Basically....Zeppelin rules

[ElectricWiz]

At least once a year I go through a serious Zeppelin phase (a phase I seem to be going through right now).

I remember well my introduction to them, early high school, and within two three weeks I owned every single album and was listening to them religiously.

For my money, the may just have the most complete career, the most complete package of goodness available. Jimmy could really write (and always played interesting solos). Robert could really sing. Bonham really was the key to it all in ways, a one of a kind drummer. And John Paul Jones' contribution was so solid that it is easy to overlook, but essential. Then there's the whole mystique, and, well, on and on.

I picked a MOJO magazine special edition this weekend (highly recommended) with a TON of cool Zep pics in it, and a few cool articles. It's Zep from front to back.

Anyway, the CDs are spinning here.

Share your love for the mighty Zeppelin!

 

[SickBoy]

Well, I've never been a big fan of Led Zeppelin, I was always a Deep Purple/Black Sabbath guy. Plant has one of the most irritating voices I've ever heard IMO , he's so thin and unconvincing to my ears. I really dig Page's acoustic guitar playing (and his odd tunings), but his electric playing varies from great to mediocre... The rhythm section though is really awesome.
There are maybe twenty or more songs that I enjoy, but the rest really don't make me move. But they are legends, innovative and very influential, nobody can deny that! Just not my cup of coffee...

 

[Hawk]

I started out with Zeppelin. I loved their "Whole Lotta Love" when it was a hit. Led Zeppelin II was the first hard rock album I ever bought.

Then I got all their albums. I still have moments like ElctricWiz when I play a whole lotta Zeppelin. Their DVD and the 3 disc live set "How the West was Won" are both fantastic!

You have those ElctricWiz ?

 

[SoundMaster]

You've echoed my thoughts exacttly (yet again!). Zep has been, and almost certainly will always be, my fav band.

In a nutshell, they really were/are, IMO, the perfect coalition of players/musicians. They're musical gold that happened to come together at exactly the right moment in time.

In my opinion, metal's golden age was actually the 70s, and not the 80s, although the volume of output wasn't as large. With Sab, Purple, Rush, early Priest, Rainbow, early Scorpions, Scott-era AC/DC, early Motorhead, etc., metal was it's most innovative, powerful and creative.

But Zeppelin ruled them all. Sure, Sab & Purple were/are amazing, but they just don't possess that special "it", that magical, mystical 'hammer of the gods' vibe that permeated through Zep's music and through their very presense!

I still view tunes such as "Since I've Been Loving You", "Dazed and Confused", "In My Time Of Dying" and "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" as being some of the heaviest music ever recorded. I dont think anyone else has ever captured that feeling of raw power coupled with swagger and ultra-heaviness again. Some of "Reign In Blood" came close, as does some of Emperor's early music, but none were ever so intense.

But being that I've totally played out my Zep records, I rarely listen to their studio ablums anymore! Much like Wiz & Hawk, I, too, go through phases once or twice a year where I become totally immersed in them.

Otherwise, I stick with the recent live records, all of which rule (BBC Sessions, DVD and How the West Was Won).

Awesome, awesome band.

 

[SavaRon]

I went through a huge Zeppelin phase in my teens and I still love them, I just don't find myself listening to them very much anymore. I don't know if I burned out on them or if it's just discovering more and more music over the years.

 

[Wheezer]

Their DVD and the 3 disc live set "How the West was Won" are both fantastic!

I second that! I've played the hell out of those since I got them. Although my boss has had the DVDs for quite a while now. I need to get those back!

 

[Fangface]

Led Zeppelin, a seminal 70's band : creativity, diversity, attitude, skills and even some mystery upon them (Page).

YAY

 

[ElectricWiz]

I started out with Zeppelin. I loved their "Whole Lotta Love" when it was a hit. Led Zeppelin II was the first hard rock album I ever bought.

Then I got all their albums. I still have moments like ElctricWiz when I play a whole lotta Zeppelin. Their DVD and the 3 disc live set "How the West was Won" are both fantastic!

You have those ElctricWiz ?

Damn straight. Both made my top 10 list that year too. I really want an audio version of the Albert Hall from the DVD though - should've released that on CD as well.

 

[ElectricWiz]

I went through a huge Zeppelin phase in my teens and I still love them, I just don't find myself listening to them very much anymore. I don't know if I burned out on them or if it's just discovering more and more music over the years.

Truth is, I get burned out on them too. But, inevitably, I put one in after an absence and low and behold I think, "Whoa, I never noticed that guitar part before..." odd as that might seem, having listened to all the albums A LOT. But it happens, and then I'm sucked in again like I've never heard them before. Only lasts a couple of weeks, but for awhile it's all brand new again. This current phase started with a watching of the DVD, then I was listening to Houses of the Holy on headphones. Hearing Over The Hills And Far Away, I noticed that what I thought were three guitar tracks at one point was only actually two....and I was just sorta thrown back a bit, and next thing you know in go all the CDs. Also, Presence seems to be the center of my listening right now, which is weird for me as it is (normally speaking) one of the weaker albums to my ears. Suddenly I'm wondering why I used to think that....Which is the deal with them; there's just soooooo much good stuff.

 

[SickBoy]

Wow, it's seems I'm the only one here not being absolutely thrilled by them...

 

[Trans-Siberian Outcast]

No, you're not the only one Sickboy. Zeppelin was never my cup of coffee either. They had some songs that I absolutely loved, but most of their catalogue just didn't do it for me. I've got all the respect in the world for them, though. They were awesome musicians and they influenced a shipload of bands who came behind them. Sabbath was my #1 70s band. I was a dark, brooding, depressed youth in my teen years. Sabbath just fit me better than Zeppelin ever did.

 

[ElectricWiz]

Wow, it's seems I'm the only one here not being absolutely thrilled by them...

To each his own for sure. It's all subjective in the end. Zeppelin is NOT the greatest band in the world (nobody is). They are just the greatest for me. I've long since passed the time in my life where I believe any band to have any objective/inherent "goodness," about them. It's all about the ears doing the hearing.
I wouldn't hold it against you if you didn't like my mom either....She is, after all, my mom.

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

I love them... they used to be my #1 band of all time till recently.. Pink Floyd holds that title now... what always ticked me off is when people put down Page's playing because it's not Technically Correct (my play on the term politically correct) to today's guitar players... to me at least... one of these "wankers" who play today wouldnt sound right playing a Zep song... sure Page was a little sloppy at times but it fit the songs/music... someone who plays technically clean and fast (beyond 32nd notes for those who know what i mean) just wouldnt fit the song... Zep's music was very blue based (with some folk and other influences) and blues sounding music just doesn't sound right fast and clean because i always considered it a "dirty" music which it should be and what made it appeal to me... the only fast blues type of player i would ever have wanted to hear cover a Zep song would of been Stevie Ray Vaughn... anyways other then that i just wanted to say that the live version of Since Ive Been Loving You on the movie Song Remains the Same was amazing and i was disappointed it wasn't included in the soundtrack album.... I used to watch that movie constantly.... but like everyone else i only listen to them once or twice a year... i wore them out... though i hear their songs constantly on classic rock station 104.3 in NY on my way to and from work so that is ok.... :Smug:

 

[kittybeast]

still upset my dad wouldn't let me go to thier 'In through the Out door" tour. To think I could've seen this band live.....now I just watch the DVD's and every now and then go to the midnight show. It has been a while since I tossed in some Zeppelin, but they've always been a fave of mine.

 

[wdiv]

Zep was the band that turned me on to metal. I enjoy their whole catalog & I hope that we'll see another Page/Plant effort (+maybe Jonsey too?) in the near future.

 

[ElectricWiz]

Zep was the band that turned me on to metal. I enjoy their whole catalog & I hope that we'll see another Page/Plant effort (+maybe Jonsey too?) in the near future.

Talk changes all the time, but Robert is saying, "never," at this point.

 

[Greeno]

Wow, it's seems I'm the only one here not being absolutely thrilled by them...

I'm in there with you and Trans-Siberian Outcast, they don't do anything for me. I respect them and all but I just don't see/hear the big deal. Page's electric guitar playing is so sloppy that I can't listen to him, his acoustic stuff is alright though. The only thing that impresees me about Lee Zep is Bonham... he is just flat out amazing on drums!!

 

[Electronicoil]

One of my favorite bands. And John Paul Jones is my favorite bass player. He absolutely rules and Zepp wouldn't have been the same without him. Jones and Bonham were so solid that Page was allowed to be "Page." With a bad rhythm section it would have all fallen apart.

I'm also a big fan of Electrowiz's mom.

Love,

'Coil

 

[ElectricWiz]

I'm also a big fan of Electrowiz's mom.

Love,

'Coil

Ha. Join the club man.

 

[desert_demon]

Even though I've been listening to hard rock/metal since the early 80's, it wasn't until the late 90's that I started to become more familiar with Zeppelin. Sure, I had heard "Stairway...", "Rock and Roll" and a few other of their more popular songs but that's about it. My first purchase was the 2 disc best-of "Remasters", which contains pretty much all their hits. Even then it took repeated listens for me to really get into the band. After that I started buying the individual studio albums, the DVD and the 3 disc "How the West Was Won".
One point I'd like to clear up:
Zeppelin are often called a heavy metal band or even the creators of metal, and that label is simply wrong! Yes, they were a great hard rock band, but their style was much too blues/folk to be called metal. As for being the creators of metal, well, any self-respecting metal fan knows that lofty title goes to Black Sabbath.