anonymous November 1st, 2005 08:44AM  

A song written when Jimmy Page and Robert Plant went to Morroco.. I think.

Achilles Last Stand has no obvious reference to the legend of Troy and Achilles (the hero who could only die when hit in the ankle), except that when Robert Plant heard the song, allegedly, he fell out of his chair (he had previously broken his ankle in a car crash).

I'm assuming the lyrics don't have any deep, soul searching meaning, but they are very good all the same.

anonymous December 27th, 2005 07:57PM  

The Led Zeppelin Novel "Hammer of the gods", this song is about Led Zeppelin havng to become tax exiles in the mid seventies, as a result of Britin's strict tax laws. The refference to America, would be because it was one of the many countries that they seeked refuge in, as well as many stays in carribian islands, the greek Isles, and Morocco. As a result of being tax exiles, they could only visit England a few days at a time before having to leave again. This bothered the band members, because 3/4 of the members exculding Page, were homebodys with wives and children. This is why they wrote the song. As a side note, after Plants Car crash in Greace (august 75') After being put onto a plane to recieve English medical treatment, the plane was directed to the the british owened island of Jersy, a tax excile refuge in order to get out of having to pay a fortune in Taxes.

anonymous December 28th, 2005 03:20AM  

Alright, someone already said this, but I'm going to expand on it abit to see if I can add some more validity to it.

I think that Achilles Last Stand is about emigrating to America but, more specifcally, the search for the American Dream.

What Led Zeppelin is trying to say is that all these people are coming to America in search of the American Dream, but that this Dream really has nothing to do with a physical place. You can achieve it anywhere. Specifically, they metion Albion (England), saying that it will rise again. Also, they talk about the past in whatever country you're coming from and how it really wasn't that bad.

In other words, things come and go and change. You can achieve hapiness (the true American Dream) anywhere you are if you just know how to look.

anonymous August 7th, 2006 04:11PM  

Quite simply the band said that it was about the car accident.

anonymous June 11th, 2008 10:39AM  

I think this song is about Achilles, the Trojan hero, who was believed to be invulnerable everywhere on his body except his ankle. When Achilles was fighting in battle, an arrow shot into his ankle, therefore killing him, making that "Achilles Last Stand"; the last time the hero would ever stand again. So, there you go.

dukebest31 September 4th, 2008 03:23PM  

It's about The Iliad and Achilles' last stand. Pretty sure anyways.