile like of the one who knows

Well, it's been ten years or maybe more
Since I first set eyes on you
The best years of my life gone by, here I am alone and blue
Some people cry and some people die by the wicked ways of love
But I'll just keep on rollin' along
With the grace from the Lord above

People talkin' all around 'bout the way you left me flat
I don't care what the people say, I know where their jive is at
One thing I do have on my mind
If you could clarify, please do
It's the way you call me another guy's name
When I try to make love to you, yeah
I try to make love, it ain't no use
Give it to me, give it

Mm, worked so hard I couldn't unwind, get some money saved
Abuse my love a thousand times however hard I tried
Heartbreaker, your time has come, can't take your evil way
Go away you heartbreaker, heartbreaker, heartbreaker, heart
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led zep. Nuff said
Posted 3 days ago by dangmac    [ Reply ]
 
Bill knows. He's a pro.

murrayn wrote:

This should never not be followed by Livin' Lovin' Maid.



Posted 4 weeks ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]
what happened tothe rest of it...Living Loving Maid?
Posted 1 month ago by vtriebe    [ Reply ]
 murrayn wrote:

This should never not be followed by Livin' Lovin' Maid.



Especially on RP! William? Only here would there be a chance for it to actually happen.
Posted 1 month ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

The guitar work is still jaw dropping, ain't it?



For me it's JPJ's ridiculously fuzzy bass that hits the hardest even in 2024. Just amazing and goes right to your bones.
Posted 1 month ago by danimal3114u    [ Reply ]
 murrayn wrote:

This should never not be followed by Livin' Lovin' Maid.



Same as The Load Out/Stay - Jackson Browne.
My damn iPod does it also
Posted 7 months ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
always welcome!
Posted 7 months ago by Uweunterwegs    [ Reply ]
First LP I bought with my own money at the tender age of 13, 1977 in San Diego 
Posted 9 months ago by chugachskier    [ Reply ]
This song rocks even without the lyrics being sung.
Posted 10 months ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
This should never not be followed by Livin' Lovin' Maid.
Posted 1 year ago by murrayn    [ Reply ]
When I'm old and infirm, in a nursing home, this is what I want to hear.
Posted 2 years ago by kmartin    [ Reply ]

please,  more Zeppelin

Posted 2 years ago by soloboch    [ Reply ]
Thanx for the lyrics!  Since I was 14yrs old (1969), I never had a clue, what they were!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
That bass!
Posted 2 years ago by Greyerwrit    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

And what if God wants YES MORE Zeppelin? Perhaps you're dazed and confused. 



LOL!! Too Funny!! 
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 stangalbraith wrote:

More LZ! How can you beat the searing guitar, driving bass, crashing powerful drumming and superlative singing!



Like them, do ya?
Posted 3 years ago by Greyerwrit    [ Reply ]
 KevinM wrote:

I never really ‘got‘ Led Zeppelin, most of  their stuff is just a bunch of mind numbing noise



Thank God for the Noise!
Posted 3 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
I always think of this as Big Band,  which I love. 
Posted 3 years ago by folkes.tom    [ Reply ]
 fraserji wrote:

God, please, no more Zeppelin. 


And what if God wants YES MORE Zeppelin? Perhaps you're dazed and confused. 
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 KevinM wrote:
I never really ‘got‘ Led Zeppelin, most of  their stuff is just a bunch of mind numbing noise
 

You should probably get your hearing checked out. There are conditions where you're not hearing notes the same as the rest of us..
Posted 3 years ago by Silvervanman    [ Reply ]
I never really ‘got‘ Led Zeppelin, most of  their stuff is just a bunch of mind numbing noise
Posted 3 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
what a pleasure, two Led Zeppelin songs in one morning {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 4 years ago by mojcamojca77    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Sophomore-album mediocrity?  Not to my ears....though it would be good to hear an instrumental number, like "Bonzo's Montreux" for instance, so I'm half in agreement with you....though it's the lesser half....still have this one at a 9 (and the next track too of course0 and LONG LIVE RP!! 

Eh!
Posted 4 years ago by Gerry941    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
The guitar work is still jaw dropping, ain't it?
 

YUPP.
Posted 4 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
If i hear a Zep song on the radio or some other crap device I instantly turn it off.  I always want to save it for when I am in front of my own rig.  

I particularly love Jones organ affect on this or whatever it is he is playing.
Posted 4 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
 fraserji wrote:
God, please, no more Zeppelin. 
 

Shut up and go put on a Dave Mathews CD.
Posted 5 years ago by jbuhl    [ Reply ]
Still can't listen to this without hearing the version by Dread Zeppelin in my head.
Posted 5 years ago by Redpoint    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:
Sophomore-album mediocrity?  Not to my ears....though it would be good to hear an instrumental number, like "Bonzo's Montreux" for instance, so I'm half in agreement with you....though it's the lesser half....still have this one at a 9 (and the next track too of course0 and LONG LIVE RP!!
 
I smell trolling in the original post.  This is a 10 for anyone.

Had to buy a second copy of this album after a couple of years.  The first one was far too scratched and gouged ...

Thank goodness for Ahmet Ertegun's musical vision at Atlantic Records!

<edit 2 mins later>  and THANKS FOR THE SEGUE TO LIVING LOVING MAID!
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 nate917 wrote:
Sophomore-album mediocrity all the way. Fortunately, none of them can stand Robert Plant, so there's little risk of them dropping a new batch of caterwauling.

Bill, how about queueing up some instrumental tracks from these guys.
 
Sophomore-album mediocrity?  Not to my ears....though it would be good to hear an instrumental number, like "Bonzo's Montreux" for instance, so I'm half in agreement with you....though it's the lesser half....still have this one at a 9 (and the next track too of course0 and LONG LIVE RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
just listen to Page's rifts. There is no or very little sound mixing or filtering on this song. 

Less is more.   
Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Sophomore-album mediocrity all the way. Fortunately, none of them can stand Robert Plant, so there's little risk of them dropping a new batch of caterwauling.

Bill, how about queueing up some instrumental tracks from these guys.
Posted 5 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
I know what's for dinner tonight...

BEANS
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Getting the LED out!!!  
Posted 5 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
NO OTHER BAND can write and play metal like Led Zep!
Posted 5 years ago by slates13    [ Reply ]
 PeterMC3 wrote:

Stinking Abba lover...
 

Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
A track on one of the best albums of all time.
Bought it back then and never tire of hearing it!
Posted 5 years ago by Beanie56    [ Reply ]
Majestic Rock!
Posted 6 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
The guitar work is still jaw dropping, ain't it?
 
The precisely orchestrated mayhem of JPJ's arrangements are unsurpassed.
Posted 6 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Its Friday afternoon, and I'm trying to write a NSF proposal  on predictive modeling.  

Not sure if this  song is helping or hurting.  
Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
The guitar work is still jaw dropping, ain't it?
Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Damn near 50 years on and still gives me goose bumps
Posted 6 years ago by JeriF    [ Reply ]
Never get tired of Zeppelin. Ok, maybe I'm tired of Stairway to Heaven but that's it. I love that you guys keep the the love for LZ and for Robert Plant and all the new stuff he's doing. You guys have my heart!
 
Posted 6 years ago by Stodoroff    [ Reply ]
Hey...is this Arcade Fire?  

OK...I stopped laughing now.  
Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam} Seriously getting the Led out!!! More please!!!
Posted 6 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
 stangalbraith wrote:
More LZ! How can you beat the searing guitar, driving bass, crashing powerful drumming and superlative singing!

 
Ponderous.  Starting to show its age.  Not sure I can give it any more than a 6 now.
Posted 6 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Please.... more Zeppelin!
Posted 6 years ago by Netsirk97    [ Reply ]
 fraserji wrote:
God, please, no more Zeppelin. 

 
Stinking Abba lover...
Posted 6 years ago by PeterMC3    [ Reply ]
God, please, no more Zeppelin. 
Posted 7 years ago by fraserji    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
Heard this literally thousands of times and yet it still is just so damn legendary and brilliant....

 
I am in total agreement!
Posted 7 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Just turned you on as this was starting.

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Posted 7 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
Heard this literally thousands of times and yet it still is just so damn legendary and brilliant....
Posted 7 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
More LZ! How can you beat the searing guitar, driving bass, crashing powerful drumming and superlative singing!
Posted 7 years ago by stangalbraith    [ Reply ]
 parttime wrote:
1976.... High School.... This song... Air guitar.... good times...
 
Bill, at his computer, air-guitar to hand, head-lashing to this one.

Could happen.

Posted 7 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:
There is much to much LZ being played here. Just now - three songs in a row is too much! LZ and Bob Dylan are being overplayed here by a long mile! {#Stop}

 
You cannot play Heartbreaker without following it up with Living Loving Maid.
That breaks all rules of coolness.
Posted 7 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
This is soooooo raw. You can here the buzz feedback on Pages's guitar. 
Posted 7 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 stalfnzo wrote:
I bought my first pair of headphones back in 1969 just for this album. 

OK, actually my parents insisted on the headphones because they couldn't stand me playing it at full volume.

 
And now you know "the rest of the story"{#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by rmaple53    [ Reply ]
I bought my first pair of headphones back in 1969 just for this album. 

OK, actually my parents insisted on the headphones because they couldn't stand me playing it at full volume.
Posted 7 years ago by stalfnzo    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}
Posted 7 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:
There is much to much LZ being played here. Just now - three songs in a row is too much! LZ and Bob Dylan are being overplayed here by a long mile! {#Stop}

 
Three tracks of Zep or Zimmy is not too much.

I think RP does not do Cliff Richard though!
Posted 8 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
There is much to much LZ being played here. Just now - three songs in a row is too much! LZ and Bob Dylan are being overplayed here by a long mile! {#Stop}
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Just what I needed to end the work day!
Thanks Bill!
Posted 8 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
Livin Loving Maid
Posted 8 years ago by FitzTC    [ Reply ]
Next song is what?
Posted 8 years ago by agd3    [ Reply ]
Uh Yea, that was a change of pace following cello music.
Posted 8 years ago by bm.deavenport613    [ Reply ]
 LPCity wrote:

You're either way too old or way too young to make such an uninformed comment.

 
{#Ask} Every time I see you you're either alone or with someone else.

The person you responded to is about a year younger than you are.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
1976.... High School.... This song... Air guitar.... good times...
Posted 8 years ago by parttime    [ Reply ]
Ahhhhhhhh

Thank you to all who made this possible!

Rock on brothers and sisters 
Posted 8 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
 Ulises wrote:

You're telling us 'cause you got high from listening to it. Just ask idiot_wind.

 
Ah, cleaning a quarter on the album cover, saving the seeds for a "roadside planting" and then rolling the whole thing up for the after party.

Sweet Jesus. 
Posted 8 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
 jvalatka wrote:
After the heavy double-time instrumental section ends, you can hear Satan shudder with delight in the silence just before the band begins the final verse.  {#Twisted}  Heh heh heh heh heh,,,,
 

 
GO TO JAYZUSS U HEATHENS!!!  {#Fire}  {#Pray}
Posted 8 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
I bought this LP when it came out, in my last year of high school. I had no idea what was on it: I bought the record because I thought it would make me cool to bring this to a party. But I loaned it to a friend and never got it back. Why am I telling you all this?

 
You're telling us 'cause you got high from listening to it. Just ask idiot_wind.
Posted 8 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
I bought this LP when it came out, in my last year of high school. I had no idea what was on it: I bought the record because I thought it would make me cool to bring this to a party. But I loaned it to a friend and never got it back. Why am I telling you all this?
Posted 8 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
GENIUS
Posted 8 years ago by Spiderwoman    [ Reply ]
I'm telling you all...you can get "high" listening to this stuff.  
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Nice....And three cheers for Bill - as you can NEVER play Heartbreaker without playing Living Loving too.  It's the creme in the Oreo cookie...Thanks Bill.{#Fire} {#Arghhh} {#Razz}
Posted 8 years ago by below72    [ Reply ]
After the heavy double-time instrumental section ends, you can hear Satan shudder with delight in the silence just before the band begins the final verse.  {#Twisted}  Heh heh heh heh heh,,,,
 
Posted 8 years ago by jvalatka    [ Reply ]
thank you sir

Oh shit I am dancing in my cubicle    {#Bananajam}   {#Roflol}
Posted 8 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
Ah c'mon...these guys (who ever they are) are just copying Foo Fighters and Smashing Pumpkins.

Play more of these bands. They are "real RnR". 

 
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
so energetical:-). {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 9 years ago by mojcamojca77    [ Reply ]
 dpvest wrote:

ex girlfriend?  

 
{#Cheers} {#Roflol}
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Hey, fellas, have ya heard the  breaking news : Tool Dress Up as Led Zeppelin.{#Surprised}



Posted 9 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:

He did the VERY SAME THING TODAY. My policy is to giive Little Richard an hour to let it all out.

 
Heartbreaker without Living Loving Maid is heresy!
Posted 9 years ago by supremo    [ Reply ]
 xtalman wrote:
Wow ending and segue to Little Richard was not what I was expecting.

 
He did the VERY SAME THING TODAY. My policy is to giive Little Richard an hour to let it all out.
Posted 9 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Great music, classic, but the older I get the more laughable these songs about lovelorn, genitalia-whipped low-down dudes seem to get. Another classic of the genre, Bluest Blues by Alvin Lee, has a most fantabulous closing guitar solo — and several preceding minutes of a guy about to die because his baby split suddenly and left him alone. Maybe if he stopped being an depressive asshat he wouldn't have that problem. Or, he was a smart right guy who chose the wrong leg and so he should up his game. 

 
I think it was yesterday I read a reply to a post like this...

"Jaded and cynical. "

Hmmmm ... can't quite recall who wrote that, now.  {#Think}
Posted 9 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
wow,ancient thoughts,  second LP I bought in 69? 68? yikes! lol but still kicks ass! 
 
Posted 9 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Great music, classic, but the older I get the more laughable these songs about lovelorn, genitalia-whipped low-down dudes seem to get. Another classic of the genre, Bluest Blues by Alvin Lee, has a most fantabulous closing guitar solo — and several preceding minutes of a guy about to die because his baby split suddenly and left him alone. Maybe if he stopped being an depressive asshat he wouldn't have that problem. Or, he was a smart right guy who chose the wrong leg and so he should up his game. 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Wow ending and segue to Little Richard was not what I was expecting.
Posted 9 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
 Keef wrote:
The ring tone on my phone...thought someone was calling when it started. 
 
ex girlfriend?  
Posted 9 years ago by dpvest    [ Reply ]
Some brilliant moments drowned in white boy wank.
Posted 9 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Their best album by far, many thanks Bill!
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
What the heck is that sound? It's....it's...

a RnR band in it's prime with a kick ass lead guitar player, a vocalist that defined hard rock vocals, a bass player that never lost the groove, and a drummer who plays with sledge hammer arms.

And their music was never over-produced  or mover-mixed. You can hear the squeaks with the fingers on the strings and the cracks in the vocal chords.

God...what F&^$%# happened to this music form?   
 

 
blame it on the record labels churning out pop muzak, pro tools, auto tune, modern technology etc....
Posted 10 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]
 KevinM wrote:
Justa Buncha Noise

 
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT BROTHER, WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! ONE ROCKIN' BUNCHA NOISE MAN THAT KICKS ASS!
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
What the heck is that sound? It's....it's...

a RnR band in it's prime with a kick ass lead guitar player, a vocalist that defined hard rock vocals, a bass player that never lost the groove, and a drummer who plays with sledge hammer arms.

And their music was never over-produced  or mover-mixed. You can hear the squeaks with the fingers on the strings and the cracks in the vocal chords.

God...what F&^$%# happened to this music form?   
 
Posted 10 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 KevinM wrote:
Justa Buncha Noise

 
You're either way too old or way too young to make such an uninformed comment.
Posted 10 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
The ring tone on my phone...thought someone was calling when it started. 
Posted 10 years ago by Keef    [ Reply ]
 GawgaBoy wrote:

wore the grooves out of my record I played it so often... and yes, we called them records not vinyls.

and Bill, I agree with Dave, they flowed together on the album.  It's quite the letdown when it doesn't follow.

 
I had this on cassette, and Heartbreaker was at the end of side one and LLM was the beginning of side two, so they obviously didn't flow there.  I was confused for a while when I'd hear them played together.

I had that cassette in my car playing continuously for about a year, just looping through.  I was in college at the time and didn't drive a lot, but when I was in there, that was my driving soundtrack. Then I spent a year with Physical Graffiti.  Then my roomate took it out to play some gangster rap of some sort and left it on the seat on a hot summer day and that was the end of that.
Posted 10 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]

LOL, Had to laugh at "6:30 on a Sunday morning" crack. My thoughts are that's when you need it most!
I have all those led songs so imbedded into my mind. They have become a part of me. They take me to so many times and places in my past. Instant feel better. Best medicine ever.
Led Forever.


Posted 10 years ago by Kemoc    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
How old is this freakin song and how come most bands today (40 years later) can't come close this kind of hard RnR sound?  

 
Because a lot of them are trying to impress people with hyper-speed tempos and the ugliest power chords they can dream up. That's not musicianship.
Posted 10 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 Who is Jesus? GeorgeMWoods wrote:
But at 6:30 ( California time) on a Sunday morning? Jesus!

 


Posted 10 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Hey fellas, have you heard the news?
Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
This tune still gives me goose bumps.   {#Guitarist}
Posted 10 years ago by JeriF    [ Reply ]
 {#Hearteyes}  {#Hearteyes} {#Hearteyes} {#Hearteyes} {#Hearteyes} {#Hearteyes}

The heart wants what it wants....
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
How old is this freakin song and how come most bands today (40 years later) can't come close this kind of hard RnR sound?  

  It's not just hard, but heavy.


Posted 10 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
But at 6:30 ( California time) on a Sunday morning? Jesus!
Posted 10 years ago by GeorgeMWoods    [ Reply ]
 prophetzarquon wrote:

cracking segue grommit - black keys to LZ

The original has it all though

 
Penguin pointing gun at Gromit from "The Wrong Trousers"

Needs more cowbell. 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Yeah, Could use Livin Lovin too. But great anyway.
Posted 10 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Nice segue Bill
Posted 10 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}..... "O U T S T A N D I N G"  stuff
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Justa Buncha Noise
Posted 10 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
 adpucci wrote:
one of my favouritest Led Zep songs EVER.

 A least the first half of it.


Posted 10 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
It's good not to hear "LLM" right after this one for a change.
Posted 10 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 Zeito wrote:
How comes the ends is cuts off? {#Stupid} {#Hungry} {#Guitarist}
 
Because it's supposed to segue directly into the next track.  Back in the 80's many of the AOR radio stations in the US played "Heartbreaker" and "Living Loving Maid" together.  But RP seems to play only "Heartbreaker." 
Posted 11 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]
one of my favouritest Led Zep songs EVER.
Posted 11 years ago by adpucci    [ Reply ]
fukkin A!!!

Super every time 
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]

cracking segue grommit - black keys to LZ

The original has it all though
Posted 11 years ago by prophetzarquon    [ Reply ]
Every rock band that has ever existed wants to be Led Zeppelin
Posted 11 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
For all that's been heard and said about LZ, nothing still rocks like they do!
Posted 11 years ago by alwaysoffline    [ Reply ]
How comes the ends is cuts off? {#Stupid} {#Hungry} {#Guitarist}
Posted 11 years ago by Zeito    [ Reply ]
 GawgaBoy wrote:

wore the grooves out of my record I played it so often... and yes, we called them records not vinyls.

and Bill, I agree with Dave, they flowed together on the album.  It's quite the letdown when it doesn't follow.


  I think I was 15 before I even knew they were separate songs.



Posted 11 years ago by ashmj000    [ Reply ]
How old is this freakin song and how come most bands today (40 years later) can't come close this kind of hard RnR sound?  
Posted 11 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
I vote to let it play through.  (Like this is a democracy or something.)
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]