tom kid Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 For me, it's Tea For One...very dark and bluesy. It's too bad we never got to hear it when Zep were together. Everytime I hear this song, I picture the boys playing in a dimly-lit smoky bar, dressed in suits and hats, kind of like the ITTOD cover, more dark and mysterious...and Jimmy with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth with a cloud of smoke around him as he works his magic on the guitar. That was an awesome description man, painted a picture inside my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzface Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Seems like an impossible choice.... I voted "Tea For One", but I love SIBLY too btw, have you heard Joe Bonamassa's version of "Tea For One".....it's really really good, IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeSimmons Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Tea For One.... the best Jimmy's solos is in that song! He's great..and so inspired in that solo! I wonder...what was he thinking about??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedZeppe75 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Very hard desicion, but I voted Tea For One...I love SIBLY, but Tea For One just...I don't know like puts me in a trance when I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evster2012 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Tea For One.... the best Jimmy's solos is in that song! He's great..and so inspired in that solo! I wonder...what was he thinking about??? Probably thinking "Have to get all these solos done by morning!" Their studio time was about to expire, and the solos were the last thing to add. Jimmy apparently did the lot of them in one marathon session, right down to the wire. I think there's something to be said about working under that sort of pressure and just going for it without too much time to overthink things. The sense of relaxed urgency is palpable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Cloverleaf Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 SIBLY! TFO doesn't quite scale the heights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conneyfogle Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I think they are equally as good as each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Hed Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 TFO because baby, sometimes when I feel this way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMachine Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I don't have (m)any bootlegs, so I'll just stick by the studio records. I've had TFO in my head for the past few weeks, dunno why, so it got my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 What an evil thing to have to pick between two of my most favorite of Led Zeppelin songs. Both songs are somewhat similar in the way they bring a person in and take them down...the bluesy vibe and emotions in the songs are just right there and pull on the heartstrings. I think SIBLY is so well known that it's going to be a top favorite but I think the way Robert sings it and the lyrics are what make it a great song...it's basically the song of a hard working man giving it all to his woman and the woman just doing wrong haha But Tea for one is pure heartbreak...a man has done someone wrong song and there is a lot of emotion in that song. The mood of the song is so powerful...you just understand it all. I seem to drift away with this song. I use to think Tea for One was the next chapter after SIBLY. With both songs the music, voice and emotions pull everything together and a person can just feel them...they are clearly lay back and just listen kind of songs and from my view point hit all the right marks. Thank the heavens I don't have to pick...these songs send me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepps_apprentice Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 SIBLY i think i have to listen to them back to back to back to back. maybe Tea For One... THIS IS HARD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Death Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 TFO because baby, sometimes when I feel this way... Having read through all the replies, this one here just nails it! Now to chime in with my own observations on these two songs... to me, and this is my opinion only, but to me, Since I've Been Loving You is merely Led-Zeppelin playing the blues. Tea For One, on the other hand, is Led-Zeppelin living the blues. There's a massive difference between the two and this emotional level that seeps through every note of Tea is what separates it from any other blues song that Zep played. Tea For One is real. It is the band, particularly Robert, baring their soul and turning in a performance that is at once haunting and exemplary. The way Bonham handles this piece is a perfect example of the man's master touch. Jimmy's guitar just oozes blue notes everywhere and Robert's vocals just drip with a melancholy desperateness that is superb and chilling. Jonsey holds it all together like super glue and the final result is a rare glimpse inside the pain and desolation that even millionaire rock-stars can experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashmir330 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Having read through all the replies, this one here just nails it! Now to chime in with my own observations on these two songs... to me, and this is my opinion only, but to me, Since I've Been Loving You is merely Led-Zeppelin playing the blues. Tea For One, on the other hand, is Led-Zeppelin living the blues. There's a massive difference between the two and this emotional level that seeps through every note of Tea is what separates it from any other blues song that Zep played. Tea For One is real. It is the band, particularly Robert, baring their soul and turning in a performance that is at once haunting and exemplary. The way Bonham handles this piece is a perfect example of the man's master touch. Jimmy's guitar just oozes blue notes everywhere and Robert's vocals just drip with a melancholy desperateness that is superb and chilling. Jonsey holds it all together like super glue and the final result is a rare glimpse inside the pain and desolation that even millionaire rock-stars can experience. Right on Dr. Death. I couldn't have put it any better myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I agree...Dr. Death you hit it on the nail with that. It's also interesting to look back at what was going on with the band and the band member's when "Tea For One" was created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Depends in what context we're talking about. Tea For One was to my knowledge never performed live, while SIBLY was performed live a lot. My two favorite versions of that song live are on BBC Sessions and HTWWW. That being said, since there's no live version of Tea For One to use for comparison and you go strictly album version vs. album version......to me, Tea For One wins hands down. I've never cared for the album version of SIBLY. I just love TFO. I love it. It's beautiful, haunting, and when the bottom drops out and it goes into that slow burning blues drawl.....that's a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zafreth Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 i don´t know, SIBLY is like a roaller coster because it's like a teen romance, that song reflects the emotion and the desesperation of a man's first love experience and i'm not talking about a sexual one, but a spiritual one, in fact the ultimate girl!, it's really great. And TFO it's like a bitter end of a distant relation, to me it figures like a hard remembering of the love that you have and for circumstances of life, she go. Both equal in my book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedcat Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 This is a great poll question. I honestly can't answer it. Both tunes are Zepp at their very best, the music, the lyric, the arrangement, the vocals....all of it really. I burned a CD-R for the car from my Zeppelin CD's a few years ago.......Since I've Been Loving You is the first tune and Tea For One is the last tune on it. It's a coin flip and I lost the coin..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo2000 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Since I've Been Loving You is their best song, period. Tea for one is a great tune. They tried to put a "blues epic" to complete side two of each album. Some of them are debatable: How many more times...Bring it on home...Hats off to Harper...When the Levee Breaks...The Crunge.. (the one from PG escapes me currently)...Tea for one...Im gonna crawl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Hi, T Y'all I absolutely refuse to pick between the two, but "Since i've been loving you® tea for one" is a favourite of mine. Regards, Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesehead1204 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 For me this is easy, Since I've Been Loving You (my 3rd fav Zep song). I just think Tea For One is too drawn out and that it doesn't reach a climax as tense or awesome as SIBLY. I still like TFO, but it can't touch SIBLY in my opinion. However, I do love the first 20 seconds of TFO a lot, wish they would of made a whole song off that riff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yupter Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Agh, can't choose between the two right now However, it would've been cool if they at some point replaced SIBLY with TFO in '77. I personally do not like '77-'80 SIBLY as much as '70-'73 SIBLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick2632 Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I've heard the 80' versions of SIBLY have parts from TFO in it, I'm not sure about words but I think the guitar. But I could never pick which I like better since SIBLY is one of my favorite songs and I love TFO especially the rock intro for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in_the_evening Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Tea For One here. It has a much more mature and lonely feel.true. Much darker. I also feel SIBLY has a little too much of Plant's high pitched screeching. And Page's guitar is adding so much color to the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stairway is NOT stolen Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I've thought about this long and hard. I've even listened to each song hundreds of times. They are both amazing works of art.But, when I'm browsing through my Zeppelin music, I almost always come back to Tea For One. I prefer it over Since I've Been Loving You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I've thought about this long and hard. I've even listened to each song hundreds of times. They are both amazing works of art.But, when I'm browsing through my Zeppelin music, I almost always come back to Tea For One. I prefer it over Since I've Been Loving You.You said long and hard. The correct answer is obviously SIBLY. Tea for One is a less powerful rehash. Doesn't reach the heights of TFO, IMO. I believe Jimmy himself even said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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