paul carruthers Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Forgive me if this has been done before, but I'm kind of new here... so.... What Zeppelin songs do you prefer to hear live over the studio version. My List: Black Dog Stairway to Heaven Black Mountain Side I Can't Quit You Baby In My Time of Dying Since I've Been Loving You No Quarter Trampled Under Foot Celebration Day Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Achilles Last Stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Here's my list... Dazed and confused How many more times No quarter Since I've been loving you Rock and roll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezer Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) Song (the best live version) White Summer/Black Mountain Side(04.08.1979) Kashmir (04.08.1979) Black Dog (TSRTS) No Quarter (TSRTS) Whole Lotta Love (HTWWW) Dazed and Confused (RAH 09.01.1970 and HTWWW) Communication Breakdown (Danmarks Radio 1969) Stairway to Heaven (TSRTS) In the Evening (04.08.1979) In My Time of Dying (all five Earl's Court shows, 1975) Heartbreaker Thank You (BBC Sessions) Edited January 25, 2012 by Taro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey g Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Immigrant Song. I just love the outro jam. A great way to get the juices flowing for the rest of the show ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedZedTributeUK Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 In The Evening. Knebworth version owns ITTOD. Communication Breakdown. I always thought the studio version was really weedy. Like JP's playing through a practice amp. Its a well known fact that Com BD was recorded with a small amp.... As was most of Zep 1 And I never thought id hear the word weedy, used to decribe anything from Zeppelin ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetleron Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 oh i dunno dazed and confused how many more times maybe........ going to california Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Texas Melanie Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 For me it is The Ocean. The album version sounds like Robert toked up and sucked on helium right before he recorded the song. I love it on TSRTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Probabley missing a few tracks that were done live but I'd say... Better live I Can't Quit You Babe Dazed and Confused Black Mountainside Communication Breakdown How Many More Times Whole Lotta Love Heartbreaker Thank You Moby Dick Bring It On Home Immigrant Song Celebration Day Since I'v Been Loving You Bron Yr Stomp Black Dog Going to California The Song Remains the Same No Quarter The Ocean The Crunge Trampled Under Foot In My Time of Dying Nobodies Fault But Mine In The Evening Better studio Babe I'm Gonna Leave You You Shook Me What Is And What Never Should Be Thats The Way Gallows Pole Tangerine Rock and Roll Stairway To Heaven When The Levee Breaks Four Sticks Battle of Evermore Misty Mountain Hop Over The Hills and Far Away The Rain Song Kashmir Ten Years Gone Bron Yr Aur Sick Again Achilles Last Stand All My Love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezer Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Better studio Stairway To Heaven Kashmir Are you kidding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybrown1976 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 For me it is The Ocean. The album version sounds like Robert toked up and sucked on helium right before he recorded the song. I love it on TSRTS. I'm so glad you wrote this. I feel the same (though I wouldn't mind hearing a toked up Robert)! I would also include: Stairway to Heaven Going to California Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 No Quarter for sure Stairway SIBLY The Song Remains the Same The Rain Song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-o-S-o Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 For me it is The Ocean. The album version sounds like Robert toked up and sucked on helium right before he recorded the song. I love it on TSRTS. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedcat Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Here's my list............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara lelling Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 rock n roll stairway to heaven all my love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmtomh Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Probably lots if I thought about it more, but off the top of my head: - The Ocean - Communication Breakdown - Kashmir - Stairway - That's the Way - No Quarter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhead Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 No Quarter off TSRTS is great especially the guitar solo for me....(but I love the record too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Are you kidding? Why would I be? preffering the studio version of a track does not of course mean that I dislike the live version. Those tracks and indeed the majority of tracks where I favour the studio version are ones where recording techniques and arrangements were used that were difficult or impossible to reproduce live. I preffer the studio Thats The Way for example because Page's subtley layered electric backing couldnt be reproduced live where as Going to California has a much more easily replicated arrangement which benefited from the superior live interplay of Page and Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Robert Anthony II Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 That's The Way Celebration Day Over The Hills And Far Away The Ocean Immigrant Song Communication Breakdown What is And What Should Never Be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezer Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I agree with your choices. Live, STH ended up meandering aimlessly for far too long. The studio version is far more compact and effective. Plus all that 'Does anybody remember laughter/forests' stuff...just silly, IMO. Kashmir was hampered by Plant's weakened vocals in 75...they were better in 77, but by then JP & Bonzo were starting to lose the plot. After that, forget it. The studio version of Stairway doesn't hold a candle to the TSRTS one. And I don't understand why you think that the 77 versions of Kashmir are better than the 79 ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 The studio version of Stairway doesn't hold a candle to the TSRTS one. Again I don't dislike the live versions and it was one of the closest choices on that list but I'd agree with Major that the studio version has pretty much the perfect compact solo plus a beautiful tone for the twelve string that the live versions never quite equaled bespite being longer. And I don't understand why you think that the 77 versions of Kashmir are better than the 79 ones. Melotron > Synth I'd guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) You Shook Me Communication Breakdown We're Gonna Groove WLL WIAWSNB Immigrant Song Celebration Day No Quarter Kashmir ALS For Your Life Edited to add... Over The Hills And Far Away Edited January 26, 2012 by ally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingzepp Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Over the Hills No Quarter Dazed Stairway Kashmir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) Song (the best live version) White Summer/Black Mountain Side(04.08.1979) Kashmir (04.08.1979) Black Dog (TSRTS) No Quarter (TSRTS) Whole Lotta Love (HTWWW) Dazed and Confused (RAH 09.01.1970 and HTWWW) Communication Breakdown (Danmarks Radio 1969) Stairway to Heaven (TSRTS) In the Evening (04.08.1979) In My Time of Dying (all five Earl's Court shows, 1975) Heartbreaker Thank You (BBC Sessions) You need to listen to some more live Zeppelin if those are your picks for the "best" live versions..."Black Dog" from TSRTS?!? Seriously? The song is practically gutted in the middle thanks to Jimmy's editing...nearly all the lyrics are missing. And anyone can hear that the 1970 RAH "White Summer/BMS" destroys the Knebworth version. For me it is The Ocean. The album version sounds like Robert toked up and sucked on helium right before he recorded the song. I love it on TSRTS. +2 Always like this song live better not only because of the vocals, but because the solo on the album does nothing for me...it sounds like Jimmy hadn't yet figured out what to play there and just came up with something. Even on the 1972 and early-73 tour versions, you can hear Jimmy is still trying to come to grips with constructing the solo. It's the 75 and 77 tour where the solo for OTHAFA finally comes together. Melotron > Synth I'd guess. +1 ABSOLUTELY! That's why I will always take a 75 or 77 Kashmir over 79 or 80. As for my list of songs I thought were better live than on record, most of my choices are similar to most everyone else's: No Quarter seems to be the #1 choice...it appears everybody prefers the live version of No Quarter to the studio one. In fact, I preferred the live versions of many "Houses of the Holy" songs...it might have been those helium vocals of Plant, but also the live versions seemed punchier and more rocking. No Quarter, OTHAFA, Dancing Days, The Ocean. Anyway, here's a few more songs that I prefer live: Communication Breakdown...a no-brainer; faster, tougher, more powerful than the studio version. The seed of speed-metal. Immigrant Song...again, just so powerful live with that great extended jam at the end. Celebration Day...particularly on the 1971 tour, the way Bonham and Jones cook on this song improves upon in every way the studio version. Out on the Tiles...don't know why, but although Led Zeppelin III is one of my favourite Zeppelin albums, the guitar tone on some of the rocker songs left me cold. The live versions from 9.4.70 and 9.19.70 blow the studio version out of the water...and I LIKE the studio version. Too bad they didn't play it more often, as it is an effective pile-driver of a song in concert. Bron-Yr-Aur...I like the little added part Jimmy played in concert; wish he would have kept it for the studio version. Edited January 27, 2012 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reppinzeppelin Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 You need to listen to some more live Zeppelin if those are your picks for the "best" live versions..."Black Dog" from TSRTS?!? Seriously? The song is practically gutted in the middle thanks to Jimmy's editing...nearly all the lyrics are missing. And anyone can hear that the 1970 RAH "White Summer/BMS" destroys the Knebworth version. +2 Always like this song live better not only because of the vocals, but because the solo on the album does nothing for me...it sounds like Jimmy hadn't yet figured out what to play there and just came up with something. Even on the 1972 and early-73 tour versions, you can hear Jimmy is still trying to come to grips with constructing the solo. It's the 75 and 77 tour where the solo for OTHAFA finally comes together. +1 ABSOLUTELY! That's why I will always take a 75 or 77 Kashmir over 79 or 80. As for my list of songs I thought were better live than on record, most of my choices are similar to most everyone else's: No Quarter seems to be the #1 choice...it appears everybody prefers the live version of No Quarter to the studio one. In fact, I preferred the live versions of many "Houses of the Holy" songs...it might have been those helium vocals of Plant, but also the live versions seemed punchier and more rocking. No Quarter, OTHAFA, Dancing Days, The Ocean. Anyway, here's a few more songs that I prefer live: Communication Breakdown...a no-brainer; faster, tougher, more powerful than the studio version. The seed of speed-metal. Immigrant Song...again, just so powerful live with that great extended jam at the end. Celebration Day...particularly on the 1971 tour, the way Bonham and Jones cook on this song improves upon in every way the studio version. Out on the Tiles...don't know why, but although Led Zeppelin III is one of my favourite Zeppelin albums, the guitar tone on some of the rocker songs left me cold. The live versions from 9.4.70 and 9.19.70 blow the studio version out of the water...and I LIKE the studio version. Too bad they didn't play it more often, as it is an effective pile-driver of a song in concert. Bron-Yr-Aur...I like the little added part Jimmy played in concert; wish he would have kept it for the studio version. I agree the Out on the Tiles studio guitar just seemed off as well as Plants vocal sounds somewhat apathetic. However both live versions are killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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