Favorite Album Opener

[paul carruthers]

The Song Remains The Same

[Stryder1978]

This is one poll I honestly can't participate in - I just plain cannot choose one! I never realized how great those opening songs were on each album!

[BlackDog71]

Good Times, Bad Times.

As it opened the first album, it wasn't just a great album opener, it was a career opener.

I like the thought process here.

[BlackDog71]

This is one poll I honestly can't participate in - I just plain cannot choose one! I never realized how great those opening songs were on each album!

It's always hard to participate in a "best of" poll in regards to ANYTHING Led Zeppelin related. And yes, I noticed how the albums all had good openers. It was a big part of the reason I decided to make this poll.

[TashaZoso16]

Good times bad times, or in the evening!

[in_the_evening]

This is a tough one!

I love ITE for it's slow drony, middle eastern intro, then Robert cries out "in the evening...." and BOOM! Love it!

Custard Pie is an AWESOME tune, classic Zep at their peak. Riffy, bassy, and funny when you realize what Custard Pie is in this song.

Black Dog is what introduced me to Zep....I had never (and still haven't) heard anyone do a song like this. So complex, so powerful, broken down into "mini songs" within, and just an AWESOME guitar solo as it fades away....

If I can only have one, it's Black Dog but damn.....I'll sneak the other two under my shirt as I leave.

[tazulike88]

Custard Pie, Pure Porn for my ears.

[BlackDog71]

Custard Pie, Pure Porn for my ears.

I think that's about the proper way to describe the song.

Edited September 8, 2012 by BlackDog71

[tazulike88]

I think that's about the proper way to describe the song.

Yeah, isn't it !! this tune screams sex from every angle.

[JuliaFinch]

Whole Lotta Love. At the very beginning you can hear a sort of breathe (or maybe it is something else?) that drove me crazy the first time I listened to it.

this tune screams sex from every angle.

Wow, this suits very much to WLL too! Well done, Tazu.

[tazulike88]

Wow, this suits very much to WLL too! Well done, Tazu.

If it's actually possible, i think WLL is Sexier than Custard Pie, it just have always been a bit too Mainstream for my taste, Custard Pie is more Obscure and only a minority of people Know about it, It's a song for true zeppelin believers, that gives it the edge for me .

[Ludwig_Paiste]

Black Dog. Never been anything like it before or since.

Edited September 23, 2012 by Ludwig_Paiste

[Charles J. White]

In the Evening blows my mind away everytime I hear it. It is so dark, and so powerful

[Geezer]

Can't decide between GTBT and Immigrant Song.

[achi]

The song remains the same. It's perfect, so powerful, so happy. The best choice to open a concert. (1977-79).

[Amstel]

Led Zeppelin had excellent songs to open albums with. They paid attention to the running order of all their albums. Rock N Roll would have been a better choice to open their fourth album.

My choice - The Song Remains The Same - It hits hard and doesn't stop. Like all others, the musicianship is incredible.

Achilles Last Stand is a close second.

Edited December 8, 2012 by Amstel

[ZEPFAN17]

One ot the best versions of this. It is on How the West Was Won CD and DVD

[Ski]

I remember the how the Album seemed to come Alive with "In The Evening" Arriving from a Distant and Slowly Grabbing You!!!!!!!

Yet I could Never Knock the 1st Song "Goodtimes Badtimes".... Damn I'd start every Album with that!

[Amstel]

If the O2 show never took place, I wonder if many of you would still pick "Good Times Bad Times" as your favorite album opener...

I doubt that very much.

[LivingLovingHeartbreaker]

I voted for immigrant song. It always gets me pumped up!

[Marcos Trujillo]

It blew my mind from the first time. Even when I didn't like LZ, it was my favorite. Now it is Achilles, but as an opener... GTBT. As someone previously said it was a career opener rather than an album opener.

[Charles J. White]

When I was out driving home late last night back into the county side I had In The Evening cranked up and it still sounds amazing!

[Michael678]

ummm well i love all the album openers and to help my undecisiveness is this:

9. We're Gonna Groove

8. Custard Pie

7. Good Times Bad Times

6. Immigrant Song

5. Black Dog

4. The Song Remains the Same

3. In The Evening

2. Whole Lotta Love

1. Achilles Last Stand

[pottedplant]

GTBT because LZI is my favorite album.

[Susan Gibson]

Achilles Last Stand for me (although this was a difficult choice). It is just so powerful! I am just glad that they didn't name it Wheelchair Song.