I f*cking creamed my pants when I learned about this.


So yeah, you could say I'm a little excited.

LOL, the guy on the fence? Yes...yes it does.

So yeah, Led Zep. I think it's much easier to appreciate how good/important of a band they were when you become more familiar with the other blues bands of the time.

Am I the only one who thinks that they were at their best when they just plain rocked out? I don't really like their slower and weirder tracks (including Stairway To Heaven) much, and think their absolute best material is when they're actually being a hard rock band. Take the harder stuff from Led Zep 3 and 4 and you've got some truly great material there.

I really do think though that the mystical stuf is absolute rubbish, even if the songs are pretty enough.

I have to agree in some respects RJ, I grew up listening to "Stairway to Heaven" so many times, that I will actually skip over that song sometimes when I play IV, and as the whole world knows many hard rock bands always tried to imitate Stairway's success by adding a slow/ballad to their albums a formula that some artists still do even now. I do like some of their slower material, but like you most of the up tempo hard rocking stuff was my favorite,,,Achilles Last Stand is one of my all time fave songs, just one example of course.

I agree somewhat, but those tracks just show how versatile a band Zep truly is. Take Kashmir, for example. Definitely a classic, and I think Plant called it his favorite Zep song. (Incidentally, the main guitar riff was written by...Bonham!?!?!) My absolute favorite song is one of their most bluesy: Since I've Been Loving You. The guitar accents Plant's vocals perfectly. The live versions are insane. Plant simply pours his soul out into the mic. Another of my favorites is Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, which is most decidedly NOT a hard rock song. It is all the more fitting that their broad talents allowed them to write such vastly different material (and do it well!). Its what makes Zeppelin such a great band. Stairway may be their most famous song, but its not the only thing they did.

Even so, my favorite album isn't 3 or 4 but HOTH. The album opens with such force and clarity, and it offers great insight into their talents as musicians. It has a "classic" Zeppelin song (The Ocean), an amazing fusion of acoustic and electric (OTHAFA), one of the greatest rock ballads (The Rain Song), and yes, another spacey song (No Quarter). But that spacey song isn't like Stairway or any other song they wrote; it is justifiably so and it is concise. The octave solo is simply asounding, and the lyrics are poignant. Dancing Days and The Crunge aren't too bad either...

And if you want proof that its still hard rockin Zeppelin in that spacey song, go listen to the Tool cover (which is really good). Adam Jones just exchanges the flanger for distortion...and holy ****! its hard rock again!

LedZepplin2 - Whole Lotta Love rocks!

When it comes to Zeppelin Albums I go

The top four are interchangeable.

III
IV
II
I
Houses
Presence
Physical Graffiti
In Through the Out Door
Coda

IV has become to seminal for me, heard too many of the songs too many times and I've grown a little callous towards it. HOTH is awesome, though. I'm pretty sure Zeppelin was at their best when they made it.

I've always liked Houses the most. Every time that I put it on just to listen to one song I end up saying to myself "Oh wait this next one is really good" just as I'm about to go off to something else. This process usually goes on until I've finished the album.

For me Led Zeppelin is the best hard rock band!