MarsVolta Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 In my opinion, Since I've Been Loving You is the superior track. Live and studio. Page's tone is absolutely incredible and the solo, holy crap, the solo, especially the double-tracked part sends chills down my spine. Tea For One is okay but it's way too long and feels like it goes no where with the song. If it were shorter, then it probably would've been better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tophat Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 SIBLY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 SIBLY, because it was first. Both great blues tunes though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMcLov1n Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 SIBLY, because it was first. Both great blues tunes though. So you must thing the Gregorian Chant is the best song ever, because it was the first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanna be drummer Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 SIBLY hands down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) SIBLY. That's when I real fell in love with Pagey in SRTS, and it really started it all. Plus the song is so romantic. Edited December 10, 2008 by aen27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Tea for One. SILBY suffers from having been performed too often, I think. Also, it feels like the early part of a relationship. Tea for One on the other hand represents it a few years down the road, after all the battles had been lost and won. It's more mature and introspective musically and lyrically. Even during the Page & Plant tour it felt awkward to hear it, to be honest, it just didn't seem to suit where they were. It's like Plant singing the Lemon Song. When you're twenty, clad in leather and belting out, "Squeeze my lemon" it's hot, at 60+, not so much. Same topic, different perspective. Maybe it's just more a reflection of where I am now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkyLZ Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 T41.SIBLY is a great song,ut tea fot one got me more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 So you must thing the Gregorian Chant is the best song ever, because it was the first? I think the grunt in 4/4 time was the first. But Gregorian Chants are cool. I especially like the ambient sound of a medieval castle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 when i was younger, sibly...older, tea for one, but they are both great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Dog_90 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 "Since I've Been Loving You". In my opinion, it's better sounding and more emotional, feeling and touching song than "Tea For One". I like "Tea For One" too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brspled Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 SIBLY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakdaddy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 TFO has better guitar but SIBLY is better song as a whole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie_72 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 (edited) SIBLY, but I think "Tea For One" is beautiful also, it is just that I fell totally in love with SIBLY when I first heard it. The live version in TSRTS, wow!! Edited December 25, 2008 by Melanie_72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachman Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 SIBLY by far i love both but recently i have developed a new appreciation for sibly.. i always liked it but now its a top 4 song.. and tea for one is amazing and ends presence well.. but sibly by a little bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothy5151 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 For me, it's Tea For One...very dark and bluesy. It's too bad we never got to hear it when Zep were together. Everytime I hear this song, I picture the boys playing in a dimly-lit smoky bar, dressed in suits and hats, kind of like the ITTOD cover, more dark and mysterious...and Jimmy with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth with a cloud of smoke around him as he works his magic on the guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Tea For One.. it's just so pretty the way it changes in the beginning.. (one of the songs I listen to when Im sad and it nearly always makes me cry ) although I like SIBLY also quite much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin_2008 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Tea For One for me. Its one of my fav Led Zep songs and I like the way it changes at the beginning from being heavy to slow getting into a blues style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethereal72 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Tea for One. The quintesential tune that pulls the listener into the dark abyss of life. SIBLY is fantastic on many levels, but its depth is not of the same nature as Tea for One. You appreciate the lyrics and riff on a different plane vs. SIBLY. Sometimes a band needs a " depression " song.. this is it for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a clockwork tangerine Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Tea for One for me because I can identify with the lyrics better than I can with SIBLY's lyrics. I do love the live versions of SIBLY, however. In fact, I don't even listen to the album version anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illestkeith Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Tea For One is amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Masson Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I wouldn't really choose between them, and the thing is, TFO was a conscious revisiting of SIBLY by the band, in a very different situation - and a different mood. SIBLY was a marvelous song obviously, and TFO doesn't really try to 'better' it, but rather was more of a coming back there....when so much has happened in the interim. There is more immediacy to TFO; it's that spirit of Presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy's A Legend Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Since I've Been Loving You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Lena_Zep Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 SIBLY.Don't know why,maybe because I heard it before Tea For One. Both songs are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kid Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Personally I like the '77 versions of SIBLY, Page's playing might be a bit off sometimes but not unlistenable and it was meant to incorporate elements Tea For One (just listen to the solo in SIBLY from any show of the '77 tour.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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