Long live the Zep
I've said this on here before: "Ramble On" is the best them.One of my favorites
I started out with Led Zeppelin IV, because I thought it was the easiest to get into. It worked, and now I'm starting with Zeppelin I, working my way up.Wait till you get to Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti. Those two, along with IV, are prolly LZ at their best, IMO of course.
So, tell us how you got into Zeppelin, what you like about them/got into them/favorite songs/album etc. Or don't like about them, as long as you speak with respect! :hatStairway, man, Stairway. I got LZIV for Christmas one year, primarily for Stairway and "Battle of Evermore." I quickly learned that every song on the album was awesome. I played the hell outta that CD. In fact, it was one of my first albums ever and when I bought albums by other artists, I was confused when only one or two songs were worthwhile on em. I was used to LZIV's continuous barrage of quality songs.
Led Zeppelin's awesomeness can never be talked about enough.One of my favorite LZ songs, btw. :tup
My funny story about LZ is hearing "Fool in the Rain" on the radio somewhere around '91 or '92, but not knowing the name of the damn song. I tried to call the radio station to find out, but kept getting a busy signal. None of the friends I saw in the next few days after that knew. It was infuriating. Remember, this was long before the internet and text messaging, so there was little I could do. And I was still a teenager with little money, so I wasn't about to run out and buy every LZ CD (although I guess I should have, since they are all great, but of course I didn't know that at the time). I remember when I finally found out the name of the song...it was a wonderful day. :)
Definitely one of my favourite bands. Led Zeppelin II is my favourite album ever.
Zep ranking:
1. II
2. Houses of the Holy
3. IV
4. I
5. III
6. In Through the Out Door
7. Presence
8. Physical Graffiti
Might look a little strange, but that's it!
how about The Rover, Kashmir and Trampled Under Foot
I'd like to do another Zep survivor soon. Watch for it coming up!I'd participate
I'd participate too, but we have 93847928374 survivors coming up including my Tool survivor. :DSTART TEH TOOL SURVIVER!!111!!!!!!1!!!!ONE!!!111
I have to wait for the Coheed one to finish. Or so Setrataeso saysI'd participate too, but we have 93847928374 survivors coming up including my Tool survivor. :DSTART TEH TOOL SURVIVER!!111!!!!!!1!!!!ONE!!!111
Of the ones I've heard, my favourites would be 4, then PG, then 1. Houses of the Holy is my least favourite by an insane margin.
Houses of the Holy is my least favourite by an insane margin.
I love the laid back vibe of songs like "The Rain Song" and "No Quarter."Totally agreed."The Crunge" is a slight hiccup, buteverythingelseon this record is absolutely aces. :tup :tup
I like the Rain Song, Over the Hills and Far Away and D'Yer Maker. The rest isn't absolutely terrible, but it's just never gone down well for me, so overall, I much prefer all of their other albums. I find this album sounds far more like outtakes than PG.Of the ones I've heard, my favourites would be 4, then PG, then 1. Houses of the Holy is my least favourite by an insane margin.
Wow, that's wacky. Every Zep fan I know tends to regard the fourth album and Houses pretty much equally, with one slightly edging out the other. What is it about Houses that you don't like?
I just got totally into them and they're awesome. They've always been my father's favorite band, but somehow I just couldn't get addicted to it. Now, after having listened to so many contemporary rock bands, hearing this: This is something truly unique, still.*cherry=popped*
I started out with Led Zeppelin IV, because I thought it was the easiest to get into. It worked, and now I'm starting with Zeppelin I, working my way up. Their DVD release simply called 'DVD' is excellent as well.
So, tell us how you got into Zeppelin, what you like about them/got into them/favorite songs/album etc. Or don't like about them, as long as you speak with respect! :hat
p.s. I'm now at track #4: Dazed and Confused. I'm mildly familiar with it, but I never truly listened to it. This is AMAZING!
My favorite album run for Zep is,:tup
Houses Of The Holy
Physical Graffiti
Presence
also, let me just throw it out there that How The West Was Won is one of the best live albums out there. If I could see any band from any time live, Zeppelin in their prime would probably edge out MoP tour MetallicaAll of this.
I would hit this:Beat you to it, I actually posted something about it on the first page, plus this:
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67C1C020100813
Jason Bonham takes Led Zeppelin Experience on road
By Gary Graff
Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:28am EDT
DETROIT (Billboard) - Jason Bonham knows better than to promise a Led Zeppelin reunion as part of his "Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience" show that goes on tour this fall. But he's certainly not opposed to the idea.
"I'm not going to hide it from them," Bonham, who filled his late father John "Bonzo" Bonham's spot and played with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones at the 2007 Zep reunion concert at London's O2 arena, tells Billboard.com.
"I will invite them to every show I can, because my goal and dream is, 'Wouldn't it be cool if I did something that they thought was cool and they would get up and play with me?' That's what I'm doing (this) for. I'd love it."
Plant has, in fact, already given his public blessing to Bonham's multimedia show, which is due to hit the road this October in North America. Bonham says he has yet to hear from Page and Jones, whom he worked with on an unrealized project shortly after the O2 show.
The shows, commemorating the 30th anniversary of John Bonham's death and the immediate dissolution of Led Zeppelin, are co-produced by Annerin Productions, which also presents the Beatles tribute show "Rain" and "The Pink Floyd Experience."
"What I want to do is a personal story," explains Bonham, who was 14 when his hard-living choked on his vomit aged 32.
He will be accompanied by a five-piece band whose members he has yet to reveal. The show will incorporate archival video material and set changes, and Bonham plans to record narration that will precede some of the songs and "give a little background on them and the reason why I'm playing them, and stories about growing up with dad and how Zeppelin has been part of my life from the beginning. It's a good musical journey; it'll be sad at times ... but it will really be a celebration."
Bonham hopes that his "Led Zeppelin Experience" will expand beyond the 30 shows he currently has planned, and he'd like to see the production grow to possibly include orchestrations -- which he may try out in certain cities during the fall tour. Dates and ticket sale information are expected to be announced next week
Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin experience released dates today! Probably seeing them in November. :metal;D
Bonham, who was 14 when his hard-living choked on his vomit aged 32.
Ahh... Led Zeppelin. How hum-drum and shocking is it for a 47-year old male who went to HS in the 70s to proclaim that Led Zep is his all-time favorite band? Ummm... very! But I'm gonna say it anyway: Led Zeppelin are my all-time favorite band. It wasn't always this way, as this is one band that has managed to come full-circle on me.
It started when I was about 12-13 yrs old and I first heard Whole Lotta Love being played as a single on the radio. Everything about it absolutely blew me away, from that weird cough at the beginning into the explosive Page riff that immediately gets doubled with JPJ's bass. Then the unbridled Plant vocal/lyric that's filled with sexual innuendo up the kazoo, and the weirdly orgasmic instrumental break that resolves itself into a classic Page solo.... I was hooked BIG TIME. So was the rest of the world.
And that was part of the problem with Zeppelin for me after a few years of hoarding up all their albums..... they got TOO big. They were EVERYWHERE overexposed with their music being played to death on hit radio, and I got caught up in the media backlash that called them out for being self-indulgent piggish superstars (which they were). So there was a time in my college years when I didn't go near Zeppelin, opting in favor of more trendy 80s music like The Clash, Iron Maiden, Priest, Queensryche, Metallica, The Grateful Dead etc.
With the perspective of time, however, and after listening to tons of bands over the years, I've come to recognize that their music has never really been truly surpassed. Led Zeppelin manages to satisfy my craving for so much that I ask for in my music.
- I love hard rock, and there is no rhythm section that has ever hit me quite as hard as Jones/Bonham. Not one. Back in the day, most bands revolved around 1, maybe 2 players, usually the vocalist or lead guitarist. Zep was one of the 1st groups (Cream the other) that showed what could done when a band consisted of 4 "lead" instrumentalists.
- I love prog rock, and Zeppelin, while not truly 'prog', is one of the only hard rock bands to "progress" from album to album. What band was able to shift from heavy blues to celtic folk to Middle-eastern modes so seamlessly, and all within the span of one album? Banjo anyone? Mandolin Mellotron Theremin? Page was not afraid to experiment. And the beauty of it was that he was his own George Martin. No one except Page himself was going to mess with the artistic integrity of his band. When I first bought Led Zeppelin III, I didn't get it. WTF were they doing with all these mellow acoustic tracks? At the time, it was a letdown to me after the heavy metal brute power of II. In hindsight, after seeing what they did with Zoso and Houses, I can better understand where Page was coming from and now have a whole new appreciation and love for III.
- I love jam music, and Zeppelin are one of the few bands (The Dead and King Crimson being the others) that I will actively seek out bootlegs because I absolutely adore their extended jams (No Quarter, Dazed and Confused, Bring It On Home) and song variants (Immigrant Song, Over The Hills, etc). As exacting as Jimmy Page was in the studio, they played fast and loose in a live setting. Page admitted that they were very much a "jam" band when a journalist opined that their live songs were never faithful to the studio versions.
So yeah... nerdy as it sounds, I've got a little shrine to Zeppelin in my den consisting of my old vinyls, a newer cd boxset, several biography books, live dvds, bootleg cds, all topped off with a miniature Jimmy Page figure triumphantly holding up his violin bow.
Led Zeppelin manages to satisfy my craving for so much that I ask for in my music.
Did our search function suddenly start working, or did someone actually search, find, and ressurect a seven-month-old thread?
I'm not complaining, just wondering.
LV, I can't remember if I had read this previously, but I enjored it! About time you take a stand on something. :P
Now we just have to get you to do a Top 10 LZ songs and Top 3 LZ albums list!
I love this line:Led Zeppelin manages to satisfy my craving for so much that I ask for in my music.
In many ways this sums up how I feel about Dream Theater. They take the best of all I love about music and bands and wrap it up nicely into one package.
Going to California number one? Thats interesting. Love all those songs. Probably Kashmir and Battle of Evermore would make my top 10, maybe Levee too.
I went through a period back around the time they did the O2 show that I went absolutely MAD for Led Zeppelin after years of just accepting them as one of the standards of classic rock and a hugely influential band. Mainly it was because, not so much their studio albums, although I did buy all of them, but their bootlegs. I have heard something in the area of 100 Led Zeppelin concerts, and even their sloppiest messes from the 1977 tour are fascinating to listen to. I would spend days just focusing on an individual tour, playing two or three shows in a row and just being amazed over and over when the band was ON and clicking on all cylinders. Sometimes the self-indulgence would get a bit much, like the 1975 North American tour versions of Dazed and Confused that got over 40 minutes long, but there's a lot of magic to be found in Zeppelin concerts. Especially from 1969 to 1973, they were fantastic on stage before Plant finally blew his voice out and Page started getting really sloppy on stage.
tl;dr: studio Zep is great, live Zep was amazing at times but always interesting.
Stairway is my number one. It's interesting, Zeppelin might be the only band whose most popular song is my personal favorite.
Well said!Stairway is my number one. It's interesting, Zeppelin might be the only band whose most popular song is my personal favorite.
I still love that song. The studio version is a masterpiece. Yeah, it's been played to death on the radio. This bothers me not at all because I have a functional brain, therefore I can separate how popular a song is from how much I like it. Sometimes it turns out that popular songs really are quite good, and this is one of those times.
I have no idea what it means... :DColor me ignant as well.
There's been a few rumors going arond that the Reunion concert back in 07(Five years ago) is gonna be released on DVD this year.
But if this really is Led Zeppelin V, then color me excited :D
Achilles Last Stand came on the radio today. I was like 'Yes please.'
What a killer song.
I found a pretty good quality boot of the O2 concert on the net shortly after, and still have it. I figured it would hold me until the official release that was sure would happen. Like everyone else here, I'm amazed that it hasn't happened (yet).
I listened to almost nothing but Zeppelin in high school. Interestingly enough, the album I find myself returning to the most is In Through The Out Door + the B-sides Ozone Baby, Darlene, and Wearing & Tearing. Who else loves In Through The Out Door? It's such an interesting departure from everything else they did, what with JPJ taking over and everything.
In Through The Out Door is great. I don't get why people hate on it sometimes. :P
In Through The Out Door is great. I don't get why people hate on it sometimes. :P
Because it's not "WHOAAAAHHH WOMAN, GET DOWN ON MY COCK" + E minor pentatonic scale like all the other Led Zeppelin albums.
:lol
Although the worst album, Presence does have one of their best songs, Achilles Last Stand.
Good point.In Through The Out Door is great. I don't get why people hate on it sometimes. :P
Because it's not "WHOAAAAHHH WOMAN, GET DOWN ON MY COCK" + E minor pentatonic scale like all the other Led Zeppelin albums.
:lol
8. In the the out door (Listened to it maybe twice in my lifetime)Well, there's your problem. :biggrin:
If it's just that live reunion show, then I don't care.This. I'm not sure why, but that reunion show never interested me.
If it's just that live reunion show, then I don't care.This. I'm not sure why, but that reunion show never interested me.
That announcement was today. Looks like they'll be releasing the one-off show but as a film that will be in theaters.
Not really too excited, to be honest. The clips I heard in the trailer left me awfully flaccid.
That announcement was today. Looks like they'll be releasing the one-off show but as a film that will be in theaters.
Not really too excited, to be honest. The clips I heard in the trailer left me awfully flaccid.
Well that's just silly. People want that show on DVD/CD, not to sit in a movie theater. This ain't the 70s anymore. :lol
Zepp II was my first, and will always be my fav. I did "What is and what should never be" in a lipsynch contest in high school with some friends.
Not everyone has huge TVs and surround sound at home. Watching a concert video on the big screen in 7.1 surround is much more satisfying, and much closer to an actual concert experience, than playing the DVD and listening to it through the crappy TV speakers.
Oh yeah, Page can be kinda sloppy nowadays.
I just love Plant, though. And he sounds awesome on his solo stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiokMaodFkw
Obviously he might struggle with Zeppelin stuff, but that's understandable imo.
I couldn't help but be amused, looking at the CD/DVD booklet, to notice that in the songwriting credits Dazed and Confused was credited to "Jimmy Page, inspired by Jake Holmes." :lol Guess that's the end result of Holmes finally suing Zep over that one a few years back.
What was the Dazed and Confused mess up and how did they resolve it ?
I couldn't help but be amused, looking at the CD/DVD booklet, to notice that in the songwriting credits Dazed and Confused was credited to "Jimmy Page, inspired by Jake Holmes." :lol Guess that's the end result of Holmes finally suing Zep over that one a few years back.
So in other words, plagiarized but settled out of court? :P
What was the Dazed and Confused mess up and how did they resolve it ?
The Dazed and Confused mess was at the end of the guitar solo section. Page went back to the riff that ends the instrumental section early while Bonham and Jones were playing the last few bars before it. They didn't really RESOLVE it, but the fix was to make it sound like the end of the instrumental section just dissolves into chaos before picking back up the last verse. It sounds like an unholy mess, but it now sounds like they MEANT it to be an unholy mess. It's hard to explain unless you've heard the original boots and Celebration Day.
Rolling Stone magazine described them as "the heaviest band of all time", "the biggest band of the '70s" and "unquestionably one of the most enduring bands in rock history". Similarly, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame stated that the band were "as influential in that decade [the 1970s] as The Beatles were in the prior one".
I've thought of Led Zeppelin as the Beatles of the 70s before. Of course, their first two albums were released in 1969, though.
FYI, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are going to be on Letterman tomorrow night.
FYI, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are going to be on Letterman tomorrow night.
P.S. Fuck the Tool version.
I have to confess my newfound love for this band. Since I grew up on classic rock it's very strange that Led Zeppelin hasn't been a part of my upbringing. Aside from a few tracks on their compilations, they haven't really interested me that much. So I finally decided to check out their discography last week. Wow, they finally clicked for me. And hard. Their music is so varied, and it shows from album to album. The bluesy stuff of their debut, the more rocking 2nd album, the folky acoustic stuff on III etc. It's hard for me to decide on a favourite album yet though, some days it's Physical Graffiti and some days it's III or II. I've always thought that IV was their most classic album, but I would rank it somewhere in the middle right now.
All in all, I'm really floored...especially since it had been over 25 years since they had played a FULL set together. And the setlist was *PERFECT*!!! (well, almost. I would have traded TSRTS for The Rain Song, or maybe (if you wanted to have all the albums represented) In the Light)Physical graffiti was represented on that live album with three songs, actually. The only album that wasn't represented is In through the out door, which is one of my favorites.
I really enjoyed reading this thread.
Led Zeppelin's music has been the sound track of my life. The music was great and their larger-than-life persona was really fun to grow up with. Mid-night showings of 'The Song Remains the Same' while my girlfriend sat transfixed to Robert Plant and rubbed her knees together. Summers playing Frisbee an Hackey-Sack in the park while Houses of the Holy blared from our open car doors. Man, nothing was better. Even today, I can relive the feeling when 'Black Country Woman' starts to play and the temperature outside is above 70 degrees.
Anyway, for all the posters who mention having trouble getting into Led Zeppelin III, I have just the formula. Build a sound proof, ventilated, carpet lined, pot smoking room under the stairs of your parents house. Install a black light. Get toasted with your mates and put on Led III while your Cockatoo dances on top of your bong.
Works every time.
All in all, I'm really floored...especially since it had been over 25 years since they had played a FULL set together. And the setlist was *PERFECT*!!! (well, almost. I would have traded TSRTS for The Rain Song, or maybe (if you wanted to have all the albums represented) In the Light)Physical graffiti was represented on that live album with three songs, actually. The only album that wasn't represented is In through the out door, which is one of my favorites.
Brain farted....I meant In the Evening...Oh, OK then. I think In the evening would have been a great choice, since it's the most rockin' one on the album and would most likely fit with the rest of the set.
I was just wondering which one would be the best to represent that album. It's my least favorite, but still good. At this point, it's really splitting hairs because it's a fantastic setlist.
Have they ever done Carouselambra live?
... one of the first songs we started working on yesterday was "The Rover" :hat
Have they ever done Carouselambra live?
One of my favorite Zeppelin tracks. Definitely the highlight of In Through The Out Door
I've long believed that Zeppelin had reached the end of the road anyway, and likely would have either broken up or taken a long break by 1981. They'd gone through so much already-the late 70s were just one disaster after another, especially for Robert Plant-that if they'd gotten through their planned 1980 US tour without Page blowing up, I really think they would have gone their separate ways, if only for a little while. Bonham's death just made the decision inevitable. It's nice to go through "what might have been" moments, but I honestly think a break up, and possibly an acrimonious one, was coming.
If they had hung on any longer, would they be AS legendary as they are? I hate when bands hang on well past their prime just because they were once awesome (Kiss, Halen come to mind).
It seems all their worst ideas were after jason quit the band. :lol
Which came after Jason quit the band...It seems all their worst ideas were after jason quit the band. :lol
Lulu says hi :lol
I grew up with Led Zeppelin but just two weeks ago I discovered that Heartbreaker and Living Loving Maid were actually two songs. They were only ever played back to back on the radio so I thought it was one song.
I grew up with Led Zeppelin but just two weeks ago I discovered that Heartbreaker and Living Loving Maid were actually two songs. They were only ever played back to back on the radio so I thought it was one song.
When I first realized that, I re-ripped the album into iTunes with them as one track for my shuffle playlist. :lol Just can't listen to one without the other.
I'm sure in the time they took to explain that, they could have played the other song. :lol
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As a matter of fact, I listened to III today while not having listened to Zep for a good while, and it's Plant's birthday today.
And on the subject of III, its also got Since I've been loving you, which is probably a top 5 LZ song for me.
Led Zeppelin is awesome.
I was recently at a downtown Manhattan dive bar called The Patriot shooting some pool with unsavory types and inhaling pitchers of cheap beer when some genius hit the jukebox for a string of Zep tunes. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
I was recently at a downtown Manhattan dive bar called The Patriot shooting some pool with unsavory types and inhaling pitchers of cheap beer when some genius hit the jukebox for a string of Zep tunes. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
Who are you? Please report to the Newb thread!
:biggrin:
Wow, I have a really old copy of Led Zeppelin III, but I've never heard about the etching. I should look.
I was recently at a downtown Manhattan dive bar called The Patriot shooting some pool with unsavory types and inhaling pitchers of cheap beer when some genius hit the jukebox for a string of Zep tunes. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
I do Zep A Thons a lot at work. I usually skip presence though.
In Through The Out Door has got to be my fav :metal
Achilles Last Stand might be my favourite Zeppelin song ever. Hard to say for certain though.
Hard to believe that Presence was their only album to chart up to #1. Took me a long time to appreciate the album.
How's the quality of the remasters? Are they worth getting?
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Yeah, yeah, whatever. Had to share.
Louisville Leopard Percussionists -- A bunch of kids covering Led Zeppelin on all percussion. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYuOZnAqQCY)
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Yeah, yeah, whatever. Had to share.
Louisville Leopard Percussionists -- A bunch of kids covering Led Zeppelin on all percussion. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYuOZnAqQCY)
I find the terms "100% consensual" and "imprisoned" to be incompatible.
But if she herself says she was smitten with him and was a groupie, then where is "imprisoned" even coming from?From what I've read, she wanted to be there, but with the understanding that if she wanted something to happen between them, what was happening would have to remain hidden from most people around him and from the press. She's spoken of having been sometimes left behind locked doors.
But if she herself says she was smitten with him and was a groupie, then where is "imprisoned" even coming from?From what I've read, she wanted to be there, but with the understanding that if she wanted something to happen between them, what was happening would have to remain hidden from most people around him and from the press. She's spoken of having been sometimes left behind locked doors.
But as bl5150 said, consent, i.e. whether she wanted to be there or not, isn't really the issue for me. It's the fact that he was knowingly engaging in paedophilia and hiding it. Regardless of arguments that say this was an accepted part of the culture, he was clearly explicitly conscious that he was doing something wrong by becoming involved with her, and went to huge lengths to conceal it.
Just felt like talking about the albums:
Led Zeppelin I: Awesome album from top to bottom, and I love its bluesy aspects
Led Zeppelin II: Classic album, but not one that I listen to a lot. Its a little too cheerful and strait forward for my taste, but its still really good.
Led Zeppelin III: For a long time I didn't get this album, but recently have grown to absolutely love it. Since I've been loving you is a gift from god. I love the folk vibe going on as well for the album.
Led Zeppelin IV: The one with stairway. A song that I really love and do my best not to over listen to, so that's why I only listen to this album every once in a while. Fantastic album though. When the levee breaks is so damn kick ass.
Houses: Very diverse and awesome album. Probably my favorite.
Perfect symmetry: there's quite alot to explore here. Some good, some bad, some great, some so so. But I like this album a bit.
Presence: I personally love this album, but people tend to have issues with it. This album has some kick ass songs, like achilles last stand, nobody's fault but mine, and Tea for one (a song that I absolutely adore. The rest of the songs are solid imo, so yeah I dig this album.
In through the out door: A public service announcement against drugs imo, as Paige not really being involved is sorely felt. This is the only LZ album I don't like and don't listen to. Its a shame this was their swan song.
Let me be the first to say that autocorrect and not reading after you say it is a b****. :lol
Let me be the first to say that autocorrect and not reading after you say it is a b****. :lol
Yeah. Every time I type in Physical Graffiti it autocorrects to Perfect Symmetry. Weird. ;D
Let me be the first to say that autocorrect and not reading after you say it is a b****. :lol
Yeah. Every time I type in Physical Graffiti it autocorrects to Perfect Symmetry. Weird. ;D
I don't know Presence enough to rate it. Achilles is fucking epic.. but besides that I never listen to it.That's kinda how I feel about Presence as well. It has Achilles... which is an awesome song and then some other songs that I never really feel like listening to.
The two canonical live albums - The Song Remains The Same and How The West Was Won - are integral, in my opinion.
Just want to say that Wearing n Tearing, from Coda, is a TAC Top 10 Zeppelin tune.
When The Levee Breaks has that unearthly huge drum sound. :metal And Bonham played not bad either.
I just listened to 2 of Robert Plant's new songs from his new solo album. Very soul filled music that reminds me Zeps early
albums.
I was really a HUGE Zep fan back in the day and loved all of the albums but IV has something about it...a quality that spoke to
millions of listeners over generations, that is maybe only rivaled by Dark Side Of The Moon in terms of being able to transport
you to a different place. It's the kind of album that needs to be in the time capsule that floats around in space so 1000 years
from now the aliens will be able to hear it.
10 Years Gone is one of my favorite Zepp tracks...
10 Years Gone is one of my favorite Zepp tracks...
:tup Same here. I've been getting back into Zeppelin over the past year. Physical Graffiti and Houses are my two favorite albums. I think PG may have the edge over Houses, though. The Rover, Wanton, Houses (oddly enough), Trampled, Kashmir, and Ten Years Gone, especially. Also one of my favorites to play, as well.
Documentaries are the way. Biopics suck. I'd always rather see actual footage and interviews with the people and people who knew them than watch someone pretending to be them and some story about them which is mostly made up.
Zepbot song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY6UkUe9XGI
Zepbot song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY6UkUe9XGI
I couldn't make it more than 45 seconds. The facepalming on this was off the charts.
Zepbot song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY6UkUe9XGI
I couldn't make it more than 45 seconds. The facepalming on this was off the charts.
Isn't that Greta Van Fleet?
Greta Van Thief or Kingdom Clone - take your pick! :biggrin:Isn't that Greta Van Fleet?Zepbot song!I couldn't make it more than 45 seconds. The facepalming on this was off the charts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY6UkUe9XGI
Greta Van Thief or Kingdom Clone - take your pick! :biggrin:Isn't that Greta Van Fleet?Zepbot song!I couldn't make it more than 45 seconds. The facepalming on this was off the charts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY6UkUe9XGI
I've listened to more Zep over lockdown than I have for a decade. Mostly Presence and In Through The Out Door - primarily as I hadn't absolutely listened to those to death over the last three decades! It's been great. Best band that ever existed.Is that Bonzo info in the book or Blog? Link? Thanks.
I love those last two records as much as the rest. They have a couple of different factors that stick out for me - the clarity of the drums on them both is better than on any other record. Bonzo is beautiful to listen to. And the variation of style on Out Door is fantastic.
If i had to choose a favourite platter it would be III or PG.
I also read Mick Wall's upated biog. Bit depressing, really, esp with regards to Bonham's behaviour, particularly. Was interesting, nonetheless.
I've listened to more Zep over lockdown than I have for a decade. Mostly Presence and In Through The Out Door - primarily as I hadn't absolutely listened to those to death over the last three decades! It's been great. Best band that ever existed.Is that Bonzo info in the book or Blog? Link? Thanks.
I love those last two records as much as the rest. They have a couple of different factors that stick out for me - the clarity of the drums on them both is better than on any other record. Bonzo is beautiful to listen to. And the variation of style on Out Door is fantastic.
If i had to choose a favourite platter it would be III or PG.
I also read Mick Wall's upated biog. Bit depressing, really, esp with regards to Bonham's behaviour, particularly. Was interesting, nonetheless.
Just came across this Robert Plant podcast. Pretty good stuff!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdCNbX-S3AY
Plant went through a period of not wanting to do Stairway to Heaven? I mean, it makes sense. Years after going solo and trying to establish other career directions, lots of people just want to hear Stairway. Did he and Page ever do it, when they were doing their duo "un-led-ed" thing?I don't think they did.
Plant went through a period of not wanting to do Stairway to Heaven? I mean, it makes sense. Years after going solo and trying to establish other career directions, lots of people just want to hear Stairway. Did he and Page ever do it, when they were doing their duo "un-led-ed" thing?I don't think they did.
His stated reason for avoiding performing it is that current-him can no longer relate to the somewhat gibberish lyrics that then-him came up with for that song.
Interesting. I'm reminded again of the controversy surrounding the lyrics to that song when it first came out. Obviously the concept of buying your way into Heaven, or a stairway or other means of expedition, would offend some people. As the story goes, Plant and Page were at Page's house, Boleskine House (former home of Aleister Crowley, said to have dabbled in the Dark Arts), and Page was playing the riff and the lyrics just came to him (Plant). That's because the demonic spirits were speaking to him, and everyone knows that demonic spirits speak backwards, which is why you have to listen to the recordings backwards in order to understand what they're saying. And if you listen to the lyrics to Stairway to Heaven backwards, you hear him singing the praises of Satan. It all fits!:lol
Or maybe it was just some gibberish words that Plant came up with which he can no longer relate to.
Does anyone have a good recommendation for a biography of Led Zepplin?
I didn't realize this was a mystery, but it has apparently been solved.
Mystery of ‘Stick Man’ on Led Zeppelin album cover finally solved
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/09/style/led-zeppelin-album-cover-mystery-solved-intl-scli-gbr/index.html
I didn't realize this was a mystery, but it has apparently been solved.
Mystery of ‘Stick Man’ on Led Zeppelin album cover finally solved
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/09/style/led-zeppelin-album-cover-mystery-solved-intl-scli-gbr/index.html
I saw that. Isn't that neat?
Does anyone have a good recommendation for a biography of Led Zepplin?
You want facts or all the dirt? The latter is "Hammer Of The Gods" by Steven Davis. The former? Harder, but probably "When Giants Walked The Earth" by Mick Wall.
To me the best Led Zep covers are done by Heart, not the most modern of bands but they kill it. I love this version of Rain Song:
https://youtu.be/FeiNnRINW_8?si=AhW56hTn3cq0KT_u
Stairway To Heaven is one of those songs where no cover version is going to do it justice.
Stairway To Heaven is one of those songs where no cover version is going to do it justice.
Except that Heart performance. Incredible. That song in front of that audience?! Watching Plant in tears and Page jumping about... Heart absolutely nailed it.
Stairway To Heaven is one of those songs where no cover version is going to do it justice.
Except that Heart performance. Incredible. That song in front of that audience?! Watching Plant in tears and Page jumping about... Heart absolutely nailed it.
Maybe I should watch it. ;D
Maybe that's why Plant was in tears..
Maybe that's why Plant was in tears..
Maybe that's why Plant was in tears..
Any chance you've watched the performance?
The Heart performance at The Kennedy Center was very good. It was marred by the fact that they felt the need to cut out a verse or two. I hate that. Either play the song, or don't. Fuck playing "most" of the song.
Maybe that's why Plant was in tears..
Any chance you've watched the performance?
I stated earlier that I hadn't.
The Heart performance at The Kennedy Center was very good. It was marred by the fact that they felt the need to cut out a verse or two. I hate that. Either play the song, or don't. Fuck playing "most" of the song.
It was edited for tv, the full song is on YouTube
https://youtu.be/LFxOaDeJmXk?si=IAmiBOWdAPcrZsD9
The Heart performance at The Kennedy Center was very good. It was marred by the fact that they felt the need to cut out a verse or two. I hate that. Either play the song, or don't. Fuck playing "most" of the song.
It was edited for tv, the full song is on YouTube
https://youtu.be/LFxOaDeJmXk?si=IAmiBOWdAPcrZsD9
not edited. but abridged. But in this case, it is part of the cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGGqZ5iHI28
That sounds about right. I remember singing along with it, and suddenly they were in a different place in the song. I hadn't noticed an edit, but I suppose a really good editor could have hidden it. I'm glad I didn't bother with the YouTube version, if it's still not the whole song.
So we're back to where we started. It's an eight minute song. Why cut out 30 seconds of it? Why cut any of it, if the point is to honor those who wrote it? Either play the song, or don't.