Becoming Led Zeppelin trailer
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I know I SHOULD like them as they're one of the 4 bands you almost have to put on the Rock Mt. Rushmore but I can't get past Plant's screechy-ass voice and just too much thunder (a little subtlety would be welcome) from the drums (heresy, I know!). Appreciate the 3 musicians talent and respect their work, but they're way down on my playlist of bands I'd want to listen to a lot. Just not to my taste.
It's always interesting, though, to see a huge/mythic band in the pre-stardom days and mentally do the before/after. In just a few short years, so many of these bands went from playing 4 sets until 2 am in front of 25 people to playing in front of 10s of thousands. It is amazing how some did it seemingly overnight when we all know they worked extremely hard for years before overnight success happened.
It's always interesting, though, to see a huge/mythic band in the pre-stardom days and mentally do the before/after. In just a few short years, so many of these bands went from playing 4 sets until 2 am in front of 25 people to playing in front of 10s of thousands. It is amazing how some did it seemingly overnight when we all know they worked extremely hard for years before overnight success happened.
In the Light for me. Most underrated track from an underrated album? Tea For One off the Presence album.
Zeppelin were huge Tolkien fans too
In the darkest depths of Mordor I met a girl so fair
but Gollum and evil one crept up and slipped away with her...
In the darkest depths of Mordor I met a girl so fair
but Gollum and evil one crept up and slipped away with her...
Best band ever, and it is not close...been blessed to see most of my rock heroes live and so much talent...but only one Zep...
Out of that era, there are 3 bodies of work that will still be played 200 years from now assuming civilizations survive, along with the classics...
Beatles
Floyd
....and Zep
Out of that era, there are 3 bodies of work that will still be played 200 years from now assuming civilizations survive, along with the classics...
Beatles
Floyd
....and Zep
If I were left stranded on an island and could pick only one band. Led Zeppelin without giving it another thought.
Not to denigrate LZ in any way (I own all of their studio albums on vinyl) , but I always preferred Deep Purple.
Due to being more "prog" than LZ (who, to be honest, thematically "borrowed" most of their iconic riffs/themes/songs) Deep Purple wasn't even CLOSE, commercially speaking.
However, in terms of sheer musical talent, DP (Mark II) was on another planet. For as great as Bonham COULD be, Ian Paice was clearly the superiour drummer, Jon Lord was peerless on keyboards, Blackmore had better chops than Page (that one is going to cause a stink, but it's true), and comparing Ian Gillan and Plant is hardly worth the effort, it's Gillan hands down. Plus, DP had the most unique "sound" of the Sabbath, LZ, DP trio. Just my 2 cents.
And, If you want to include DP Mark III and IV, with David Coverdale, and Tommy Bolin respectively, the albums; Stormbringer, Come Taste the Band, and Burn have aged better than just about ANYTHING, from ANY band in the 70's
Apologize for the slight hi-jack.
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I KNEW you'd be the first to chip in. And I can't be WRONG, because it's an opinion. But in MY case, with my vastly superior knowledge of music/the ability to discern talent, my statement about the musicianship gulf between LZ and Deep Purple is rock solid. Blackmore > Page, Gillan>>>>> Plant, Ian Paice is lightyears better than Bonham, and Lord, well Lord really HAS/HAD no competition as a keyboard player. Wakeman might be the closest.
Respectfully disagree.
Beatles - hard to argue except they weren't a live act for 2/3 of their popular existence and way too many poppy/nonsense songs the last half of their recorded output.
Floyd? Only if I want to go to sleep very quickly - their music bores the pants off of me. Actually prefer the Syd Barrett Floyd to anything that came afterwards and his stuff was mind altering weird.
Zep - they never really did it for me.
But, hey, we all have our opinions and yours is not wrong (I guess to quibble just a bit - 'not even close' is, by definition, wrong just because it's an opinion, not fact). Just not mine. It's all good, TxTim.
Physical Graffiti is their best album -imo
I dug me some Deep Purple for a time growing up (the intro/buildup to "Highway Star" on Made in Japan is so GD good), but IMO they're just not on the level of songwriters as Zep were.
As a young metalhead back in the day, this conversation sort of reminds me of the Megadeth vs. Metallica arguments. Sure, at Megadeth's peak lineup they had arguably the more talented/technically proficient musicians, but they never had Metallica's songwriting chops. Megadeth could never craft a song anywhere near the level of Master of Puppets, or One, or Fade To Black for example. Feels kinda similar to a DP/Zep comparison in some ways.
As a young metalhead back in the day, this conversation sort of reminds me of the Megadeth vs. Metallica arguments. Sure, at Megadeth's peak lineup they had arguably the more talented/technically proficient musicians, but they never had Metallica's songwriting chops. Megadeth could never craft a song anywhere near the level of Master of Puppets, or One, or Fade To Black for example. Feels kinda similar to a DP/Zep comparison in some ways.
Hey, if the films impact is similar to Bohemian Rhapsody, and reestablishes Led Zeps terrestrial radio's dominance and relegates Queen back to a more normalized position in the pantheon of rock, I'm all for it.
You could argue, the movie made Queen better than they were and I like Queen.
You could argue, the movie made Queen better than they were and I like Queen.
To each their own, but time by pink Floyd may be the best song ever written. Atleadt for me i feel like im on a ride listening to it and the song has a different meaning based on what part of your life you listen to it.
But to the thread, LZ catalog is so good but I think these are my favorites
Becoming Led Zeppelin Trailer
For two days I've been thinking that there is a new Transformer movie coming out for Christmas.
For two days I've been thinking that there is a new Transformer movie coming out for Christmas.
