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David Earl
1/12/2006, 09:51 AM
The Crunge, a Zeppelin song off of their 73 album... It's one of the best songs ever. I think the time signature switches back and forth between 4/4 and 5/4 or something.
Pieces Hit
1/12/2006, 11:28 AM
I love Zep but never liked that song, and I tried.
Plant's voice just annoys me a lot on that one.
Bonham's drums are probably the best component and then JPJ's bass.
The Ocean on that album is much better. :)
Have you seen the bridge?
Pieces Hit
1/12/2006, 11:32 AM
Where's that confounded bridge?
David Earl
1/12/2006, 11:33 AM
Plant's voice on that one sounds like his usual self to me. Wikipedia says the song was made spontaneously with JB laying down the beat then JPJ adding the bass. Those guys were talented.
yermom
1/12/2006, 11:34 AM
i love that album, but that is easily my least favorite song on it
ditto on The Ocean PH, that one RMFO
i always thought it was funny that that album, Houses of the Holy, doesn't have the song of the same name
Pieces Hit
1/12/2006, 11:37 AM
I think I read The Crunge was James Brown inspired sans "the bridge".
David Earl
1/12/2006, 11:40 AM
I think I read The Crunge was James Brown inspired sans "the bridge".
Check wikipedia. That was their tip of the hat to JB.
Pieces Hit
1/12/2006, 11:43 AM
Cool. I just found out "sans" doesn't mean what I thought it meant.
I should have said "as in".
If I was intellijunt I woodn't be here.
I missed this yesterday. It would be hard for me to pick my favorite Led Zeppelin song, but "The Ocean" would be top five for sure.
David Earl
1/13/2006, 09:01 AM
"The Ocean" is greatness, I'll admit.
Pieces Hit
1/13/2006, 09:56 AM
"Tea for One" is my fav Zep tune.
Always loved it.
Anyone remember that one??
Also - Just freaking wig out on the guitar riff on "In the Light".
BeetDigger
1/13/2006, 10:11 AM
If I was intellijunt I woodn't be here.
That statement pretty much fits for all of us on this site. :D
skycat
1/13/2006, 10:42 AM
I always liked The Rain Song the best.
In Through The Out Door
1/13/2006, 10:49 AM
I ain't disclosin' no names, but...
TopDawg
1/13/2006, 10:55 AM
Sooner04 LOVES The Crunge.*
It's one of my faves too, but The Wanton Song is #1, followed closely by The Lemon Song. If The Crunge was renamed The Crunge Song, maybe it'd be #3.
*Special thanks to SoonerFans.com and Led Zeppelin for helping make that combination of words make sense.
Tailwind
1/13/2006, 11:56 AM
I thought it was a weird song, but it grows on you.
TopDawg
1/13/2006, 04:59 PM
The Wanton Song is #1 on my LZ list. The Lemon Song is #2. If The Crunge were renamed "The Crunge Song" it might be #3.
David Earl
1/13/2006, 05:46 PM
Goin' to California may be my favorite Zep song.
Tailwind
1/13/2006, 11:31 PM
I am particularly fond of "You Shook Me".
NickZeppelin
1/13/2006, 11:37 PM
I gotta give my 2 cents here.
Anything Zepp kicks f'n ***. Presence is my favorite from them. It's just got so much more emotion from Plant's voice because he was basically crippled at the time. And the guitar work with Page even with all the Smack he was doing at the time. Achilles Last Stand or Tea for One is probably my favorite. Those 2 songs are Page at his finest. One was the best blues Page ever did. And ALS was just his heaviest song overall(helped that it was 10 minutes long)
Tailwind
1/13/2006, 11:43 PM
I would be hard pressed to choose an absolute favorite Zep album or song. Most of them strike some chord or another with me. I love them all.......but some more so than others.
King Crimson
1/13/2006, 11:47 PM
the Crunge is a lousy funk tune. Bonham was a great ROCK drummer, but his funk effort (Crunge) and reggae effort (Dancing Days) on H of the H are not a success.
i love Zep as much as the next guy, but if you grew up listening to the real JB and Sly.....Bonham ain't the "funky drummer".
side note: i can honestly say that i've never met anyone who thought Presence was the best LZ record. Nobody's Fault but Mine rocks.....but, i don't know about that.
the best straight blues Jimmy Page plays is on I or II, and possibly "i'm gonna crawl" on In Through the Out Door....which is in the slow blues genre.
the best straight riffs are on Physical Graffiti.
picasso
1/13/2006, 11:51 PM
I always liked The Rain Song the best.
boooo- yah!
NickZeppelin
1/13/2006, 11:55 PM
There's not really a Zepp song or album I can dislike so I can't disagree with anyone saying this is the best Zepp Song/Album. But I just like Presence above the others. I could go on an explain it more in depth but the songs on Presence are just as good it can get. I would probably say of those 7 songs 6 are in my top 10 favorite Zepp tunes. Heck I'm listening to the album as I type right now.
King Crimson
1/13/2006, 11:57 PM
if you want to hear some "funk" drumming--get the James Brown compilation: JB II: Cold Sweat.
http://www.led-zeppelin.com/g/lzhoth.gif
This is what I've been listening to since DE started this thread. I'd forgotten how good it is all the way through.
Tailwind
1/15/2006, 10:42 PM
When I am forced to work nights I treat myself to an all Zep concert.......I play all the cds from the first to the last. Guess that's what I'm doing again tonight.
silverwheels
1/15/2006, 10:43 PM
Not one of my favs from Zeppelin, but I still like it.
yermom
1/16/2006, 12:32 AM
this thread makes me happy in my pants
Pieces Hit
1/16/2006, 08:54 AM
If only Carrie Underwood were their backup singer...
David Earl
1/16/2006, 09:29 AM
Look, you people. Page's best blues work was on the first two albums.
Nick Zep is right in saying ALS is excellent. I love what they do with the time signatures on that and have no idea how John Henry kept up with it all.
yermom
1/16/2006, 02:57 PM
the best work was LIVE
if you haven't seen the How The West Was Won DVD's you are seriously missing out
they have put them out on CD as well, highly recommeded
Pieces Hit
1/16/2006, 03:00 PM
Own it / Love it.
especially the part where they're playing to the stupified audience on the British tv show.
NickZeppelin
1/16/2006, 03:18 PM
I've got everything live from Zeppelin either downloaded or bought. Anything from about 77 or 78 is average at best. This was probably the height of Page's Smack use and it showed. Plant's voice couldn't sing some of the earlier songs also(like Over the Hills and Far Away) anything from 75 and before is pretty good though.
starclassic tama
1/18/2006, 12:14 AM
i didn't know jimmy page sang for led zeppelin...
Tailwind
1/18/2006, 12:30 AM
i didn't know jimmy page sang for led zeppelin...
He did very rarely.
Tailwind
1/18/2006, 12:31 AM
the best work was LIVE
if you haven't seen the How The West Was Won DVD's you are seriously missing out
they have put them out on CD as well, highly recommeded
I absolutely LOVE those DVD's. Closest I ever got to attending a Zep concert.
yermom
1/18/2006, 12:34 AM
closest for me was seeing Robert Plant at the Cain's last March
not the same, but still hella cool
played some Zep tunes, they rocked but had a lot different sound
Tailwind
1/18/2006, 12:50 AM
closest for me was seeing Robert Plant at the Cain's last March
not the same, but still hella cool
played some Zep tunes, they rocked but had a lot different sound
I'd heard that Robert Plant could still rock. How did he look?
yermom
1/18/2006, 12:52 AM
old :D
Tailwind
1/18/2006, 01:20 AM
old :D
Well.....me too. Rts....too bad we can't all just look like we're in our twenties forever.:D
This was probably the height of Page's Smack use and it showed.
Most bands best work are done when smacked out. eg: Sublime, Blind Melon, the Doors, Janes Addiction, etc...
yermom
1/18/2006, 02:26 AM
on smack and "smacked out" probably aren't the same :D
David Earl
1/18/2006, 06:45 AM
If Zep hadn't abused so many substances, John Henry might still be alive.
Most bands best work are done when smacked out. eg: Sublime, Blind Melon, the Doors, Janes Addiction, etc...
Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana
Pieces Hit
1/18/2006, 08:53 AM
If Zep hadn't abused so many substances, John Henry might still be alive.Then again they might have sounded like Air Supply without them.
NickZeppelin
1/18/2006, 09:43 AM
Most bands best work are done when smacked out. eg: Sublime, Blind Melon, the Doors, Janes Addiction, etc...
True but Page was so frail you woulda thought he was a skeleton.
True but Page was so frail you woulda thought he was a skeleton.
He had witchcraft, black magic, and the spirit of Alistair Crowley propping him up.
Pieces Hit
1/18/2006, 10:32 AM
I wonder how faaaaar he was into that?
Read and interview where he said he was reading the Bible and everything.
I suspect he was reading the Bible less.
NickZeppelin
1/18/2006, 03:08 PM
He had that phase for a while. There's stories about him burning things for satan and things like that. Of course he bought the Crowley mansion.
picasso
1/18/2006, 03:49 PM
He had witchcraft, black magic, and the spirit of Alistair Crowley propping him up.
heh.
and I still don't get the Sublime thing. I thought he/they sucked thoroughly.
TopDawg
1/18/2006, 04:07 PM
I'd heard that Robert Plant could still rock. How did he look?
No Zep fan should miss seeing/hearing Whole Lotta Love in person.
TopDawg
1/18/2006, 04:21 PM
It's too hard to rank them numerically after my top few, so here's my Top 25 (in no particular order after 2):
1) The Wanton Song
2) The Lemon Song
Bring it on Home
How Many More Times
Out on the Tiles
Heartbreaker
Over the Hills and Far Away
Whole Lotta Love
Since I've Been Lovin You (their best true-blues song)
Stairway to Heaven
The Crunge
Four Sticks
Going to California
Black Dog
When the Levee Breaks
In My Time of Dying
Bron-Yr-Aur
Ten Years Gone
In the Light
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Hot Dog
Fool in the Rain
We're Gonna Groove
Poor Tom
Darlene
David Earl
1/18/2006, 05:47 PM
Then again they might have sounded like Air Supply without them.
I don't think there's any dope or lack thereof that could make Zep sould like Air Supply.
David Earl
1/18/2006, 05:48 PM
In My Time of Dying
Ten Years Gone
In the Light
It is true that these three songs are excellent. In My Time of Dying is almost surreal.
yermom
1/18/2006, 06:10 PM
No Zep fan should miss seeing/hearing Whole Lotta Love in person.
yes.
he looked old, and he can't wail like he used to, but he still had the crowd in the palm of his hand
NickZeppelin
1/18/2006, 06:58 PM
In the Light
I think In The Light is one of the songs they never played live as Led Zeppelin. Or atleast that I've found. The instrument JPJ used was one that couldn't go on the road so they couldn't play it. I believe they Page and Plant played it in Unledded though.
My favorite lessor known zep song is In The Light.
My favorite well known zep song is Kashmire.
I also like that song where plant says "Souuuuuuuuul of a woman was created beloooow!"
hahaha
TopDawg
1/19/2006, 01:16 AM
I also like that song where plant says "Souuuuuuuuul of a woman was created beloooow!"
Dazed and Confused, right?
Is it that one or Since I've Been Loving You where you can hear Bonham's bass pedal squeaking?
King Crimson
1/19/2006, 03:23 AM
the BBC seessions are making me make those "rock and roll" faces...
just about right now. Jimmy playing a Strat.
Dazed and Confused, right?
Is it that one or Since I've Been Loving You where you can hear Bonham's bass pedal squeaking?
That's the one. Thanks for reminding me.
Pieces Hit
1/19/2006, 10:21 AM
Excellent point.
Since Jimmy was such an excellent producer, how the heck could they not hear that freaking squeaking bass pedal?
It's on most all their albums too but more obvious on certain songs.
I might add - Bonzo was using a Ludwig Speed King - and having used one for years as a kid, I can attest they are real squeak prone but WD40 can stop it.
Sooner04
1/19/2006, 11:48 AM
The Crunge, a Zeppelin song off of their 73 album... It's one of the best songs ever. I think the time signature switches back and forth between 4/4 and 5/4 or something.
Sorry, DE, but that's the worst song they ever did. Plant really sucks hind-tit on that tune.
Other than that, HoH is a phenomenal album.
TopDawg
1/19/2006, 11:36 PM
the BBC seessions are making me make those "rock and roll" faces...
just about right now. Jimmy playing a Strat.
I love the 27-minute Dazed and Confused on that album. Genioso.
TopDawg
1/19/2006, 11:38 PM
All of this talk inspired me to go watch the best wedding gift we got, the Led Zeppelin DVD given to us by none other than Sooner04.
Few things in life are as beautiful as Page whaling on a guitar, making the most splendid licks look like child's play.
TopDawg
1/19/2006, 11:40 PM
Sorry, DE, but that's the worst song they ever did. Plant really sucks hind-tit on that tune.
Other than that, HoH is a phenomenal album.
Heh, the Crunge is my second favorite song on that album. Whichever song is in third is several lengths behind.
NickZeppelin
1/20/2006, 01:41 AM
I've got a 45 minute version of Dazed somewhere that's mindblowing.
The best live song from Zepp I have is Trampled Underfoot that's about 10 minutes long.
I've also got an entire show from I believe it's 77 or 78 that's impressive.
On the Zeppelin DVD the best part of it is the black and white part on some TV show. I think it was their last TV Show appearance as a band.
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