Haha... Excerpt out of a Jimmy Page interview with radio - Interviewer: I used to think “D’yer Mak’er” was pronounced “die-er maker,” and later found out that I was saying it incorrectly. Talk about the reggae influence on that song. JP: Well, I’ll tell you why it’s called “D’yer Mak’er” [pronounced Jamaica], shall I? Interviewer: Sure! JP: I don’t think you’ll get the joke. This is the sort of thing where we put a joke in, as a title, and then nobody understands it. Here’s the joke: it’s a musical joke, I don’t expect you to laugh. The first man says, “My wife went on holiday.” And the second man says, “Jamaica?” As in, the island of Jamaica. And he says, “No, she went on her own accord.” So, in other words, “Did you make her” [became Dyer Maker]. We didn’t make any other jokes in the key of G. It was a reggae thing, and that’s why it was called “D’yer Mak’er.”
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:39:35 +0000
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