{"id":48800,"date":"2025-07-08T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/48800\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:38:09","slug":"the-last-songs-recorded-by-3-classic-rock-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/48800\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Songs Recorded by 3 Classic Rock Icons"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s strange. It\u2019s strange how something so incredible like rock music<\/a> can also include so much darkness. Take grunge for example. The genre has seen myriad heroes die and die young. Or think about the 27 Club, the members of which are all famed artists who died years before they could even turn 30. But that\u2019s the history of classic rock music\u2014glory and tragedy.<\/p>\n

We wanted to take a look at three songs that exemplify that. Three songs by three famous rock artists. What do they all have in common? Well, they are all the final recordings that these giants in music made. Indeed, these are the last songs recorded by three of classic rock\u2019s biggest icons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m Gonna Crawl\u201d by Led Zeppelin from \u2018In Through The Out Door\u2019 (1979)<\/p>\n

In the same way that The Beatles encapsulated the 1960s, Led Zeppelin encapsulated the 1970s. Sadly, the British-born band\u2019s run ended too soon when their drummer John Bonham died in 1980 of a drug and alcohol overdose. The band\u2019s song \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Crawl\u201d was the final recording the group did for their final album as a four-piece. The five-minute, synth-driven blues rock tune was recorded on November 23, 1978. And once it was over, maybe the greatest classic rock band the planet has ever seen was no more as far as we all knew it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou Never Knew My Mind\u201d by Chris Cornell from \u2018Forever Words\u2019 (2018)<\/p>\n

A few months before he committed suicide, Chris Cornell took part in a recording project for the late Johnny Cash. For the effort, Cornell combined two of Cash\u2019s poems together to form the song that would come to be known as \u201cYou Never Knew My Mind\u201d. Cash, who had been an influence on Cornell, had recorded the Soundgarden song \u201cRusty Cage\u201d in 1996. When Cornell was able to cover Cash\u2019s work, he jumped at the chance. It also marked Cornell\u2019s last recording, as he died on May 18, 2017, after sadly taking his own life. <\/p>\n

\u201cLouder Than Words\u201d by Pink Floyd from \u2018The Endless River\u2019 (2014)<\/p>\n

The recording for this song began in 1993 when the band was working on songs for the album, The Division Bell, but it was finished in 2014 and released on Pink Floyd\u2019s 2014 LP, The Endless River. Taking tracks recorded in 1993 by Rick Wright, the group\u2019s David Gilmour and Nick Mason were able to craft a new song that they finished in 2014. The ethereal, dreamy song marks the final song on the band\u2019s final album. And though members of Pink Floyd are still alive today, there is little to no chance they will ever reunite. <\/p>\n

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