Led Zeppelin: The Story of the Most Sought-After Rock Reunion Is in the New Rolling Stone

Led Zeppelin grace the cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone. To mark their reunion concert on December 10th (and their impending tour in 2008?), we're offering a blimp-sized amount of content. For starters, we have an excerpt from the cover story, with Rolling Stone's David Fricke talking to Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham. Love Zeppelin but hate reading? Click below to check out an exclusive audio excerpt from the interview in which Plant talks about how getting the band back together was "no big deal" and how having John Bonham's son on drums has changed the dynamics of the group. Click here for a Zeppelin photo gallery spotlighting the band in their heyday. Check back for even more Zeppelin coverage in the next few days, too.

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Song Stories

“The A Team”

Ed Sheeran | 2011

This debut track from the then-20-year-old British singer-songwriter has a dark story behind it. Sheeran says he culls songwriting inspiration from "viewing other people's situations," which, for the heroine in "The A Team," involves drug addiction and prostitution that began as a teen. Sheeran paints the woman's trials with haunting imagery such as "But lately her face seems/Slowly sinking, wasting/Crumbling like pastries." "I did a gig at a homeless shelter, [and the song] is about one of the women there. It's her story," he said.

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