Author Topic: Led Zeppelin appreciation thread (Read 13896 times)

lonestar · « **Reply #35 on:** January 04, 2010, 10:47:37 PM »

Trendsetters for the majority of rock that fallowed. Thank You will always be one of my favorite songs...

KevShmev · « **Reply #36 on:** January 04, 2010, 11:15:24 PM »

"Hot Dog" is a fun song; a bit corny, but fun, nonetheless.

As far as LZ being overplayed, I used to never be able to listen to them, because of how much the stations I used to listen to played the crap out of them (back in the early to mid 90s), but I never listen to the radio anymore, so I only hear LZ when I turn them on (not counting them if I hear them out, at a friend's house, etc.), so whenever I listen to them now, they sound pretty fresh.

Mladen · « **Reply #37 on:** January 05, 2010, 04:49:26 AM »

Quote from: BirchBoy on January 04, 2010, 06:01:52 PM

Ramble On deserves so much more attention then it gets.

Indeed. My favorite track on their second album.

My top 10 would probably look something like this:

10. All my love
9. Since I’ve been loving you
8. No quarter
7. The Rain Song
6. Ramble on
5. The Crunge
4. In my time of dying
3. I’m gonna crawl
2. Kashmir
1. Stairway to heaven

I even ranked the songs from worst to best, the worst being Night flight.

sirbradford117 · « **Reply #38 on:** January 05, 2010, 07:07:29 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on January 04, 2010, 11:15:24 PM

As far as LZ being overplayed, I used to never be able to listen to them, because of how much the stations I used to listen to played the crap out of them (back in the early to mid 90s), but I never listen to the radio anymore, so I only hear LZ when I turn them on (not counting them if I hear them out, at a friend's house, etc.), so whenever I listen to them now, they sound pretty fresh.

Yeah man. I always turn them off when they're on the radio.

Zook · « **Reply #39 on:** January 05, 2010, 09:45:15 AM »

I can't say anything bad about Led Zeppelin as they were a great band, but I don't have much desire to listen to them....much.

Kashmir is my favorite song of theirs.

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #40 on:** January 05, 2010, 10:07:32 AM »

I have exactly one LZ album, Led Zeppelin IV. It's pretty good, but there's plenty of better music out there. Favorite song is "When The Levee Breaks."

KevShmev · « **Reply #41 on:** January 05, 2010, 10:41:31 PM »

Quote from: Mladen on January 05, 2010, 04:49:26 AM

Quote from: BirchBoy on January 04, 2010, 06:01:52 PM
Ramble On deserves so much more attention then it gets.
Indeed. My favorite track on their second album.

My top 10 would probably look something like this:

10. All my love
9. Since I’ve been loving you
8. No quarter
7. The Rain Song
6. Ramble on
5. The Crunge
4. In my time of dying
3. I’m gonna crawl
2. Kashmir
1. Stairway to heaven

I even ranked the songs from worst to best, the worst being Night flight.

"The Crunge" is your favorite song from HOTH? Interesting. To me, that is the only stain on an otherwise phenomenal album (possibly my favorite by LZ). If forced to do a LZ top 10, it would look something like this:

1. "Over the Hills and Far Away"
2. "Fool in the Rain"
3. "Ten Years Gone"
4. "Stairway to Heaven"
5. "The Rain Song"
6. "Immigrant Song"
7. "How Many More Times"
8. "In My Time of Dying"
9. "What Is and What Should Never Be"
10. "Dazed and Confused"

Scard · « **Reply #42 on:** January 05, 2010, 10:52:58 PM »

Top 10 Songs in No Order:
Thank You
Stairway to Heaven
Over the Hills and Far Away
The Lemon Song
Ramble On
Since I've Been Lovin' You
When the Levee Breaks
Kashmir
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Living Loving Maid

LordCaptainMcKlockenstein · « **Reply #43 on:** January 05, 2010, 11:17:59 PM »

Quote from: MetalManiac666 on January 05, 2010, 10:07:32 AM

Favorite song is "When The Levee Breaks."

That's a terribly underrated song IMO.

My Top 10:
1. Ramble On
2. Achille's Last Stand
3. When the Levee Breaks
4. The Rover
5. Over the Hills and Far Away
6. The Rain Song
7. Fool in the Rain
8. Going to California
9. Dazed and Confused
10. How Many More Times

There's so many great songs, it's hard to choose...

KevShmev · « **Reply #44 on:** January 05, 2010, 11:26:53 PM »

Yeah, I could name another 10-20 songs that I absolutely love that didn't make my top 10. Heck, LZII is a flawless record, and only one song from it even made my top 10. My top 5 would probably be pretty consistent, but the 6-10 slots would probably vary greatly depending on my mood.

SPNKr · « **Reply #45 on:** January 06, 2010, 03:15:12 AM »

III, IV, Houses Of The Holy, Physical Graffiti, and Presence are awesome, and some of In Through The Out Door as well.

Mladen · « **Reply #46 on:** January 06, 2010, 05:09:50 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on January 05, 2010, 10:41:31 PM

"The Crunge" is your favorite song from HOTH? Interesting.

Yep. A hilarious tracks, makes me get up and dance every time I hear it. So different from any other Zeppelin song...

skydivingninja · « **Reply #47 on:** January 06, 2010, 08:42:35 AM »

Since everyone else is doing it...

The Ocean
Stairway to Heaven
When the Levee Breaks
Ramble On
Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid
Houses of the Holy
Since I've Been Loving You
The Rover
Immigrant Song
Kashmir

TAC · « **Reply #48 on:** January 06, 2010, 09:18:28 AM »

My Zep Top 10

Stairway To Heaven
In The Light
In My Time Of Dying
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
The Wanton Song
When The Levee Breaks
No Quarter
Kashmir
Achilles Last Stand
Ten Years Gone

Neon · « **Reply #49 on:** January 07, 2010, 12:59:31 PM »

Fuck It
(And after the first two, no particular order)

The Rover
Achilles Last Stand
Custard Pie
Over The Hills And Far Away
Tangerine
Immigrant Song
Bring It On Home
The Wanton Song
No Quarter
The Rain Song

Hm...
I think that's about right.

Edit- I forgot I'm Gonna Crawl...

jingle.boy · « **Reply #50 on:** January 12, 2010, 12:27:45 PM »

Not sure I can put them in order, but my top 10 would look like

How Many More Times
Ramble On
Since I've Been Loving You
That's They Way
Battle of Evermore
Four Sticks (the UnLedded version is spectacular)
The Rain Song
Ten Years Gone
In My Time of Dying
Carouselambra

Accelerando · « **Reply #51 on:** January 12, 2010, 04:20:34 PM »

I'm waiting for a Led Zeppelin Rock Band.

My top ten would be

1. Kashmir
2. Whole Lotta Love
3. The Rain Song
4. Good Times, Bad Times
5. Bring It On Home
6. Ramble On
7. Hey Hey What Can I Do
8. No Quarter
9. Achilles Last Stand
10. When The Levee Breaks

Birch Boy · « **Reply #52 on:** January 12, 2010, 04:40:27 PM »

Quote from: Accelerando on January 12, 2010, 04:20:34 PM

I'm waiting for a Led Zeppelin Rock Band.

No clue why they haven't made one yet. Maybe licensing issues. But I really don't know.

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #53 on:** January 15, 2010, 02:52:32 PM »

Just thought I'd mention that the How the West was Won versions of Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, Moby Dick and Bring It On Home slay the studio versions. And I'm tempted to add Going to California to that list. All of which is saying a lot cos all of those bar Moby Dick are massive tracks.

Strangely enough, I find the LZII version of Moby Dick at 4 minutes boring as hell, whereas the 19 minute HTWWW version is exciting all the way.

sirbradford117 · « **Reply #54 on:** January 15, 2010, 02:53:50 PM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on January 15, 2010, 02:52:32 PM

Just thought I'd mention that the How the West was Won versions of Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, Moby Dick and Bring It On Home slay the studio versions. And I'm tempted to add Going to California to that list. All of which is saying a lot cos all of those bar Moby Dick are massive tracks.

Strangely enough, I find the LZII version of Moby Dick at 4 minutes boring as hell, whereas the 19 minute HTWWW version is exciting all the way.

Studio Zep and live Zep were completely different bands.

ZBomber · « **Reply #55 on:** January 15, 2010, 03:12:53 PM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on January 15, 2010, 02:52:32 PM

Just thought I'd mention that the How the West was Won versions of Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, Moby Dick and Bring It On Home slay the studio versions. And I'm tempted to add Going to California to that list. All of which is saying a lot cos all of those bar Moby Dick are massive tracks.

Strangely enough, I find the LZII version of Moby Dick at 4 minutes boring as hell, whereas the 19 minute HTWWW version is exciting all the way.

TBH, I'm not a fan of the extended LZ jams... especially Dazed and Confused. Never did much for me.

orcus116 · « **Reply #56 on:** January 15, 2010, 03:18:09 PM »

I was watching a VH1 thing on Heavy Metal and they were talking about Zeppelin. I dunno about you guys but I had to agree with a lot of the guests on the show saying that Zeppelin are not really heavy metal. I say this only because I've heard countless places call them one of the first heavy metal bands. They're hard rock at their heaviest.

KevShmev · « **Reply #57 on:** January 15, 2010, 03:21:55 PM »

Zeppelin covered too much ground and were too transcendent to be lumped into category or genre.

LudwigVan · « **Reply #58 on:** January 15, 2010, 03:24:17 PM »

Definitely not heavy metal. I'd say the advent of heavy metal came with Black Sabbath.

Quote from: ZBomber on January 15, 2010, 03:12:53 PM

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on January 15, 2010, 02:52:32 PM
Just thought I'd mention that the How the West was Won versions of Black Dog, Over the Hills and Far Away, Moby Dick and Bring It On Home slay the studio versions. And I'm tempted to add Going to California to that list. All of which is saying a lot cos all of those bar Moby Dick are massive tracks.

Strangely enough, I find the LZII version of Moby Dick at 4 minutes boring as hell, whereas the 19 minute HTWWW version is exciting all the way.

TBH, I'm not a fan of the extended LZ jams... especially Dazed and Confused. Never did much for me.

I absolutely loooove the LZ live jams. The various jams they do for No Quarter always blow me away.

I agree sirbradford, it's like 2 different bands between Zep live and Zep studio.

sirbradford117 · « **Reply #59 on:** January 15, 2010, 04:26:53 PM »

Quote from: LudwigVan on January 15, 2010, 03:24:17 PM

Definitely not heavy metal. I'd say the advent of heavy metal came with Black Sabbath.

This. Anyone who says Zep is (or worse, INVENTED) heavy metal has never heard/studied Zeppelin and Sabbath.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #60 on:** January 15, 2010, 06:21:17 PM »

I agree they weren't heavy metal, but they definitely influenced later metal bands.

ZBomber · « **Reply #61 on:** January 15, 2010, 06:31:09 PM »

My LZ top 10, in no order

Bring It On Home
The Ocean
Ten Years Gone
In My Time of Dying
Nobodys Fault But Mine
Achilles Last Stand
Over The Hills And Far Away
How Many More Times
Since I've Been Loving You
Tangerine

masterthes · « **Reply #62 on:** January 16, 2010, 09:18:21 AM »

They're not putting out a Rock Band/GH Led Zeppelin because Jimmy Page is a tool and won't allow it

jingle.boy · « **Reply #63 on:** January 16, 2010, 09:07:30 PM »

Quote from: masterthes on January 16, 2010, 09:18:21 AM

They're not putting out a Rock Band/GH Led Zeppelin because Jimmy Page is a tool and won't allow it

Fixed. Nothing wrong with his own opinions on how his intellectual property should/shouldn't be used. As much as I'd be the first to buy a Zeppelin RB, I certainly respect his reasons behind not giving up the masters.

MS394 · « **Reply #64 on:** January 17, 2010, 05:03:30 PM »

Just wanted to say that ¨Dancing Days¨ and ¨Houses of the Holy ¨ are some amazing and underrated feel-good songs IMO.

Mladen · « **Reply #65 on:** January 18, 2010, 05:41:41 AM »

I love Dancin' days. Such a cool happy track.

KevShmev · « **Reply #66 on:** June 13, 2011, 04:31:08 PM »

bum for the awesomeness that is Zeppelin.

NP: Ramble On

Which features one of my all-time favorite bass lines.

zxlkho · « **Reply #67 on:** June 13, 2011, 05:01:43 PM »

I think I've said this here before... Ramble On is BY FAR the best Zeppelin song. I love it so much.

SPNKr · « **Reply #68 on:** June 13, 2011, 05:45:12 PM »

The Crunge, and now for the obligatory:

jonny108 · « **Reply #69 on:** June 14, 2011, 03:07:46 PM »

Top 10

1. That's the Way
2. Kashmir
3. The Rain Song
4. Since I've Been Loving You
5. Ten Years Gone
6. No Quarter
7. Battle of Evermore
8. Going to California
9. Houses of the Holy
10. Thank You

That was haaard.

Can I also just add that one of their most underated and overlooked songs ever, which nearly made my top ten and which no one has mentioned in this thread is Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. Amazing feel to it, full of emotion from all the guys. Top song.

Also I even love Zep that much that I've got this.

That was just after it was first done about two years ago

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