http://www.spin.com/articles/led-zep...ry-song-ranked
There will be disagreements (I have plenty myself... "How Many More Times" at #65???) but it's a fun read still.
http://www.spin.com/articles/led-zep...ry-song-ranked
There will be disagreements (I have plenty myself... "How Many More Times" at #65???) but it's a fun read still.
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D'Yer Mak'Er at 36?!? Just how much industrial-strength narcotics do you need to have ingested to put D'Yer Mak'Er at 36?
They're all #87 to me.
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
I'd say about the standard dose that Jimmy Page would have taken circa 1977?Originally Posted by Halmyre
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Are you saying it's ranked too high, or too low?
You say Mega Ultra Deluxe Special Limited Edition Extended Autographed 5-LP, 3-CD, 4-DVD, 2-BlueRay, 4-Cassette, five 8-Track, MP4 Download plus Demos, Outtakes, Booklet, T-Shirt and Guitar Pick Gold-Leafed Box Set Version like it's a bad thing...
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The Rain Song below Fool in the Rain and Heartbreaker? Please!
Also, way too much love for In Through the Outdoors.
"The woods would be very silent if the only birds that sang were those who sang best..." - Henry David Thoreau
I cannot support this thread. The list was plagiarized from a previous list of the 87 blues songs ranked from "worst" to "first."
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Well, anybody can write some text and make some rankings.
Pretty good list. I too have great love for The Rain Song but I get how a rocker beats out a ballad on these sort of lists
What a terrible ranking.
Here's my top 10:
1. (21) Since I've Been Loving You
2. (16) Dazed and Confused
3. (4) Stairway to Heaven
4. (52) Battle of Evermore
5. (11) Black Dog
6. (32) Rock and Roll
7. (63) Gallows Pole
8. (10) Immigrant song
9. (8) Misty Mountain Hop
10. (12) Whole Lotta Love
...and bubbling under:
Going To California
Over the Hills and Far Away
Four Sticks
Kashmir
Communication Breakdown
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Friends
What Is And What Should Never Be
Thank You
Celebration Day
When the Levee Breaks
That's The Way
My experience with Led Zeppelin's music is so visceral and mood driven, analytically quantifying their songs seems absurd.
But hey, whatever floats your blimp.
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.
But more importantly, a blimp and a Zeppelin are not the same. Do you know the difference?
I would have switched #41 & #42, not sure what they were thinking there... but otherwise, they're spot on.
Other day I was driving with the radio on (a dangerous prospect in these vapid times), and the DJ announced that the latest in the newest series of Led Zeppelin reissues are to be released soon. She said the latest are "Led Zeppelin IV" and "Houses of the Holly." She did not know that she mispronounced "Holy." Maybe she is unfamiliar with the Zeppelin catalog, in which case, playing records on a classic rock station is probably not the best job fit.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
I do actually get the reasoning for Over The Hills at #1. It kind of is LZ in one 5 minute burst. But as pointed out, a lot of the rankings are nuts- ItdOD is mostly too high and Presence is too low (apart from the couple clear stinkers on it). Well, except of course for that always wildly overrated track, Achilles Last Stand. 30 seconds of decent riff padded to 10 minutes and a terrible vocal. Discuss.
Fool in the rain at #5? WTF!!!!
Interesting list but I think almost everyone including Zepp fans would disagree with a lot of it.
I actually think ITTOD is probably the most under rated and under appreciated LZ album but even I have to scratch my head at "fool in the rain" at number five plus some of the others.
I'm a daridgeable man myself.But more importantly, a blimp and a Zeppelin are not the same. Do you know the difference?
The older I get, the better I was.
top 40 off the top of my head
1/ No Quarter ( prefer live recording from TSRTS)
2/ The Rain Song
3/ Stairway to Heaven
4/ Since I've Been Loving You
5/ The Song Remains The Same
6/ In My Time Of Dying
7/ Kashmir
8/ Black Dog
9/ Thank You
10/ Friends
11/ Immigrant Song
12/In The Light
13/ Carouselambra
14/ Down By The Seaside
15/ Four Sticks
16/ The Battle Of Evermore
17/ What Is And What Should Never Be
18/ Dazed & Confused
19/ Ramble On
20/ Tea For One
21/ Achilles Last Stand
22/ For Your Life
23/ Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
24/ Ten Years Gone
25/ Going To California
26/ Tangerine
27/ Celebration Day
28/ Whole Lotta Love
29/ I Can't Quit You Baby
30/ Over The Hills and Far Away
31/ Misty Mountain Hop
32/ When The Levee Breaks
33/ Nobody's Fault But Mine
34/ Rock and Roll
35/ Gallows Pole
36/ Good Times, Bad Times
37/ The Wanton Song
38/ The Rover
39/ I'm Gonna Crawl
40/ Candy Store Rock
I didn't see Jennings Farm Blues on the list. If you're going to list songs off the reissues like La La, you've got to include it. And rank it fairly high.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Yeah, but it's really not well arranged. The section with the guitar solo comes off as a forced way to get into a minor key for a guitar solo. Then coming out of it to get back to the major verse sounds downright clumsy. Just not one of their best efforts, IMO. It has some great dynamics but if that is #1 then the reviewer is utterly clueless about Zep's better songwriting, IMO.
I wouldn't call the vocal "terrible" but it's rough. Understandable given the circumstances. I like the opening chords and the riff but agree that this one is generally overrated by Zep fans. The idea is interesting and the variations cool, but I can certainly understand the argument that it is all sort of bled to death.Well, except of course for that always wildly overrated track, Achilles Last Stand. 30 seconds of decent riff padded to 10 minutes and a terrible vocal. Discuss.
I don't disagree... it's a decent song but not my fav by a longshot.
Not really a fan but these 5 songs I absolutely must have.
You say Mega Ultra Deluxe Special Limited Edition Extended Autographed 5-LP, 3-CD, 4-DVD, 2-BlueRay, 4-Cassette, five 8-Track, MP4 Download plus Demos, Outtakes, Booklet, T-Shirt and Guitar Pick Gold-Leafed Box Set Version like it's a bad thing...
I do not. What is it???But more importantly, a blimp and a Zeppelin are not the same. Do you know the difference?
Oh, and my top ten Zeps. Because you know you needed to know (or did you not know?)
Ten Years Gone
No Quarter
Achilles Last Stand
Song Remains the Same
Immigrant Song
In the Evening
The Rain Song
All My Love
That's the Way
The Rover
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