JTM Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Nah, don't like it....defo one of my least favourite Zep tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evster2012 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Whose opinion would I be posting, other than my own? I don't think I'd ask my neighbor what he thinks and then post it here. So why preface a post in a thread asking for people's opinions with "In my opinion"? Isn't that a tad redundant? Shouldn't it be blatantly obvious to people that I am indeed, posting my opinion on the song? If I was posting what someone else thought of the song, I would say so. My word. Wow. Argumentative this morning, aren't we Elizabeth? Jeez. Be nice. I was just making a point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Wisty Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 (edited) I'd love to hear just the backing track without the lyrics, not because of the repetition of "Oh, baby, baby", but cos the guitar is too damn good and....funky to have Robert's bloody voice over the top. (Normally nothing against his voice...most of the time.) Dum-dum-brrrrrrr-da-da-da-da-da. Sexy. Edited January 27, 2008 by Mrs. Wisty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDog71 Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Thanks for the responses. I have decided that i love this song. No matter what! Love the opinions though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 There isn't a song on Presence I don't like. Almost every song has incredible solos/guitar work and the entire album is a study in syncopation. I won the album from a radio station when it came out, and while I listened to it every night with headphones pressed to my ears at threshold volumes, it took the rest of my friends almost 6 months to warm up to it. Initially, Tea For One pushed the limits of my tolerance, but finally settled into place with the rest of the album. Candy Store Rock was one of the secondary songs I warmed to, after the obvious ALS and NFBM. When it breaks down at 1:53 and again at 3:00 I am incapable of avoiding the squinty-eyed/pursed-lipped head-bobbing groove I dissolve into. Best.album.ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughter Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 let it grow on ya...it's my favorite on the album. The only single too. .... over ALS? I didn't think people like you existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabe Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Candy Store Rock C'mon Ya'll - great tune with "soft" sexual innuendo.Made me feel I was a mature man of 24, when my "head" was swollin' at 17.Lyrics are spicy,yet not too hot. Highlight to me is Page's chord progression ,leading into his short solo. This is a concise song ,that ripps ass from beginning to end. Naysayers about this tune should be minimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z88 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Not my favourite song but t«still it's a great song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Love that "Dun-durh-dun-durh" riff at 1:53. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy 66 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Some of Pagey's Finest ryhthm playing in my opinion ...........and Roberts voice is pure Sex ! Great Song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashmir330 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I think Candy Store Rock is one of Robert's favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwizard03 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 the thing about zep is that you can take 100 people and exclude stairway and a few others and you will get everyone with a different favorite song.I dont think they have a bad song and they have a whole lotta good ones change that to excellent ones.I like it all and that includes candy store rock my favorite songs from thta lp are royal orleans,crs,nobodys fault ,achilles last stand but understand i like them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Prime Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 i can't say there is one song i don't like, or for that fact like least of any. i do fancy this song though quite good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illestkeith Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 The baseline in this song is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moffo Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Not a fan of Candy Store Rock at all. Personally, I only find a couple of songs off Presence, ITTOD and Coda that I do actually like. Like the old saying goes, one mans' meat is another mans' poison.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHD Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I really like it. Not one of my top favourites, but nothing against it. I simply love the whole of Presence. As a footnote, it's probably been mentioned somewhere on here before, but CSR was done in the O2 rehearsals but obviously never made the final cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofeee Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Honestly? It's crap. no no no if you just have a bass and play its line you will feel it not only like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 no no no if you just have a bass and play its line you will feel it not only like it That's all well and good, but my opinion is my opinion. Why you chose to quote a post over a year old is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longdistancewinner Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I likes me some Candy Store Rock - makes me want to boogie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashmir330 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I really like it. Not one of my top favourites, but nothing against it. I simply love the whole of Presence. As a footnote, it's probably been mentioned somewhere on here before, but CSR was done in the O2 rehearsals but obviously never made the final cut. I actually didn't know that. I think that's pretty cool considering that Fool in the Rain and Carouselambra were also rehearsed but weren't played either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 (edited) You have a masters degree in what's crap? I'm sorry, but while it's perfectly okay to say something doesn't appeal to you, denouncing it as "crap" is well, crap! I love the song. Does that make my opinion crap, or those of the other fans of the song? Qualify your opinion with an "IMO". Cause that's all it could ever be. An opinion. One person's crap is another's treasure. Of course, you're right..... Crap is a very strong statement...... I have my dislikes for several Zeppelin songs that others in the Forum drool about, and the media and press drool about.... but that's okay, I have NEVER based my Zeppelin likings on what the press or the media, or what any one person... has to say..... I just haven't used such an inflamatory descritpion as "crap". That just begs the issue of throwing crap, or shit, or feces, or whatever you'd like to call it; back in the persons's face, about something that they like, that you don't. A shit fight..... But I don't need to do that. Some fights are better not having, especially the fecal kind ! I think that all of the following are songs that I would skip playing from the official Zeppelin studio recordings.....Every Time..without Exception !!! D'Yer Mak'er Tea For One Royal Orleans Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman) Hey, Hey, What Can I Do? Traveling Riverside Blues Over The Hills And Far Away Poor Tom Sick Again No Quarter Kashmir ALS Edited April 23, 2009 by The Rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquamarine Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 That's an astonishing list, Rover, coming from a Zeppelin fan, especially the last few--but to each his own, I guess. Btw, did you notice you're replying to a post made in January 2008? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 That's an astonishing list, Rover, coming from a Zeppelin fan, especially the last few--but to each his own, I guess. Btw, did you notice you're replying to a post made in January 2008? Yes, I knew about the date..... A comment... is a comment worth commenting on.... No Matter The Date !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justwastintime03 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 IMHO, I love Candy Store Rock, with all of its cross-rhythms and its eventual one-chord segue into the ("Lord have mercy!"-type) guitar solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coda.S Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Candy Store Rock is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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