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Your Favourite Led Zeppelin
Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 4:44am

Transfering my favourite Zep tracks to my I-POD has given me the opportunity to revisit their albums for the first time in a good while.

I found that my original preferences are the same: I still beleive that Led Zeppelin 2 is their strongest effort.

I have decided to include only their original studio LP's.

What is everyone elses favourite?

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corgi37 Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,559 Aussie land Gender:	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #1 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 5:09am Led Zep 2 is always great to listen to, though it's badly recorded (despite the channel switching trickery) I've always had a soft spot for Presence. Graffiti is a bit over blown, but side 1 is a bloody belter.
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Reply #2 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 5:37am

I must admit that I have never thought of the 2nd album being poorly recorded - sounds OK to me.

I have never really got into Presence - the same goes for Pysical Graffiti. The latter just doesn't work for me. I like Custard Pie, The Rover and Trampled Under Foot. Aside from those, nothing really grabs me. Kashmir has a killer riff, but plods along and is way too long.

I've always really liked In Through The Out Door - especially In The Evening and Hot Dog. I really enjoy Page's scorching and muffled Scotty More-style lead work.

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Heart Of Stone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules Posts: 4,001 Charlottetown Prince Edward Is Gender:	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #3 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 6:50am 2nd Album for me too, I like every single track, the other one would be 4.
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Billy Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 182	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #4 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 7:27am The one that features the incomparable English singer Sandy Denny.
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Reply #5 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 9:30am

the first cd is good and that double live album with the black cover that came out in the late '70's or early '80's is also good. i think it is called, the song remains the same. wpdh plays 3 songs from them every weeknight at 7pm. for some reason they are hugely popular here in the hudson valley. i come and go with them these days but they did write some great songs.

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Heart Of Stone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules Posts: 4,001 Charlottetown Prince Edward Is Gender:	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #8 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 11:57am Billy wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 7:27am: The one that features the incomparable English singer Sandy Denny. That's the 4th album, on the song "The Battle of Evermore"
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JumpingJack2 Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 66	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #9 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 12:00pm I enjoyed #4 alot when it came out. In Thru the Outdoor was also very good. #! reeally didn't do anthing as it was so blusey. :smile
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Factory Girl Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 2,194 US Gender:	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #10 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 12:12pm Wow, this thread reminds me to revisit my Led Zep roots. Thank you kindly. I'll go with my fave being LZ III. Tangerine is a beauty.
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Voodoo Chile in Wonderland Unholy Trinity Admin Offline The Stones are back you bastards!!!! Posts: 16,034 Wonderland Gender:	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #11 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 12:16pm Difficult to answer, I voted for Physical Graffiti I really love that album from the first note but I like all others... LOL so far no votes for LZ IV? According to Jimmy Page Physical Graffiti, and specially Kashmir defines LZ
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glencar Ex Member	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #12 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 12:35pm I voted for IV. It's the only one I own.
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Heart Of Stone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules Posts: 4,001 Charlottetown Prince Edward Is Gender:	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #13 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 12:46pm I liked every song on the 4th, except I never cared for Four Sticks & Going to California, this album (or any Led Zep album for that matter) reminds me so much of smoking weed, the same with Pink Floyd's Dark side of the Moon.
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Zack Rocks Off Regular Offline Chiba Face Rules You Bastards! Posts: 1,727 Dakar Gender:	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #14 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 12:52pm Definitely III. Nobody beats Page on acoustic . . . love the English folk pastoral Hangman's-Beautiful-Daughter thing going, with Hey Hey What Can I Do spliced in there somewhere. Houses of the Holy a strong finisher too.
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Reply #15 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 1:04pm

what?? no coda in the poll??

FG and Zack are right....nobody beats pagey on the alt tuning acoustics...."That's the Way" is the easiest song to play this side of louie louie, and it really gets the chicks.

III is an acoustic masterpiece. barring plant's whiney vocals (one of the reasons zeppelin never stuck with me like the stones and beatles), it is one of my top 20 albums of all time.

pretty lame album cover tho.

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Reply #17 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 1:10pm

Factory Girl wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 1:08pm:

Tangerine is the key to the highway. I worship at Pagey's altar. Have mercy....

yes but plant's vocals....strong of course but don't you admit they are whiney?

was gary cherone not available???

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Zack Rocks Off Regular Offline Chiba Face Rules You Bastards! Posts: 1,727 Dakar Gender:	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #18 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 1:33pm But that voice is an absolutely essential part of the Zeppelin whole, whiny bits and all. To paraphrase Macca: it's bloody Robert Plant. He's a legend. It's also interesting there's no clear favorite here. They're all damn good. (Coda rules!)
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platter Ex Member	Re: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Reply #19 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 1:58pm i also like that song that goes i got a woman stays drunk all the time song. i can't remember the name of it...no one can. what the heck is the name of that song?
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Reply #20 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 2:05pm

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i also like that song that goes i got a woman stays drunk all the time song. i can't remember the name of it...no one can. what the heck is the name of that song?

Shit!

I just said it. Hey Hey What Can I Do. The title's only said once in the song (at the end: "Hey hey what can I do/I got a woman who won't be true.") Recorded during the III sessions and originally released only as the B-side to the Immigrant Song single. Not sure if that was a US-or UK only release. They didn't do any singles in one of the countries. Forget which was which.

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Reply #21 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 2:08pm

Zack wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 2:05pm:

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i also like that song that goes i got a woman stays drunk all the time song. i can't remember the name of it...no one can. what the heck is the name of that song?

Shit!

I just said it. Hey Hey What Can I Do. The title's only said once in the song (at the end: "Hey hey what can I do/I got a woman who won't be true.") Ring a bell?

now it does............BING

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Reply #22 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 2:37pm

Zack wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 2:05pm:

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i also like that song that goes i got a woman stays drunk all the time song. i can't remember the name of it...no one can. what the heck is the name of that song?

Shit!

I just said it. Hey Hey What Can I Do. The title's only said once in the song (at the end: "Hey hey what can I do/I got a woman who won't be true.") Recorded during the III sessions and originally released only as the B-side to the Immigrant Song single. Not sure if that was a US-or UK only release. They didn't do any singles in one of the countries. Forget which was which.

Yep. That's just about my favorite Zep tune.."Hey, hey...."

As far as albums.....that's hard.

Zep II
First album
Zep IV
Zep III

Then, the rest..... Wink

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Reply #23 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 2:39pm

Heart Of Stone wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 12:46pm:

I liked every song on the 4th, except I never cared for Four Sticks & Going to California, this album (or any Led Zep album for that matter) reminds me so much of smoking weed, the same with Pink Floyd's Dark side of the Moon.

I know you've mentioned this before, HOS. That you don't like Going to California.....I usually, basically, have very much the same taste in tunes as you do, no matter what the group. But we are poles apart as far as this song goes! It's one of my fave Zep tunes......ahhhh, to each his own, though, eh?

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Reply #24 - Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 3:02pm

IV is my favourite one - highlights for me are When The Levee Breaks and Battle of Evermore (with Sandy Denny making it her own)

The first disc of Physical Graffiti is the only one that comes close. I love 'Kashmir' and 'Trampled Underfoot'.

I always liked 'In Through The Out Door' - can't see why so many people wrote it off (maybe the over-reliance on keyboards?). Some great songs on there - All My Love is a gem, Carouselambra (although it goes on a bit) and especially In The Evening.

Always found 'Presence' pretty unlistenable . Liked the 'Song Remains The Same' live album too, although I always draw the line at ten minute drum solos as well as the 27 minutes of indulgent wankery that is 'Dazed and Confused'.

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Question: Your Favourite Led Zeppelin Album
Led Zeppelin 6 (15.0%) Led Zeppelin 2 6 (15.0%) Led Zeppelin 3 5 (12.5%) Led Zeppelin IV 5 (12.5%) Houses Of The Holy 2 (5.0%) Pysical Graffiti 10 (25.0%) Presence 5 (12.5%) In Through The Outdoor 1 (2.5%) Total votes: 40 « Created by: Honky Tonk Man on: Mar 22^nd, 2009 at 4:44am »