Electric Los Angeles Sunset

Album: Zero She Flies (1970)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is a song about pollution, all kinds; it was released March 6, 1970, (the same day as "Let It Be"). The B-side was "My Enemies Have Sweet Voices." >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

Comments: 4

  • Brakeshoe from LaAlways thought jimmy page plays the electric guitar on this song. No musician credits on my copy and google does not have any info. Thoughts?
  • G from Los Angeles, CaI had to add - the subject of this song is the assassination of Robert Kennedy, and the sunset of an era in American politics.
  • Alexander from London, EnglandYes he had, he first visited New York in the Spring of 1968; see my songfact for "In Brooklyn".
  • Bill from San Francisco, CaAl had not yet been to America when he wrote this song, it was about his perception of it. Ironically, he now lives in LA, and I don't believe he has written another song about the city.
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