BlackDog71 Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Maybe this has been done before, but I am curious as to what is everybody's favorite songs off the studio albums and why. If you are having trobule picking just one, go ahead and put two if need be. I am trying to do just one. It's quite a challenge. Here's how they line up for me: Zeppelin I: "Communication Breakdown" - Just that opening guitar followed by the screaming by Plant. This song has long been one of my all-time favorites. Can't beat the guitar solo in the middle either. Zeppelin II: "Heartbreaker" - Just a Rock and Roll classic. The guitar riff alone is genius. Add in a great middle section and top notch lyrics, you have a classic. Zeppelin III: "Since I've Been Loving You" - The way Robert Plant sang this song is the reason it's my favorite off this album. Blues and musicianship personified. Zeppelin IV: "When The Levee Breaks" - This was the toughest album to pick one from but then I remembered the drums that open this song and I decided this song was deserving. What a stroke of genius by Bonzo. Great melody, harmonica, and just a song you can cruise along and sing along to. Excellent song to end the album on too. Houses of the Holy: "The Rain Song" - Quite possibly my favorite Zeppelin song ever. Everything about this song is perfect. The lyrics are perhaps the finest in the Zeppelin catalog. Every band member shines with their musical talents. Truly an amazing song from an amazing band. John Paul Jones holds this song together with some fine strokes of the keys. Physical Graffiti: "Kashmir" - Perhaps my other favorite Zeppelin song ever. This was the song that got me hooked on Zeppelin and Rock and Roll. What a ride this song is. Nothing about it is flawed. This is the bar for which every single song ever made should be held to. Presence: "Achilles Last Stand" - John Bonham, and Jimmy Page are the true kings on this song. It has to go down as one of the many Zeppelin epics. The mythology added in makes it that much more fun. In Through The Out Door: "In The Evening" - Just a great Rock and Roll song. Excellent guitar work and a very melodic middle section. Coda: "I Can't Quit You Baby" - I know it's not a studio song, and it was taken from a live performance, but I love this song so much and is always my go to song on the album, so I am putting it as my favorite. The band just hit on a cylinders on this one. Great addition to the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 (edited) Zep I: I Can't Quit You Baby Zep II: Dazed and Confused Zep III: Heartbreaker Zep IV: When The Levee Breaks HOTH: No Quarter PG: Ten Years Gone Presence: Tea For One ITTOD: In The Evening Edited July 6, 2010 by Electrophile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmostFamous Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Zep I - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Zep II - What Is and What Should Never Be Zep III - Since I've Been Loving You Zep IV - When the Levee Breaks Houses of the Holy - Rain Song Physical Graffiti - The Rover Presence - Tea for One In Through the Outdoor - In the Evening Coda - Hey Hey What Can I Do and my favorite songs off live albums: Song Remains The Same - No Quarter How The West Was Won - Over the Hills and Far Away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesehead1204 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Led Zeppelin I: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You Led Zeppelin II: Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin III: Since I've Been Loving You Untitled: Stairway to Heaven Houses of the Holy: The Ocean Physical Graffiti: Kashmir Presence: Achilles Last Stand In Through the Out Door: All My Love Coda: Hey Hey What Can I Do (If you count the bonus tracks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led_Zeppelin_Chick Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Led zeppelin I - How many more times Led zeppelin II - Bring it on home Led zeppelin III - Friends Led zeppelin IV - When the levee breaks Houses of the holy - The song remains the same Physical Graffiti - The rover Presence - Achilles last stand In through the out door - In the evening Coda - Walters walk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yupter Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 (edited) Zep II: Dazed and Confused Zep III: Heartbreaker :P ^^^SaY Wut?^^^ :P I: Dazed and Confused II: What Is and What Should Never Be III: That's the Way IV: Stairway to Heaven HOTH: The Song Remains The Same PG: Kashmir - Ten Years Gone P: Achilles Last Stand ITTOD: Carouselambra I say Physical Graffiti gets two choices for being a double album . Oh, and Coda doesn't count Edited July 7, 2010 by Yupter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Zep I: I Can't Quit You Baby Zep II: Heartbreaker Zep III: That's The Way Zep IV: When The Levee Breaks HOTH: No Quarter PG: Ten Years Gone Presence: Tea For One ITTOD: In The Evening Sorry, had a brain fart. Don't know what I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargroves Tangie Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I- Dazed & Confused II- Heartbreaker III- Out On The Tiles IV- When the Levee Breaks HOTH- Dancing Days PG- The Rover Presence- Nobodys Fault But Mine ITTOD- Carouselambra Coda- Walter's Walk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poindexter Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I. How Many More Times II. What Is And What Should Never Be. III. Celebration Day IV. Rock And Roll HOTH. The Ocean. PG. Sick Again Prescence. Nobobys Fault But Mine. ITTOD. I`m Gonna Crawl CODA. Travelling Riverside Blues-After the re-release of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quix Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Zep I: Dazed and Confused Zep II: Heartbraker Zep III: Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Zep IV: Stairway to Heaven Houses of the Holy: The Ocean Physical Graffiti: In My Time of Dying Presence: Achilles Last Stand ITTOD: Tough choice. It'd probably be In the Evening or Fool in the Rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripmender Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 1: How Many More Times 2: Bring It On Home 3: SIBLY 4: Levee HOH: Dancing Days PG1: Rover PG2: 10 Years Gone Presence: Achilles ITTOD: Southbound Saurez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdr Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I. BIGLY II. Ramble On III. Tangerine IV. Black Dog HOTH. tie between The Song Remains the Same and No Quarter PG. can't choose (too many - Ten Years Gone, The Rover, IMTOD, Down By The Seaside, Wanton Song etc) Pr. Achilles Last Stand and Tea For One ITTOD: Carouselambra and I'm Gonna Crawl So, I cheated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jucrew1 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I - Dazed & Confused II - Ramble On III - Since I've Been Loving You IV - When The Levee Breaks Houses of the Holy - Over The Hills Physical Graffiti - The Rover Presence - Tea For One In Through The Out Door - In The Evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Led Zep I - Dazed and Confused Led Zep II - Heartbreaker Led Zep III - Immigrant Song Led Zep IV - When The Levee Breaks Houses of The Holy - No Quarter Physical Graffiti - In My Time of Dying Presence - Achilles Last Stand In Through The Out Door - In The Evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 My selections will change over time, as they already have, anyway here goes: LZ I: GTBT LZ II: BIOH LZ III: HATS OFF TO (ROY HARPER) ZOSO: FOUR STICKS HOTH: THE CRUNGE PG: THE ROVER PRESENCE: CANDY STORE ROCK ITTOD: I'M GONNA CRAWL CODA: WE'RE GONNA GROOVE BONUS: TSRTS: TSRTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Dog_90 Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Led Zeppelin I - Dazed And Confused Led Zeppelin II - Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin III - Since I've Been Loving You Led Zeppelin IV - Stairway To Heaven Houses Of The Holy - The Ocean Physical Graffiti - Kashmir Presence - Nobody's Fault But Mine In Through The Out Door - I'm Gonna Crawl Coda - We're Gonna Groove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbreaker Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I: Black Mountain Side II: What Is And What Should Never Be III: Tangerine IV: Stairway to Heaven Houses of the Holy: The Rain Song Physical Graffiti: The Rover Presence: Achilles Last Stand In Through The Out Door: In The Evening Coda: We're Gonna Groove The Song Remains The Same: The Song Remains The Same BBC Sessions: Traveling Riverside Blues HTWWW: Rock and Roll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelincheetah Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown Led Zeppelin II - Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin III - Immigrant Song/Since I've Been Loving You (tie) VERY close behind them is That's The Way Led Zeppelin IV - Going to California HotH - The Ocean PG - Black Country Woman Presence - Achilles Last Stand ITTOD - Fool in the Rain CODA - Wearing and Tearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamper33 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused Led Zeppelin II - What Is And What Should Never Be Led Zeppelin III - Tangerine IV - The Battle Of Evermore Houses Of The Holy - No Quarter Physical Graffiti - Down By The Seaside/The Rover Presence - Achilles Last Stand ITTOD - All My Love Coda - We're Gonna Groove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzj Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I - Dazed And Confused II - What Is And What Should Never Be III - Since I've Been Loving You IV - Black Dog Houses Of The Holy - Over The Hills And Far Away PG - In My Time Of Dying Presence - Nobody's Fault But Mine ITTOD - All My Love Coda - We're Gonna Groove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSeven Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 LZ1 How Many More Times LZ2 The Lemon Song LZ3 Immigrant Song LZ4 When the Levee breaks HOTO No Quater PG In my time of Dying P For your life ITTOD Fool in the Rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annam Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 (edited) sorry it's very difficult, really a challenge, to choose only one song for each album, expecially for the fourth....when I'm not able to resist, I'll choose two.... I) DAZED AND CONFUSED/COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN II) HEARTHBREAKER/RAMBLE ON III) SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU/GALLOWS POLE IV) ROCK AND ROLL/THE BATTLE OF EVERMORE HOTH)THE RAIN SONG/NO QUARTER PG) KASHMIR/IN MY TIME OF DYING P)NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE ITTOD) ALL MY LOVE CODA) I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY why? I'm not able to explain the reason for each song I choose, there are particular emotions is not possible for me to express.....Dazed and Confused, I think it's the best example of LZ personal reworking of traditional blues, LZ "hard blues" like some musical critics say....Heartbreaker, for me it's the funniest, the most exciting rock song I ever heard....with Rock and Roll, since I've been starting to love LZ, about when I was 15 years old, I had a broken foot jumping rope and pretending to follow its frenetic rhythm:D ......and still now this song always gives me an enormous energy, better than ten coffees....and makes me full of joy...the Battle of Evermore gives me very special emotions....it takes me away from reality and brings me in a fantasy middle ages.... while Kashmir makes me travel with imagination through the Sahara, makes me imagine to meet a touareg prince and to lose my reason in the desert dunes...Nobody's fault but mine is a wonderful example of LZ alternating of fast and slow rhythm in the same song, but I like very very much also the slower version in NO QUARTER UNLEDDED....ok now I quit , because I'm afraid to be too long and boring...... Edited November 3, 2010 by annam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo2000 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 sorry it's very difficult, really a challenge, to choose only one song for each album, expecially for the fourth....when I'm not able to resist, I'll choose two.... I) DAZED AND CONFUSED/COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN II) HEARTHBREAKER/RAMBLE ON III) SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU/GALLOWS POLE IV) ROCK AND ROLL/THE BATTLE OF EVERMORE HOTH)THE RAIN SONG/NO QUARTER PG) KASHMIR/IN MY TIME OF DYING P)NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE ITTOD) ALL MY LOVE CODA) I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY why? I'm not able to explain the reason for each song I choose, there are particular emotions is not possible for me to express.....Dazed and Confused, I think it's the best example of LZ personal reworking of traditional blues, LZ "hard blues" like some musical critics say....Heartbreaker, for me it's the funniest, the most exciting rock song I ever heard....with Rock and Roll, since I've been starting to love LZ, about when I was 15 years old, I had a broken foot jumping rope and pretending to follow its frenetic rhythm:D ......and still now this song always gives me an enormous energy, better than ten coffees....and makes me full of joy...the Battle of Evermore gives me very special emotions....it takes me away from reality and brings me in a fantasy middle ages.... while Kashmir makes me travel with imagination through the Sahara, makes me imagine to meet a touareg prince and to lose my reason in the desert dunes...Nobody's fault but mine is a wonderful example of LZ alternating of fast and slow rhythm in the same song, but I like very very much also the slower version in NO QUARTER UNLEDDED....ok now I quit , because I'm afraid to be too long and boring...... Not at all boring!! That is why we gather here, from all over the world- To share our love for the mighty ZEP!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharPei_Ibuprofin Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Led zeppelin I - Your Time Is Gonna Come Led zeppelin II - Livin' Lovin' Maid (She's Just A Woman) Led zeppelin III - Tangerine ____________ - Misty Mountain Hop Houses Of The Holy - D'yer Mak'er Physical Graffiti - Bron-yr-aur/Down By The Seaside Presence - Nobody's Fault But Mine In Through The Out Door - Hot Dog Coda - Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annam Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 (edited) Not at all boring!! That is why we gather here, from all over the world- To share our love for the mighty ZEP!! Thank you...I know we are here to share our opinions and emotions about LZ, but I stopped my considerations in my previous post , based expecially on the impressions that these fantastic songs evoke in me.....because I'm a bit talkative, verbose, and too imaginative so if I don't stop myself I'm like a river that oveflows......and you know that "when the levee breaks...I'll have no place to stay" !!!!!! ... Edited November 5, 2010 by annam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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