oj’s status update

I was just wondering, is the little syncopated riff that Jimmy Page plays in the outro of ‘In My Time of Dying’ a nod to Monty Python’s ‘Hello Operator’ song? The resemblance is uncanny.

You know the bit, right at the end of the song, Robert Plant goes ‘dying, dying, dying…… cough….’. Then there’s a little ‘doo-dy-doo-dy-doo, doo-dy-doo-dy-doo’ (the riff in question).

I have no idea if the chronology is correct. If Physical Graffiti came out before whatever series of Flying Circus contained that song, then obviously it can’t be so. It was the same episode as the All-England Summarise Proust competition.

I guess there’s only one person who can answer this important question. Does anyone know Jimmy Page’s email?

– Edit –

I’m getting to grips with the technology here… here is the (last few minutes of the) Led Zep song:

If you don’t feel like sitting through Robert’s wailings, scroll to 02:35 to hear the riff. (And the cough).

Now here’s the Monty Python song (it starts at 01:45):

So? It is, isn’t it?