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They Sure do a Good Job of Stirring the World ...(The Stones)

I like Zep very much, but I will say this about their music: it hasn't aged very well.  There is something intrinsically "70s" about their sound that never attached itself to the Stones catalog.  Sure, you can listen to "She's A Rainbow" and put a definite date on it, but that song would work wonderfully in the 21st century if someone were to cover it - just like at the end of SNL a couple years ago.

I've been pretty down on Zep for a while.  All Page wants to do is rehash and resell all the old Zep catalog while NEVER moving his career into the present.  It's old.  HE'S old. 

At this point I listen to the Stones far more than Zep because the Stones managed to make some real timeless music.  Zep on the other hand wants to cater to 15 year old boys and talk about the Lord Of The Rings characters.  Pretty boring to me now at 35.

rubbish.

I was never as down on Zep as most here are (but I also keep in mind the majority of posters here have the Eagles as top tier band).  But to even compare them to the Rolling Stones in any sense is just Magoo.  No rational music fan of any stripe could find Rolling Stones music boring.

Rubbish , cause it's out of context .

Only the setlist are boring these years not the Stones !

Well just to play devil's advocate and saying that I don't mind bits of Zep - physical graffiti in particular - if you watch the clip in the OP it seems to say the comment was made in connection with Jones being the strings arranger on Satanic Majesties.

Based on what I have read he isn't the first to comment on the sometimes tedious and disorganized nature of the Stones' creative process.

I recall an interview with Jeff Beck who was asked about his  "audition" in '75. Among other things he said he could never work with Stones full time because he wasn't "into chaos".

Also Jimmy Miller and others have remarked that the band would play around for HOURS slightly out of time and/or tune unit at last something would come over Keith and he would look Charlie in the eye and then -bang - it would all come together. Or play tumbling dice for HOURS on end until one take , barely discernible as different from the dozens that preceded it, would be deemed acceptable by Keith.

On the other hand if you check out the Stones' scenes in 1+1 , as drawn out as it is, you can see the method in their madness.

And all those abandoned ideas, alternative versions and aimless jams have made for some excellent outtakes.