Robert Plant Says His Iconic Led Zeppelin Pose Came Out Of Insecurity

Robert Plant says that one of his most iconic poses is actually the result of insecurity with his singing.

The Led Zeppelin frontman says he often arched his back away from his microphone hand, not to look like a glorious golden-haired rock god, but to soften the aural blow of a note sung out of tune.

"I often did it like that because I didn't really know whether I could hit the right peckin' note!" Plant tells cohost Matt Everitt on the latest edition of their Digging Deep podcast. "I'll go as far away from the microphone just in case it's not very good! Because you don't know sometimes."

Plant cited Zep's "Immigrant Song" as a track that always gave him fits. He noted that the song's "call to arms" section is rather ill-suited for his voice. He once went 23 years without performing "Immigrant Song" in concert; he broke that streak in 2019 for an audience in Iceland.

Plant is set to head back out on tour this June with Alison Krauss as the pair celebrate their new album, Raise the Roof, which arrived last fall.

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