krwlz

Obviously, Led Zeppelin has used it. Its been on a bad company cd I bought. And I was just wondering if they both were borrowing the image from somewhere else.

Seems familliar somehow, but I cant put my finger on it...

Idle curiosity, but if anyone has any ideas, let em fly.

johnnymysto

From www.buckeye-web.com/ifmtl3.html

The famous Swan Song symbol that Zeppelin adopted as the logo for
their record label was borrowed from an 1851 oil-on-canvas
painting by William Rimmer entitled "Evening Fall Of Day." The
figure in the painting is the Greek sun god Apollo. The painting
is not, as some people would have you believe, of Icarus or
Daedalus. These two are also figures from Greek mythology.
Daedalus is, according to legend, supposed to have crafted a set
of wings from feathers and wax for himself and Icarus which they
could use to escape from their prison on Crete to freedom in
Greece. Unfortunately, Icarus being the younger of the two
thought it might be a lark to fly a little higher, and flew too
close to the sun which melted his wings and he plunged to his
death in a sea, which is still known as the Icarian sea. Icarus'
first flight was also his swan song. Daedalus also designed the
labyrinth on Crete for King Mino's minotaur, which was the reason
for his imprisonment, because he alone knew the secrets of the
labyrinth.

Look here www.zepfanman.com/swansong.html for the picture. It's actually called Evening (The Fall of Day).

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krwlz

Wow, thanks man. I expected people to be stumped

metalmusicgip

from what i understand its what one of them saw when they were trippen on some bad acid, not a good idea to do but still he might of barrowed it from someone else but still its been part the band sence they've started...

smooth_4

here's the Rimmer painting mentioned above:

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krwlz

so looks like they changed it just enough, but its still the same one. Cool man, thanks for all the info.

mr sticky

You guys don't go for head scratching trivia...you like that full on brain-itching, eye-crossing stuff!

Good post!

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The reason it was on a Bad Company album was because they were put out by Swan Song Records.

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krwlz

Ahhhh, gotcha, I was wondering about that.

gonadman

Thanks for the link johnnymysto. All this time I thought it was Icarus as a round about way of saying nothing but "crashing"(death) was going to stop them from getting "higher"(financially, popularity, sexually, and hallucinogenically(sp?)) than anyone before them.

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moonstrucksoul

hah that's what the net is for. a world of information.

thanks for the info on that picture, i have always wondered but never toook the time to do the investigation.

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saut

I have always wondered why Led Zeppelin chose that as well... thanks for asking that question krwlz, and thanks for answering it johnnymysto.

Kostya

I've got a gigantic banner of that exact image in my room...

In the words of Otto: 'Zeppelin Rules'

Good to know where it's actually from...