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my mom heard a song of theirs on Music Choice and liked it, so she asked me to burn the cd for her. I downloaded it last night, and was just checking the tracks to make sure they were not skipping, and were the full songs. It sounded interesting, so I listened to the whole thing. I've gotta say, it's good stuff. Very Radiohead-ish, especially vocally. The music does not get loud like Radiohead does at times, however. It's slow, piano and vocal driven music. The lyrics are kinda sappy though, similar to early Beatles lyrics. There is a dark overtone present though, that I liked about it. I recommend it.
 
np: foo fighters - in your honor.
their new double album. i had high hopes, but it's just regular FF material, good but nothing new or exciting (after 1 listen anyway). interesting that they did a full acoustic cd though.
 
bangadrian said:
it's a recording of a 1972 concert, genius

EDIT: actually 2 concerts compiled together, but whatev

Have you seen the live Led Zep DVD? Damn, those guys were amazing live. I love the first disc the best since it's mostly a lot of the raw blues they played before they became dragon pants wearing rock stars. Although, I do love that era of Zep too.
 
Looking for a Job said:
blues-era zeppelin blew a lot

If I disagree with you will you desecrate my spritely Asian men in the snow?

If not: Early Zeppelin is by far the best era of their career. Plant's vocals were powerful and the rest of the band was very tight. Great improv sections and medleys.

If so: You're right. Coda was the best Zeppelin album (even though it was just a collection of outtakes released after the demise of the band.)


NP: Death - Flesh and the Power it Holds
 
Looking for a Job said:
lol @ coda. i'm talking about lzIII and beyond. the first two albums are the only "blues era" zeppelin albums. if not, then start from houses, whatever. houses, physical graffitti, presence > I, II, IV

Well, I like all of their albums. Live, however, I think they were best in their early days.
 
bangadrian said:
the first 3 albums have not one single filler track among them. solid rockin' from start to finish

now, let's look at presence: "royal orleans", "candy store rock", and "hots on for nowhere" are all mediocre at best. that's nearly half the album, and even "tea for one" is questionable. really we're left with 3 solid songs that are at best, as good as any song from I through III.

presence < all other zep albums (except ITTOD)

Don't forget Coda.

And 'Tea For One' is awesome. A very underrated song.
 
Looking for a Job said:
wtf? considering they only wrote maybe half of the first two albums, how is that not considered filler? doing only covers=filler, period. and half of lzIII is filler. "out on the tiles"? lol

When the Levee Breaks is a cover and it slays just about any other Zeppelin song.
 
Looking for a Job said:
yeah, and that's why they were sued for those "totally new" songs? lol. out on the tiles=royal orleans. btw, candy store rock is pretty sweet

Was that pun intentional? When the Levee Breaks > all of Presence.