“D'yer Mak'er” – Led Zeppelin
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This song is an odd mix of reggae and ‘50s doo-wop, or something like it. People tend to either love the song or hate it.
“D’yer Mak’er” is a track on Led Zeppelin’s album, Houses of the Holy, and was released as a single in Sept. 1973. It peaked at #20 in the US and New Zealand, and #24 in Canada. The single was never released in the UK.
All four members of the band are credited as the song’s writers. The title doesn’t appear anywhere in the lyrics. It’s meant to be humorous and was inspired by an old joke about the British pronunciation of “Jamaica”. This was pretty much lost on Zeppelin’s American fans, as band member Jimmy Page noted:
“In America, they had no clue what it meant, and it was just boring to have to explain what it was. You’d think: why didn’t we name it something else? At least the Brits got it, thank God.”
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Language nerds might be interested in the short video posted below. The previously mentioned joke is used to illustrate how “to Jamaica” can sound very similar to “did you make her” (or “D’yer Mak’er”) in British English.
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This song is an odd mix of reggae and ‘50s doo-wop, or something like it. People tend to either love the song or hate it.
“D’yer Mak’er” is a track on Led Zeppelin’s album, Houses of the Holy, and was released as a single in Sept. 1973. It peaked at #20 in the US and New Zealand, and #24 in Canada. The single was never released in the UK.
All four members of the band are credited as the song’s writers. The title doesn’t appear anywhere in the lyrics. It’s meant to be humorous and was inspired by an old joke about the British pronunciation of “Jamaica”. This was pretty much lost on Zeppelin’s American fans, as band member Jimmy Page noted:
“In America, they had no clue what it meant, and it was just boring to have to explain what it was. You’d think: why didn’t we name it something else? At least the Brits got it, thank God.”
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Language nerds might be interested in the short video posted below. The previously mentioned joke is used to illustrate how “to Jamaica” can sound very similar to “did you make her” (or “D’yer Mak’er”) in British English.
[media=https://youtu.be/YKXcD2OVwN8?t=89]
