[What were the hardest Led Zeppelin songs to compose]

On 2/7/2017 at 0:26 PM, IpMan said:

Black Dog was another tough track to nail. It sounds pretty simple, however the problem is in the off-timing and is a real bear for the three players to stay in sync.

Indeed. All you need to do is listen to the rehearsals for the fourth album to hear how hard they worked on it. It's a fascinating listen !

[Beautiful Women]

^^^She's certainly right about that!

[Beautiful Women]

Those eyes!!!

[Led Zeppelin's most beautiful song?]

Can't pick just one!!

The Rain Song (especially live)

Bron-yr-Aur (again, live - check out the version on "Blueberry Hill" 9/4/70)

Ten Years Gone

Down By The Seaside

That's The Way

Going To California

And...In The Light.

[What are your opinions on Walking into Clarksdale?]

I bought Walking Into Clarksdale the day it came out - had to drive a pretty long ways to get it, because I was living in VERY rural Virginia at the time. When I popped it into my cd player, I really enjoyed it for the most part. Still do. My take on it was that it was a pretty solid representation of where Page and (more so) Plant were at the time. Like many before me said, the absence of a lot of guitar solos stuck out to me, but the fact that really shone through to me was that it really seemed that they weren't trying to be Led Zeppelin all over again, and that was a bold move. A move that I would've expected from them one hundred percent. And where Jimmy wasn't soloing as much, there was still a lot of intriguing things happening guitar-wise on that album. I love the spooky sound he gets on Heart In Your Hand. Sure, any guitarist can get that effect, but Page is the only one who can bring that feel, that spooky sort of sound to it. Burnin' Up - wow, can the grand sorcerer of the magic guitar still play! Incredible Page handiwork there. Most High is hypnotic and very powerful. Great lyrics and vocals from Robert. I still skip Upon A Golden Horse every time. But for the most part, I like Walking Into Clarksdale. It was exciting to hear new music from two members of my favorite all time band at the time, and it's great to pull and listen from time to time now.

[Post A Picture Of Yourself!]

See my avatar. That's me!

[What show or live song are you listening to now?]

I've been sticking with some of the Europe 1973 stuff lately...Hamburg 3/21/73 is just incredible!!

[Outrider (1988)]

I like Outrider quite a bit. It has some great Page moments and some fine playing. I'll tell ya, I saw his show on the Outrider tour in Worcester, MA 10/29/88 (with Plant wearing a Celtics cap in the audience) and his guitar playing was incredibly good. Better than some of the 1975 shows and certainly more fluid and dynamic than most of 1977 on. He was really amazing!!

[Peter Grant's Horselunges Manor (Set of Vintage Milton Postcards)]

Georgeous building, i've a real passion for anything pre 18th century

Same here. A house built in the 1400's is bound to have a vibe when you walk into it!

[Peter Grant's Horselunges Manor (Set of Vintage Milton Postcards)]

What an amazing-looking place. You can't get much of a feel for it from the opening scenes of the movie, but these postcards and pictures do it justice. Just the type of place that I'd imagine Peter living in!