hummingbird69 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Simple question. Q. If someone who had never heard Zeppelin's music came to you and asked you to play Led Zeppelin's most exotic song which would it be? A. Four Sticks This song has everything and yet nothing you've ever heard before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Friends is fairly exotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xolo1974 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Kashmir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paplbojo Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Black Mountainside I'd say. Much of it sounds Indian or Arabic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 26 minutes ago, paplbojo said: Black Mountainside I'd say. Much of it sounds Indian or Arabic. Its the tabla drums that give it that Indian feel. The guitar is basically taken from Bert Jansch's arrangement of an old English folk song called Blackwaterside, released in 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paplbojo Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 21 minutes ago, John M said: Its the tabla drums that give it that Indian feel. The guitar is basically taken from Bert Jansch's arrangement of an old English folk song called Blackwaterside, released in 1966. It definitely is laregly due to the tablas, which I think were even played by an Indian guy on the record. The guitar parts sound far more exotic to me than an old English folksong, though. I guess it's how Page is interpreting it and where he's putting emphasis on certain notes that makes it sound so unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rm2551 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Carouselumbra would have to be a contender. No Quarter. The Crunge. In The Light maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paplbojo Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, rm2551 said: In The Light maybe. Great call, the intro... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesOfOneNest Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 + to In the Light. Clavinet is not typically found on modern music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urozep Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Kashmir or Hats Off To Robyn Harper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysquid Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 16 hours ago, EaglesOfOneNest said: + to In the Light. Clavinet is not typically found on modern music! Not a real one anyway😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummingbird69 Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 On 5/11/2018 at 2:40 AM, rm2551 said: Carouselumbra would have to be a contender. No Quarter. The Crunge. In The Light maybe. In the light, a very good choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummingbird69 Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 Carouselambra is also a good choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Lot of contenders for me as it shows how diverse Led Zeppelin's music is. This is a great topic. The songs I'd consider in this of course the eastern influenced ones like Friends, Kashmir and In The Light for certain, just off the top of my head without thinking of so much diversity from many other songs. Some say Black Mountain Side but not a completely original composition with the Bert Jansch song but I have listened to the original and I think it is original mostly. Just a few similarities and mostly in the beginning of the song but an instrumental and Page definitely did better with at least one instrumental! Anyway, more with the exotic! What to consider exotic remains to be seem! I think it's a matter of how diverse a particular song is and the various musical influences incorporated within. Don't know how to put this otherwise, but probably the way to do it. Perhaps, Battle of Evermore with a lot of diversity but not sure if it fills the exotic? That's about it for the studio songs, but perhaps some of you may consider a song exotic or even two that I don't. But feel I covered it as went through the albums in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysquid Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 exotic ɪɡˈzɒtɪk,ɛɡˈzɒtɪk/ adjective 1. originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country. "exotic birds" synonyms: foreign, non-native, tropical; alien, imported, introduced, unnaturalized "exotic birds" foreign, faraway, far off, far-flung, unfamiliar; distant, remote "exotic places" So maybe the entire In Through the Out Door Lp as it was recorded in Scandinavia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 I think exotic pertains more to the music rather than the locale, where the songs were recorded. Then again it was ABBA's studio and I wouldn't consider them to be exotic musically. But, I am a fan of their music for certain. Although, there is some exotic things regarding this when Bjorn and Benny (ABBA) took Robert and Jimmy out to some unique club experiences in Stockholm when they were using their studio for recording ITTOD. Quite unique indeed and visually and not something you'd experience in the states. Very European, but only certain regions and not western Europe for the most part. The former eastern Europe would make sense for this. I forget who recalled this story but I think it was one of the guys from ABBA a few years ago. You can put almost put this up with things that went down in the Edgewater! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysquid Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 I was being facetious! Personally I’d probably go with something along the lines of “Friends” with it’s open tuned guitar, eastern psychedelic flavored arrangement, winding string part, synth drone and just generally being one of the more off the wall offerings from anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummingbird69 Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 10 hours ago, SuperDave said: I think exotic pertains more to the music rather than the locale, Exactly. When I say exotic I mean tracks that are out of the norm for the rock and roll genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummingbird69 Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 3 hours ago, babysquid said: I was being facetious! Personally I’d probably go with something along the lines of “Friends” with it’s open tuned guitar, eastern psychedelic flavored arrangement, winding string part, synth drone and just generally being one of the more off the wall offerings from anybody. Friends is definitely exotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paplbojo Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 The intro to In The Evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindwillie127 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 If you really think about it, it has to be Kashmir. I find many Zeppelin songs/riffs to be exotic, but nothing on the level of this swirling dirge Masterpiece in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hummingbird69 Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 1 hour ago, blindwillie127 said: If you really think about it, it has to be Kashmir. I find many Zeppelin songs/riffs to be exotic, but nothing on the level of this swirling dirge Masterpiece in any way. If you really think about it, I think, there are a bunch of tracks that are exotic where Rock and Roll is concerned. Take Achilles Last Stand or In The Evening. Even Dazed has some really weird stuff going on Live. Another exotic tune, Boogie With Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppered Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 All great choices, but if pushed...Black Mountain Side would probably get my vote....or do I need to go back through the whole catalog yet again!!!😏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tls Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 In the Light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlosDelgado Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Kashmir.....Taj Mahal....magic..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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