Stormwatcher Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Dancing Days, Battle Of Evermore, When the levee breaks, Over the hills and far away (only for the versions after 1972 because Plant couldn't hit the high notes anymore), Ten Years Gone, Sick Again, In The Evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic_Equilibrium Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Rock and Roll post 1973 - mostly due to Plant's voice, plus it became a bit tired as a setlist encore. OTHAFA to me always sounded a bit 'scratchy' live, as does TSRTS. The studio versions aren't as heavy, but sound fuller and lusher. Dazed and Confused post 1973 should have been dropped from the set. The 1975 versions are just too unwieldy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IpMan Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Cosmic_Equilibrium said: Rock and Roll post 1973 - mostly due to Plant's voice, plus it became a bit tired as a setlist encore. OTHAFA to me always sounded a bit 'scratchy' live, as does TSRTS. The studio versions aren't as heavy, but sound fuller and lusher. Dazed and Confused post 1973 should have been dropped from the set. The 1975 versions are just too unwieldy. So funny you should say that as I detest the studio versions of both TSRTS & The Rain Song. Plant sings like he has a dick up his ass while stoned on quaaludes for both of those songs. Absolutely horrible vocals especially on The Rain Song. The live versions the band just, well...comes alive and the performance and especially the vocals are so much more powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 I would go even further than that, everything on the studio version of The Rain Song is so absolutely horrible that I've resorted to pouring sulphuric acid into my ears every time it comes on. Disgraceful attempt at music & I hope they're all ashamed of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic_Equilibrium Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 HotH songs either work great live or don't... The Rain Song is magnificent live, but I would have preferred it if OTHAFA had been dropped after 1975. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paplbojo Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 1 hour ago, IpMan said: So funny you should say that as I detest the studio versions of both TSRTS & The Rain Song. Plant sings like he has a dick up his ass while stoned on quaaludes for both of those songs. Absolutely horrible vocals especially on The Rain Song. The live versions the band just, well...comes alive and the performance and especially the vocals are so much more powerful. Couldn't disagree more... Studio version of TSRTS is one of the greatest guitar songs of all time. Absolutely incredible. It feels like a noticeable amount of your posts bring up Page or Plant's genetalia...Plant once stated The Rain Song could be his finest vocal performance, and I have to agree. I think it's really something special that he pulled off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy's Dragon Suit Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 4 hours ago, IpMan said: So funny you should say that as I detest the studio versions of both TSRTS & The Rain Song. Plant sings like he has a dick up his ass while stoned on quaaludes for both of those songs. Absolutely horrible vocals especially on The Rain Song. The live versions the band just, well...comes alive and the performance and especially the vocals are so much more powerful. I can never listen to those two songs the same way again! Funny shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confounded_bridge Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 4 hours ago, Cosmic_Equilibrium said: HotH songs either work great live or don't... The Rain Song is magnificent live, but I would have preferred it if OTHAFA had been dropped after 1975. WTF? You say that you like the 75 OTHAFA versions more than 77??? Plant's voice was not in good shape in 1975 and Jimmy did some flubs and terrible solos. Also, Plant sometimes missed the lyrics. The 1977 versions have brillinat, fast solos (except Seattle) and Plant got his voice back, compared to 75. Actually, the best ever OTHAFA solo was done on 6/22/77. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confounded_bridge Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Generally, most of their songs were better live than studio. Whoever believes that Zeppelin were a studio band, is not a real fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Jimmy's Dragon Suit said: I can never listen to those two songs the same way again! Funny shit! THANKS, IPMAN! I can tolerate TSRTS, but I also do not like the album version of The Rain Song. As a matter of fact, I always hated the damn song until I started listening to the bootlegs and realized just how beautiful and intricate it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonfan159 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 1 hour ago, confounded_bridge said: Generally, most of their songs were better live than studio. Whoever believes that Zeppelin were a studio band, is not a real fan. Zep made me realize that an "Album" was only a promotional tool to get people to the live show. It was an advertisement. Don't get me wrong, I know these bands poured their heart and soul into every album, but there's no denying that these guys were secretly saying "Wait til they come to hear it live, we'll blow them away". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepHead315 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 8 hours ago, IpMan said: So funny you should say that as I detest the studio versions of both TSRTS & The Rain Song. Plant sings like he has a dick up his ass while stoned on quaaludes for both of those songs. Absolutely horrible vocals especially on The Rain Song. The live versions the band just, well...comes alive and the performance and especially the vocals are so much more powerful. Yes yes yes! 100% agree, especially on TSRTS. I enjoy the studio version of The Rain Song fine, but the live versions are way better. I feel even more strongly about TSRTS. After listening to a bunch of live versions, the studio version of that song is just about unlistenable for me. Who the hell thought it'd be a good idea to speed/pitch up Plant's vocals? It sounds horrible! Like a chipmunk, or like he just inhaled helium...or Geddy Lee! If he couldn't get that high without artificial help, why not just lower the octave or something? Anything would have been better than what they went with. Gah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IpMan Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 8 hours ago, paplbojo said: Couldn't disagree more... Studio version of TSRTS is one of the greatest guitar songs of all time. Absolutely incredible. It feels like a noticeable amount of your posts bring up Page or Plant's genetalia...Plant once stated The Rain Song could be his finest vocal performance, and I have to agree. I think it's really something special that he pulled off. Whoa there buddy, I was simply taking the piss as I do not like Plant's artificial pitch induced vocals especially on TRS, and the break which Plant just nails so powerfully is just way too laid back on the studio version. I respect your opinion but lighten up for crying out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paplbojo Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 1 hour ago, IpMan said: Whoa there buddy, I was simply taking the piss as I do not like Plant's artificial pitch induced vocals especially on TRS, and the break which Plant just nails so powerfully is just way too laid back on the studio version. I respect your opinion but lighten up for crying out loud. "Absolutely horrible vocals especially on the Rain Song" aren't words I thought I'd ever hear in life. I think Plant might've sounded better with no touch ups but I like the speeded up pitch on this song. Every instrument gets toyed with, the guitar tone is different on every song, the drums are very often varied, I don't find it blasphemous to toy with the vocals here and there on an album in the name of painting a complete picture and sonic landscape for a song. That's what I think they were going for on that first one, a real rush of a song, and a very bright one, and the effects on the vocals add to that imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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