Led Zeppelin

[Pura Vida]

Originally Posted by FrankHudson

Maybe "Kashmir?"

On the other hand I laughed when I heard this.

Brilliant. Jeff Buckley was so talented and left us too soon.

[ssstewart]

Originally Posted by KevWind

We all have our short comings ....
I did like Cream does that count ?

I Love Cream!!!! Wheels of fire one of my fav albums of all time. and the only god in Cream (imo) was Ginger Baker. i know we are all guitar freaks but on another topic...my favorite drummers are, and ranked
#1 Neal Peart
#2 Ginger Baker
#3 Buddy Rich
sorry got distracted...seen a squirrel

[Brucebubs]

Originally Posted by ssstewart

I Love Cream!!!! Wheels of fire one of my fav albums of all time. and the only god in Cream (imo) was Ginger Baker. i know we are all guitar freaks but on another topic...my favorite drummers are, and ranked
#1 Neal Peart
#2 Ginger Baker
#3 Buddy Rich
sorry got distracted...seen a squirrel

Have you heard Gavin Harrison?

[Dru Edwards]

I bought this 4 CD boxed set when it came out in 1990. What a cool album cover.

[Pura Vida]

I grew up listening to Led Zep, and Jimmy Page had a big influence over my musical upbringing and early days learning to play guitar. Further, I spent my first 30+ years listening to AOR radio stations, where LZ would get heavy rotation on their most well-known songs. It truly burned me out on much of that material, so by the time I moved into iTunes (mid-2000s) and streaming (mid-2010s), I was picking my own music and really stopped listening to LZ as much as I used to.

"Physical Graffiti" and Led Zep III have held up the best for me. PG is most surprising b/c it's largely a collection of songs that didn't make the cut on previous albums, and some have suggested it could have been cut down to a single album. But I think it really has to be a double album, especially when you throw in longer tracks like "Kashmir" and "In My Time Of Dying," which are two of my favorite LZ songs from any of their albums. I really got into the song "In The Light," when I was watching "Mindhunter" on Netflix (the song is featured on the Season 1 final episode).

As for LZ III, that was actually my least favorite album growing up b/c it was more folky and acoustic than their adjacent catalog. But as I mentioned, those songs got so over-played that LZ III doesn't sound as stale, and I'd say that the songs stand up a little better b/c they don't follow the more common pattern of their better known songs.

Those first two albums are raw and heavy, and I love the musical vibe they created in those early years, even if Page's lyrics are a little cringeworthy ("soul of a woman was created below"). Thankfully, Plant got more involved with writing after the first album.

[619TF]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

I bought this 4 CD boxed set when it came out in 1990. What a cool album cover.

I had that box set too...in vinyl.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by 619TF

I had that box set too...in vinyl.

You got me beat with the vinyl ... but I still have the CD box set .

[619TF]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

You got me beat with the vinyl ... but I still have the CD box set .

Those old records are around somewhere but it's been a while since I owned the device to play them. They used to call those a "phonograph" back in the olden days.

[StWall]

As a 12 year old, “Babe I’m Gonna Leave” took me from cowboy chords to fingerstyle in a matter of days . . . I still play it.

I played in cover bands from 1973 to 1982 and “Stairway” was required. We also played “The Ocean” which was not normal cover band fare.

I learned the lead on “Whole Lotta Love” by recording it on a reel to reel and playing it back at the lower speed.

“That’s the Way” was one of the first songs I learned in alternate tuning.

Zeppelin I, II, and III are still on my playlist over 50 years later.

Good Times!

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by ssstewart

I Love Cream!!!! Wheels of fire one of my fav albums of all time. and the only god in Cream (imo) was Ginger Baker. i know we are all guitar freaks but on another topic...my favorite drummers are, and ranked
#1 Neal Peart
#2 Ginger Baker
#3 Buddy Rich
sorry got distracted...seen a squirrel

I'll see your three and raise you Max Roach.

[Pura Vida]

Originally Posted by Mycroft

I'll see your three and raise you Max Roach.

This is a Led Zep thread, and nobody includes Bonzo on their drummer list? He and Keith Moon are tops for drummers I never saw live, and Neil Peart for drummers I was fortunate to see live.

[edcmat-l1]

Originally Posted by Pura Vida

This is a Led Zep thread, and nobody includes Bonzo on their drummer list? He and Keith Moon are tops for drummers I never saw live, and Neil Peart for drummers I was fortunate to see live.

Bonzo was simply amazing. He was the master of the bass drum "ghost" beat as well as his off tempo style.

[619TF]

Originally Posted by Pura Vida

This is a Led Zep thread, and nobody includes Bonzo on their drummer list? He and Keith Moon are tops for drummers I never saw live, and Neil Peart for drummers I was fortunate to see live.

He was so great he doesn't NEED to be included in any such list. It's always just a given.

[fumei]

Kashmir
first album (II follows close, but definitely I. It was in HEAVY play along with Steve Miller Sailor)

saw them as the opening act for a three act concert. Led Z opened, followed by Black Sabbath, with the headliner...Alice Cooper. Yikes.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by Pura Vida

This is a Led Zep thread, and nobody includes Bonzo on their drummer list? He and Keith Moon are tops for drummers I never saw live, and Neil Peart for drummers I was fortunate to see live.

One of the things about Led Zeppelin is that Bonham, Jones, and Page were all excellent musicians and Plant a fantastic vocalist. Peart, Lee, and Lifeson are on those same lines as well.

Unfortunately, Bonham, Peart, and Moon are gone.