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Robert Plant — In The Mood
Album: The Principle of Moments
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Released: 1983
Length: 5:11
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I'm in the mood for a melody I'm in the mood for a melody, I'm in the mood
I'm in the mood for a melody I'm in the mood for a melody, I'm in the mood
I'm in the mood for a melody I'm in the mood for a melody, I'm in the mood
I can make you dance, I can make you sing
I can make you dance, I can make you sing If you want me too
Oh, I can make you dance, I can make you sing
I can make you dance, I can make you sing If you want me too
Oh, I can make you dance, I can make you sing
I can make you dance, I can make you sing If you want me too
Any little song that you wanna to sing,
A little song that you wanna to sing
Song will do [Sung in lieu?]
Here's a little song that you wanna to sing,
A little song that you wanna to sing Song for you
A little song that you wanna to sing,
A little song that you wanna to sing Happy or blue
I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood
Why'd I end up doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
Do anything that you want me for
If you want me to
Do it right, gonna do it wrong,
Cause a matter of fact it'll turn out to be strong
If you want me to If you want me to
Oh, if you want me to If you want me to If you want to
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 siqbal wrote:

… A huge improvement on his first solo effort…


It’s one of the few songs with him that I can stand. The others I can stand are all duets, e.g. with Alison Krauss, in which he’s only singing backup. Otherwise his voice is like nails on a chalkboard for me. (Hmmm, what’s the modern equivalent, now that everything is whiteboards or online collaboration tools?)

Posted 7 hours ago by Talus1    [ Reply ]
Played this album to death when it first came out. A huge improvement on his first solo effort. "Big Log" got all the acclaim but this one was always my go to track. 
Posted 3 weeks ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
...proving that, once again, it doesn't have to be complicated
Posted 2 months ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
 curtlichter wrote:

Phil Collins on drums!!



Yeah but the guitar!
Posted 6 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Guitar = nice!
Posted 7 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
I just knew when I listened to this track this morning for the first time,  it was Phil Collins on drums. His drum sound and style is  unique and so recognisable. 
Posted 1 year ago by jamesbradley1    [ Reply ]
I think the joke is on us.
Posted 1 year ago by pbouchar    [ Reply ]
He was in the mood alright, but I don't think he found that melody after all.
Posted 1 year ago by DimDeckard    [ Reply ]
 drewd wrote:

I'm in the nude with Penelope!!




  i laughed because i'm 12 also. 
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Gen-X here.  I remember listening to this album on my parents' vinyl.  Realizing more and more my parents had cool taste in music.  
Posted 1 year ago by rlr511    [ Reply ]
Not in the mood!
Posted 1 year ago by cyberjoe    [ Reply ]
Having a very stressful morning at work, then this song comes on.  I sit back in my chair, tune out the world, and listen to Robert sooth me to a state of calm.  And I can't say enough about how much I love the guitar work of Robbie Blunt.  What happened to him?  So much talent on these early Robert Plant albums, I expected to hear that he went on to start some great supergroup....but no, he disappeared. 
Posted 1 year ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:
Memories of November 1983 when this was popular, sitting on the back porch in Tucson at dusk, looking at the fading colors on Mount Lemmon, watching the twilight coming on, and chilling in the brisk autumn desert air while the local album oriented rock station is playing this song.
 
Man, I miss those simpler times.


The autumn sunsets in Tucson were breathtaking when I lived in Suarita, 1978. The Santa Rita Mountains fading into the southern sky, with spectacular shifting colors, were unlike anything I had ever seen in Ohio. I probably listened to the same station, although most of the music  I listened to came from the outside speakers in the cool desert air. I enjoyed the desert life, even though Tucson at the time was reputed to lead the nation in drunk driving  mortalities. 
Posted 1 year ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
Phil Collins on drums!!
Posted 2 years ago by curtlichter    [ Reply ]
Flashback to 7th grade, 1983: the kid behind me in math class was wearing this concert T-shirt. Due to the wrinkles on the shirt and/or my oft-short-circuiting-7th-grade-brain, I asked him who "Robot Planet" was. 
I was introduced to Led Zeppelin later that year and claimed them as my favorite band for the next, well, nearly 40 years at this point. 
Posted 2 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
How can this great album be almost 40?
Posted 2 years ago by GHoffmeyer    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:

Cover photo looks like the running man on Nick Drakes Five Leaves Left



Nice hommage, yes.
Posted 2 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Memories of November 1983 when this was popular, sitting on the back porch in Tucson at dusk, looking at the fading colors on Mount Lemmon, watching the twilight coming on, and chilling in the brisk autumn desert air while the local album oriented rock station is playing this song.
 
Man, I miss those simpler times.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Never cared for him in Zepplin, but he's shown his talent since then.  I like this.
Posted 2 years ago by jerund    [ Reply ]
 eveliko wrote:

This guitar solo reminds me that of Queensrÿche's Silent Lucidity.



Good ear Evel!
Posted 3 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
Cover photo looks like the running man on Nick Drakes Five Leaves Left
Posted 3 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 Ralf wrote:

Nice work, drewd. Enjoy your 15 minutes!




Considerably more than 15 minutes. And Warhol's quote was "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." Sounds like YouTube to me, not Plant.
Posted 3 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Nice work, drewd. Enjoy your 15 minutes!
Posted 3 years ago by Ralf    [ Reply ]
 drewd wrote:

I'm in the nude with Penelope!!



LOL! Bill just introduced the song like this! And now I have a goofy grin on my face...
Posted 3 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
 drewd wrote:
I'm in the nude with Penelope!!
 
Odysseus ain't gonna like that. No suh!
Posted 3 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
 mdnlsn wrote:

Plant has always put out very interesting and credible solo stuff, some even fantastic. Hard to think of many rock front-people who have done as well outside their main gig. This plays pretty well 25 years on, especially considering it comes from a time of rock schlock in the 80s. 


35 years on!
Posted 3 years ago by garthtaljard    [ Reply ]
 mdnlsn wrote:
Plant has always put out very interesting and credible solo stuff, some even fantastic. Hard to think of many rock front-people who have done as well outside their main gig. This plays pretty well 25 years on, especially considering it comes from a time of rock schlock in the 80s. 
 
This post shows as being from "a year ago" so sometime in 2020 or 2019. The math would indicate 36 or 37 years on.  Sounds like someone lost a decade 
Posted 3 years ago by opaceo    [ Reply ]
Write one then.

This is not of recordable value.

Hmm, it's the eighties now, what do I do?
Posted 3 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
He has lot’s of great songs but also lots of junk. But when he has a gem man does it shine. Like Shop of Fools or Big Log! Those get the very rare 10 from me. Saw him in concert at a festival a few years ago, he sucked. Sorry but he did. He did this mash up of his Zep songs that wasn’t good but reminded you of good. He headlined the festival in Virginia with lots of Dead Heads. Great time but he was Boooed the second night when he played the same set with same jokes and lines.
Posted 4 years ago by Oxen1morale    [ Reply ]
I would take the worst of Robert Plant over the best of nearly %90 of the music out there. Just saying...

Even at well over 30 yrs old, this is better than most top 40 of today.


 jp33442 wrote:
Going to hit next this song SUCKS
 

Posted 4 years ago by PhoenixArtDj    [ Reply ]
From what I understand about Plant, he was in the mood for a Melody...a Linda, a Denise...
Posted 4 years ago by LuvsMusic    [ Reply ]
Going to hit next this song SUCKS
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Plant has always put out very interesting and credible solo stuff, some even fantastic. Hard to think of many rock front-people who have done as well outside their main gig. This plays pretty well 25 years on, especially considering it comes from a time of rock schlock in the 80s. 
Posted 5 years ago by mdnlsn    [ Reply ]
God Bless Robert Plant a" musician's musician" / But growing up a major Zep fanatic …..to me,most of his solo work  just has too much missing ...ie  Bonzo, Zoso and the very underrated J.P.J 
Posted 5 years ago by surfrider4life    [ Reply ]
 Relayer wrote:
Beautiful.  Plant has such an amazing career post-Zeppelin, and this is another fine example.  I wish there was more music out there by Robbie Blunt (Plant's guitarist/co-writer on his first 3 albums), his guitar work on these albums is just amazing.  

And yes, Plant's catalog did suffer a little in the late 80s with the all-too-80s-hair-rock album Manic Nirvana, and to way-too-experimental Shaken 'n' Stirred, but overall his solo catalog stands up with some great music.
 
Agree with first paragraph but not so much with the second. 

Shaken 'n' Stirred (1985) was a logical progression from The Principle of Moments and it lead in just fine to the more commercial Now and Zen of 1987.  It may not have been as "commercial" as it's predecessor and successor, but it was still good.  Plus, Little By Little is a killer track that was everywhere in '85.  85 was a crazy musical year with a lot of stand out songs, good and bad, to hang with all those tracks is an accomplishment.
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 ntoll wrote:
It's quite different to the Glenn Miller version...

:-P
 
  Yep...Good one!
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
 drewd wrote:
I'm in the nude with Penelope!!

 
When this song came out, I was dating a girl named Melanie.
I would replace the lyric "melody" with her name.
Posted 6 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
This guitar solo reminds me that of Queensrÿche's Silent Lucidity.
Posted 6 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Flashback to my freshman year in HS (circa 1991) I remember smoking my first toke of MJ with my step-bro and then getting in our '77 Nova and blaring this tape with what we thought was a kick ass stereo system.  The other tunes we cranked were Charlie Daniels Band (long haired country boy) and some total off the wall Dr. Demento stuff.  Ahhh those were the days!  Thanks for playing this track and keeping the good memories flowing. 

 
And this song surely proves that lyrics don't always matter in rock music, eh?  Long Live RP!!
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]

Flashback to my freshman year in HS (circa 1991) I remember smoking my first toke of MJ with my step-bro and then getting in our '77 Nova and blaring this tape with what we thought was a kick ass stereo system.  The other tunes we cranked were Charlie Daniels Band (long haired country boy) and some total off the wall Dr. Demento stuff.  Ahhh those were the days!  Thanks for playing this track and keeping the good memories flowing. 

Posted 7 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Waaaay too much Robert Plant. 
Posted 7 years ago by GeorgeMWoods    [ Reply ]
love Robert Plant but I find this song pretty boring
Posted 7 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
Beautiful.  Plant has such an amazing career post-Zeppelin, and this is another fine example.  I wish there was more music out there by Robbie Blunt (Plant's guitarist/co-writer on his first 3 albums), his guitar work on these albums is just amazing.  

And yes, Plant's catalog did suffer a little in the late 80s with the all-too-80s-hair-rock album Manic Nirvana, and to way-too-experimental Shaken 'n' Stirred, but overall his solo catalog stands up with some great music.
Posted 7 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
 grahamdillabough wrote:
Always enjoyed this tune.  Keep it up RP!

 
DITTO
Posted 7 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:


{#Clap}    Unless he was "Honey-dripping", Bob after Zep just didn't work for me. 

 
He probably didn't have to work for anyone.  {#Smile}
Posted 7 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

Me too. I remember being surprised when I realized when it was big on FM that this was Plant. "Big Log" was another big hit from this album. The video doesn't make a lot of sense but what the hell and yes the break dancing is still pretty cool. 

 
hahah Great comment.  Sometimes you just don't want nor have to analyze it.  It's just likeable just 'cuz.
Posted 8 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
I'm in the nude with Penelope!!
Posted 8 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
It's quite different to the Glenn Miller version...

:-P
Posted 8 years ago by ntoll    [ Reply ]
 grahamdillabough wrote:
Always enjoyed this tune.  Keep it up RP!

 
Me too. I remember being surprised when I realized when it was big on FM that this was Plant. "Big Log" was another big hit from this album. The video doesn't make a lot of sense but what the hell and yes the break dancing is still pretty cool. 
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Always enjoyed this tune.  Keep it up RP!
Posted 8 years ago by grahamdillabough    [ Reply ]
I have always enjoyed modal music. This song is like a modern chant. Chill, but moving forward at the same time. I get why people think it's subpar, as there is not much to it, as such. The beauty is in the simplicity and repetition of the progression, punctuated by Phil's "big drums". I give it an 8.
Posted 8 years ago by Wilfrue    [ Reply ]
it does seem to go on and on and on,..
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Can't be Zep forever, he was breaking out, had the Foreigner interspecies in this record, not his best but OK.    {#Neutral}
Posted 8 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
 redeyespy wrote:
I do remember them, and the first time I saw the video I was baffled, but then it sorta made sense: you can break dance to this, mellow (yet melodic) as it is. I've always enjoyed this tune.
 
I remember the tour for this album with Phil Collins on drums. Had the luxury of sitting on the side of the stage watching Phil. Great concert and band. 
Posted 9 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]
Wow! can't remember the last time I heard this one ANYWHERE! Thanks again RP!
Posted 9 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
 rmurray248 wrote:
Plant - Page = boring Plant
 

{#Clap}    Unless he was "Honey-dripping", Bob after Zep just didn't work for me. 
Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
redshifted wrote:
Remember the breakdancers in this video? I like the synths at the end...
I do remember them, and the first time I saw the video I was baffled, but then it sorta made sense: you can break dance to this, mellow (yet melodic) as it is. I've always enjoyed this tune.
Posted 17 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Sure, it seems people want to forget this song, but not this Principle of Moments fan. To me the song is different, and Principle sounded like nothing else that was coming out at the time ('83.) So go ahead and get sick of Plant's strange sound, , but as for me, I can to these songs, and while not a 10, Robert did quite well.
Posted 19 years ago by plutodazed    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by samiyam: This song is like a horrible accident on the highway,
Right so far...
you hate to look, but you can't look away!! Just so with this song, you hate to like it, but you keep tapping your toe.
My toes stay unmoved. Up to the usual level of Plant's drivel.
Posted 22 years ago by Max    [ Reply ]
This song has always sounded like what we used to call \"album filler\".
Posted 22 years ago by BC_Night_Heron    [ Reply ]
Don\'t know why I like this one. It\'s a mystery. I did like the video. Hard to believe it\'s almost 20 years old.
Posted 22 years ago by Mike6334    [ Reply ]
A bit of a silly attempt to be hip, or something.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Ughh! But after Dave Crosby, Sarah Mc and U2, it is hardly fair :D
Posted 22 years ago by Martino    [ Reply ]
Plant - water = dead plant Plant - Page = boring Plant
Posted 22 years ago by rmurray248    [ Reply ]
This song is like a horrible accident on the highway, you hate to look, but you can't look away!! Just so with this song, you hate to like it, but you keep tapping your toe.
Posted 22 years ago by samiyam    [ Reply ]
From: Robert Date: Nov 5,2000 Sorry, I don't get this one at all. If you're in the mood for a melody, then why not sing a melody, instead of the same note over and over? This song-wannabe is one of the top ten losers of all time.
That says it all for me. Maybe it needs to be repeated over and over and over and over ...
Posted 22 years ago by beachedge_bill    [ Reply ]
Remember the breakdancers in this video? I like the synths at the end...
Posted 22 years ago by redshifted    [ Reply ]