Good Zeppelin Covers

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Are there any? Their songs seem particularly hard to cover. Perhaps this is a reflection of how important production is to their records. Zeppelin as a sonic experience first and foremost, even though a lot of their songs seem well constructed in terms of melody and chords. So who has covered Page/Plant and done it well?

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 8 July 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

dread zeppelin...

― b b, Friday, 8 July 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

S: kristin hersh, "when the levee breaks"

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Friday, 8 July 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

Heavy Hindenburg are pretty amazing.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 8 July 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

not quite a cover, but not bad for whaqt it is

http://www.partyben.com/PartyBen-LedSnooppelin2.mp3

― b b, Friday, 8 July 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

I know I'm going to catch a bunch of shit for this, but I actually liked Stone Temple Pilot's cover of Dancing Days.

― darin (darin), Friday, 8 July 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Massimo Barsotti DJ- Whole Lotta Love

http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/376_0_2_0_C/

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 8 July 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)

The Black Crowes are widely loathed (for good reason), but their album with Jimmy Page -- essentially a Zeppelin covers collection -- rocked in all the right ways. Chris Robinson's voice was shockingly well suited to the material, and their drummer played a fair Bonzo.

― electric derby, Friday, 8 July 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

helmet w/ david yow (jesus lizard) covering "custard pie"

― 6335, Friday, 8 July 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

when i was in high school[73-75], Heart used to play our dances and did amazing versions of black dog and several other zep songs. i wish they had put those out.

― william (william), Friday, 8 July 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

kevin gilbert - kashmir

― dantheman, Friday, 8 July 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

Dread Zeppelin's cover of "Your Time is Gonna Come" is better than the original. FACT!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

Weird that I can't think of more Zep covers....

― PB, Friday, 8 July 2005 22:57 (twenty years ago)

Rasputina - "Rock'N'Roll" (on cellos)

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Friday, 8 July 2005 23:04 (twenty years ago)

Jeff Buckley - "Night Flight" is nice enough.

― PB, Friday, 8 July 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

Sandie Shaw does a great version of Your Time Is Gonna Come.

― Hi Fi Jill, Saturday, 9 July 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

"Sunset Gun" by the Damage Manual basically is "When the Levee Breaks".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 9 July 2005 04:10 (twenty years ago)

4 Non Blondes -- Misty Mountain Hop

― Bill Orcutt, Saturday, 9 July 2005 04:35 (twenty years ago)

Bongwater: "Dazed and Chinese" (they also covered "Four Sticks")
The Embarrassment: "Immigrant Song"
The Ordinaires: "Kashmir"

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Saturday, 9 July 2005 04:46 (twenty years ago)

My roommate likes to play "Stairway" on his acoustic.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Saturday, 9 July 2005 08:13 (twenty years ago)

Dread Zeppelin's cover of "Your Time is Gonna Come" is better than the original.

I totally agree. (Most of Dread's stuff is novelty, but this track was the nice).

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Saturday, 9 July 2005 08:23 (twenty years ago)

The Boogaloo Investigators - Heartbreaker

― michael2 (michael2), Saturday, 9 July 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

DREAD ZEPPELIN. Better than Led Zeppelin in every way.

― flink, Saturday, 9 July 2005 10:23 (twenty years ago)

when i was in high school[73-75], Heart used to play our dances and did amazing versions of black dog and several other zep songs. i wish they had put those out.

they did put out "battle of evermore" a couple decades later, on the "singles" soundtrack, recording as the lovemongers. and it's pretty good.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 9 July 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

Killdozer's version of When the Levee Breaks is awesome, of course.

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Saturday, 9 July 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Cave-In: "Dazed & Confused" 11 solid minutes of homage and distortion

― harshaw (jube), Saturday, 9 July 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha, "When the Levee Breaks"

― MV, Saturday, 9 July 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

Flaming Lips 'Communication Breakdown'

― Frank Booth (Frank Booth), Saturday, 9 July 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

stirmonster mixes.. what is it, i think "trampled underfoot"? with loads of extra percussion bits and sped up a little i think. not exactly a cover but it was pretty thrilling when i saw/heard it.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 9 July 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

eight months pass...

again not covers per se, but I saw these bootlegs at the record store on the weekend... could they possibly be any good?

― haitch (haitch), Sunday, 19 March 2006 10:21 (twenty years ago)

Xpost but just wanted to second a spectator bird above. will dust off that Kristin Hersh EP now ..

― winter testing (winter testing), Sunday, 19 March 2006 11:50 (twenty years ago)

Dolly Parton, "Stairway to Heaven"

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Sunday, 19 March 2006 15:18 (twenty years ago)

I'm not aware of any making a legit release, and I'm going by a nearly 20 year old memory, but Camper Van Beethoven used to do some pretty decent Led Zep covers in concert as I recall.

― dlp9001, Sunday, 19 March 2006 22:51 (twenty years ago)

I'd love to have heard Elvis and the TCB! Band do a version of "Black Dog". That could have been over the top great.

― earlnash, Sunday, 19 March 2006 23:00 (twenty years ago)

a perfect circles cover of 'when the levee breaks' is interesting

― grapple (grapple), Monday, 20 March 2006 00:08 (twenty years ago)

Killdozer's "When the Levee Breaks" seconded. Whoa.

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 20 March 2006 00:14 (twenty years ago)

Lydia Lunch & Rowland S. Howard, "In My Time of Dying"

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Monday, 20 March 2006 03:16 (twenty years ago)

Ridiculous thread, should be more truth in advertising, like retitling indie/altie/noise/joke/pigfuck assorted acts known for slaughtering Led Zeppelin or how to make LZ not rock. Better off looking into the metal arena. Great White did an LP, Great Zep. Michael White Play the Music of Led Zeppelin is pretty obscure but also in the same vein. Even the Studio 99 hacks did better covers than most of these.

― George 'the Animal' Steele, Wednesday, 22 March 2006 20:55 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Golden Palominos did a good "When the Levee Breaks" live with Syd Straw on vocals, Jack Bruce on bass.

― dad a, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 21:19 (seventeen years ago)

LOLing at "covers of Zeppelin's 'When The Levee Breaks'"

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 21:44 (seventeen years ago)

sea of love

― PappaWheelie V, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 23:50 (seventeen years ago)

LOLing at "covers of Zeppelin's 'When The Levee Breaks'"

I already started that shit once this week. I keep that up, I may as well be arguing about Wilco on the internet.

― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 3 July 2008 02:19 (seventeen years ago)

The Ordinaires: "Kashmir"

I had forgotten about this one. It really is good! (Though I haven't heard it in probably 20 years.)

― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 3 July 2008 02:26 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vnW-AThvNw

funny, anyway

― Oilyrags, Thursday, 3 July 2008 02:31 (seventeen years ago)

It's kinda a cover: I really love the Page & Plant Moroccan revamp of "Four Sticks" on the No Quarter album.

― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 3 July 2008 03:46 (seventeen years ago)

eleven years pass...

Sandie Shaw does a great version of Your Time Is Gonna Come.

In 1969 too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAvsaCzn7BU

― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 25 May 2020 11:02 (six years ago)

Tina Turner’s “Whole Lotta Love” is fucking awesome

― brimstead, Monday, 25 May 2020 21:33 (six years ago)

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