The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Thread

[scottydabodi]

LedZep changed the whole world with their music!! Huge influence, without compromising their sound for big commercial dollars, it was just true, and they were not only HUGE because of it, they were RESPECTED... TRUE ROCK GODS!!

[sambo]

Classic, respected, timeless, revered... not many bands can claim the same.

[scottydabodi]

Zep did it ALL...

[DeadOrAlive]

ZEP!!!

[DeadOrAlive]

You gotta love 'em!!

[Rikk]

The DVD set from last year was one of the greatest things I've ever seen (and heard). I also downloaded the whole EARL'S COURT and SEATTLE DVDs, and they were incredible.

LED ZEPPELIN were untouchable. And, unlike Van Halen, they were truly a united band. One band member goes, they break up.

[WACF]

Timeless.....

[scottydabodi]

Van Halen COULD'VE reached LedZep if Dave had stayed...

[Matt White]

Alright Scotty, here's some of my personal collection. First up, a collection of Jimmy posters from various guitar mags.

[Matt White]

#2, a Bonzo poster, which hangs behind my Bro's drum kit. Inspiration at its best!

[Matt White]

#3, a poster from a gig Zep were SUPPOSED to play in Cali in 1975. Plant got into a car accident in Greece and had to cancel. Bought this at an ARTROCK store in Ann Arbor in the mid 80's.

HAHA! Look at that. My VAN HALEN WACF poster krept into the pic!:D

[Matt White]

And finally, #4. A reproduction of a poster for Zep's ELECTRIC MAGIC tour. Had this one close to 20 years.
Got agree, ZEPPELIN rules.

[NightProwler]

Is that from bonzo's "98 lbs of glory" days?

[Matt White]

Originally posted by NightProwler
Is that from bonzo's "98 lbs of glory" days?

"JOHN HENRY BONHAM!!!"

You know it Bro!

[DLRdelight!]

the true gods of rock

honored the band, played whatever they wanted, and kicked some serious ass

[Panamark]

Awe Inspiring !

Zep were the best.

The Aleister Crowley connection has always fascinated me too.
A lot of their songs came from "the" source.

Mr Page found that link, how ?
oooh it makes me wonder..

[Panamark]

Oh yeah ! A special thanks to my Baby for leaving me with the recent Dual Led Zep DVD. Love you Darlin ! That DVD is awesome.

[Coyote]

Zeppelin rules. Pure and simple. Musical versatility at it's best. (From "Heartbreaker" to "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp", not many bands do that these days...)

[scottydabodi]

Matt, those pics a fuckin KILLER!!! I have every LedZep on vinyl, casette, and many on cd... How fucken AWESOME!!!! ROCK ON!!!

[ThrillsNSpills]

Over the Hills and Far Away

Acoustic intro crashing into the verse. Pow

Pure fuckin Balls.

[CROWBAR]

I'm a big Zep fan! Hell yeah! They ruled AND still got their legacy intact! :killer:

[bueno bob]

This is going to make me some enemies here....BUT....

I never cared for Led Zeppelin. I have a homemade best of mix (SANS Stairway to Heaven...if I can die without having to listen to it ever again, I'll die happy) with my personal favorites, but overall...I bought Led Zep I, II, III, IV, and Houses and none of them were much to my liking. The occasional song or two, but overwhelmingly I was always underwhelmed.

My 70's band was Black Sabbath.

[Matt White]

Songs I'd recommend Bob:
Achilles Last Stand
Trampled Under Foot
Sick Again
Nobody's Fault But Mine
All My Love
In the Evening
Custard Pie
In the Light
Tea for One
Ten Years Gone
Hey Hey What Can I Do?

Also, check out the live DVD. Bonzo live is absolutely incredible!!! Words really don't do him justice.

[Bill Lumbergh]

Originally posted by bueno bob



My 70's band was Black Sabbath.

Translation- My 70's band was The Captain and Tenille.

[bueno bob]

On my home mix are Trampled Under Foot, In the Evening, All My Love, Black Dog, Houses of the Holy, Rock and Roll, Kashmir, Living Loving Maid, Misty Mountain Hop, When the Levee Breaks, Fool in the Rain, Immigrant Song, Whole Lotta Love, The Rover, Dazed and Confused, and finally The Ocean.

Zep was a good band, musically, I won't argue that at all! I'll check those others out, Matt, thanks for the advice :)

[DlocRoth]

Originally posted by Matt White
Songs I'd recommend Bob:
Achilles Last Stand
Trampled Under Foot
Sick Again
Nobody's Fault But Mine
All My Love
In the Evening
Custard Pie
In the Light
Tea for One
Ten Years Gone
Hey Hey What Can I Do?

Also, check out the live DVD. Bonzo live is absolutely incredible!!! Words really don't do him justice.

how bout..
In my time of Dying
FOR YOUR LIFE.....one of the most underrated classics
Fool in the Rain
Kashmir live off the Unledded vid fucking rocks. That drummer is shit hot!!

[CROWBAR]

I'm surprised bueno bob, Zep were musically diverse. Every album was a shade different from the last. Live, they left alot to be desired as they were hit or miss due to drugs I'm sure.

[Denny]

Originally posted by scottydabodi
Van Halen COULD'VE reached LedZep if Dave had stayed...

Could.......

I don't how though :(

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Denny
Could.......

I don't how though :(

Alex could have died...

[Denny]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Alex could have died...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAH!!!!!! !!Q

[ODShowtime]

Led Zeppelin will always rule the world from the stratosphere, looking down on everyone else. The best band ever.

And Bonzo is the best drummer ever. I don't give a fuck.

[ODShowtime]

I wanted to quick throw in that I am a huge Led Zeppelin fan.

[CROWBAR]

Great concert posters bros! I still say they rule!!

[CROWBAR]

Here's a poster I have advertising the famous Oakland '77 show. Cool Poster!

[Wayne L.]

Led Zeppelin kicked the doors wide open for the hard rock/heavy metal genre in the 70's with their bluesy, ballsy, blistering sound which will never be forgotten.

[DaveIsKing]

JIMMY PAGE IS JESUS CHRIST

[Vivian Campbell]

Originally posted by bueno bob
This is going to make me some enemies here....BUT....

I never cared for Led Zeppelin. I have a homemade best of mix (SANS Stairway to Heaven...if I can die without having to listen to it ever again, I'll die happy) with my personal favorites, but overall...I bought Led Zep I, II, III, IV, and Houses and none of them were much to my liking. The occasional song or two, but overwhelmingly I was always underwhelmed.

My 70's band was Black Sabbath.


5 Star for you Bob! Led Zep is overrated, but at the same I can admit that they were really talented. I never got into them, mainly because I can't stand Plant's voice.

For me, the 70s is about Deep Purple.

[Golden AWe]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Alex could have died...



hahahahahahhaha

dave did try do do his share by losing his voice...well, not as bad as plant

jimmy has sobered up, eddie hasn't

has john paul jones ever had a mullet?

[Golden AWe]

....

[Atomic_Rob]

I love Zeppelin too, Immigrant Song on the DVD is fuckin brutal.

[CROWBAR]

Originally posted by Vivian Campbell


For me, the 70s is about Deep Purple.

I thought they were overated. I don't care if I never hear Smoke on the Water ever again. Two or three real standouts from them and that was it for me.

Zeppelin was more diverse and venturing into the unknown. Not to mention their mystique. Page was a master in the studio. Live they pulled out all the stops. Some times sloppy as drugs were prevalent back then. Their normal show was at least two hours long if not more. You got your moneys worth.

[BrownSound1]

Here's what sets Zeppelin apart from your Deep Sabbaths and Black Purples....Zep could do ANY fucking style of music and do it well. Blues, folk, hard rock, reggae, rockabilly, eastern, country, funk..all well documented on their albums. The thing about them is they never really duplicated themselves from album to album. There was always something new on each one. Whereas most bands then and now really don't get out of the confines of what they are comfortable doing...i.e. they put out the same album basically every year or so.

[CROWBAR]

Originally posted by Brownsound1
Here's what sets Zeppelin apart from your Deep Sabbaths and Black Purples....Zep could do ANY fucking style of music and do it well. Blues, folk, hard rock, reggae, rockabilly, eastern, country, funk..all well documented on their albums. The thing about them is they never really duplicated themselves from album to album. There was always something new on each one. Whereas most bands then and now really don't get out of the confines of what they are comfortable doing...i.e. they put out the same album basically every year or so.

Amen brutha! Zep never stayed with one style, they could venture outside the box of what's known. Always liked that about them! So many different styles! You couldn't peg them.

That's a fiver for you bro! :baaa:

[hard rock]

Led Zeppelin were cool on record but live not always there. if we are going to talk about live shows and 1970`s in the same sentence than KISS is what its all about and i would say to a lesser degree Alice Cooper. Kiss gave you your moneys worth each and every night. Even when Ace and Peter were toasted out of their minds they still pulled it off unlike Zeppelin and even Aerosmith for that fact

[Matt White]

LED ZEPPELIN: Live from 1969-1975 took NO FUCKING prisoners!!!

Before the drugs stifled them, ZEP KICKED EVERYBODY's ASS LIVE. Watch the DVD and tell me(especially on the first disc, but in that 69-75 framework) that they don't rule.

[ODShowtime]

Originally posted by Matt White
LED ZEPPELIN: Live from 1969-1975 took NO FUCKING prisoners!!!

Before the drugs stifled them, ZEP KICKED EVERYBODY's ASS LIVE. Watch the DVD and tell me(especially on the first disc, but in that 69-75 framework) that they don't rule.

I'll watch the the first disc if you want me to, but I won't tell you that they don't rule. :)

[ODShowtime]

that sucks

[ODShowtime]

ok I give up

[Matt White]

Watch 'em torch the Royal Albert Hall ODS!

ZEP was without peers at their peek.

For many years they toured without a opening act & played for 4 hours. BRILLIANT!!!

[Black Betty]

:killer:

[Black Betty]

An oldie:

[Black Betty]

Led Zep rules !

[rob100]

I think I'm the only person on earth who likes their last albums, Presence and In Through The Outdoor, better than their earlier work.

Presence is pure, electric and in your face. True rock and roll. On Outdoor, Plants voice is amazing. Rougher and lower. The material was a ticket to the '80's.

I feel that Led Zeppelin was a lot bigger in the USA than in Europe. Zep owned rock in the States. Europe was Queen's territory.

[Black Betty]

Originally posted by rob100
I feel that Led Zeppelin was a lot bigger in the USA than in Europe. Zep owned rock in the States. Europe was Queen's territory.

I agree. Queen wasn't that big in the USA but Zep was.

[flappo]

probably cos us europeans have a more discerning palate than you yanks

:D

zep had some high points , but by 1975 and physical graffiti - their last masterwork - they'd become a fat over inflated parody

queen owned hard rock from 75 onwards

freddie mercury was a much better frontman and singer than plant who seemed to screech half the fucking time like hagar on acid

brian is a vastly superior guitarist to page , simply no contest , ask jeff beck

bonham was the star of zep , along with keith moon arguably THE gratest rock drummer ever , listen to 'in my time of dying' or 'achilles last stand' for proof of that

as for the bass player - who he ?

[Black Betty]

John Paul Jones, 1971.

[Black Betty]

Jimmy Page 1971.

[Black Betty]

John Bonham 1971.

[flappo]

early zep WAS seminal

listen to the first 2 albums which are incredible then the last 2 which are bloody awful ( ITTOD & CODA )

you dont believe its the same band

in through the out door suffered from john paul jones influence - crappy synths and pointless annoying drivel

and plant should've been shot for his god awful singing on all of my love

[Black Betty]

Jimmy Page with a Gibson EDS 1275 Double Neck.

[Black Betty]

Jimmy Page.

[Black Betty]

John Paul Jones.

[Black Betty]

Road cases.

[BrownSound1]

I don't have an explanation as to why Queen wasn't as big here as they were in Europe...other than once that dreadful Flash Gordon soundtrack came out we didn't want to hear anymore.

Queen's music is just too prissy for the American pallette. Zeppelin on the other hand is like someone taking a 2X4 to your head..."everybody goes YEAHHHH!!!!! BaSh." ;) That's the way we intended for rock to be played. :D

[Black Betty]

Robert Plant.

[Black Betty]

The Symbols:

[CVHfan]

Originally posted by Matt White
LED ZEPPELIN: Live from 1969-1975 took NO FUCKING prisoners!!!

Before the drugs stifled them, ZEP KICKED EVERYBODY's ASS LIVE. Watch the DVD and tell me(especially on the first disc, but in that 69-75 framework) that they don't rule.

For that matter, take Knebenworth in 1979. The DVD material was excellent and the Knebenworth shows were good. I know that "The Song Remains The Same" was lackluster, but the DVD that was released in 2003 was awesome. "How The West Was Won" was awesome and "BBC Sessions" were good. It seemed like they (including Jimmy Page) held their own quite well live.

[flappo]

queen had their rough moments , listen to sheer heart attack from news of the world or the game , with it's back to basics approach evidenced in tracks like dragon attack

i love zep , but personally i prefer the who , who i think most resemble classic van halen in their attitude and talent

[Black Betty]

:cool:

[BrownSound1]

I'm so glad Jimmy kicked the heroine.

[Panamark]

Before or after Puff Daddy ??

[Panamark]

DISCLAIMER: I AM A ZEP FAN !

[Black Betty]

Originally posted by Panamark
DISCLAIMER: I AM A ZEP FAN !

Make that two ! :D

[guitarboy5150]

jimmy and his favorite drink

[BrownSound1]

Considering all Page has done for rock, and what I owe the man as far as my own guitar vocabulary goes, then I am willing to overlook the Puff Daddy thing. However, should he decide to do something of that nature again....well I might have a problem with that. ;)

[Panamark]

Yeah, but surely he was still on heroine then, to even make such a decision ???

[guitarboy5150]

puff daddy didnt even know who led zeppelin was. he just heard the song one day and said it was a sign from god or something.

[Jack68]

Im a wearing and tearing mofo.My first preference is the who or what is left of them.Ive seen Jimmy Page w/the firm a few times(excellent) and ive seen him solo on the outrider tour.Good effort but he was hurtin when i saw him live at the ritz in nyc.As far as Robert Plant his solo stuff is just borderline weak.People dont go to a robert Plant show to hear his solo stuff.I know its not a fair comparison but at least he is trying to put out new stuff.Having said that i saw him at MSG in nyc 2 or 3 years ago open for whats left of the Who.He was fantastic!yopu hear the sos he cant sing the high notes or whatever.All i know is he played going to california,whole lotta love & hey hey what can i do.That was a great show Townshend put on a guitar clinic that night.I have also seen John Paul Jones in small clubs and if you get the chance go he is brilliant.We all know Bonzo was the best,i like Keith and Neil Peart personelly.I wish all classic bands wpould put out a dvd like how the west was won.

[Black Betty]

Jimmy Page.

[BrownSound1]

Page played great on the two Page/Plant tours I saw...probably the best he's played in years.

[ODShowtime]

Originally posted by flappo
brian is a vastly superior guitarist to page , simply no contest , ask jeff beck

I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you and Jeff Beck on that. Page wrote many better songs than May and from 68-73 could blow him right the fuck off the stage. Maybe not after that, but his legacy shines brighter.

[BrownSound1]

Originally posted by ODShowtime
I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you and Jeff Beck on that. Page wrote many better songs than May and from 68-73 could blow him right the fuck off the stage. Maybe not after that, but his legacy shines brighter.

Plus Pagey's cooler too. :D

[Panamark]

I agree, Page is cooler than Brian May. But I like a lot of Brian May's stuff. Brian May had most excellent tone.