slave to zep Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 i voted levee, but it was a very difficult choice. i just LOVE that entire album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepps_apprentice Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 i voted levee, but it was a very difficult choice. i just LOVE that entire album! i do too. its mind blowing. but strangley its not my favorite....weird.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page-ist Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I do not have a definitive favorite and nor do I like picking definitive favorites, especially when it comes to LZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepps_apprentice Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I do not have a definitive favorite and nor do I like picking definitive favorites, especially when it comes to LZ. true. it depends on the mood, what you want to hear etc. but their all just so awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page-ist Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 true. it depends on the mood, what you want to hear etc. but their all just so awesome Precisely. However there is one definitive favorite I have:Led Zeppelin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 "When The Levee Breaks". It's a monster. It's also their best & most authentic blues track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepps_apprentice Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 "When The Levee Breaks". It's a monster. It's also their best & most authentic blues track. true. it is their most authentic blues song, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Death Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 This is sort of akin to asking someone who their favourite child is or which is their favourite pet... it's virtually impossible to answer. That said, the songs on this album each have their own distinct vibe and mood. Black Dog and Rock & Roll are probably as great a one-two punch to open an album as any in history... then, out of nowhere, we are taken on a completely different journey when those mandolin's and acoustic guitars start off Battle Of Evermore. Just when you think it's safe to catch your breath you get Stairway... Side two is just as powerful with MMH and Four Sticks... then the beauty and grace of Going To California... and as that dreamy song fades out the power, the mystery, and the hammer of the Gods comes in with all its force for the closing Levee... To try and get a feel for this I went to my iTunes and checked out my play-list titled: Zoso... The most played songs, in order are: Going To California - 319 listens When The Levee Breaks - 313 Battle Of Evermore - 307 Four Sticks - 296 Misty Mountain Hop - 288 Stairway To Heaven - 33 Black Dog - 31 Rock & Roll - 22 Wow! Decidedly in favour of the tracks that radio plays the least... Going and Levee are just an awesome, back-to-back pair of songs because you get everything that Zeppelin was about in just two songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbreaker Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 The entire album is flat out phenominal (which is an understatement), but I think that if I had to pick one song, it would be Stairway to Heaven. Although Going To California, When The Levee Breaks, and Misty Mountain Hop are favorites of mine as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioservant Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Levee is the best Zeppelin song ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana-loura Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Tough decision but i'll go with Battle of evermore, ive been listining to it a lot lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmostFamous Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Like so many have said here, the fourth album is just really fantastic its hard to pick a favorite. But if I had to choose then Levee gets my vote. You know its special the first second you hear it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpense Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Although this LP is my favorite of their work, this is a no-brainer: Stairway To Heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I cannot pick a favorite, so sorry...but what makes this album so special to me was how the band did not label it with the group/band name or title it and it was a way of showing the idiot critics back then that people would buy it and buy it we did. The statement that they made IMHO with that brilliant decision to this day makes me smile. Edit: Just to many great songs to chose one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesehead1204 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 It's hard to choose because I think this is Led Zeppelin's most consistent effort; every song is one here great. WIth that being said, I pick the cliche that is Stairway to Heaven as my favorite, followed by Going To California, Rock And Roll, and When The Levee Breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashmir96 Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 four sticks . I just think the riff is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 When The Levee Breaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liltinggrace Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Misty Mountain Hop! This has really personal reasoning behind it because it's actually the first Led Zeppelin song I can remember from when I was a child. I was brought up on Zeppelin, et al, and as I grew up into a bit of a music geek (hello understatement of the day) I developed an appreciation of this song musically. There is not a thing wrong with it, it's perfection. Plus, I like to dance to it after one too many wines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvermedalist Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Not only strange that When the Levee Breaks has a two vote lead over Stairway, but that Black Dog and Rock and Roll arent getting more votes. If this poll was done in a large sample Stairway to Heaven would walk away with it by over 60 percent of the vote. This is a small sample size and many here for some reason or other just try to diminish the greatest song ever done by humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Don't be so melodramatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chowder Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Levee, every day and in every way. When I first got LZ4, I remember being thoroughly intimidated by this monstrous mountain of sound for the first few listens, then it all began to make sense. There is something uniquely transportive and other-worldly about it. When my ex-wife kicked me out and I was having to acclimatise to only seeing my kids at weekends, I was sitting there in tormented silence with my head in my hands one Sunday afternoon after they'd gone back to her, wondering what the hell to do with the rest of my day. So I put Levee on, very loudly. Two minutes later, I was dancing around the room swigging from a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape. That was 10 years ago, and I still recall vividly the bliinding flash of insight and inspiration it gave me - 'Everything's gonna be alright'. Witness the Healing Power of Rock! If they could bottle this stuff, there'd be no need for religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazedandconfused7 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Both The Battle Of Evermore, Stairway To Heaven and When The Levee Breaks are amazing songs. But I've voted Stairway To Heaven because it's pure magik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Dog_90 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 "Stairway To Heaven" Led Zeppelin IV has a really great songs but this was not a hard question because "Stairway To Heaven" is just a pure masterpiece and it really stands out in my opinion. My second pick would be "When The Levee Breaks". It is the only song on this album which comes close to "Stairway To Heaven" in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig_Paiste Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I went with Stairway To Heaven. Could have gone with Misty Mountain Hop or When The Levee Breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoJo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Yeah....My first answer to the question "best song off LZ4" was: YES. ALL of them. But narrowing it down, WTLB gets my vote today...Just like ALL their songs...It's a mood thing. It can change in an instant. That's what makes them so great. Their ability to adapt to MY moods. (hahaha!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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