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- tejastech08
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Re: Led Zeppelin
polluxlm wrote:tejastech08 wrote:I don't know. They were pretty much done being creative by the time he died. Physical Graffiti is a masterpiece, but everything after it was kind of "meh" with the exception of a few incredible songs like Achilles Last Stand.
I actually think Physical was the beginning of the end. Some great songs, but very uneven compared to HOTH. Still, great album, so is Presence. When we approach In Through The Out Door though...ouch. I don't even want to hear Coda.
But I guess 5 mint albums and 2 great ones is all you really need.
Yeah, Physical is like a low grade UYI. Some monster tracks sprinkled with a ton of filler.
I was never a big fan of Presence.
Only highlight from In Through The Out Door is In The Evening.
Coda is the worst album I have ever heard, and you are talking to someone who owns that early 90's Right Said Fred album. I remember buying Coda in 1990 as it was the only Zep album I either didn't own or never heard. I was shocked by the mediocrity of it.
Low grade UYI? I think it's the other way around. UYI is like a low grade Graffiti. There are plenty of "blah" songs on Graffiti, like UYI, but overall it's a hell of an album. The first 5 albums are way more consistent though for sure. Any time you do a double album you risk having filler. Even the Beatles are guilty of it. The White Album is my least favorite of their run of great albums (Rubber Soul through Abbey Road). I think The Wall is one of the only double albums that is pretty consistent, but that one even took me a long time to warm up to it.
- tejastech08
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Re: Led Zeppelin
UYI has more monster tracks than Physical, although I'm not trying to downgrade the legacy of that album. An album regardless of its length that has Ten Years Gone and Kashmir on it is pure fucking gold regardless of any trash between the tracks.
The first part of the album is the best. There's only 6 tracks on part 1, and 5 of them are great songs:
"Custard Pie," "In My Time Of Dying," "Houses of the Holy," "Trampled Under Foot," and "Kashmir." The only song on that part of the album that I don't like is "The Rover." Those other 5 songs are awesome though. The second part of the album is definitely weaker. But there's a hell of a lot more filler on UYI. Those albums are both about 20 minutes too long. But they are an integral part of the GN'R catalogue no doubt, which is mostly due to them not putting out much of anything in their career.
- julia (babydolls)
- Rep: 6
Re: Led Zeppelin
classic - am sure he would have had a laugh - think of all their pranks in so many hotels across the world... i think LZ wrote the book on debauchery!
really appreciate any heads up and my eyes are most certainly peeled!
Re: Led Zeppelin
If he wont do it now, then he should announce that a Zep reunion will never happen so people can move on. These guys aren't spring chickens, and putting it off for 2 years is basically putting it off forever.
I'm not buying that box set. They have several box sets and hits albums. Would be better for fans to just send money to Plant or Page instead of bothering with another box set.
- Gunslinger
- Rep: 88
Re: Led Zeppelin
Yeah James, the window of opportunity for a Zeppelin reunion is very narrow at this point. Age (as far as getting old) sucks but these guys can't pretend it's not happening to them. Led Zeppelin (in my opinion) is the greatest rock band in the history of music so I would love to get a chance to see them but it doesn't look like it is going to happen. Hopefully my second favorite band of all time...(G'n F'n R's, surprise surprise) will do a reunion after (IF!!) Chinese Democracy runs its course. It'd be great to see some long time friends (as well as newer ones) at one of the concerts. I'd like to do it while we are still fairly young however!!! Axl is pushing 50, he better get the ball rolling or it may be the wheelchair instead!
