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  1. 1. What's your favorite Led Zeppelin Album

    • Led Zeppelin
      3
    • Led Zeppelin II
      3
    • Led Zeppelin III
      5
    • Houses Of The Holy
      18
    • Physical Graffiti
      21
    • Presence
      9
    • In Through The Out Door
      1
    • Coda
      0
    • ______
      5

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I was at MSG for the first of the three Led Zep shows in 1973. The summer before I entered college. Tull was in August. What a summer !!!     http://youtu.be/0GsxngIzc3c

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I can't stop watching Achilles Last Stand from Knebworth. I had forgotten what a song it is!

Rod in Toronto

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I listened to In Through the Out Door yesterday once again...I still love this album, and think it´s as strong as the rest of their discography. I´m Gonna Crawl is one of their most beautiful ballads. Carrouselambra = Kashmir + Immigrant Song + extra keys.
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I listened to In Through the Out Door yesterday once again...I still love this album, and think it´s as strong as the rest of their discography. I´m Gonna Crawl is one of their most beautiful ballads. Carrouselambra = Kashmir + Immigrant Song + extra keys.

 

Wow! I like that record Rod but even when I was I kid I thought it was POWER POP!!!!!

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I and III are my favorites.

Zeppelin was the 2nd band I fell in love with as a teenager after Rush.

Not a big fan of ITTOD but love the rest.

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Is there a live version of Carousselambra?

I don't think so. I believe they were rehearsing it for the 1980 U.S. tour. Then Bonham died.

From Wikipedia:

"Carouselambra" was never played live by the band at Led Zeppelin concerts. John Paul Jones once stated that his original idea for the song was for it to be used as a "centrepiece" of their live shows, using it as a medium between songs as they moved from one to the other. The band planned to perform the song on their 1980 North American tour, but because of the death of John Bonham, this never came to fruition.

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It wasn't until the advent of the interwebz that I had any clue what Robert Plant was saying in that song, he adopted a very unintelliglbe singing style somewhere during PG which lasted all the way to his first solo album. Of course having now seen the lyrics I can understand why he didn't want to know what was being sung......
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It wasn't until the advent of the interwebz that I had any clue what Robert Plant was saying in that song, he adopted a very unintelliglbe singing style somewhere during PG which lasted all the way to his first solo album. Of course having now seen the lyrics I can understand why he didn't want to know what was being sung......

 

I still don't know what he's selling when he sings. It never occurs to me to google the lyrics.

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It wasn't until the advent of the interwebz that I had any clue what Robert Plant was saying in that song, he adopted a very unintelliglbe singing style somewhere during PG which lasted all the way to his first solo album. Of course having now seen the lyrics I can understand why he didn't want to know what was being sung......

 

I still don't know what he's selling when he sings. It never occurs to me to google the lyrics.

Sisters of the way-side bide their time in quiet peace,

 

Await their place within the ring of calm;

Still stand to turn in seconds of release,

Await the call they know may never come.

In times of lightness, no intruder dared upon

To jeopardize the course, upset the run;

And all was joy and hands were raised toward the sun

As love in the halls of plenty overrun.

Aaah, ahhh...

Still in their bliss unchallenged mighty feast,

Unending dances shadowed on the day.

Within their walls, their daunting formless keep,

Preserved their joy and kept their doubts at bay.

Faceless legions stood in readiness to weep,

Just turn a coin, bring order to the fray;

And everything is soon no sooner thought than deed,

But no one seemed to question in anyway.

Aaah, ahhh...

How keen the storied hunter's eye prevails upon the land

To seek the unsuspecting and the weak;

And powerless the fabled sat, too smug to lift a hand

Toward the foe that threatened from the deep.

Who cares to dry the cheeks of those who saddened stand

Adrift upon a sea of futile speech?

And to fall to fate and make the 'status plan'

...............reach

Singin'....

Where was your word, where did you go?

Where was your helping, where was your bow? Bow.

Dull is the armour, cold is the day.

Hard was the journey, dark was the way. Way.

I heard the word; I couldn't stay. Oh.

I couldn't stand it another day, another day-ay,

Another day, another day.

Touched by the timely coming,

Roused from the keeper's sleep,

Release the grip, throw down the key.

Held now within the knowing,

Rest now within the peace.

Take of the fruit, but guard the seed.

They had to stay!

Held now within the knowing,

Rest now within the beat.

Take of the fruit, but guard the seed...

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ReGor, thanks for the Kennedy Center clip! Fantastic!

 

 

It was cool to see Robert so moved when that curtain rose to reveal the choir.

 

 

And Jonesy has aged well.

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It wasn't until the advent of the interwebz that I had any clue what Robert Plant was saying in that song, he adopted a very unintelliglbe singing style somewhere during PG which lasted all the way to his first solo album. Of course having now seen the lyrics I can understand why he didn't want to know what was being sung......

 

I still don't know what he's selling when he sings. It never occurs to me to google the lyrics.

Sisters of the way-side bide their time in quiet peace,

 

Await their place within the ring of calm;

Still stand to turn in seconds of release,

Await the call they know may never come.

In times of lightness, no intruder dared upon

To jeopardize the course, upset the run;

And all was joy and hands were raised toward the sun

As love in the halls of plenty overrun.

Aaah, ahhh...

Still in their bliss unchallenged mighty feast,

Unending dances shadowed on the day.

Within their walls, their daunting formless keep,

Preserved their joy and kept their doubts at bay.

Faceless legions stood in readiness to weep,

Just turn a coin, bring order to the fray;

And everything is soon no sooner thought than deed,

But no one seemed to question in anyway.

Aaah, ahhh...

How keen the storied hunter's eye prevails upon the land

To seek the unsuspecting and the weak;

And powerless the fabled sat, too smug to lift a hand

Toward the foe that threatened from the deep.

Who cares to dry the cheeks of those who saddened stand

Adrift upon a sea of futile speech?

And to fall to fate and make the 'status plan'

...............reach

Singin'....

Where was your word, where did you go?

Where was your helping, where was your bow? Bow.

Dull is the armour, cold is the day.

Hard was the journey, dark was the way. Way.

I heard the word; I couldn't stay. Oh.

I couldn't stand it another day, another day-ay,

Another day, another day.

Touched by the timely coming,

Roused from the keeper's sleep,

Release the grip, throw down the key.

Held now within the knowing,

Rest now within the peace.

Take of the fruit, but guard the seed.

They had to stay!

Held now within the knowing,

Rest now within the beat.

Take of the fruit, but guard the seed...

 

Good thing I could never understand what he was singing.

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Robert can't plan any musical instruments? Other than the tambourine (even I can play that :) )?

 

Anyone here see them in the seventies?

Kingdome in Seattle in '77. I was waaaaaaay up front so sound didn't suck. Band was OK for the first half of the show, a bit better in the 2nd half (especially Page). From the videos I've seen I missed their peak in the '73 and '75 tours unfortunately.

 

Saw Page and Plant at the Hollywood Bowl in '98 and Pagey tore the fukking place apart. He was MUCH better than the night I saw Zep, likely cuz he had sobered up by then.

 

 

 

By the way, if you're interested there is are a bunch of different bootleg versions of the '77 Kingdome Seattle show (July 17th btw) floating around.

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Robert can't plan any musical instruments? Other than the tambourine (even I can play that :) )?

 

Anyone here see them in the seventies?

Kingdome in Seattle in '77. I was waaaaaaay up front so sound didn't suck. Band was OK for the first half of the show, a bit better in the 2nd half (especially Page). From the videos I've seen I missed their peak in the '73 and '75 tours unfortunately.

 

Saw Page and Plant at the Hollywood Bowl in '98 and Pagey tore the fukking place apart. He was MUCH better than the night I saw Zep, likely cuz he had sobered up by then.

 

 

 

By the way, if you're interested there is are a bunch of different bootleg versions of the '77 Kingdome Seattle show (July 17th btw) floating around.

 

I wish I had gone to see them back then too. A friend of mine saw them at the Fillmore in the Spring of '69. After reading one of their biographies, I think I know why I never went to see them. As you well know, back in those days, it was no easy task to get tickets for a band such as LZ. Camping out all night on a ticket line and dealing with mob scenes wasn't my thing.

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ReGor, thanks for the Kennedy Center clip! Fantastic!

 

 

It was cool to see Robert so moved when that curtain rose to reveal the choir.

 

 

And Jonesy has aged well.

 

I'm amazed that Jimmy has aged well too. The only one that didn't is Robert. I search in vain in that face for any recognition of what he once looked like. Not even in the eyes can I find it. Really pitiful. I wonder if it bothers him; the same man that stood out on the balcony and yelled out "I'm a golden god"

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Actually I chose three albums as favorites.

 

Led III due accoustic mood and how personal lyrics are. I love Friends, Tangerine and That's The Way.

I was just discovering Led Zeppelin, so it's meaningful to me.

 

Physical Graffiti because how the sound is structured. They really found a technical/emotional developmente here.

 

Presence for the same reasons of PG, with an extra maturity. They were just being themselves and... it completely worked!. :clap:

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Actually I chose three albums as favorites.

 

Led III due accoustic mood and how personal lyrics are. I love Friends, Tangerine and That's The Way.

I was just discovering Led Zeppelin, so it's meaningful to me.

 

Physical Graffiti because how the sound is structured. They really found a technical/emotional developmente here.

 

Presence for the same reasons of PG, with an extra maturity. They were just being themselves and... it completely worked!. :clap:

 

The two bookends you cited here are my two favourites! I don't find many people who love III and Presence as much as I do.

 

As for Physical Graffiti, I love the 'new' material they had recorded for it, in late '73 and early '74- such a raw quality about Pant's voice, that fit the music so well. The extra material they threw in to make the album a double has flashes of greatness, but I find some of it kind of flat, too.

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Actually I chose three albums as favorites.

 

Led III due accoustic mood and how personal lyrics are. I love Friends, Tangerine and That's The Way.

I was just discovering Led Zeppelin, so it's meaningful to me.

 

Physical Graffiti because how the sound is structured. They really found a technical/emotional developmente here.

 

Presence for the same reasons of PG, with an extra maturity. They were just being themselves and... it completely worked!. :clap:

 

The two bookends you cited here are my two favourites! I don't find many people who love III and Presence as much as I do.

 

As for Physical Graffiti, I love the 'new' material they had recorded for it, in late '73 and early '74- such a raw quality about Pant's voice, that fit the music so well. The extra material they threw in to make the album a double has flashes of greatness, but I find some of it kind of flat, too.

:yes:

 

When I had Physical Graffiti I thought: Wow! A Zeppelin's double album! Woohoo! :D

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