That Kashmir demo always sounds like Shellac to me.
I saw this a few minutes before the news about Albini dropped, and was thinking about how his Page/Plant album is underrated
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 17:38 (three weeks ago) link
for me, side A of Presence is a runner-up. i couldn't choose a side of II if i had to, i just kind of need to take the whole journey with that one, warts and all, for reasons that are deeply baked into me
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 18:45 (three weeks ago) link
in honor of steven a (RIP!) can't help but wonder what's better
WALKING INTO CLARKSDALE side oneWALKING INTO CLARKSDALE side two
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 21:11 (three weeks ago) link
Since nobody's mentioned it, I'll rep for side 2 of ITTOD: their last great epic, a (relatively) tight ballad, and inventing Lana Del Ray.
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 9 May 2024 13:20 (three weeks ago) link
I think someone did above, and I agree! Carouselambra, All Of My Love and I'm Gonna Crawl is all solid to me
― Big Bong Theory (stevie), Thursday, 9 May 2024 16:36 (three weeks ago) link
I think we need a live zep poll since this one is prejudiced
― calstars, Thursday, 9 May 2024 16:45 (three weeks ago) link
I think someone did above, and I agree! Carouselambra, All Of My Love and I'm Gonna Crawl is all solid to me― Big Bong Theory (stevie), Thursday, May 9, 2024 12:36 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Big Bong Theory (stevie), Thursday, May 9, 2024 12:36 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ack! You're right, sorry I missed it.
Maybe my favourite Zep moment is the start of disc 2 of the BBC sessions where the host kind of haltingly introduces the band and they immediately just tear into Immigrant Song.
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 9 May 2024 18:25 (three weeks ago) link
I’ve been a/bing that one and the how the west was won version
― calstars, Thursday, 9 May 2024 18:46 (three weeks ago) link
"In the Evening" is the greatest Zep song imo -- it incarnates what I love about how they sound.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 May 2024 18:48 (three weeks ago) link
Easy answer for me: PG side 2
I'm not even the biggest "Kashmir" fan but it's the only side of a LZ album where not a single second is wasted
― your dog is fed and no one cares (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 9 May 2024 19:00 (three weeks ago) link
LZ II side 1 is a close second!
― your dog is fed and no one cares (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 9 May 2024 19:01 (three weeks ago) link
well I don't fuck with voting in ILM polls, but the LZ side I love the most is side 2 of Coda. "Ozone Baby," "Darlene" and "Wearing and tearing," three absolutely invigorating rock and roll songs, each of which would have given ITtOD a bit of a kick in the drawers, which as I'm sure you guys know was by design, to take up the challenge put forth by the class of 77… as well as a drum solo recording that shows tremendous spark and wit and thus dances all over "Moby Dick"…while I love "hot Dog" but don't really like "I'm Gonna Crawl," I think those three non drum solo recordings would have been better to include, but I love love love Coda Side 2 as it is. I love ""we're Gonna Groove" "Poor Tom" and "Walter's Walk" (this and "Caroselambra" are my fave LZ of all), but that "I can't Quit you," while better than the LZ I, kills the momentum of Coda side 1.
― veronica moser, Thursday, 9 May 2024 19:16 (three weeks ago) link
I was was listening to II yesterday evening and at the end of Side 1 my wife says, "this record makes me want to drink a lot of beer very fast."
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Thursday, 9 May 2024 19:21 (three weeks ago) link
the best song i've ever seen the feelies perform is "how many more times"
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 9 May 2024 19:26 (three weeks ago) link
while I love "hot Dog" but don't really like "I'm Gonna Crawl,"what
― calstars, Thursday, 9 May 2024 19:32 (three weeks ago) link
vive le difference
― veronica moser, Thursday, 9 May 2024 19:34 (three weeks ago) link
Hot dog? Really?
― calstars, Friday, 10 May 2024 02:20 (three weeks ago) link
Write in: Coda side a
― calstars, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 01:26 (two weeks ago) link
Flashback - 1990, you just got the 4xCD crop circle box and the 2nd half of CD3 becomes your obsession and doesn't leave its position in your 5 disc changer for weeks, maybe months:
When the Levee BreaksAchilles Last StandThe Song Remains the SameTen Years GoneIn My Time of Dying
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 17:48 (two weeks ago) link
Wish I could trade "Going to California" for "Black Dog," but as is, side two of IV.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 18:08 (two weeks ago) link
xpost that box set was basically my world for months
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 18:09 (two weeks ago) link
the sequencing on the box is really cool, I love how that 3rd CD is focused on the epics
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:38 (two weeks ago) link
Easy answer for me: PG side 2I'm not even the biggest "Kashmir" fan but it's the only side of a LZ album where not a single second is wasted― your dog is fed and no one cares (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, May 9, 2024 3:00 PM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― your dog is fed and no one cares (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, May 9, 2024 3:00 PM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink
My thoughts exactly
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:41 (two weeks ago) link
i had the crop circle box on cassette lol
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:43 (two weeks ago) link
Never had the crop circle box but a friend borrowed Remasters from the public library and duped cassettes of it for us CD-bereft povvos, and months and months later I discovered my dad's gf had all the albums thru Song Remains The Same on beaten-up but still vivid vinyl, so I'd spend the sunday afternoons we were at her house taping myself copies, and discovering non-Remasters jams like In My Time Of Dying and Levee was like discovering forgotten relics.
― a based robot like Bender (stevie), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:58 (two weeks ago) link
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, May 14, 2024 2:43 PM (fifty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
the trillest version for sure
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 20:38 (two weeks ago) link
I was too old for that crop circle box but reading the Discogs reviews it sounds like the mastering is killer
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 21:30 (two weeks ago) link
I had LZII on cassette, which flipped Heartbreaker and Thank You. The way Thank You trails off quietly then explodes into Living Loving Maid is one of my favorite LZ sequencing moments.
https://www.discogs.com/release/4404429-Led-Zeppelin-Led-Zeppelin-II
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 21:39 (two weeks ago) link
You just blew my mind, PBKR.
I too had the cassette version of II, but I got mine at a Hastings probably in 1988, '89. And according to discogs, yeah, that version did the same thing too!
So now I'm sitting here, wondering, Did I really listen to Thank You going into LLM all those years and not a thing of it? I mean, I wouldn't have known any better.
Had the cropduster set too that I compiled a cassette version for the car. But since I already had II-HotH on tape, it was sequenced with "In the Evening" starting things off before going into "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You". Ended with "Bonzo's Montreaux" into "All My Love".
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 00:08 (two weeks ago) link
My recollection is they are spliced really tight together, too, so it almost ends up like a Yes transition.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 00:30 (two weeks ago) link
especially amazing because Heartbreak>Living Loving Maid ime has typically been treated as a suite and played together on classic rock radio. Just imagining LLM bursting out of Thank You has already shifted my perspective on it in a positive way, bet it really crackles!
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 12:41 (two weeks ago) link
Someone else can tell me whether Tangerine --> Celebration Day works or not.
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 13:36 (two weeks ago) link
I think you mean Friends? And yes
― calstars, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 14:32 (two weeks ago) link
fuck it i'm just gonna pirate the box set now
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:33 (two weeks ago) link
No, Friends --> Celebration Day is what we have now. I'm talking about some more cassette re-arranging.
― pplains, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 21:13 (two weeks ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 16 May 2024 00:01 (two weeks ago) link
#ALBINI4PGS3
trying to verify this internet trend
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 16 May 2024 06:54 (two weeks ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 17 May 2024 00:01 (two weeks ago) link
LED ZEPPELIN II side two 7
wut
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 May 2024 00:46 (two weeks ago) link
So:
LZ IV = 26PG = 10
Yet, the results of the albums portion of LZ artist poll was:
PG = 266ptsIV = 237pts
ILM GONNA CRAWL — Led Zeppelin poll RESULTS THREAD
Some people be frontin'.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 17 May 2024 01:47 (two weeks ago) link
I could see where that might be a by-product of this poll's idea--voting for sides--combined with the difference between a single and a double. With the Rolling Stones, I could see individual sides of Beggars Banquet or Let It Bleed winning this kind of poll, but Exile winning a ballot-type poll. Maybe doubles are experienced more...holisitically? I don't know.
― clemenza, Friday, 17 May 2024 01:57 (two weeks ago) link
You guys really like four sticks huh
― calstars, Friday, 17 May 2024 02:41 (two weeks ago) link
didn't vote for that side, but four sticks is the second-best song on it
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 May 2024 02:53 (two weeks ago) link
I love Four Sticks because even Led Zeppelin didn't really know how to play it. They took stabs at it when they rarely played it live, Bonham had a frustrating time getting it down, but on the record, it sounds perfect.
Also, the song is officially known as untitled sticks.
― pplains, Friday, 17 May 2024 13:49 (two weeks ago) link
“four sticks” is cool, does it even have more than one chord?I don’t really like plants vocals during the “punch on the nose” part of California
― brimstead, Friday, 17 May 2024 14:11 (two weeks ago) link
Four Sticks is the heart of the album
― peace, man, Friday, 17 May 2024 14:25 (two weeks ago) link
"Four Sticks"/"Misty Mountain Hop" had more to do with my vote than even "When the Levee Breaks."
― clemenza, Friday, 17 May 2024 14:29 (two weeks ago) link
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― calstars, Friday, 17 May 2024 14:50 (two weeks ago) link