<p>You know what i just noticed. Sorry if i’m late but your name is a Led Zeppelin song. (Which is finally on Itunes.)</p>
<p>Great. Thank you for nothing. How many more times were you going to read that and suffer that kind of communication breakdown by not recognizing my name and what is and what should never be shared so publicly?</p>
<p>But did you have to tell everyone?!!? You make me mad, mad, mad. Now I’m dazed and confused and sick again. You shook me with such a public outing. You’re giving me no quarter and I’m gonna crawl like a fool in the rain…to Kashmir if I have to…and regain some sliver of dignity and bring it on home in the evening. You’ve thrown me out on the tiles where I’ve been trampled under foot and strung me up from the gallows pole in my time of dying. So watch yourself, kiddo, because your time is gonna come.</p>
<p>Okay, I realize that it nobody’s fault but mine, but what you just revealed…well, that’s the way to make me ramble on. Still, after all is said and done, good times, bad times, my name will remain the same. Friends?</p>
<p>Crafty and clever, D’yer Maker!</p>
<p>“D’yer Mak’er” (intended to be pronounced with a British non-rhotic accent as “jah-may-kah”) is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1973 album Houses of the Holy.</p>
<p>This song was meant to imitate reggae and its “dub” derivative emerging from Jamaica in the early 1970s. It emerged from rehearsals at Stargroves in 1972 when drummer John Bonham started with a beat similar to 1950s doo-wop, and then twisted it into a slight off beat tempo, upon which a reggae influence emerged. The distinctive drum sound was created by placing three microphones a good distance away from Bonham’s drums.</p>
<p>“D’yer Mak’er” is one of the few Led Zeppelin songs where all four members share the composer credit. The sleeve on the album also credits “Rosie and the Originals”, a reference to the doo-wop influence which was evident in the song’s construction, as well as sharing the chord progression in its verse portions with the Rosie and the Originals’ song “Angel Baby”.</p>
<p>This track, as well as “The Crunge”, was not taken seriously initially, and many critics reserved their harshest criticism for these two arrangements. Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has also expressed his distaste for the song. However, “D’yer Mak’er” has gathered critical respect in the years since, and has grown into something of a Led Zeppelin classic. Upon the album’s release, Robert Plant was keen to issue the track as a single in the United Kingdom. Atlantic Records went so far as to distribute advance promotional copies to DJs (now valuable collectors’ items). While it was released in the US, and the single peaked at #20 in December of 1973, it was ultimately never released in the UK.</p>
<p>The name of the song is derived from a play on the words “Jamaica” and “Did you make her”, based on an old joke (“My wife’s on vacation in the West Indies.” “Jamaica?” “No, she went of her own accord.”) On July 21st, 2005, Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant discussed the song during an interview with Mike Halloran, a DJ on radio station FM94/9 in San Diego. During the interview, he talked about the different interpretations and pronunciations of the name of the song (audio clip (help·info) from the interview, 841k OGG audio file, 1:39 in length; the original full-length interview is hosted on the FM94/9 website). The title, which appears nowhere in the lyrics, was chosen because it reflects the reggae flavour of the song. Plant has said that he finds it amusing when American fans completely ignore the apostrophes and pronounce it as “Dire Maker”. (The song’s most repeated and most familiar line is “oh(x6), you don’t have to go…”)</p>
<p>This song was never performed live in its entirety at Led Zeppelin concerts, although snatches of it were played during “Whole Lotta Love” during the 1975 concert tour of the United States and at the Earls Court shows.</p>
<p>Sheryl Crow covered the song for the 1995 Led Zeppelin tribute album Encomium. Pop music trio No Mercy recorded a version of the song for their self-titled 1996 album.</p>
<p>Bob Rivers made a Christmas-themed parody of the song titled “Sled Zeppelin”. It is believed that the Franz Ferdinand song “Take Me Out” shares a riff with “D’yer Mak’er”. Also, a cover version of “When I’m dead and gone” by German Rock band Fury in the Slaughterhouse starts with the same drum solo that Bonham plays in D’yer Mak’er.</p>
<p>i am so confused. D’Yer maker, what are you going on about so dramatically?</p>
<p>D’yer Maker: I was wondering about the meaning of your name for a long, long time. I should have figured it out. My cell phone ringtone in Japan is Stairway to Heaven. One time, my phone went off while I was giving a lecture at a university. The older students chuckled but I guess most kids have never heard it. Music-wise, I’m stuck in the 70’s and 80’s.</p>
<p>Nelly: he’s joking (and cleverly building lyrics into his rant) - just FYI.</p>
<p>Oh oh oh oh oh oh…NellyRae you make me sad sad sad but I still like you so…</p>
<p>Multimedia version: [YouTube</a> - QZ ~ Led Zeppelin D’yer Maker ~](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eClZA5IHLUc]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eClZA5IHLUc)</p>
<p>haha, okay i get it. I feel really stupid right now. great song!</p>
<p>Nelly girl, you should never feel stupid when you learn something!! 
Especially when it’s something about the glories of Led Zep!</p>
<p>Doh…I feel as dumb as when I finally figured out that Dubya meant “Double U” not some odd Russian nickname. Somehow I always ‘heard’ your name as “Dyer Maker” which never made sense, but which I never thought much about either.
Oh and some of the youngling do know Stairway From Heaven. And, even funnier to me - “American Pie” is a ‘traditional dance song’ at JHU’s gifted kids summer camps - so my kid knows it and can even do a tolerable piano version.</p>
<p>Okay, here’s one of the bad things about BS: D’yer Jr. thinks we’re made of money. The day Led Zeppelin announced its benefit reunion concert in London, he asked if he could go.</p>
<p>Huh?</p>
<p>If that request isn’t explained by a disconnect from financial reality, then he’s on drugs.</p>
<p>He’s played piano for 10 years and guitar for 6. He’s a huge Zep fan, but recently – since starting at BS – he’s come to favor Axl Rose and Eddie Van Halen. He lists his favorite music acts as Hendrix, Clapton, Rush, Zeppelin, Beatles, Allman Brothers, Guns 'n Roses, AC/DC, the Stones, Pink Floyd and…Cheap Trick. He’s more retro than I am.</p>
<p>Cheap Trick? Really? I’m afraid that I’m losing my son.</p>
<p>haha, thanks smile dog. is there a hidden song meaning in your name as well, or do you just like dogs? :)</p>
<p>NellyRae: It’s more of a command: “Smile, Dog!” </p>
<p>No, actually my smallish and very amusing dog smiles when he’s pursuing his favorite EC (lying around in the sun) - he’s the Smile Dog, not me. And there are no lyrics or rock bands involved.</p>
<p>Geez … if I used my dog as a basis for a screen name, I’d be The Party Girl! And I am so NOT as I trudge off to my job in retail in December. </p>
<p>(I have an amazingly talented agility dog, now retired, who thought agility training and competition was one big party. Her registered name is Life of the Party.)</p>
<p>What breed? We trained our Portugese Water Dog (now deceased) many years ago.</p>
<p>His name was Buoy. Of course when he was acting stupid we’d call him Dinghy.</p>
<p>Did Buoy like to swim? My labrador retriever loves the water. She’d jump in the river in the middle of winter. Maybe my screen name should be polar bear. Most of the time, though, she is a city dog and loves to hang out at outdoor cafes.</p>
<p>D’yer Jr has awesome taste. I took my son to a Queen + Paul Rodgers concert. I think he enjoyed it as much as I did.</p>
<p>Buoy did enjoy the few opportunities he got to get in the water - mostly when he was younger. Never had a problem getting him in the bath tub. But like yours, not too many opportunities to hang around water and was a spoiled indoor dog.</p>
<p>I do miss him, though (we had to put him down last summer after a 2 year battle with an inoperable cancer). Goaliegirl took his collar to school.</p>
<p>I suspect Goaliegirl would not like Polar Bear simply because of the name… ah … but what’s in a name? A hockey team by any other name is still a hockey team!</p>