Has Led Zeppelin Dated Poorly?

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Jordan's convinced me. All drum tracks should be retroactively swapped out with 808s. Cause dancing, sound systems, etc.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 21 November 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link

*Throws challops flag*

calstars, Saturday, 21 November 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link

this is the purest calstars bait (that doesn't involve bars) <3

mookieproof, Saturday, 21 November 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link

It does kind of involve children where they shouldn’t be though

early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 21 November 2020 02:01 (three years ago) link

this isn't even a well-used or well-mixed 808! It sounds like shit!

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 21 November 2020 05:15 (three years ago) link

^^^
Is this guy intentionally defecating on all sides of the beat?

Like I could see elements (mellotron, etc.) of No Quarter being used in a bobbins way, but this dude (gotta be a dude) wants shooting.

the colour out of space (is the place) (PBKR), Saturday, 21 November 2020 13:05 (three years ago) link

I love footwork but Traxman has always bamboozled me and err... yeah not a fan of this

Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Saturday, 21 November 2020 13:36 (three years ago) link

Ok I'm not going to die on this hill, it's just a silly EP of chopped Led Zep samples in a juke context.

Buuut speaking of context...if the 'When the Levee Breaks' break sounded good in fast dance music, it would be used in fast dance music. JB's drums are huge, wide, and aggressive and so they're usually sampled at slower tempos when you want that rock energy (Beastie Boys, Bjork, blah blah blah). There's a reason why he's not sampled much in drum & bass (although sure, anything's possible).

And 808 bass/kicks/claps are not objectively worse than even the best drummer when it comes to recorded music, they're just different. There's also a reason why you hear them 1000000000x more than Led Zep drum loops, and it has to do with how effective they are, which partly has due with the sheer frequencies involved, and the cultural weight at this point. I really should not have to explain this in 2020.

change display name (Jordan), Monday, 23 November 2020 17:46 (three years ago) link

Dunno, who did Led Zeppelin go out with?

Mark G, Monday, 23 November 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link


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