Origin of Anyone Seen the Bridge

[NJPearce22]

SMTS-->ASTB-->PNP-->Rapunzel would blow me away haha
Yeah I thought the song was called The Grunge haha, i couldnt find it for the life of me, but now i know better....the crunge! Thanks for the info fella's.

I got this at my show this year!!!! (6-26-04) Simply magical

[Easy E]

i cant remember which zeppelin song it is, but i know its on the album "houses of the holy"

The Crunge if that is the case

[GSR]

I like how this thread is still going on.

Most frequently, this jam fuses "So Much to Say" and "Too Much." It serves this function on Live in Chicago, 12.19.98, and Untitled Central Park Live Album. Whenever used, it almost invariably follows "So Much to Say."

On occasion, during the 2003 summer tour and other rare instances, the band would use it to fuse "So Much to Say" with other songs.

An element of this song — the booming bassline played by Stefan Lessard — can also be heard in the first half of the jam which concludes "Pig" on Before These Crowded Streets. The other half of the jam includes the melody from "Deed is Done."

The jam's name is a reference to the Led Zeppelin song, "The Crunge." Released on the band's fifth album, Houses of the Holy, the song ends abruptly with lead singer Robert Plant asking, "Has anybody seen the bridge? ... Where's that confounded bridge?"

The DMB jam no lyrics and is usually Dave humming, scat singing and speaking gibberish. Often, as on Live in Chicago, 12.19.98, he will scat sing the words "Little baby," which conclude "So Much to Say."

http://www.geocities.com/antz12m/anyone.html

[Kukini]

They did that segue at 09-08-04, incredible!

And I always thought it was just like a rhetorical "Anyone seen the bridege?" The bridge they were playing between songs...

[carter29]

everyone check out the crunge, definately from that

[KevinGTArch]

I realize I'm digging this thread out of the past but I came up with another possible origin for Anyone Seen The Bridge and wanted to see if it had been considered - doesn't look like it has.

If anyone has a copy of The CD Of JB by James Brown or any of his other albums with Sex Machine, at around the 2:00 mark of the song they start breaking it down and hollering "Are you ready for the bridge?". Then, at the bridge of the song immediately afterwards, the break into a jam using the 9th chords with a funk rhythym very similar to ASTB.

Anyone else ever heard this? I'd have to check out the discographies of James Brown vs. Led Zeppelin but it could be that Sex Machine preceeds The Crunge and that they're all rooted. Or it could be an amazing coincidence. Just thought I'd toss it out.

[Kahn]

cool

[Coldchillin]

At my show last year they did SMTS->ASTB->Rhyme & Reason.

[Kahn]

I'd like to see PNP> something other than Rapunzel. Obviously it'd have to be in the key of D. Maybe Ants or Graves.

[Davy28]

The crunge never fails to crack me up every time I hear it.

[a1075dd63aa12]

i cant remember which zeppelin song it is, but i know its on the album "houses of the holy"

The Crunge if that is the case

[Jay]

the first ASTB was 7 minutes long. $

[DMBiewski]

SMTS>ASTB>two step might actually work if you think about it in your head...might sound extremely cool, but like bigspeen, i was at the show at the blossom last yr w/the encore of SMTS>ASTB>PNP>Rapunzel and it was pretty cool but i got sort of pissed at the time bc I was ready for too much. oh well.

[littlefriend]

Most frequently, this jam fuses "So Much to Say" and "Too Much." It serves this function on Live in Chicago, 12.19.98, and Untitled Central Park Live Album. Whenever used, it almost invariably follows "So Much to Say."

On occasion, during the 2003 summer tour and other rare instances, the band would use it to fuse "So Much to Say" with other songs.

An element of this song — the booming bassline played by Stefan Lessard — can also be heard in the first half of the jam which concludes "Pig" on Before These Crowded Streets. The other half of the jam includes the melody from "Deed is Done."

The jam's name is a reference to the Led Zeppelin song, "The Crunge." Released on the band's fifth album, Houses of the Holy, the song ends abruptly with lead singer Robert Plant asking, "Has anybody seen the bridge? ... Where's that confounded bridge?"

The DMB jam no lyrics and is usually Dave humming, scat singing and speaking gibberish. Often, as on Live in Chicago, 12.19.98, he will scat sing the words "Little baby," which conclude "So Much to Say."

http://www.geocities.com/antz12m/anyone.html

That's gotta be it. ASTB has that same feel as The Crunge

[czech]

Most frequently, this jam fuses "So Much to Say" and "Too Much." It serves this function on Live in Chicago, 12.19.98, and Untitled Central Park Live Album. Whenever used, it almost invariably follows "So Much to Say."

On occasion, during the 2003 summer tour and other rare instances, the band would use it to fuse "So Much to Say" with other songs.

An element of this song — the booming bassline played by Stefan Lessard — can also be heard in the first half of the jam which concludes "Pig" on Before These Crowded Streets. The other half of the jam includes the melody from "Deed is Done."

The jam's name is a reference to the Led Zeppelin song, "The Crunge." Released on the band's fifth album, Houses of the Holy, the song ends abruptly with lead singer Robert Plant asking, "Has anybody seen the bridge? ... Where's that confounded bridge?"

The DMB jam no lyrics and is usually Dave humming, scat singing and speaking gibberish. Often, as on Live in Chicago, 12.19.98, he will scat sing the words "Little baby," which conclude "So Much to Say."

http://www.geocities.com/antz12m/anyone.html

That's gotta be it. ASTB has that same feel as The Crunge

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