curseddiamond Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Many years ago I had a conversation with a friend of mine who was a huge Zep fan. He was just getting me into the band and after borrowing his albums I mentioned how they weren't exactly a 'chorus band'. He got quite indignant and said 'of course they have chorus's in their songs!' but when I asked him to name those that did he actually quietened down after 3 or 4. I can think of 'whole lotta love' 'hey hey what can I do' 'communication breakdown' 'ramble on' and 'living loving maid'. Any thoughts on others? I'm not knocking the lack of a chorus by the way, it's just an 'off the top of my head' kind of question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsj Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 well straight off the top of my head good times bad times commiunication breakdown your time is gonna come what is and what should never be thank you tangerine there are loads, you're not thinking hard enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amstel Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I think it's unique that they didn't have many chorus' in their songs - this only proves how great they were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Yeah the 'chorus' usually is the riff...they certainly don't have many "traditional" chorusses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletMacaw Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 the lack of choruses gave the songs a narrative flow, a sense of moving forward. Choruses are for songs that people are supposed to sing along to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzoghost Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I don't come here often, and when I do, I'm very quickly reminded why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzepfilm Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Whole Lotta Love has a chorus as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curseddiamond Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 @Bonzoghost - meaning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SummerOfMySmiles Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 When you say chorus, you mean vocal-only chorus? I was going to write a list of LZ songs with a chorus but man, too much pointless work. Even In my time of dying has a chorus!! And a badass at that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 I don't come here often, and when I do, I'm very quickly reminded why... Great post, glad you offer so much to the forum..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth and beauty Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Whole Lotta Love has a chorus as well. What's interesting about the newly (partlally) released Whole Lotta Love ( on the recent BBC material and the Zep trailer) is that it actually doesn't have a chorus at that point.. it's an amazing snapshot of a work in progress - but at that point, without a chorus: that comes later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Correct. Yeah the 'chorus' usually is the riff...they certainly don't have many "traditional" chorusses. From the Led Zeppelin 2 Wikipedia entry: Led Zeppelin II has been cited by music writers as a blueprint for heavy metal bands that followed it.[9][32] Blues-derived songs like "Whole Lotta Love", "Heartbreaker", "The Lemon Song", "Moby Dick", and "Bring It On Home" have been seen as representing standards of the genre, where the guitar-based riff (rather than vocal chorus or verses) defines the song and provides the key hook.[5] Such arrangements and emphasis were at the time atypical in popular music.[9] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 That is a very interesting notion, that the riff is the main chorus and theme of a song, I agree. Even with zeps contemporaries, the who, Pete seemed to write catchy lyrics, where the lyrics are as much of a force as the music, or more. With plant, I think he was putting his own angle on the songs, with more of a singers approach. I don't think he was concerned with any kind of definite narrative, or complete picture. I think he was mostly concerned with a good vocal on any particular song and synching up with such a great band. Also, ya can't really decipher all of his lyrics either...where I think that's almost an unwritten rule for record companies concerned with top 40 radio, catchy lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysquid Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Can't believe nobody's mentioned the two most obvious "chorus" songs All My Love and Out On The Tiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amstel Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Can't believe nobody's mentioned the two most obvious "chorus" songs All My Love and Out On The Tiles. I believe "Livin' Lovin Maid (She's Just A Woman) is more obvious than the two aforementioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BecZep Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 OUT ON THE TILES! Such a catchy chorus. One of my favourite songs ever. So much fun to sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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