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Which Album? - Led Zeppelin's "IV" or Queen's "A Night at the Opera"


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  1. 1. So, Which Is Better, Led Zeppelin's IV or Queen's A Night at the Opera

    • Queen - A Night at the Opera
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    • Led Zeppelin - IV
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    • Too Difficult of a Choice - Tie
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Even though I voted Stairway over Rhapsody, I went with Queen here. Maybe it's just the overplay factor but I think LZ4 is an overrated album.
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What will never cease to amaze me is that a single album could contain both The Prophet's Song and Bohemian Rhapsody ..

 

You then add Death On Two Legs ( a top 5 Queen song for me ), Love Of My Life, I'm In Love With My Car AND You're My Best Friend

 

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What will never cease to amaze me is that a single album could contain both The Prophet's Song and Bohemian Rhapsody ..

 

You then add Death On Two Legs ( a top 5 Queen song for me ), Love Of My Life, I'm In Love With My Car AND You're My Best Friend

 

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And some of my other favorites, Seaside Rendevouz, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, 39 (seriously overlooked), and of course Good Company (one of Brian's most enduring calling cards as a guitar virtuoso). Seriously, the only thing on the whole album that isn't astonishing is Sweet Lady, which is still pretty great (that RIFF).

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Zeppelin.

 

I have never heard anything from Queen that convinces of their supposed greatness. Never has such a highly praised band given me such a meh feeling when I listen to them.

 

Unfortunate. Have you heard very many of their albums, or just a few albums and all the hits? Certain albums in their catalogue are so remarkably different from others that you may love them even if you don't care for other ones.

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Led Zeppelin IV is more compact with its vision. It's diversity reveals itself over repeated listens.

 

A Night at the Opera is all over the place in terms of a coherent vision. It twists and turns more often. Sometimes I find that very distracting, especially during "The Prophet's Song".

 

The songs I like on IV, I like better than the songs I like on Opera. My vote is for IV.

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Queen by a landslide. But LZ IV is is a great album too, just much more simplistic.

I don't agree at all about it being more simplistic. Take "Black Dog" for instance, there's a lot going on in that song. Queen seems to rely on flourishes and embellishment with their production. Led Zeppelin is more focused, more direct. The songs reveal themselves more honestly. I think that, in itself, is more difficult to accomplish.

 

In the end, it's all nitpicking. Both are immensely entertaining and brilliant albums.

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Zeppelin.

 

I have never heard anything from Queen that convinces of their supposed greatness. Never has such a highly praised band given me such a meh feeling when I listen to them.

 

Unfortunate. Have you heard very many of their albums, or just a few albums and all the hits? Certain albums in their catalogue are so remarkably different from others that you may love them even if you don't care for other ones.

 

Why is it unfortunate? Queen aren't as loved as you think they are. No band can please everybody.

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I think Zep IV's a better album, but Opera is more of a technical achievement. May's guitar effects are amazing, and the operatic vocals are an accomplishment. But as a rock album start to finish, Zep IV slays Opera.
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Queen by a landslide. But LZ IV is is a great album too, just much more simplistic.

I don't agree at all about it being more simplistic. Take "Black Dog" for instance, there's a lot going on in that song. Queen seems to rely on flourishes and embellishment with their production. Led Zeppelin is more focused, more direct. The songs reveal themselves more honestly. I think that, in itself, is more difficult to accomplish.

 

In the end, it's all nitpicking. Both are immensely entertaining and brilliant albums.

 

Simplistic in the sense of basic rock and roll. It wasn't a put down.

 

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Zeppelin.

 

I have never heard anything from Queen that convinces of their supposed greatness. Never has such a highly praised band given me such a meh feeling when I listen to them.

 

Unfortunate. Have you heard very many of their albums, or just a few albums and all the hits? Certain albums in their catalogue are so remarkably different from others that you may love them even if you don't care for other ones.

 

Why is it unfortunate? Queen aren't as loved as you think they are. No band can please everybody.

 

I don't think Queen are universally loved, I never said I did. What I meant there was, as someone who knows the joy of enjoying Queen, it's sad for me to see someone else unable to find joy in their music, even though I know they find their own joy in other music and other things.

 

 

And I'm sorry but I've got to say this. Segue, I get that you don't like Queen and you seem to be annoyed by my constant fawning over them, but you always seem to be taking me the wrong way when I bring them up. I love Queen. I know others don't. I accept that others don't and appreciate learning their perspectives, otherwise I wouldn't care to be on this board at all. However, as a very passionate person with a humongous passion for Queen, I'm probably going to refer to them with some degree of adulation whenever they come up, whether others share my opinion or not. Why have you negatively called me out so often on fanboying over them?

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