Did Lee Squat? Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Just curious to hear some opinions on what remains a hotly debated topic....this may have already been discussed but I didn't see a poll for it. My decision to create this poll is a result of an ongoing debate between me and a good friend of mine over which band is better.....my friend is a huge Who fan and thinks they are second only to the Beatles in greatness, but I find myself in favor of Zeppelin no matter how much he tries to convince me. Alas, I wish I could think of some good reasons, but it's been a long week of school Oh yeah if you haven't noticed I'm a new member on this forum and still a relatively new Rush fanatic, but even so I am irrefutably obsessed and you have no idea how excited I am to find such a freakin' awesome site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 That's a really tough call, but I've liked the Who for longer so I ended up going with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Led Zeppelin for me. Zep made much better albums and are better musicians. I don't think there is a Zep album that is overrated. I can't say that about The Who. I have not had the pleasure to see either band live, but I'd give that to The Who based on official albums, bootlegs and film/video. Alas, it's not enough to over take the mighty Zep in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theworkingman Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin and Led Zeppelin The only band higher is and not even by much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman14 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Zep has a more solid catalog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Limelight* Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Zep. for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Led Zeppelin definitely. But I do like a lot of the material from the Who. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 The Who. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The O' Sullivan Factor Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Though the Who had better musicians; I just genuinely prefer listening to Zep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCFIELDS Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 QUOTE (Rushman14 @ Apr 18 2008, 05:59 PM) Zep has a more solid catalog. Oh yeah, for sure...........Zep by a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choose/the/light Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 IMO there is not even a slightest chance of The Who beating Zep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendallama Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 The Who. Hands down. They're absolutely amazing. And Roger Daltrey is smokin'. ;] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 QUOTE (The O' Sullivan Factor @ Apr 18 2008, 08:05 PM) Though the Who had better musicians; I just genuinely prefer listening to Zep I respectively disagree about The Who being better musicians than Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones is a great multi-instrumentalist, John Entwistle was a great bassist. Overall, Jimmy Page is a better guitarist than Pete Townsend and John Bonham could certainly hold his own against Keith Moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gleamingalloyaircar81 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 This isnt even close. Led Zeppelin blows The Who out of the water. The Who suck compared to Led Zeppelin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilCastro Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Definitely The Who!!!!!!!!!!!! though Zep is awesome as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Did Lee Squat? Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Apr 18 2008, 07:43 PM)QUOTE (The O' Sullivan Factor @ Apr 18 2008, 08:05 PM) Though the Who had better musicians; I just genuinely prefer listening to Zep I respectively disagree about The Who being better musicians than Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones is a great multi-instrumentalist, John Entwistle was a great bassist. Overall, Jimmy Page is a better guitarist than Pete Townsend and John Bonham could certainly hold his own against Keith Moon. Agreed....and I personally think it's a toss-up between Plant and Daltrey....Plant may have been slightly the better singer but I think Roger was a better frontman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 QUOTE (Did Lee Squat? @ Apr 18 2008, 10:08 PM) QUOTE (ReRushed @ Apr 18 2008, 07:43 PM)QUOTE (The O' Sullivan Factor @ Apr 18 2008, 08:05 PM) Though the Who had better musicians; I just genuinely prefer listening to Zep I respectively disagree about The Who being better musicians than Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones is a great multi-instrumentalist, John Entwistle was a great bassist. Overall, Jimmy Page is a better guitarist than Pete Townsend and John Bonham could certainly hold his own against Keith Moon. Agreed....and I personally think it's a toss-up between Plant and Daltrey....Plant may have been slightly the better singer but I think Roger was a better frontman. Yes. Liking a particular singer is more subjective than liking a particular musician. For example, I'm not a Van Halen fan but I know Eddie Van Halen is a great guitar player. I may not like the songs, but I can't deny the level of musicianship. With singing I feel it's harder, but obviously not impossible, to distinguish what is considered great singing. So much has to with the particular voice. Geddy Lee for instance, some people can't get past his voice to realise he's actually a pretty good singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theworkingman Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Bonham>Moon Jones < Entwistle Plant<Daltrey (Plant may have had a better voice I think Daltrey was a better frontman and he is just a great guy) Page>Townshend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Bonham > Moon Jones > Entwistle Plant = Daltry Page > Townsend so Led Zeppelin > The Who Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Sawyer Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 The Who trump Led Zeppelin by a mile. I feel more emotionally connected to The Who. They just connect way more with their audience. I just think they are way more dedicated to the music than Zeppelin ever was. I still like Zeppelin, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Sawyer Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 QUOTE (kendallama @ Apr 18 2008, 07:30 PM) The Who. Hands down. They're absolutely amazing. And Roger Daltrey is smokin'. ;] I agree. Roger Daltrey is smokin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The O' Sullivan Factor Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Well now that the discussion has changed a bit I guess my initial post was a tad misleading... Jimmy Page is my favorite guitar arranger (if that makes any sense) nobody can make a bazillion guitar dubs sound as good as him, and his sloppy (I prefer "careless") style is essential to the Zep experience I like high tenor/alto singers like Robbie so he gets my vote; even if he is less consistant than Daltrey But Moon really is amazing, Bonham is quite distinctive but Moon wrote/improv'd lines around vocal melodies; he's easily one of my favorite drummers to listen to and while JPJ is definitely an excellent multi-instrumentalist, Entwistle could play circles around him, and likely even play circles around Page as well. So thats two for two. Regardless, all 8 musicians are/were truly masters at what they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gleamingalloyaircar81 Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Bonham>Moon Jones>Entwistle Plant>Daltrey (By far) Page>Townsend therfore LEd Zeppelin is a hell of alot greater than The Who Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Zep by a nose, though it's very close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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