Strider Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I was watching the Celebration Day press conference again and I was inspired by one of Jimmy Page's answers to start this thread. It was when he was talking about how songs in concert would mutate from year to year. So the concept is fairly simple. From each year that the band played concerts, pick your favourite five songs from the setlist of that year. This covers Led Zeppelin years only, so 1968-1980 is the time frame. Since there aren't that many 1968 shows available, I am including combining 1968 and 1969. In case you're confused, I'll start first, just to give you an example of how to play along. 1968-69: 1. As Long As I Have You/Fresh Garbage medley...I'll always remember how gobsmacked I was when I heard my first 1969 boot that had "As Long As I Have You" in the set(it was the 4-26-69 show). Since it wasn't on the first album or any official release, it took me by surprise how psychedelic and powerful and freewheeling it was. I have to imagine that for audiences seeing the band in 1968-69, this song was the first sign that Led Zeppelin was no mere Cream/Iron Butterfly/Jeff Beck Group-clone. They were a far different and stranger beast! 2. Dazed and Confused 3. Communication Breakdown...both of these songs were raw, primal and the closest to their original studio forms in this year than any others. CB live is actually better than the studio version...the guitar heavier and faster. It was metal and punk. 4. How Many More Times 5. Killing Floor 1970: 1. Whole Lotta Love…the crazy medleys!!! 2. Thank You 3. Heartbreaker 4. Communication Breakdown 5. Out on the Tiles...only two of them but they both slay! 1971: 1. Celebration Day...this is Led Zeppelin at its most unbridled. Black Sabbath could never sound this unhinged. Jimmy on the 12-string gives this song a completely different flavour and...well, I have said enough already about how I feel about Jones and Bonzo on the 1971 Celebration Days. 2. Since I've Been Loving You 3. Immigrant Song...savage and spacey...the best set opener Led Zeppelin ever had! 4. Thank You 5. Whole Lotta Love medleys 1972: 1. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp 2. Stairway to Heaven 3. Dazed and Confused 4. SIBLY 5. Going to California 1973: 1. The Song Remains the Same/Rain Song 2. The Ocean 3. Whole Lotta Love...the last medleys and they finally add the funky beat to the theremin segment. 4. SIBLY 5. Stairway to Heaven 1975: 1. Kashmir 2. No Quarter 3. In My Time of Dying 4. Whole Lotta Love-Crunge-Theremin medley 5. Trampled Underfoot 1977: 1. Kashmir 2. Achilles Last Stand 3. Ten Years Gone 4. Over the Hills and Far Away 5. Black Country Woman/Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp 1979: 1. Kashmir 2. Achilles Last Stand 3. Ten Years Gone 4. Hot Dog 5. In the Evening 1980: 1. Achilles Last Stand 2. Kashmir 3. Trampled Underfoot 4. In the Evening 5. Hot Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul carruthers Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 1968-69: Dazed and Confused, Communication Breakdown, How Many More Times, I Can't Quit You Baby 1970: Bring It On Home, Whole Lotta Love, Dazed and Confused 1971: Since I've Been Loving You, Celebration Day, Stairway to Heaven, Black Dog 1972: The Ocean, Since I've Been Loving You, Heartbreaker 1973: Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway to Heaven, Dazed and Confused, Whole Lotta Love 1975: No Quarter, Stairway to Heaven, Sick Again, Over The Hills And Far Away, In My Time Of Dying 1977: No Quarter, The Song Remains The Same, In My Time of Dying, Achilles Last Stand, Kashmir 1979: No Quarter, Celebration Day, Black Dog, In The Evening, Kashmir 1980: Trampled Under Foot, All My Love, In The Evening, Achilles Last Stand, Kashmir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Dounim Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 1968-1969: How Many More Times, Killing Floor, Communication Breakdown, Dazed and Confused, Pat's Delight 1970: White Summer/Black Mountain Side, Immigrant Song, Bring It on Home, Bron-Yr-Aur, Out on the Tiles 1971: Stairway to Heaven, anything acoustic, Gallow's Pole, Four Sticks, Whole Lotta Love, medleys included (Especially 9/23/71, whoo boy!) 1972: Tangerine, Dancing Days, What Is and What Should Never Be, Black Country Woman (I swear to god if a SBD of 6/19/72 ever shows up, I'll scream!) Whole Lotta Love 1973: Celebration Day, Black Dog(works alot better with BIoH intro if ya ask me!), Misty Mountain Hop~Since I've Been Loving You, The Ocean, Organ Solo/Thank You 1975: Sick Again, In My Time of Dying, Over the Hills and Far Away, When the Levee Breaks, Dazed and Confused 1977: Everything! 1979: Achilles' Last Stand, Hot Dog, In the Evening, Trampled Under Foot, Whole Lotta Love 1980: Achilles' Last Stand, All My Love, Hot Dog, White Summer/Black Mountain Side~Kashmir, Whole Lotta Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Defilippis2 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 very cool idea for a list.....I'm gonna make it real, real tough here and do one for each year.....with three years in a dead-tie.. '68- "I Can't Quit You" '69- "As Long As I Have You" '70- "Thank You" '71- "Celebration Day" / "Immigrant Song" '72- "Over the Hills and Far Away" '73- "Dazed and Confused" / "The Song Remains the Same" '75- "Kashmir" '77- "Achilles Last Stand" / "Sick Again" '79- "In the Evening" '80- never listened enough to have a strong opinion on these shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobstweedle Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 '69- ALAIHY, Dazed, You Shook Me, HMMT, Killing Floor '70- Immigrant Song, We're Gonna Groove, Bring It On Home, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown '71- Since I've Been Loving You, Dazed, Celebration Day, Whole Lotta Love, Thank You '72- Whole, Dazed, Stairway, SIBLY, Heartbreaker '73- SIBLY, Dazed, Song Remains The Same, Whole, Black Dog '75- Sick Again, In My Time Of Dying, Song Remains The Same, No Quarter, Whole (Theremin Battle) '77- No Quarter, Over The Hills, Achilles, Song Remains, Ten Years Gone '79- Kashmir, Achilles, Ten Years Gone, In The Evening, Sick Again '80- Kashmir, Achilles, In The Evening, Since I've Been Loving You, Rock And Roll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 From the tours I witnessed: August 1970 - Heartbreaker ~ Whole Lotta Love ~ Thank You August 1971 - Immigrant Song ~ Since I've Been Loving You May 1973 - Rock'N'Roll ~ Dazed And Confused March 1975 - Dazed And Confused ~ Trampled Underfoot ~ Heartbreaker April 1977 - Kashmir ~ The Song Remains The Same ~ Ten Years Gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Thanks to those who've taken the time to answer...some interesting lists so far. From the dearth of acoustic songs(only Sue and I have any in our lists), I'm sensing no love for their acoustic sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookyE Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 1969: As Long As I Have You For Your Love Communication Breakdown Dazed And Confused Heart Breaker 1970: We're Gonna Groove I Can't Quit You Communication Breakdown Since I've Been Loving You How Many More Times Whole Lotta Love 1971: Immigrant Song/Heartbreaker Since I've Been Loving You Thank You Whole Lotta Love Black Dog Stairway To Heaven 1972: Immigrant Song/HeartBreaker Acoustic Set Dancing Days Rock And Roll 1973: Over The Hills And Far Away The Song Remains The Same/Rain Song Stairway To Heaven Dazed And Confused The Ocean Since I've Been Loving You 1975: Stairway To Heaven Trampled Underfoot Kashmir Over The Hills And Far Away The Song Remains The Same/Rain Song 1977: Kashmir Achilles Last Stand Ten Years Gone No Quarter 1979: Hot Dog In The Evening Kashmir Achilles Last Stand 1980......well I can't really make a list because as embarrassing as it is, I have not heard any shows from that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Defilippis2 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 From the tours I witnessed: August 1970 - Heartbreaker ~ Whole Lotta Love ~ Thank You August 1971 - Immigrant Song ~ Since I've Been Loving You May 1973 - Rock'N'Roll ~ Dazed And Confused March 1975 - Dazed And Confused ~ Trampled Underfoot ~ Heartbreaker April 1977 - Kashmir ~ The Song Remains The Same ~ Ten Years Gone .........good god.......you saw all these tours?.........that is remarkable.........what show(s) in '71 did you happen to catch??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Defilippis2 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 From the tours I witnessed: August 1970 - Heartbreaker ~ Whole Lotta Love ~ Thank You August 1971 - Immigrant Song ~ Since I've Been Loving You May 1973 - Rock'N'Roll ~ Dazed And Confused March 1975 - Dazed And Confused ~ Trampled Underfoot ~ Heartbreaker April 1977 - Kashmir ~ The Song Remains The Same ~ Ten Years Gone ......says you are in NY.....but judging from these dates I'd think that back in the 70's you were in the midwest, yeah???....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 ......says you are in NY.....but judging from these dates I'd think that back in the 70's you were in the midwest, yeah???....... DFW area.... in '71 saw them at the Dallas show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesZoSo Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 1968/1969 -Train Kept a Rolling -As Long As I Have You -Communication Breakdown -Babe I'm Gonna Leave You 1970 -Whole Lotta Love -Dazed and Confused -Thank You -Heartbreaker 1971 -Celebration Day -Four Sticks(The one time they do it) -Black Dog -Immigrant Song 1972 -Going to California -Stairway to Heaven -Since I've Been Loving You -Over the Hills and Far Away 1973 -Rock and Roll -Black Dog -Thank You -The Ocean 1975 -When The Levee Breaks -In My Time of Dying -Stairway to Heaven -Tangerine 1977 -Over the Hills and Far Away -No Quarter -Ten Years Gone -Kashmir 1979 -Achilles Last Stand -Whole Lotta Love -Ten Years Gone -In the Evening 1980 -All My Love -Kashmir -Train Kept a Rolling -Hot Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveWire1979 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 1968/69 Communication Breakdown, Baby I Am Gonna Leave You, Train Kept A Rollin, As long as I have you, How many more times 1970 Bron yr Aur, White Summer, Blueberry Hill (only once played),Bring It On Home, Out On The Tiles 1971 Stairway To Heaven, Tangerine, Thank You, Celebration Day, That's The Way 1972 Whole Lotta Love ( Dat Medley!),Black Dog, The Ocean, Heartbraker, Going To California 1973 Rock n Roll, Dancing Days , No Quarter, Dazed And Confused, Since I ve Been lovin you 1975 Trampled Under Foot, Over The Hills N Far Away, Rain Song, In Time Of Dying, Sick Again 1977 Everything !! ( As it was said above) 1979/80 ( I always consider them as one) Hot Dog, In The Evening, Money (from Frankfurt),All My Love,Black Mountain Side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 1970 Bron yr Aur, White Summer, Blueberry Hill (only once played),Bring It On Home, Out On The Tiles Thanks for the contribution, LiveWire, and the other recent posters. Just a little note: "Blueberry Hill" was played at leaat twice on the 1970 tour...on Sept. 4 and Sept. 19(evening show). There may be other renditions from that year that we don't know about because of a lack of recorded documentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 How did I miss this thread??!! OK, if we are only limited to 5 each year I have to really think about this. I'll try to have a contribution to this by the end of the weekend. I see a great thread in the making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 How did I miss this thread??!! OK, if we are only limited to 5 each year I have to really think about this. I'll try to have a contribution to this by the end of the weekend. I see a great thread in the making. Don't worry about it, Deb...I miss threads all the time. It's impossible to read everything here. I've probably only read 10% to 20% of the forum content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookyE Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Thanks for the contribution, LiveWire, and the other recent posters. Just a little note: "Blueberry Hill" was played at leaat twice on the 1970 tour...on Sept. 4 and Sept. 19(evening show). There may be other renditions from that year that we don't know about because of a lack of recorded documentation. I believe the song was also played on 2nd in Oakland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 I believe the song was also played on 2nd in Oakland You're correct. Good eye, SpookyE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDzep Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I don't know enough to answer this fully, but here is a partial response: 1969 - As Long as I Have You (Strider, I just had a similar experience to yours with this song - even though I have a few '69 shows, I didn't listen to that song until a few days ago when I listened to the 4/24/69 Dancing Avocado version, just blew my mind), Pat's Delight, HMMT 1970 - Communication Breakdowns with interior jams/medleys 1971 - Four Sticks (only played once, in Copenhagen , just about my favorite slice of Live Zep so far, can't imagine why they never played it again), Tangerine in Japan (because in many ways it is my favorite Zep tune, period). (and a lot of their covers in the 69-72 period, because its such a nice departure from the albums - Blueberry Hill, C'mon Everybody, Stand By Me, etc 1972 - Don't know enough yet (all I have is the Charlotte show and HTWWW). Dancin' Days maybe... 1973 - No Quarter (and pretty much every song played at Offenburg 1975 - Acoustic set - Earl's Court, natch (there ya go Strider and Sue), but again, all I have to go on besdes the DVD is a few shows, such as Dallas. Need to get the 2-12 MSG show 1977 - SRTS, Ten Years Gone (I know there were sloppy shows that year, but I don't get the antipathy towards this year - SRTS for example is machine-gun like perfection, even compared to earlier versions. Bonham is possessed). Openers in earlier years, such as Rock and Roll, sometimes sound like warmups to me - but SRTS kicks ass from the first notes in a lot of 77 shows. Oh yeah, and I'm a sucker for the 30 minute No Quarters - I love Jonesy's classical piano bits. 1979 - Don't know enough yet, planning to get all four of these shows soon, second night of Copenhagen tops my list (I do love the re-worked Whole Lotta Love though, there are more riffs in the interior jam than most bands come up with in their whole career) 1980 - Those of you who have not heard this year should try some. I had a friend who really liked '80, so my CDR collection is heavier on that year than is probably normal, heh - I like the Zurich show 6-29-80. The Train Kept a Rollin' is one of the heaviest, punkest things in Zep history, jaw dropping wah-fest. Lots of slop in that show too, but there is something about the stripped down crunge-y thing they were doing that year..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Knebs Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 1975: 1. Kashmir http://soundcloud.com/dallas-knebs/earls-court-kashmir-1975-05-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapper Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 69 everything all good all the time 70 everything all good all the time 71 everything all good all the time 72 Immigrant Song, Dazed 73 SIHBLY, Heartbreaker>WLL 75 No Quarter 77 Song Remains the Same>Rover, No Quarter, Achillies 79 In tthe Evening There are exeptions all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 69 as long as i have you, communication breakdown, how many more times, train kept a rollin, you shook me 70, 71, 72 I am mostly familiar with bbc recordings, htww, and one bootleg studio daze, with dancing days and what is and what should never be. bbc, thank you, communication breakdown. htww bron yraur stomp and bring it on home 73 the song remains the same, the ocean, dazed, stairway, misty mountain hop 75 over the hills and far away, kashmir, in my time of dying, rain song, trampled 77 achilles, no quarter, the battle of evermore, kashmir, going to california 80 in the evening, achilles, black dog, all my love, whole lotta love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Only Way To Fly Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 1973 Celebration Day 1971 Acoustic Sets 1970 WLL Medley's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyLedZeppelin Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 1969 -As Long As I Have You & I Can't Quit You Babe 1970 -Thank You 1971 -Since I've Been Loving You 1972- Over The Hills And Far Away..when Robert can sing it in the higher register 1973 - The Song Remains The Same & No Quarter 1975 - Kashmir 1977 - Ten Years Gone & Kashmir 1979 - Kashmir & Achilles Last Stand 1980 - Achilles Last Stand & Nobody's Fault But Mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And You Know How It Is? Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Great thread here, just noticed it myself! 1968-69: Train Kept a Rollin, I Can't Quit You Babe, Pat's Delight, Communication Breakdown, Killing Floor (my favorite Whole Lotta Love all time is that first June BBC creation, so special mention here) 1970: Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, That's the Way, Bring It on Home, How Many More Times 1971: Immigrant Song, Dazed and Confused, Whole Lotta Love, Going to California, That's The Way 1972: Immigrant Song, Since I've Been Loving You, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Dancing Days, Over The Hills and Far Away 1973: Celebration Day, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, The Song Remains The Same, No Quarter 1975: Sick Again, Trampled Underfoot, Kashmir, Stairway To Heaven, Heartbreaker 1977: The Song Remains The Same, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Ten Years Gone, Black Country Woman-Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Achilles Last Stand 1979: Over The Hills and Far Away, Ten Years Gone, Achilles Last Stand, Kashmir, In The Evening 1980: In The Evening, Trampled Underfoot, Achilles Last Stand, Heartbreaker, Communication Breakdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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