Led Zeppelin Appreciation Thread

[jingle.boy]

Have they ever done Carouselambra live?

One of my favorite Zeppelin tracks.  Definitely the highlight of In Through The Out Door

[masterthes]

It's personally my least favorite of the big three epics (my favorite would be In My Time), but it's still a good song

[kirksnosehair]

I joined a classic rock band (playing drums) at the place where I take piano lessons and one of the first songs we started working on yesterday was "The Rover"   


We also messed around a bit with "Heartbreaker" and "The Lemon Song"


FUN!! 

[Podaar]

... one of the first songs we started working on yesterday was "The Rover"   

Bum - - BUM - - - - bum-bum--bum--BUM-budadadadaDA-[heavy guitar]

Ah, "The Rover". Acid rock at it's finest.

[kirksnosehair]

Yeah, it's a fun tune to play on the skins too 

[JayOctavarium]

Put In Through The Out Door on for the first time in a long time and now I remember why this is my fav Zep album

[ytserush]

Have they ever done Carouselambra live?

One of my favorite Zeppelin tracks.  Definitely the highlight of In Through The Out Door

One of them anyway. (I love the album myself, though that's likely a minority opinion)

I continually wonder what the next album would have been like.

[Jaq]

Rumor has it that Page and Bonham were leaning towards a more guitar driven, heavier album than In Through The Out Door, but what they meant by that, assuming that was even true, remains conjecture. Of course, had Bonham lived, Page was blowing his talent out with heroin by then, so god only knows what music would have resulted.

[JayOctavarium]

Meh I love the direction of ITTOD. I like that it is a bit more keyboard driven...


Then again I love the heavier stuff too so that would have been cool to hear

[Orbert]

I read somewhere that the reason why it was so keyboard heavy was because Page and Bonham were too busy doing smack and drinking to work on the album, so JPJ ended up doing most of it.

[JayOctavarium]

Same

[Jaq]

Pretty much; Plant and Jones would come in and do a bunch of work, and then Page and Bonham would show up separately. Which is why the album is so Jones driven, the only Zeppelin album to be so, because he was the main contributor.

[Orbert]

It sounds to me like even the great Led Zeppelin (and I don't mean that sarcastically -- they're one of my favorite bands) was having some problems toward the end there. 

I know that the whole band doesn't have to be there while each individual member records their parts, but usually there's a certain amount of "hanging around the studio" while it's going on, just because they're a band and enjoy hanging out with each other, and also because there can still be some give-and-take and suggestions about how things could be played, even at that stage.

When the various members of the band don't even bother to show up on days when they're not recording something, to me that's not a good sign.  It's kinda like hanging around your workplace before or after your shift, or even on a day off, just because you like the place and like hanging out with the people there, even if you're not working.  Nowadays, I wouldn't even think of going in to the office if I didn't have to, if there wasn't something I had to do there.  It's just my job.  But I like making music.  I like hanging with the guys in my band, and if we were cutting an album, I'd hang out and enjoy the process, even if I'm just watching and listening to the other guys lay tracks.  When your band becomes "just a job" and you don't bother hanging around when you're not "working", something has been lost.

[Jaq]

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.

[jingle.boy]

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).

[Orbert]

Good point.  As has been said, they probably weren't going to go much longer anyway without a break, either temporary or permanent, and John Bonham's death just forced the issue.  Knowing what we know now about the state of the band at the time, it's no real shock that they just looked at the situation and decided that Led Zeppelin was over.

And it was a good run.  I still put on In Through the Out Door from time to time.  I'm not as big on Presence, but everything up through Physical Graffiti is solid.  So you could say that they went out, maybe not on top, but on a high note.  That's definitely preferable to continuing to the point of mocking themselves.

[KevShmev]

I definitely like In Through the Out Door more than Presence, and I have always thought that I like the former way more than most seem to, but having said that, I still can't say it is better than any of the first six albums.  Fool in the Rain is still one of my favorite LZ songs, though; I love that song.

[ytserush]

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.

This seems to have been the majority opinion over the years.  I actually respect Plant for his view in the years following the end although those first few records after didn't do much to stop fans from wanting him to play the Zep tunes.
I think Fate of Nations is really where his solo career began to shine but the albums before that were not horrible by any stretch.

[Kotowboy]

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).

Metallica is pretty much this personified. They should have quit after Jason left.

Actually they should have hung it up after the S&M album. It would have been the ultimate send off.

Plus - no drama with Jason. No Therapy. No St. Anger.No Napster lawsuit.  No 2004 world tour where they could barely play. No Clipping

controversies. etc. etc.

It seems all their worst ideas were after jason quit the band.

[Limelight]

It seems all their worst ideas were after jason quit the band.

Lulu says hi 

[Kotowboy]

It seems all their worst ideas were after jason quit the band.

Lulu says hi 

Which came after Jason quit the band...

[Zook]

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.

[Nel]

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.  Just can't listen to one without the other.

[ytserush]

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.  Just can't listen to one without the other.

I used to see a cover band (The Nerds) years ago that one only play Heartbreaker and would explain that very thing and refused to continue. It was pretty funny since most people were expecting it.

[Nel]

I'm sure in the time they took to explain that, they could have played the other song. 

[Jaq]

Zep played Heartbreaker an awful lot, but if memory serves they never played Living Loving Maid for a simple reason: Plant hated it. Which makes the two songs being played together forever on classic rock radio endlessly hilarious.

[Orbert]

I'm sure in the time they took to explain that, they could have played the other song. 

Or they could finish playing "Heartbreaker" then go "Thank you. We'd like to play another song by Led Zeppelin, also from the second album..." then jump right into "Living Loving Maid".  Just because.

[masterthes]

It's kind of the same with Brain Damage and Eclipse, or We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions. Cannot play one without the other

[Dream Team]

So anyone catching the "Heartbreaker" tour going on now, where Jason Bonham's band opens for Heart, and then they combine for 6 LZ songs as an encore? Ann still sounds freakin' amazing. Shows have been getting great reviews.

[JayOctavarium]

Huh... I figured that they were going to be doing something like that when I saw that they were going to tour together. Cool.

[JayOctavarium]

[Kotowboy]

Led Zep IV 

[JayOctavarium]

Today is Robert Plant's Bday apparently. Caught them playing two of my favs on the radio. Since I've Been Loving You and You Shook Me


I love love love SIBLY

[Kotowboy]

Is that the one with a descending guitar melody over a pedal note ?

Might be dazed & confused.

Have to check em out

[PixelDream]

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.