POLL LOTTA LOVE - ILM Artist Poll #6 - Led Zeppelin

On the other hand, I am posting under the influence of some heavy Vietnamese weed right now, so take that for what it's worth.

where the fuck can u cop vietnamese weed

Vietnam

some Americans hung out there once iirc

On the other hand, I am posting under the influence of some heavy Vietnamese weed right now, so take that for what it's worth.

where the fuck can u cop vietnamese weed

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― Rob Based and DJ EZ God (DJP), Friday, August 19, 2011 9:00 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

"...and that's how our own underrated aerosmith wound up doing 20 years in Chí Hòa Prison! True story."

Just stating that I will have a ballot! First time voting in any of these (though I have enjoyed reading them), but considering the amount of time I spent in my life listening to these records it would not be right to skip out. Gotta slim my list down from about 45 right now though!

I just had to dive right in and start with a pretty short list I could commit to. If I started at 45 I never would have made it down to 20.

I kind of want to do a second ballot now; there are at least half-a-dozen tracks I feel I've treated real bad.

I didn't try to get to 45, I just kept thinking of stuff I think is great. Pretty sure with a little distance, i.e., many listens and a couple of more days, I can whittle it down pretty easily. It was just that the first rush of listening to songs I hadn't heard in years got me all "shit, right, that fucking solo" and "holy shit, I forgot how great this was". Over and over again, obviously.

I thought I could rid myself of stuff like "Hearbreaker", which while listening in my head (you know, from memory) can seem silly, especially Plant, got totally reinserted because of the break for the solo Page moment and then the cool rave-up before the outro of the main riff etc. Just Classic. Still may not make final 20 though.

Would this band be as revered/respected were it not for its folk rock inclinations? That side of the group breaks things up nicely, and Page is one of those rare electric guitarists equally adept and inspired on acoustic.

i feel exactly that, it's the hard rock spiced with folk-Joni that makes me love em. I also meant to mention in reference to the comments above that in the bios I've read about them one of the main points they hit home was that LZ was the first(?) giant popular success that filled stadiums while being "hated" by the rock critic establishment. The negative reviews and how much they stung is really heavily emphasized in the Wall bio in particular

and maybe that hate was as much the marauding way they approached everything. It was seen as bad form, as much as the music itself

For all the lurkers, semi-lurkers and weekend-only ILXors -- your vote counts too!

Ballot sent.

Would this band be as revered/respected were it not for its folk rock inclinations? That side of the group breaks things up nicely, and Page is one of those rare electric guitarists equally adept and inspired on acoustic.

It's definitely a large part of their appeal to me - also when I started properly investigating the back catalogue I was surprised just how much pastoral folk stuff they did. It wasn't a side of the band that I'd ever heard talked about much.

oh man so this is probably the only one of these artist poll things i'll ever vote in and i am damn excited to do so.

it's also an excuse to buy more of those reissues that come in the little lp sleeves since i only have iii, iv, houses, and physical (hint hint where most of my votes will be coming from).

It's definitely a large part of their appeal to me - also when I started properly investigating the back catalogue I was surprised just how much pastoral folk stuff they did. It wasn't a side of the band that I'd ever heard talked about much.

agree my image of the band was completely distorted prior to hearing this stuff. I thought it was all dinosaur blues rockin

OK, I just submitted mine and found it extremely difficult--deciding which 20 wasn't hard, but ranking them was nuts. Here's my breakdown by album
Led Zeppelin One 1
Led Zeppelin Two 1
Led Zeppelin Three 2
Led Zeppelin Four 3
Houses of the Holy 3
Physical Graffiti 7(!)
Presence 2
In Through.... 1

Yes, I know, but I polled it from da heart...I'm a sucker for sprawling double LPs

I should check Physical Graffiti, huh

I still have all 8 tracks from IV on my ballot and it's very unlikely any of them will come off

has there been an all-goth tribute record called Physical Gothffiti yet? if not, when I coordinate such a project, DJP, are you good for it?

p.s. yeah Physical Graffiti is a monster, must-have

Physical Gothffiti

slap a cleopatra records logo on there and some bad line art and you've got the must-not-to-buy hat-trick.

"PG" I've always thought of as the most overrated Zeppelin record, tbh. Assuming any of them truly count as overrated.

PG has a specific feel that I just love. Definitely a preference thing, as it's definitely a bloated, gratuitous record. Just happens to work for me on that level. I find that the songs on PG have just held up extremely well for me and still hold surprises and depths that a lot of other LZ songs don't any more.

Was also the first CD I ever bought, probably in 1985. Only tapes before then.

PG has a specific feel that I just love.

otm, even considering the fact that it was compiled from a wide variety of sessions -- it feels like it was recorded in one big burst

Yeah, just holds together as a very heavy-feeling record, even the lighter songs if that makes sense. Has this strange immersive totallity about it.

My ballot is almost done! Just relistening a bit to see if I think it holds up. Total blast (though tough as shit for me).

Holy shit, the return to the "verse" or whatever you want to call it 7 minutes into "Carouselambra" is just so so fucking good! One of the most convincing things to make you wonder what the band might have gotten up to if they had lasted into the 80s.

I guesss "In the Evening" as well

What the hell, lists are fun and I did mine fast, so I think I'm entitled to a 21-30 of feelin' bad:

21. Since I've Been Loving You
22. In My Time Of Dying
23. Dancing Days
24. How Many More Times?
25. In The Evening
26. Ten Years Gone
27. Celebration Day
28. Good Times Bad Times
29. Dazed & Confused
30. Gallows Pole

Ballot sent, but I forgot to include a subject line. Hopefully it won`t be snared by spam filters.

My poll finally sent too.

Uh, ballot that is.

Sent!

Didn't include anything from either Presence or Coda, though leaving off "Travelling Riverside Blues" and "Wearing and Tearing" caused me immense grief.

Exciting about the number of weekend ballots rolling in! I think we're up to 31.

The back-of-my-mind goal is moving to the front: enough ballots that the winner has 1000+ points.

spent some time listening to Zep today and reminding myself how much i like some songs that i didn't put on my ballot. sorry Custard Pie, Out On The Tiles, Night Flight, etc.

I pledge to vote, but the hardest decision to make is whether to spend 10 minutes or 10 hours deliberating on the ballot. These albums were drilled around the clock like times-tables in my youth. The only titles I don't know are White Summer and Baby Come on Home.

I voted based on what songs I wanted to receive votes.

I know that sounds obvious, but instead of giving "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" anything, I passed it on to a song that Great White probably had never even heard of.

(Even though BIGLY is an awesome song that deserves tons of votes.)

I gave it points fo sho.

Here's how I plan to ruin wmc's poll results when they start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baR0bBgMxBQ

lol i hope there's an 8-bit version for every track that makes the countdown.

More than i thought there were!

Damn, I just got to that 25 or 6 to 4 measure. Someone bump theirs up a spot or two for me.

I want to play this level so badly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF5MnAvJFNA

wait, why do people like these video game music versions of Led Zeppelin?

for the drum sound

To achieve that drum sound, Mario simply dangled a single microphone down a ladder.

Just submitted my ballot. All the cool subtle groove rockers from Houses, PG, and Presence didn't quite make the cut.

My ballot looks like the ballot of a guy who liked rock radio in the day and appreciates Led Zep as Yardbirds offshoot and source of Robert Plant solo career.

but I think LZ are as good as any band ever, I'm just inclined towards the more complete traditional song melody-wise aspect , either folk or pop, of their songwriting.

Earlier today I was trying to express to the wife how Led Zeppelin could have been the greatest band ever if their songs had been about more, but that would have ruined part of what made them Led Zeppelin.

Here's how I plan to ruin wmc's poll results when they start.

I didn't look carefully at the 8-bit joke...I thought that was a real idea brewing for the results rollout. sorry!

There was a time when I almost bought into the idea of Robert Plant as somehow the band's weak link, but I can't imagine the band without his wails/hair/ridiculous lyrics. Like, in any other hands singing about Hobbits would come off as, I dunno, Yes or Genesis or Gentle Giant territory, but Plant somehow pulls it off without all the proggy portent. Something like "Ramble On" just revels in it, or compare the viking-rock of "Immigrant Song" to something like Iron Maiden's totally po-faced "Quest for Fire." There's an off-hand innocence and joy to Plant's lyrics; if he's ever meant to be "heavy," I don't think I've ever noticed.