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My favourite songs from each album:

Led Zeppelin I

I Can't Quit You Baby

Honourable Mention - Good Times Bad Times

Led Zeppelin II

Ramble On

Honourable Mention - Whole Lotta Love

Led Zeppelin III

Immigrant Song

Honourable Mention - Friends

Led Zeppelin IV

When The Levee Breaks

Honourable Mention - The Battle Of Evermore

Houses Of The Holy

No Quarter

Honourable Mention - D'yer Mak'er

Physical Graffiti

In My Time Of Dying

Honourable Mention - In The Light

Presence

Royal Orleans

Honourable Mention - Nobody's Fault But Mine

In Through The Out Door

South Bound Saurez

Honourable Mention - I'm Gonna Crawl

Top 3 albums:

1. Houses
2. III
3. II

Screw_Michigan wrote:Top 3 albums:

1. Houses
2. III
3. II

I can respect that.

I didn't think you even liked Zep. :?

My choices

Led Zeppelin I

Dazed and Confused

Led Zeppelin II

tough to pick one but I'll say

Heartbreaker

Led Zeppelin III

No brainer here - Since I've Been Loving You

Led Zeppelin IV

Impossible to pick, but your choices work on this one.

When The Levee Breaks

Honourable Mention - The Battle Of Evermore

Houses Of The Holy

I can't say, I don't have this CD. :doh:

Physical Graffiti

Double album, i get 2 picks

Ten Years Gone
Down by the Seaside

Presence

Achilles Last Stand.

In Through The Out Door

Fool in the Rain

How the hell do you not have Houses?

Screw_Michigan wrote:How the hell do you not have Houses?

Good question, I'll have to fix that problem very soon. I had every Zep album and wore them the fuck out. By 1981, i had every Zep tape on cassette. Just never got around to getting Houses of the Holy on CD for some reason.

A crime, for sure.

reviewing some of the tracks on that album, I'll have to go with this




the above vid goes straight from Over The Hills and Far Away into The Rain Song, both hauntingly beautiful songs... and yes, I am a dumb fuck for not having this in my CD collection.

Led Zeppelin I

Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You

Honourable Mention - I Can't Quit You Baby

Led Zeppelin II

Bring It On Home

Honourable Mention - Heartbreaker

Led Zeppelin III

Since I've Been Loving You

Honourable Mention - Immigrant Song

Led Zeppelin IV

Stairway to Heaven

Honourable Mention - The Battle of Evermore

Houses Of The Holy

The Ocean

Honourable Mention - Over the Hills and Far Away

Physical Graffiti

The Rover

Honourable Mention - Bron-Yr-Aur

The Song Remains the Same

Stairway to Heaven

Honourable Mention - tie: The Song Remains the Same/Whole Lotta Love

Presence

Achilles' Last Stand

Honourable Mention - Tea For One

In Through The Out Door

Fool in the Rain

Honourable Mention - I'm Gonna Crawl

Led Zeppelin I

Good Times Bad Times

Honourable Mention - Communication Breakdown

Led Zeppelin II

Whole Lotta Love (the most distinguishable intro in rock)

Honourable Mention - Bring it On Home

Led Zeppelin III

Since I've Been Loving You

Honourable Mention - Immigrant Song

Led Zeppelin IV

Stairway to Heaven (I know, a sucker choice but still in my opinion one of the best rock songs ever written)

Honourable Mention - When The Levee Breaks

Houses Of The Holy

They're all great, but my favorite is probably The Song Remains The Same

Honourable Mention - Over The Hills and Far Away

Physical Graffiti

Kashmir

Honourable Mention - In My Time Of Dying

Presence

Achilles Last Stand

Honourable Mention - Nobody's Fault But Mine

In Through The Out Door

Fool In The Rain

Honourable Mention - I'm Gonna Crawl

There were a couple of songs from Coda that I liked, but I never really considered that a true "album"
We're Gonna Groove was pretty dece

I would say an argument could be made for the intros of "Purple Haze," "Iron Man" and "Satisfaction" being as immediately distinguishable as that of "Whole Lotta Love," but yeah, that iconic opening stutter riff of WLL definitely has to be on the (very) short list.

For that matter, the first notes of "Stairway," "Kashmir," and "Dazed and Confused" are right there too. And what about "The Immigrant Song"?

Van wrote:I would say an argument could be made for the intros of "Purple Haze," "Iron Man" and "Satisfaction" being as immediately distinguishable as that of "Whole Lotta Love," but yeah, that iconic opening stutter riff of WLL definitely has to be on the (very) short list.

smoke on the water could fit in that group as well

For that matter, the first notes of "Stairway," "Kashmir," and "Dazed and Confused" are right there too. And what about "The Immigrant Song"?

yep, within the first two to four notes I immediately know the song
picking Zep album favorites is almost impossible
it would be much easier to pick least favorite songs off their albums, although I don't think I could pick one off Houses of The Holy, because I love every song on that disc

Good call on "Smoke on the Water." One note in and you know. Another two I would add:

Felix wrote:it would be much easier to pick least favorite songs off their albums

I've thought the same thing and then realized it wouldn't be so easy afterall...

Not to mention, a very short list.

Van wrote:I would say an argument could be made for the intros of "Purple Haze," "Iron Man" and "Satisfaction" being as immediately distinguishable as that of "Whole Lotta Love," but yeah, that iconic opening stutter riff of WLL definitely has to be on the (very) short list.

For that matter, the first notes of "Stairway," "Kashmir," and "Dazed and Confused" are right there too. And what about "The Immigrant Song"?

As Van also noted, "Layla" has to be included. Let's not forget Hendrix with "All Along the Watchtower" as well.

Wags,

If I play every one of these songs next Saturday, will you forgive me?

Led Zeppelin I

How many More Times

Honourable Mention - Dazed & Confused

Led Zeppelin II

Whole Lotta Love

Honourable Mention - What Is and What Should Never Be

Led Zeppelin III

Immigrant Song

Honourable Mention - Out on the Tiles

Led Zeppelin IV

When The Levee Breaks

Honourable Mention - Battle of Evermore

Houses Of The Holy

The Song Remains The Same/Rain Song (To me they are onle long song)

Honourable Mention - No Quarter

Physical Graffiti

In the Light

Honourable Mention - Trampled Underfoot

Presence

Achilles Last Stand

Honourable Mention - Tea For One

In Through The Out Door

In The Evening

Honourable Mention - Carouselambra

The Song Remains The Same

Dazed & Confused

Honourable Mention - Whole Lotta Love

BSmack wrote:If I play every one of these songs next Saturday, will you forgive me?

of course. I don't hold grudges.

I double dog dare you!

Jay, I seriously considered adding Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" to the list until I decided that his "Purple Haze" still has the more immediately recognizable opening riff. Literally, that first stomping A♯ note on the low E string is all it takes. That riff is his equivalent of "Whole Lotta Love."

Yes Van, I gotta agree. The opening riff of "Purple Haze" would go right into the top 5. While the one from "All Along the Watchtower" doesn't have the raw power of 'Haze' or something like "Smoke on the Water" or "Layla", I suppose the reason I prefer "Watchtower" is the song itself. While the Dylan original is of course nice, even Dave Mason did a better job with his cover. One thing of note about the Hendrix version of the song, most people aren't aware that Dave Mason actually played 12-string acoustic guitar on the track in the studio. It actually took him about 27 takes on the "turnaround" part of the songs introduction, due its' 'tricky' nature, to get it right.

Here's a photo of Dave Mason and Hendrix and his band from that period.

Led Zeppelin I - How Many More Times

Led Zeppelin II - Bring It On Home

Led Zeppelin III - Gallow's Pole

Led Zeppelin IV - When The Levee Breaks

House Of The Holy - No Quarter

Physical Graffiti - In My Time Of Dying

Presence - Nobody's Fault But Mine

In Through The Out Door - In The Evening

War Wagon wrote:

BSmack wrote:If I play every one of these songs next Saturday, will you forgive me?

of course. I don't hold grudges.

I double dog dare you!

I'll make sure it is well represented. I'm working up a setlist now. Time constraints might come into play.

Oh, and most of the material will be LIVE.