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Circular Funk Section
Popularized by: Led Zeppelin
Written by: (John Bonham/John Paul Jones/Jimmy Page/Robert Plant)
Year First Appeared: 1971
Lyrics: This is an intrumental
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Sort: By Performance Date
Performances in circulation: 101
Date Venue City Mode Length
Mar 06, 1971 The National Stadium Dublin In Medley 00:30
Apr 01, 1971 Paris Theatre London In Medley 00:29
May 03, 1971 K.B. Hallen Copenhagen In Medley 00:36
Jul 05, 1971 Vigorelli Velodrome Milan In Medley 00:29 cut
Aug 07, 1971 Casino de Montreux Montreux In Medley 00:35
Aug 21, 1971 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 00:30
Aug 22, 1971 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 00:29
Aug 23, 1971 Convention Center Arena Ft. Worth, TX In Medley 00:28
Aug 31, 1971 Orlando Sports Stadium Orlando, FL In Medley 00:40
Sep 03, 1971 Madison Square Garden New York, NY In Medley 00:30 cut
Sep 04, 1971 Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, ON In Medley 00:32
Sep 07, 1971 Boston Garden Boston, MA In Medley 00:35
Sep 14, 1971 Community Theatre Berkeley, CA In Medley 00:30
Sep 23, 1971 Budokan Hall Tokyo In Medley 00:30
Sep 24, 1971 Budokan Hall Tokyo In Medley 00:20
Sep 27, 1971 Shiei Taikukan Hall Hiroshima In Medley 00:40
Sep 28, 1971 Koseinenkin Kaikan Osaka In Medley 00:45
Sep 29, 1971 Koseinenkin Kaikan Osaka In Medley 00:42
Nov 11, 1971 City Hall Newcastle-upon-Tyne In Medley 00:30
Nov 16, 1971 St. Matthew's Baths Ipswich In Medley 00:46
Nov 20, 1971 Empire Pool London In Medley 00:39
Nov 24, 1971 Free Trade Hall Manchester In Medley 00:35
Nov 25, 1971 Percy Gee Building Leicester In Medley 00:43
Dec 02, 1971 Starkers Royal Ballrooms Bournemouth In Medley 00:45
Feb 19, 1972 Memorial Drive Park Adelaide, SA In Medley 00:40
Feb 25, 1972 Western Springs Stadium Auckland In Medley 00:30
Feb 29, 1972 Festival Hall Brisbane, QLD In Medley 00:38
May 27, 1972 Oude Rai Amsterdam In Medley 00:32
May 28, 1972 Vorst Nationaal Brussels In Medley 00:32
Jun 07, 1972 The Forum Montreal, QC In Medley 00:36
Jun 11, 1972 Civic Center Baltimore, MD In Medley 00:35
Jun 13, 1972 The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA In Medley 00:35
Jun 14, 1972 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, NY In Medley 00:40
Jun 15, 1972 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, NY In Medley 00:37
Jun 17, 1972 Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR In Medley 00:44
Jun 19, 1972 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA In Medley 00:40
Jun 22, 1972 Swing Auditorium San Bernardino, CA In Medley 00:40
Jun 25, 1972 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 00:37
Jun 27, 1972 Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA In Medley 00:37
Jun 28, 1972 Tucson Community Center Tucson, AZ In Medley 00:43
Oct 02, 1972 Budokan Hall Tokyo In Medley 00:37
Oct 03, 1972 Budokan Hall Tokyo In Medley 01:05
Oct 04, 1972 Koseinenkin Kaikan Osaka In Medley 00:50
Oct 05, 1972 Nagoya Shi Kokaido Nagoya In Medley 00:45
Oct 09, 1972 Koseinenkin Kaikan Osaka In Medley 01:02
Nov 30, 1972 City Hall Newcastle-upon-Tyne In Medley 00:54
Dec 01, 1972 City Hall Newcastle-upon-Tyne In Medley 00:48
Dec 04, 1972 Green's Playhouse Glasgow In Medley 00:43
Dec 08, 1972 Hard Rock Concert Theatre Manchester In Medley 00:40
Dec 16, 1972 Odeon Birmingham In Medley 00:42 cut
Dec 22, 1972 Alexandra Palace London In Medley 01:29
Dec 23, 1972 Alexandra Palace London In Medley 00:50
Jan 02, 1973 City Hall Sheffield In Medley 00:40
Jan 07, 1973 New Theatre Oxford In Medley 01:09
Jan 14, 1973 Empire Theatre Liverpool In Medley 00:42
Jan 15, 1973 Trentham Ballroom Stoke-on-Trent In Medley 00:45
Jan 18, 1973 St. George's Hall Bradford In Medley 00:56
Jan 22, 1973 Old Union Refectory Southampton In Medley 00:55
Jan 25, 1973 Music Hall Aberdeen In Medley 00:44
Jan 28, 1973 King's Theatre Edinburgh In Medley 01:06
Jan 30, 1973 Guild Hall Preston In Medley 01:10
Mar 06, 1973 Kungliga Tennishallen Stockholm In Medley 00:52
Mar 14, 1973 Messe-Zentrum Halle Nuremberg In Medley 01:15
Mar 16, 1973 Wiener Stadthalle Vienna In Medley 00:50
Mar 17, 1973 Olympiahalle Munich In Medley 00:46
Mar 19, 1973 Deutschlandhalle Berlin In Medley 01:20
Mar 21, 1973 Musikhalle Hamburg In Medley 01:12
Mar 22, 1973 Gruga-Halle Essen In Medley 01:25
Mar 24, 1973 Ortenauhalle Offenburg In Medley 01:10
Mar 27, 1973 Parc Des Expositions Nancy In Medley 00:40 cut
Apr 01, 1973 Centre Sportif Saint-Ouen In Medley 01:16
Apr 02, 1973 Centre Sportif Saint-Ouen In Medley 00:47
May 05, 1973 Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL In Medley 01:08
May 13, 1973 Municipal Auditorium Mobile, AL In Medley 01:13
May 14, 1973 Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA In Medley 01:12
May 16, 1973 Sam Houston Coliseum Houston, TX In Medley 01:08
May 18, 1973 Memorial Auditorium Dallas, TX In Medley 01:30
May 19, 1973 Convention Center Arena Ft. Worth, TX In Medley 01:02
May 26, 1973 Salt Palace Arena Salt Lake City, UT In Medley 01:17
May 31, 1973 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 01:04
Jun 02, 1973 Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA In Medley 01:17
Jun 03, 1973 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 01:18
Jul 06, 1973 Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL In Medley 01:04
Jul 07, 1973 Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL In Medley 01:35
Jul 09, 1973 Saint Paul Civic Center St Paul , MN In Medley 01:30
Jul 10, 1973 Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI In Medley 01:23
Jul 12, 1973 Cobo Arena Detroit, MI In Medley 01:20
Jul 15, 1973 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY In Medley 01:33
Jul 17, 1973 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA In Medley 02:15
Jul 18, 1973 Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, BC In Medley 01:00
Jul 20, 1973 Boston Garden Boston, MA In Medley 01:06
Jul 21, 1973 Civic Center Providence, RI In Medley 01:22
Jul 23, 1973 Civic Center Baltimore, MD In Medley 01:55
Jul 24, 1973 Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh, PA In Medley 01:18
Jul 27, 1973 Madison Square Garden New York, NY In Medley 01:14
Jul 28, 1973 Madison Square Garden New York, NY In Medley 01:24
Jul 29, 1973 Madison Square Garden New York, NY In Medley 01:30
Feb 14, 1975 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, NY In Medley 00:30
Mar 21, 1975 Seattle Center Coliseum Seattle, WA In Medley 01:45
Mar 25, 1975 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 00:51
Mar 27, 1975 The Forum Inglewood, CA In Medley 01:47
Audio Samples
'Led Zeppelin' Version from 'Jul 27, 1973'
Song Notes

The 'Circular Funk Section' is a pseudo song that represents one of the sections of Dazed and Confused. It is a funk section played after the bow solo in virtually every performance of Dazed and Confused in 71, 72, and 73. It made sporadic appearances in 75 as well. The section gets its name because it is comprised of funk riffs that go around and around. The main guitar chord used in the turnaround is the same fingering, played with a similar rhythm to Purple Haze and Stone Free from Jimi Hendrix.

I designated the beginning of the song when Jimmy starts playing the main riff and the end of the song when he goes off into soloing. Jones and Bonham often continued to play the underlying rhythms for a while after Jimmy started soloing, but I needed to standardize the song so I had to pick an arbitrary end to it.

The 'Circular Funk Section' is a direct descendent of the 'Beat Down Section' as it is similar in theme and replaced it in the live show in early 71.