No Quarter
The Lips segued into this Led Zeppelin cover from Sonic Youth's "Unmade Bed" for their 2006 NPR World Cafe appearance.
Wayne's Notes from At War With The Mystics 5.1:
"This is a strange melting of a Sonic Youth song and a Led Zeppelin song. We had done a cover of South Youth's "Death Valley '69" back in 1986... It was on a Flexi-Disk that came in a Boston based fanzine. It was preceded by, of all things, ["Thank You"], a Led Zeppelin cover. We decided to do a '20 years on' update."
"This is a strange melting of a Sonic Youth song and a Led Zeppelin song. We had done a cover of South Youth's "Death Valley '69" back in 1986... It was on a Flexi-Disk that came in a Boston based fanzine. It was preceded by, of all things, ["Thank You"], a Led Zeppelin cover. We decided to do a '20 years on' update."
Flaming Lips Version
Close the door, put out the light
You know they won't be home tonight
The snow falls hard and don't you know
The winds of Thor are blowing cold
Wearing steel that's bright and true
They carry news that must get through
They choose the path where no one goes
(They hold no quarter
They hold no quarter
Ahhh)
Shhh
Walking side by side with death
The devil mocks their every step
The snow drives back the foot that's slow
The dogs of doom are howling more
They carry news that must get through
To build a dream for me and you
They choose the path that no one goes
(They hold no quarter
They ask no quarter
They hold no quarter
Ahhh)
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Close the door, put out the light
You know they won't be home tonight
The snow falls hard and don't you know
The winds of Thor are blowing cold
Wearing steel that's bright and true
They carry news that must get through
(They hold no quarter
They hold no quarter
Ahhh)
Shhh
The devil mocks their every step
The snow drives back the foot that's slow
The dogs of doom are howling more
They carry news that must get through
To build a dream for me and you
(They hold no quarter
They ask no quarter
They hold no quarter
Ahhh)
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Live
"No Quarter" has only been performed once, on a 2006 NPR World Cafe radio broadcast.
| 04/21/2006 | USA | National Public Radio | World Cafe |