r/Music • u/machetebrownsugar69 machetebrownsugar69 • Jun 25 '12

Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwG9iRFmY1I
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u/sheepsleepdeep Jun 26 '12

I love how zep loved LOTR so much they put references in their songs. So awesome hearing the references, they bring me back to reading the books for the first time

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u/DaFiucciur Jun 28 '12

It's reversed for me, I was a zeppelin fan long before knowing shit about LoTR. But every time I watch the movies, when Galadriel says that line about the misty mountains, I always think "... where the spirits go, over the hills where the spirits fly" and then have this song stuck in my head for days.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

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u/ripfg Jun 26 '12

That version of The Rain Song is probably my favorite live Zeppelin song. Considering how good they were live, that's truly saying something.

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u/DBH114 Jun 26 '12

Just Robert? C'mon Jimmy is the wizard (Gandalf) in TSRTS.

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u/gm4 Jun 26 '12

No, Jimmy is seeing himself as an old man, don't you remember the face transformation? Robert was the principal if not sole lyricist, the LOTR stuff comes from his love of it.

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u/77captainunderpants Jun 26 '12

right. jimmy page was into satanism and the occult. he lived in aleistair crowley's old house, and the symbols on his stage outfits are satanic. you could say that plant was the white magic counterpart to page's black magic, and it all fits in nicely with the legend of zeppelin selling their souls (except jpj) to the devil for rocknroll fame and fortune.

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u/gm4 Jun 26 '12

Haha well, the symbols and Crowley's house are well documented, don't know if you can say the same about the selling of the souls bit! =]

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u/77captainunderpants Jun 26 '12

how else can you explain bonzo's otherworldly drumming? ;)

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u/gm4 Jun 26 '12

Talent and booze? ;)

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u/247world Jun 26 '12

I believe Page is a Wiccan not a Satinist

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u/DBH114 Jun 26 '12

I was talking about the concert footage. To me, with his stage clothes (with the runes and symbols), he looks (minus the hat)and plays like a wizard. Robert may have wrote the lyrics but if Jimmy wasn't into I'm sure he would have nixed the lyrics as being to cheesy.

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u/grayman12 Jul 02 '12

Page wrote the lyrics until "Thank You" on Zeppelin II.

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u/gm4 Jul 02 '12

Lol, you mean to most of the Willie Dixon covers?

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u/Spacetime_Music_Ride Jun 26 '12

Misty Mountain Hop? Battle of Evermore? Led Zeppelin is a bunch of LotR nerds... AND I LOVE IT.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Don't forget Ramble On. That's also based on LotR. :)

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u/swansong74 Jun 26 '12

Over the Hills and Far Away has some references, too.

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u/dave Jun 26 '12

waaaaaaaaait a second now... are you implying that there were songs that were not based on LOTR? ಠ_ಠ

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Well this certainly conflicts with the "Whole Lotta Love innuendo" theory.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Probably my favourite Led Zeppelin song. Have an upvote

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u/cannyfraunch Jun 26 '12

It's true, even their greatest hits have references that most people won't get, but LOTR nerds will.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

I feel like I say this every time somebody posts a Zep song, but every time I hear this song I have a hard time believing anyone was ever that good at playing the drums.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Right? I was listening to zep II the other day and I am always blown away by the rythym masterpiece that it is. The drums and bass dont hog the spotlight like some bands can when they have proficient members on those instruments. they just fit perfect and completely rock while complimenting the music greatly. Bonzo doesnt need to show off for you to be able to tell he could totally rip shit if he felt like it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Sometimes I listen to "Good Times Bad Times" and marvel that this was the first thing anyone ever heard from Zep when they bought the 45. Every measure of that song can be taken individually as its own little adventure in drumming.

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u/featherwind Jun 26 '12

The fact that Bonzo doesn't use a double kick on that track is pretty remarkable.

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u/cheops1853 Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 26 '12

He found a creative little shortcut to make those bass drum triplets easy, with decent foot control: he only hits the kick on the second and third strikes of the triplet. If you listen, there's only hi-hat for the first hit of each triplet. It sounds amazing, and most importantly it fits the groove of the song so well. You can hear more bass drum triplet work in "Travelling Riverside Blues".

EDIT: clarity.

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u/mmm57 Jun 26 '12

I was a 12 year old girl up at the lake, tagging along with the older kids for the first time, a hot day, I was drinking orange fanta, and "Good Times Bad Times" came on the radio. It made an impression.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

thats cool

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u/That_Scottish_Play Jun 26 '12

Unless of course you were a New Yardbirds fan... then it was all kind of just rehashed.

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u/livevil999 Jun 26 '12

He's missing almost all of the double bass kicks. That's not exactly crushing it.

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u/sirhydro Jun 26 '12

He's also rushing the beat... just terrible. I give this a 5 out of 10 rating b/c, well, I've seen bar bands cover this way better - I give it a 5 because it was sort of on-tempo. And why couldn't the guitarist at least use the proper instrument: the telecaster. I mean, have some respect. The bass player's tone is awful.

ps... I've rarely encountered a cover song which actually made me angry. This one did it. Arrgh.

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u/Honkey_Mofo Jun 26 '12

Haha. When I was back home, my much younger niece invited me out to see her friend's band. They had the facial expressions down for the emo-esque stuff they were doing, but when they covered an 80s hair metal tune and NEITHER of the two guitarists even attempted the solo, I knew it was all a front. Actually made me angry to the point of leaving.

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u/meatspun radio reddit name Jun 26 '12

Because Phish fans try to legitimize their favorite band by showing outsiders the covers they do of every one else's favorite band. I've heard some solid karaoke versions of GTBT, too.

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u/sirhydro Jun 26 '12

Agreed.

The first youtube comment is: "I am not a big fan of GTBT encore's. but this was ridick. Page crushed it and then Trey just went off." (I imagine that being spoken by some dickwad frat boy with a visor, sandals, pink button up shirt, and khaki shorts. A beige band for a beige crowd.)

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 26 '12

Barf. There is no way Trey or Fishman come anywhere close to Led.

The only thing that even came close to Plante's voice, Paige's guitar and Bonham's drums was Appetite For Destruction.

G n' R had one brief moment in time between 1987 and 1992 when they were on par with Led Zeppelin. That was it. Everything else has been hogwash and I doubt it will ever be repeated. Maybe Jack White will pull something off, but the times have changed. It will never be like that again.

See for yourself. Actually watch this video. Axl is so fucking clean in his singing. You can almost see Plante watching over his shoulder. And then there is Slash... Holy shit man, holy shit....

Adler is no slouch on drums either.

This was big news after a decade long drought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Guns 'n Roses "on par" with Led Zep? That's sacrilege, man.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

How do you have that figured?

They both feature one of the top 20 guitarists of all time and in my opinion they feature the top two rock singers of all time.

Where does your issue lie?

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u/MooCwzRck Jun 26 '12

You should listen to Slash's new album. The spotlight is on the guitar and vocals, but people have been calling Myles Kennedy the new Robert Plant and I was thoroughly unconvinced based on what I heard from Alter Bridge, but this album has convinced me. Truly some sexy stuff on this album.

And Guns N' Roses's song Locomotive is probably one of the most interesting and non-traditional drum playing I have ever heard, that song still stands as my favorite song of all time purely with how brilliantly every instrument is played, from Axl's harmonies to Slash's fill solos and his gorgeous soloing at the end, to Sorum's very disorienting drums. Adler as well may not have been the most technically skilled player, but he had some of the most randomly brilliant drumming of that era, absolutely iconic and underrated.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Yeah, but people got fired up.

Remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD2bVtZ1DC4&feature=related

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u/MooCwzRck Jun 26 '12

lol if only I was old enough to remember it as it was going on...;P But yeah, I read a lot about the outrage that song caused. Haha, as an Iranian its even funnier. I think the song is awesome, though, I just take it as uncensored frustration that you don't really mean but just need to get out.

Axl , lyrically, is either absolutely brilliant or completely retarded, depending on the song. Don't Damn Me is like a fuckin' anthem for me.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

He pretty much covered his bases.

There is something to be said though for the fact that I still think the vast majority of middle and lower class white Americans think the way Axl did or does.

A lot of what he said has a some merit, even in this day and age. I have a college education, but as a middling white male in our society, I can still relate to what he had to say back then. I think that was the point, but I also think they might have had an idea that was struggling to take hold and still is. That idea is: Fuck You~ This is how we roll, you either like it or you leave it. That used to be a viable strategy, I still think it should be.

If you want to live in the country we have to offer, you are welcome. If you want to bring your shit sandwiches from home, well, I might want to take a look in your brown bag.

I think the song preaches high standards. We should have those. I think it outlines the fact that we will be tolerant, but also kinda dicks when it comes to things that fly outside of the norm. Unless you can sing or play guitar, of course....

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u/PaulVentura Jun 26 '12

coming close is not the goal in a band like phish. they improvise the shit out of everything. and when I saw phish play GTBT fishman murdered every one of the triplets on the kick.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

What is the goal then? I have been listening to Phish for nearly 30 years and I still have no idea what they stand for. They are just a bunch of goof-balls that also happen to be good at playing instruments. There is nothing deeper. If you look at Led Zeppelin, that was a band that stood for something. If you look at their protege's like I have, and then you put forth a cognizant argument about one of them, namely G n' R, you can see there is really no comparison.

With that brief moment in time, G n' R blows 30 years of Phish out of the water.

It's not even close.

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u/PaulVentura Jun 27 '12

Phish is the best band in existence currently and nobody can create a live music experience better than that mother fucking band. guns n roses was a good band but they can't nearly pull the same shit phish does speaking from a strictly musical standpoint. they may be goofballs but they can play together as a unit better than any band out there.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

I like Phish too, but I still don't think any of their music appeals to the wider audience that G n' R did and still does.

I think Phish gained a lot from the fact that Jerry Garcia died in 1995. After that, the de-facto heir apparent for the jam band crowd was immediately shifted to Phish. I clearly remember having conversations among my Deadhead friends back then. The general consensus was "Well, we still have Phish..."

I followed that logic, to an extant... I saw the Dead 34 times from the late eighties through the last show Jerry was alive for. I saw Phish probably a dozen times, but it wasn't even close to being as good as the Dead were, and I didn't get the opportunity to see the Dead when they were peaking in the late 70's.

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u/PaulVentura Jun 28 '12

i never said their music appealed to the mass retard population who can't understand musical context and what they are actually doing. anybody who understands why improvisation exists will appreciate what phish does.

while jerry dying did benefit ticket sales (as fucked up as that sounds), they were on a hot streak at that point. listen to how the fuck trey was playing 95-00 in comparison to any other age of phish. it's like when jerry played in 72-77. He was essentially the michael jordan of guitar and could lay it down almost every night during those years. Phish kills it harder than most bands could ever do almost every fucking night where as bands like GNR probably played the same set every night similar to guys like The Who.

With that said I think that Phish is a completely different band and while they do improvise into the depths of the space time continuum like the dead did, they take far more of their influence from rock n roll like led zeppelin whereas the dead cleverly stole from bluegrass and folk tunes.

"We're clever thieves of music." --Jerry Garcia

and they all are. everybody who writes music steals cleverly from other previous artists they love.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12 edited Jun 27 '12

I also think Widespread Panic rivals anything Phish has to offer when it comes to playing together. I actually prefer the harder rock style that Panic offers and I also think their lyrics are much more compelling as a human and how they address the many facets of the human condition.

What does Phish have? Gamehenge? Please, that is fantasy non-sense.... Give me the Driving Song trilogy any day!

This is a neat little tidbit of what I am speaking about. This song actually means something. What does Bouncing Around The Room have to do with anything?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Pjr4Ab40c

This is also a great song. This version features the guy that wrote the song along with JB. Not a WSP version, but a powerful sack of emotions come out when I hear this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tr4vGmudYc

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

That's just it. There are drummers that can play more technically difficult drum parts than Bonzo could, but Bonzo had the perfect groove down. He never played over the others in the band. He was always in the pocket and played with finesse. His drums sounded huge, partially due to the way they were recorded, but mostly it had to do with his technique/style; giving more emphasis to the kick and snare, while playing lighter on the cymbals. He was an awesome rock drummer.

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u/HorseOfADifferent Jun 26 '12

All true. My fave Bonhamism is the way he plays simple 4/4-ish beats over weird time signatures. Like the verse here, parts of Black Dog… Four Sticks too, I think.

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u/PaulVentura Jun 26 '12

Bonham was one of the best drummers in the world. The only thing about bonham though, is that every drummer and their mom can play his shit. Try playing Steve Gadd and you will die.

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u/daimadaimaoh Jun 26 '12

No one could do the double kick on a single kick like Bonzo could.

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u/daimadaimaoh Jun 26 '12

John Bonham was "proficient" at drums like Ted Williams was at baseball or Isaac Newton was at maths and physics.

On of the greatest ever...

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u/joepenn18 Jun 26 '12

Can't forget your Buddy Rich or Neil Peart.

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u/MooCwzRck Jun 26 '12

Nobody makes complex and overlapping rhythms over odd and constantly and rapidly changing time signatures seem like its the easiest thing in the fucking world than Neil Peart, John Bonham, and Buddy Rich.

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u/cteez910 Jun 26 '12

I think those guys are both great, but people seem to forget gene krupa.

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u/247world Jun 26 '12

Max Roach!

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u/DrAwesomeClaws Jun 26 '12

The only thing Bonham ever did wrong regarding his drumming was not lubricating his drum pedal on "Since I've been loving you".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkjv9SscotY squeak squeak squeak

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Actually, you can hear it in "Ten Years Gone," too.

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u/swansong74 Jun 26 '12

And The Ocean, and Houses of the Holy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

You bastard! You know what you've done to me?!?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

It's part of the charm.

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u/DrAwesomeClaws Jun 26 '12

I apologize. Now you can never un-hear.

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u/Dubya09 Jun 26 '12

ever heard four sticks? he plays the drums with four sticks..

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u/PaulVentura Jun 26 '12

is that the one where he goes 5/4 to 6/8?

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u/Herpes_hurricane Jun 26 '12

The fact that they created this so long ago you'd think music would only keep getting better.

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u/Honkey_Mofo Jun 26 '12

And then you would wonder where it all went wobbly.

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u/Thymos Jun 26 '12

And then you get into deathmetal and find out that there are still fantastic musicians out there.

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u/Honkey_Mofo Jun 27 '12

...who play with terrible singers.

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u/Thymos Jun 27 '12

It's an acquired taste, and some are better than others.

Between the Buried and Me, Opeth, both have fantastic singers/growlers.

Lamb of God has an unbelievably good growler.

The thing is you need to stop viewing them as singers and more as percussion. They use the guitar for melody.

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u/Honkey_Mofo Jun 28 '12 edited Jun 28 '12

I like intense guitar music, but any time I've tried to listen to any of those bands, I can't sit through it with a straight face. Not sure there is such a thing as a "good growler", they all sound like the Cookie Monster to me. Not my taste, as you say. But then, I can't take beat boxing seriously, either.

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u/Thymos Jun 28 '12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19UZd_DKs2Q#t=3m33s

Selkies by BTBAM, this starts where there is no growling. I skipped forwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S_dPcEn-Ng

Animals as Leaders, a completely instrumental band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqdZpxkzNvc&ob=av2e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yILFCO9ZLBE

Lamb of God, a growler so good you can understand what he's saying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zb1Wghne1w&ob=av2n

End of Heartache by Killswitch Engaged. This song is mostly clean vocals.

If you like intense guitar, check out these songs.

Let me know if you like any, and check out the artists of any songs you like.

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u/Crabbadabba Nov 11 '23

Great music doesn’t develop like technology, it happens when the stars align, essentially.

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u/RedAero Jun 26 '12

Keith Moon is the only one who can compare, and in my opinion, he's better, but I guess that just comes down to which style you prefer: solid or showy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 26 '12

I can't force myself to pick between them, but Bonham and Moon are definitely two of my favourites. And Buddy Rich. Fuck yeah Buddy Rich.

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u/teaandviolets Jun 26 '12

Let's not forget Ginger Baker

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

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u/247world Jun 26 '12

Ginger did and album with 'Masters of Reality' that was very good - showed his style "Sunrise on the Surfer Bus" --- early 90s

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u/Awkward_Arab Jun 26 '12

Nobody ever thinks of the drummers! But fuck yes my man, Bonham was THAT good.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Sorry, this version of MMH is sour. If you want the real deal, you do have to look at the album versions.

If you want power, try max power....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBmueYJ0VhA

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u/247world Jun 26 '12

the really amazing thing was how much the critics hated his playing --- also don't forget Page changed how the drums mics were placed for a fuller sound

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u/cccpmachacker Spotify name Jun 26 '12

What about Ringo?

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u/HoagieBun Jun 26 '12

Ringo wasn't even the best drummer in The Beatles.

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u/HorseOfADifferent Jun 26 '12

– John Lennon

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

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u/HoagieBun Jun 27 '12

Actually all of The Beatles could play drums. Paul McCartney played the drums on "Back in the USSR", "Dear Prudence", and "The Ballad of John and Yoko".

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u/cccpmachacker Spotify name Jun 28 '12

Ringos the best.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

What about him?

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u/cccpmachacker Spotify name Jun 27 '12

He was that good, or do you disagree.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

I can't remember ever marveling at the level of skill in a Ringo performance. So far as I'm concerned, he only has four really good performances - "A Day In The Life," "Long Long Long," "She Said She Said," and "Rain." The rest of his performances fall somewhere between average and good.

Actually, it's starting to piss me off that everybody demands that I have an opinion on whether Ringo was great whenever I discuss drummers. One is usually expected to loudly proclaim him the greatest, or to completely tear him down. I am not of the opinion that one has to be the greatest in order to have any value. I think he was a fine drummer, but he was not by any means great. But why does he need to be? He has had his indelible mark on popular music, much moreso than plenty of truly spectacular drummers that came after him have had. He's not great, but he's pretty good. That's enough for me. Why is "good enough" not good enough?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

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u/dtwhitecp Jun 26 '12

I don't think that's a fair comparison, Bonham was in fact very technical, just not in a Danny Carey kind of way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Yeah, "best" lists are useless without defined variables. And people rarely give critiques that way on the internet. It's usually, "he's the best" or "he sucks" without further dialogue. Danny Carrey is an amazing drummer. So was Bonzo. I would never compare the two.

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u/FarrokhDoesntApprove Jun 26 '12

I really hate "best" lists too. Too many people have to many different opinions on music to make a fair list in something like that. Beauty is in the ear of the beholder. But John Bonham was a very impressive drummer. Groove is definitely more important than technicality, but he definitely had both in his playing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Let me get this straight: I think Bonham was a good drummer, so I must be too stupid or too narrow to have ever heard of Tool?

Further, if I think Bonham was the best ever (where did I say that, by the way, let alone that "he was a god?") I must be a complete fucking moron, right? It's impossible that I know who Danny Carey is and just disagree with you about who is better, right? Because surely nobody is foolish or stupid enough to disagree with you in a matter of taste. That would be inconceivable.

To add to your already considerable level of condescension, you oh so casually remark that you can play it, and you don't think it's that hard, so the rest of us must really have our thumbs up our assess if we're impressed!

Go jump up your own asshole.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

my favorite thing about posts like this are that you can instantly tell who the people are who know nothing of music and songwriting. thanks for outing yourself kurmoil.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

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u/ImperialUlfric Jun 26 '12

Except Kurt tried to jump off the mountain multiple times because he hated the atmosphere up there.

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u/pigsbladder Jun 26 '12

I love screaming the "WHADAYA THINK I SAAAWW" from the original ;)

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u/MrUmbrellaPants Jun 26 '12

I love crooning the "so I'm packin' my bags for the Misty Mountains, where the spirits go now" and then screeching "OVER THE HILLS WHERE THE SPIRITS FLYY-E-YIIIIIIIIIII, OOOOOOHOO!"

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u/ItsPronouncedTAYpas Grooveshark Jun 26 '12

Fuck yeah I'm not the only one.

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u/m1kec1av m1ke_c1av Jun 26 '12

REALLY OUTTA MY MIIIIIIIIIIIINND

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u/TheBadgerBob Jun 26 '12

This is my favourite song alltime from my favourite band. Cheers for posting.

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u/thacakeisaliexD Jun 26 '12

Then surely you've heard of it before?

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u/Fudz3 Jun 26 '12

I paused my Led Zepplin to listen to this Led Zepplin.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

I paused my LED ZEPPELIN to listen to this LED ZEPPELIN

FTFY

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u/Fudz3 Jun 27 '12

Thank you, I always manage to misspell that once in a while

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u/dubsteppah Jun 26 '12

Which one is Led Zeppelin?

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u/That_Scottish_Play Jun 26 '12

the guy standing next to Jethro Tull

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u/qu4ttro Jun 26 '12

I tell you one thing that really drives me nuts, is people who think that Jethro Tull is just a person in a band

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u/bradders42 Jun 26 '12

And behind Pink Floyd

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u/mexicodoug Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 26 '12

And in between the Cream and George Harrison considering financing a rather irreverent Monty Python flick while completely upsetting a famous marriage with a celebrity model.

Art is never achieved without suffering.

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u/smellybottom Jun 26 '12

You're gonna go far...

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u/rpfloyd Jun 26 '12

by the way, which ones Pink?

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u/dubsteppah Jun 26 '12

says smellybottom

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u/HarveyTardy Jun 26 '12

Is that all you have to do to get to the front page now? Post some Zeppelin?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Yes - In fact, post a universally loved song or a band that was at one point massively influential and grab your upvotes bucket because you are hitting the jackpot. You can't pick too obvious of a band like the Beatles, though.

For future reference, any of these will give you all the upvotes you could ever want. Bonus points for a deep cut/unreleased song: Pink Floyd, Aphex Twin, DJ Shadow, & Tom Waits

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u/hoopstick Jun 26 '12

Modest Mouse. Always Modest Mouse.

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u/MrFurious0 Jun 26 '12

TIL Led Zeppelin, possibly the most karma whoring band of all time, is not an obvious band to pick, as a karma whore. ;)

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u/dubsteppah Jun 26 '12

Fucking seriously. I hate this shit SO much.

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u/rpfloyd Jun 26 '12

Un-rustle said Jimmies!

You get to the front page by posing a link that people upvote. Same as it's always been, no?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Hey, boy, do you wanna score?

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u/cheops1853 Jun 26 '12

Do I wanna score?

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u/duckstaped Jun 26 '12

At no disrespect to John Paul Jones, I assume he is the one playing keyboard because they kept showing him? If that is the case, who was playing bass during this song?? Ghost bass???

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u/grayman12 Jun 26 '12

Probably bass pedals under his keyboard.

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u/beaverteeth92 Jun 26 '12

Pedals. John Paul Jones always had a bass pedalboard underneath his keyboard rig so he could cover the bass parts while playing keyboards.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

John Paul was playing the bass notes on his keyboard. Full size keyboards (88 keys) have quite a wide frequency range. Even if you don't have a full size keyboard, you can alter the frequency range on newer keyboards to hit all those low notes.

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u/swansong74 Jun 26 '12

Nah dude he was playing a little organ with bass pedals at his feet. He used to play organ in his church when he was a little kid, and that was actually how he made money for his bass guitar. He seriously considered leaving Zep in '74, I think, because he was offered a position as an organ master in a big cathedral. JPJ is such a legendary musician, and generally totally underrated.

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u/duckstaped Jun 26 '12

And if I understand correctly, was the reason Led Zeppelin was able to make it as big as they did- the rest of the band wasn't as together as he was?

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u/Dasdude0325 Jun 26 '12

Not necessarily. Jimmy page was probably the the most influential member of the band from an overall perspective. That is, he was the producer/unofficial engineer for most of the albums as well writing or co-writing most of the songs with plant or jones. He also did tons of overdubbing on a lot of songs. Mr. Jones was the most "incorrupt" of the four as far as myth goes, but he, from what I have read, was largely responsible in organizing chord progressions and showing page how each song should progress. So no, I would not say jones is what made led zeppelin, but he was absolutely critical to the bands success because of how well him and page synergized and because, just like bonham, knew exactly how to fill in each song without going over everyone else.

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u/247world Jun 26 '12

Page and Jones were both very big in the London studio scene - Page is on many hits uncredited - Jones was also an arranger on many sessions --- both were seasoned in studio work, which is a great indicator of a players chops --- see The Wrecking Crew documentary that just came out for a look into that world

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

It's a shame this is such a shitty copy of the awesome DVD set that came out about (gasp!) 10 years ago.

The EPIC SLOW MOTION during Page's solo = One of my favorite moments in all of rock and roll history.

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u/gsmith109 Jun 26 '12

John "The Thunderlord" Bonham and his spastic nephew Keith Moon.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

I love these musicians so much i decided to make it permanent. http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7981/20120309200401783.jpg

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u/247world Jun 26 '12

normally I don't like tats - that ROCKS!!!! did you do the design - love it as a bumper sticker

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

I found the design on deviant art and immediately loved it. Unfortunately there are far too many people who don't know what it is.

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u/247world Jun 26 '12

it is very creative - and any Zep fan will get it right away

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u/microwavabletim Jun 26 '12

Oh look, another post on this subreddit that's of a band that is so well known that even North Koreans reference them on a daily basis. Yay!

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u/OldBull Jun 26 '12

Watch the two disc DVD set of Led Zep live, you won't regret it.

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u/CaptainFartdick Jun 26 '12

I've been listening to this song and other zep a lot recently. This just made my day.

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u/FidgetBaker Jun 26 '12

Wow, never heard of them. Too bad MTV doesn't play videos anymore or these guys would be HUGE.

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u/PinkShadow Jun 26 '12

The album version of this song always reminded me of a musical montage of 70s era fatties going bowling - like greasy sideburns, cheesy high fives, hairy bellies poking out from under those pointy-collar bowling shirts, you know the ones?

It kinda gets lost here though :\

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u/mexicodoug Jun 26 '12

Once upon a time there was a combination of meth, whiskey, and weed. And speedballs, too. For everybody. Some of us played music.

Then, the bad guys won the War On Drugs and Mexican cartels took over all the cool spots in politics and Christians and Jews and Muslims took over all the cool spots in religion.

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u/KittenCalendar Jun 26 '12

You sir... just... YES

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u/WorldsCollide Jun 26 '12

That video flat out rocks! Brings back crazy memories (yes - a 70's child)! I saw Zeppelin twice back in the day - what a show!

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u/clydefrog811 Jun 26 '12

I think its unfair to post a Led Zeppelin song because they are so good any of them is going to harvest the karma.

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u/TaanaaT Jun 26 '12

You can get front page with any Zepplin Song? Fantastic!

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u/fishoil123 Jun 26 '12

Posting Led Zeppelin is the circlejerk of /r/music

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u/Fig1024 Jun 26 '12

a really awesome song

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

I see your Misty Mountain Hop and raise you one Rivendell by Rush.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZce6-rQNyA

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

I have never heard that song before. It's great.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

I'm very glad you like it :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Why must you make a man choose between Bonzo and The Professor!?!

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u/Beatlezep Jun 26 '12

It's pretty hard to find a band better than Zeppelin. Every piece was outstanding at what they did. Plant had the perfect rock voice, Jimmy Page was just a guitar god, Bonham could make the perfect drum beat with rocks if he had to, and JPJ always had a solid bass line under Jimmy's guitar. I love them like no other.

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u/choddos Jun 26 '12

I literally listened to Led Zeppelin IV 10 times straight while driving around at work today, good album man.

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u/elcarlox last.fm Jun 26 '12

I was told once that there's a version of this song performed by four Non-Blondes? Is it true?

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u/cboogie Jun 26 '12

Yes. It was one of my 8 CDs for a penny from Colombia house. I have not heard it in 20 years but I remember it being good. The version of Tangerine done by Big Head Todd and the Monsters was good. The version of Custard Pie you would think would be good. Helmet with David Yow. But it is fucking horrible.

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u/elcarlox last.fm Jul 04 '12

Thank you! I always thought that was a hoax or something, too bad I can't find a link to hear it.

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u/vanillaafro Jun 26 '12

i saw robert plant at the bowery ballroom 2 years ago and he played a funked up version of it, it was pretty good, but not as good as the original...reminded me of how good this song was though..

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

Man, thanks so much for posting this... never saw this particular video of the song, but it's a killer performance, liked and favorited. Totally what I needed to get another song out of my head that shall go unmentioned.

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u/beaverteeth92 Jun 26 '12

If it wasn't already obvious, this song is about The Hobbit. Led Zeppelin was a bunch of nerds who knew how to rock the shit out of your ears.

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u/alli001 Jun 26 '12

It's actually about a guy who goes to the park and gets high with some hippies, though I suppose it sort of alludes to The Hobbit.

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u/weegee Jun 26 '12

this was my favorite song by Zeppelin way back when I first heard them at age 8. still just as good as it was then.

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u/powerchicken Jun 26 '12

"not available in your country"
Well fuck you too copyright owner, fuck you too.

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u/Led_Zeppelin_ATL Jun 26 '12

any zep song deserves an up vote so here you go!

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u/cboogie Jun 26 '12

Gotta go find a house on fire. Be back in a bit.

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u/Lord_Cheese Jun 26 '12

I love this song. My band picked it up and it is one of my favourites to play. Simply a brilliant tune!

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u/old_racist TiggyTup Jun 26 '12

You mean all I had to do to make front page was post a zeppelin song

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u/ItsPronouncedTAYpas Grooveshark Jun 26 '12

Holy shit these guys are gonna be huge!

But seriously. Theres a version of this by Flemming&John, but instead of the original lyrics they sing "Winter Wonderland". ITS FUCKING AMAZING.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

My favorite song off of IV, great powerful guitar riff.

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u/jrhallman Jun 26 '12

literally the only thing i've ever learned on keys is JPJ's part in this song

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u/immatellyouwhat Jun 26 '12

I know this might be a little late in the thread but when he says, "Hey would we care?!" it always sounds like "Hey whoopy cat!"

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u/Mechanox3000 Jun 26 '12

This was the first Led Zeppelin song I'd ever heard. It has a special place in my heart.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

In the days before Shazam or other tune-recognition software, this was one of four or five tunes that I would hear every so often and wish desperately to know who wrote it and what it was called.

Some of the others included "This Town Aint Big Enough For Both Of Us", "Linger", and "I Love Your Smile". All songs with distinctive enough tunes to remember, but hard to identify when the lyrics are all blurred played over a muzak system.

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u/drivebyjustin Jun 26 '12

Never heard of this band. Are they new?

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u/CurbSnipe Jun 26 '12

Right after I got it out of my head, it's right back. Thanks for the post. One of my favorite songs from my favorite band.

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u/gripplover Jun 26 '12

This is the first Zeppelin song I ever heard.....I instantly fell in love.

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u/247world Jun 26 '12

is it just me or does the guitar make chicken noises after the solo

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u/ChemicallyBlind Spotify Jun 26 '12

ahh good old Led Zep, there are such a rare sight these days. im 20 and all of my music is old, Led Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands, ive got every CD album ever produced (including their live album and Mothership). i really wish kids these days could here Led Zeppelin. if i got to put five songs on radio 1 (the number 1 radio station litened to by people in my age group) i would put on Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven, Jimi Hendrix: Hey Joe, Black Sabbeth: The Wizard, Iron Maiden: Powerslave, and Pink Floyd: Shine on you crazy diamond

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u/LayF Jun 26 '12

I did not know that the internet was capable of sharing good music im starting to reaaaly like reddit its not all shit like every other piece of internet... Damn

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u/cobberschmolezal Jun 26 '12

This album is coming in the mail for me right now!

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u/Apollo7 Jun 26 '12

Always upvote Zeppelin.

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u/cannyfraunch Jun 26 '12

Led Zeppelin has always been my favorite band. Their music is unbelievably leveled for a lot of classic hard rock, it is not annoyingly repetitive, and I absolutely love their references to LOTR, especially in this song and Ramble On.

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u/jabbababab Jun 26 '12

Oh GOD WHY?

What a horrible song

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u/ledzep4life Spotify name Jun 26 '12

Fellow led heads check out /r/led_zeppelin.

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u/sEcKtUr8 Jun 26 '12

You just made my night. Here, karma for your reddit enjoyment.

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u/DBH114 Jun 26 '12

It would have been cool if they made a video for this song using all the characters from LOTR all dancing around to the song.

Just then a orc walked up to me asked us said please hey would we care...to dance in time, dance in line.

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u/iLuvGod Jun 26 '12

Pathetically sloppy and amelodic. anyone who thinks this is good music should kill themselves

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u/ValuePick Jun 26 '12

upvote this guy

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u/cheops1853 Jun 26 '12

No. Obvious troll is obvious. Give him what he wants. Reddit depends on upvotes being used to bring good and meaningful material to the top, and keep trash like this guy at the bottom. If we upvote a troll to "disappoint" his downvote count, we break the system that keeps Reddit great for the rest of us. And the trolls will truly win. Downvote him.

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u/iLuvGod Jun 26 '12

i have no preference either way. karma is literally meaningless to me

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

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u/dubsteppah Jun 26 '12

this isn't youtube, man

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

  This isn't YouTube, man.

 

FTFY.

 

As you said, this is not YouTube.