Best Zeppelin song ever?

[nullnor]

i've always been worried that i misunderstand led zepplin. they have so many songs about love. but they were influenced a little by the blues, right? on average how would you rate their lyrics? how many songs did they write about love and how many were about something else? why would i think the best music by a band ever was accompanied by the worst lyrics? it's because i don't know led zepplin.

i guess i'd go with Gallows Pole. i don't think their best songs should be about love. it should be about Kashmir, breaking levees and gallows poles.

..but you know, i bet they had a lot of fun writing their songs. when you can play music better than everyone else, you could write about almost anything you wanted.

[Erik]

i've always been worried that i misunderstand led zepplin. they have so many songs about love. but they were influenced a little by the blues, right? on average how would you rate their lyrics? how many songs did they write about love and how many were about something else? why would i think the best music by a band ever was accompanied by the worst lyrics? it's because i don't know led zepplin.

i guess i'd go with Gallows Pole. i don't think their best songs should be about love. it should be about Kashmir, breaking levees and gallows poles.

..but you know, i bet they had a lot of fun writing their songs. when you can play music better than everyone else, you could write about almost anything you wanted.

Gallows Pole is a very old folk song.

I'd say about half their songs were about love, which is not unusual for a mainstream rock band. Many of the others were about hobbits and trolls and whatnot. Robert Plant was a big fan of Tolkien.

[DMT]

Gallows Pole is a very old folk song.

I'd say about half their songs were about love, which is not unusual for a mainstream rock band. Many of the others were about hobbits and trolls and whatnot. Robert Plant was a big fan of Tolkien.

'Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl oh so fair
But Gollum and the Evil One
Crept up and slipped away with her, her, aw yea

I'm the only one who considers 'Ramble On' one of their best?

[nullnor]

I'm the only one who considers 'Ramble On' one of their best?

you have to explain why tho. or example 'to find the queen of all my dreams'. you have to explain the biggest sentence in a song like that. ..im actually gonna go play lotro right now, but it's just another song man.

[Erik]

I'm the only one who considers 'Ramble On' one of their best?

I do too. It's my favorite song on II.

[nullnor]

you ever noticed how video games and quantum mechanics are similar? for example in grand theft auto, how different locations don't manifest until you enter them. not that life is a video game. but i always wanted to say that. heh

you are not allowed to pick ramble on even tho elf queens are hot. your not allowed to pick any song that says to find the queen of all my dreams. my god ramble on? why?

[Lucky]

'Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl oh so fair
But Gollum and the Evil One
Crept up and slipped away with her, her, aw yea

I'm the only one who considers 'Ramble On' one of their best?

Yes, one of the very best, and a blast to play. "What Is and What Should Never Be" is another. And "In My Time of Dying".

Listening to them as I did recently (I, II, III, IV, and Physical Graffiti), over and over again, adds a different perspective (and makes me realize how good III and IV really were). And my apologies to the HOTH and Presence fans. As for In Through the Out Door, and CODA, to each his own.

[onejayhawk]

I liked Zepplin close to their blues roots
Dazed and Confused

J

[Mithrandir]

Yes, one of the very best, and a blast to play. "What Is and What Should Never Be" is another. And "In My Time of Dying".

Listening to them as I did recently (I, II, III, IV, and Physical Graffiti), over and over again, adds a different perspective (and makes me realize how good III and IV really were). And my apologies to the HOTH and Presence fans. As for In Through the Out Door, and CODA, to each his own.

I've always thought Presence was vastly under appreciated by nearly everyone. Page OWNS that album and Bonham is ferocious throughout.

[Erik]

I've always thought Presence was vastly under appreciated by nearly everyone. Page OWNS that album and Bonham is ferocious throughout.

Achilles is one of their very best songs. Totally epic.

Nobody's Fault but Mine is taught, fierce rocker that ranks with Communication Breakdown and Rock and Roll.

For Your Life is one of those songs that oozes its way into your brain. Great riffs.

The rest of the album isn't up to those standards. Royal Orleans is a fun slab of funk but nothing substantial. Candy Store Rock and Hots on for Nowhere never made much of an impression on me. The former is basically an Elvis impersonation and the latter is just sort of there. And we've discussed Tea for One before. To me it's arguably the most boring song in their catalog.

[Cobain's Ghost]

i don't care how overplayed and overhyped "stairway" is - it's that damned good.

if that's excluded, most people would probably go to "kashmir" next. but it seems weird to pick a song that is devoid of jimmy page's signature guitar playing.

my favorite zep song changes with time and with mood. today i'll say "over the hills and far away."

i think "in through the out door" would get more love if it hadn't come after years of epic music. you can't help but compare it to what came before, and anything would look weak compared to that output. in an alternate reality, if some unknown band with no history released that group of songs, i'll bet most zep fans would think it was a pretty good record.

[Mithrandir]

i don't care how overplayed and overhyped "stairway" is - it's that damned good.

if that's excluded, most people would probably go to "kashmir" next. but it seems weird to pick a song that is devoid of jimmy page's signature guitar playing.

my favorite zep song changes with time and with mood. today i'll say "over the hills and far away."

i think "in through the out door" would get more love if it hadn't come after years of epic music. you can't help but compare it to what came before, and anything would look weak compared to that output. in an alternate reality, if some unknown band with no history released that group of songs, i'll bet most zep fans would think it was a pretty good record.

I definitely agree with your comments about ITTOD. It's a fantastic album.

[DMT]

Say It Ain't So! (Sure I'd heard the rumblings but never listened until today).

[Fresno Bob]

Say It Ain't So! (Sure I'd heard the rumblings but never listened until today).

pretty crazy stuff.....I'd guess they figured they could rip off old bluesmen and not get caught, but the more modern stuff surprises me more....

[gcstomp]

Fav, Stairway.

Oh, we must eliminate the overplayed, the too mainstream, the common on every station? I still pick Stairway. Deal with it, bastage, its the alpha.