Led Zeppelin: Hammer of the POX

The Lemon Song
Immigrant Song
Since I've Been Loving You
The Battle Of Evermore
Four Sticks
The Song Remains the Same
Houses Of the Holy
Kashmir
In the Evening
Fool In the Rain

Four Sticks - Zep at their weirdest, haziest best
When the Levee Breaks - Bonham, harmonica, blunted and heavy
Kashmir - majesty
Down by the Seaside - Plant at his hippy best, Hohner electra-piano
Hots on for Nowhere - Page's nuttiest, most concise solo
Dancing Days - Riff, layers
Custard Pie - Riff, Bonham's pattern, heaviest song ever w/ clavinet
Rain Song - beautiful, naked
How Many More Times - early concern w/ texture, movement, blues pastiche
That's the Way - mandolin, more Plant the hippy

"Four Sticks" I just love for the strangeness of the whole thing. I wish I knew enough to identify what scale the keyboard lines are using; it sounds like arabic music but that may just be due to their reedy, fuzzed timbre. Yeah, something like "Dancing Days", rhythmically the riff is tricky enough, but then Page layers all these guitars together; at the end, is it just up an octave? I can't tell. On the verse I can't tell if he's playing some kind of steel guitar or if that's a synthesizer! Zeppelin songs are like the most fun to try to figure out how to play on guitar or find music or tab for, because you realize how inventive Page was. It's also a bit frustrating because you can never sound like the Zep version. I mean, how can you recreate that mass of guitars on "When the Levee Breaks"? You can't.

That's what a pact with Satan gets you. Inimitability!

When the Levee Breaks
Immigrant Song
Since I've Been Loving You
Rock and Roll
In the Evening
The Ocean
Nobody's Fault but Mine
How Many More Times
Gallows Pole
Custard Pie

worst, in a landslide: Down by the Seaside

thanks

WORST ZEPPELIN SONG: Anything on The Soundtrack to The Song Remains the Same

In chronological order:

Your Time is Gonna Come
What Is and What Should Never Be
Bring It on Home
Friends
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Rock and Roll
When the Levee Breaks
The Rain Song
Custard Pie
All My Love

I hate you all.

All this is making me want that three-CD live set that they're putting out next month!

It is u 2. And "The Battle Of Evermore" is one of the greatest songs ever written.
(That was an easy one, Dan!)

AND I'VE LEFT OFF LIKE 40,000 OTHER THINGS, FUCK THIS.

This thread proves once and for all that "When the Levee Breaks" is their all-time greatest song.

1. Celebration Day - From The Song Remains the Same
Communication Breakdown
Trampled Under Foot
Kashmir
In the Evening
Whole Lotta Love
Immigrant Song
Black Dog
Ramble On
Dazed and Confused

thats the only possible 10 best list

one step closer to hell

01. The Ocean
02. Living Loving Maid
03. Ramble On
04. Black Dog
05. In The Light
06. When The Levee Breaks
07. Dazed & Confused
08. Since I've Been Loving You
09. Bron-Yr-Aur
10. Achilles' Last Stand

BTW, this list is more proof that _Greatest Hits_
albums suck. No LZ edition would contain more than
three or four of these.

Since I've Been Loving You
That's The Way
When The Levee Breaks
Kashmir
Ten Years Gone
The Rain Song (live)
The Rover
I'm Gonna Crawl
Down By The Seaside
Dancing Days

Worst? A straight shootout between The Crunge, Hats Off To Roy Harper and the overblown Dazed and Confused.

there is no such thing as a bad led zeppelin song

I refuse to make revisions or I'd be here all day.

"Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You"
"Communication Breakdown"
"Immigrant Song"
"Out on the Tiles"
"Ramble On"
"Tangerine"
"When the Levee Breaks"
"The Crunge"
"D'yer Mak'er"
"No Quarter"
"The Ocean"
"The Rover"
"In My Time of Dying"
"Kashmir"
"In the Light"
"Down by the Seaside"
"Ten Years Gone"
"Achilles Last Stand"
"Nobody's Fault But Mine"

Surpise...ME!

The Rover
Kashmir
In my Time of Dying
Songs Remains the Same
Battle of Evermore
When the Levee Breaks
Whole Lotta Love
Stairway to Heaven
Bron-yr-aur
No Quarter

Achilles Last Stand
Black Dog
Down by the Seaside
For Your Life
Four Sticks
Friends
I'm Gonna Crawl
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Ten Years Gone
Wearing and Tearing

achilles last stand
custard pie
over the hills and far away
the ocean
houses of the holy
bron-y-aur stomp
in my time of dying
going to california
i'm gonna crawl
when the levee breaks

I think what sets them apart is that Page and Jones were two of the best arrangers of their generation. They could have taken the basic song catalogue of any band, say Molly Hatchet, and devised arrangements that would make their records snap a lot harder. (I don't know Hatchet from a pap smear, maybe they're not the best example.) "Hammer of the Rednecks," etc. Anyway, good songs are great, but good songs + good arrangements = something totally off the hook like, uh, hey! -- "Four Sticks."

It's pretty amazing when a guy as talented as Robert Plant is the weak link in your band.

If you're gonna steal, steal from the best. And if I 'subconsciously' stole this concept for a list from Dave Q or someone equally worthy, well that kinda illustrates my point.

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Can anyone decipher those Chinese characters?

No, the orientals are notoriously inscrutable. But what's that got to do with Led Zeppelin?

Achilles' Last Stand
In the Light
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Custard Pie
Over the Hills and Far Away
When the Levee Breaks
The Rover
No Quarter
The Rain Song
In My Time of Dying

god I love the rover. a great piece of evidence for the case that JPJ was the real secret weapon for zep. how do you even find a bass (AND keys AND mandolin AND whatever else) player capable of so much that knows when to just hold down the fort and bang on a single note for a while. it's impossible!

surprised I never did this. what the heck:

Heartbreaker
Immigrant Song
Achilles Last Stand
Hey Hey What Can I Do
Black Dog
Rain Song
The Ocean
In My Time of Dying
Kashmir
Wanton Song

Today:

How many more times
Immigrant song
That's the way
Stairway
Levee
Rain Song
Over the hills
In my time of dying
Trampled
Achilles

ah i gotta swap No Quarter with Royal Orleans

communication breakdown
dazed and confused
whole lotta love
hey hey what can I do
bring it on home
thank you
Immigrant song
black dog
when the levee breaks
trampled under foot

Going to California
When the Levee Breaks
The Rain Song
Over the Hills and Far Away
No Quarter
The Ocean
The Rover
In My Time of Dying
Houses of the Holy
Tea for One

Oh, goddamnit. I have work to do, guys! All right...

Here's a hastily whittled down list of the Zep songs I have five-starred in iTunes (although this is obviously an impossible choice, ultimately):

The Song Remains The Same
The Rain Song
Over The Hills And Far Away
Dancing Days
That's The Way
Rock And Roll
Four Sticks
When The Levee Breaks
The Rover
Sick Again

I know it's kind of a deep cut, but I'm surprised there's so little love for 'Sick Again' itt. That song is a beast.

When The Levee Breaks
The Ocean
Good Times Bad Times
Ramble On
Immigrant Song
Since I've Been Loving You
Trampled Underfoot
Ten Years Gone
Achilles' Last Stand
Custard Pie

I POXed 10 years ago, but here's the top 10 of my ballot from the LZ poll.
1. Wearing And Tearing
2. Tea For One
3. Four Sticks
4. In My Time Of Dying
5. Since I've Been Loving You
6. Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
7. Sick Again
8. Achilles' Last Stand
9. Out On The Tiles
10. The Wanton Song

(I know this isn't the place for this but this thread triggered it: I'm certain that the number of times that I've listened to Physical Graffiti is in the triple digits, and it never ever sounds any less amazing and fresh to my ears.)

1. Since I've Been Loving You
2. Dazed And Confused
3. The Rain Song
4. The Song Remains The Same
5. No Quarter
6. Communication Breakdown
7. Achilles' Last Stand
8. In My Time Of Dying
9. Celebration Day
10. Custard Pie

Ten Years Gone
Rain Song
Rock n Roll
Trampled Under Foot
Over the Hills
Custard Pie
Since I've Been Loving You
Ramble On
Friends
In the Light

Achilles' Last Stand
Dancing Days
Four Sticks
That's the Way
Out on the Tiles
The Rain Song
The Song Remains the Same
In the Light
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Ten Years Gone

Travelling Riverside Blues
Wanton Song
Achilles Last Stand
Rock ‘n Roll
Heartbreaker
Night Flight
Lemon Song
Over the Hills
Communication Breakdown
Carouselambra

"the battle of evermore"
"ramble on"
"misty mountain hop"
"kashmir"
"bring it on home"
"the immigrant song"
"ten years gone"
"stairway to heaven"
"how many more times"
"over the hills and far away"

Good Times Bad Times
Whole Lotta Love
Since I've Been Loving You
Black Dog
Stairway
Going to California
When the Levee Breaks
The Rain Song
Houses of the Holy
Ten Years Gone

d&c
no quarter
levee
battle of evermore
friends
sibly
achilles last stand
white summer/black mountain side
babe i'm gonna leave you
in the light

if i can, i'd take live versions of d&c (offenburg '73), no quarter (vinyl "song remains the same") and white summer/black mountain side (montreux '70)

I just spent a minute frantically Googling "led zeppelin and sibyl." Thought it might be one of the new outtakes.

Speaking of which, I'd sneak "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" (TGILSGLBWH) into my POX if I could.

the ascending riff on 'In the Light' is one of the most glorious things ever

the ascending riff on 'In the Light' is one of the most glorious cheesiest things ever

im so sorry for u

A lot of column A, a little bit of column B.

Yes, these are not mutually exclusive. LZ was filled with glorious cheese, like a Dominoes' deep dish pizza.

POO track might be houses of the holy

nah

Fair enough
Answer might be whichever track you’re listening to at the moment

Stairway

If I could only turn to one song for all my LZ super nutrients, I'd probably go with Ramble On.

Minerals: violin bow on solo, multitracked guitars/RP squeals
Vitamins: Tolkin references, uses word "ramble"

Kashmir
When the Levee Breaks
Ramble On
Since I Been Loving You
Ten Years Gone
Dazed and Confused
Whole Lotta Love
No Quarter (live)
Achilles Last Stand
Hey Hey What Can I Do

the ascending riff on 'In the Light' is one of the most glorious things ever

This and “Ten Years Gone” are the songs that finally made me a Zep fan (after a lifetime of indifference/dislike)