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Song · 1969 · Psychedelic rock

What Is and What Should Never Be

1969

★ 5.6 editorial score

Among Plant's first songwriting credits, a CBS contract having blocked him on the debut, over guitars panning across both channels.

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Led Zeppelin II

in the Albums canon

Genre

Psychedelic rock Blues rock Hard rock Rock

Subject

Forbidden love Escape

Scene

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