An album where every track is Stairway to Heaven
http://www.amazon.com/Stairways-Heaven-Various-Artists/dp/B000005J65
Posted on 11/12/2011 8:23:42 AM PST by FatherofFive
Forty years ago an incredible classic rock band hit their creative peak when they released Led Zeppelin lV. I remember at age fourteen being handed this record for the first time, and being awe struck by stunning song-craftsmanship and lyrical prowess. The album itself which was released November 8th 1971 was a major success and sold 23 million copies alone in the United States, but only peaked at number 2 on the charts.
Many Zeppelin Fans know this album as the one that contains Stairway to Heaven, but among rock critics and fanatics of Zeppelin the whole album is a masterpiece. Led Zeppelin was never known for creating phenomenal singles, but created a name for themselves as a record band. They saw that every song recorded for the album should be done masterfully, and should compliment other tracks on the album. It’s not easy to convince the novice Zeppelin fan that Stairway to Heaven is not the best song on Led Zeppelin lV, but give them a few years and they will be hailing Zeppelin IV for songs such as “Black Dog,” “Rock and Roll,” and “When The Levee breaks.” This album is a must for an classic rock enthusiast, and should be apart of any album collection.
A bustle in the hedgerow is an area that needs trimming. Ergo, if there’s a “bustle in your hedgerow” you don’t really have much to worry about, yet you still obsess about it.
Very good times! He started out very reserved, cuz he didn’t know if I was a jerk or not. Took him to a club I had gigged at a lot. Owner set up a greeting line. I would talk to people, get their names, and introduce them to Frank. This very young, very “pneumatic” girl asked me, “Is that really Mr. Zeppelin?” I introduced her to Frank, calling him “Mr. Zeppelin.” Frank kept his composure, as did I, but his bodyguard, John. totally lost it! Turned around and stuffed his fist in his mouth! He was abdo-lutely shaking with laughter! For the rest of the weekend, we called Frank “Mr. Zeppelin.” Cracked us up! “Mr. Zeppelin? I think I’ll take you to a German Nazi restaurant for dinner tonight. You’ll love it, Mr. Zeppelin!”
Anyway, the introduction to the girl at the club broke the ice, and we had a great time for the rest of the weekend, culninating in a great concert, with me backstage.
They did wonders with some of those numbers.
Delta Blues, Gospel, Country and Appalachian folk are all the groundworks of rock and roll and later rock which Led Zepplin epitomizes
what you don't understand was that no one had done this before...Yardbirds and Cream touched on it but Zepplin really mastered the genre of medieval sounding trippy blues rock..like no one else
are they overplayed...hell yes
were they good live>...no...not to me..poor actually
Pink Floyd...a band one would think would have issues replicating their studio sounds actually recreated it live better than LZ
Best recreation I ever saw...was Jethro Tull's Aqualung tour in 1972 as well
and btw...I am hardly cool..I'm old...you can't be old and cool
Rock? Dead? Hardly. My wife is modern country only, therefore my kids grow up fans... Until Dad gets them on the road and bombards them with The Beatles, Stones, Led Zep, The Who, etc. By the time they get their own vehicle its 90% rock in their CD case. Drives my wife crazy.
Don't recall what RJ Gleason and Reverend Charles Young thought...Bangs loved Zepplin I think(?)
IMHO even better is Bonamassa's solo stuff, especially if you're into blues-rock. For instance, his cover of Tea for One from Zeppelin's Presence album, which he did on his You and Me CD, is on topic for this thread.
Led Zeppelin, like all bands and artists, built on the works of others. Their music is at it’s core, rock and roll. But you’re right that they fused blues, jazz, and many other genres into every song. Fusion Rock is just better than pure rock and roll because it allows for sophisticated compositions that permit the fan to listen over and over again.
I have Laydown from their harder period on my Raphsody playlist titled Obscure Brit music
Yawn...
Over rated BIG TIME!
It’s ONLY all that to people in that age range. It’s not a timeless song as that generation that loved it keeps trying to push. Sorry but it’s not that good.
I followed the white boy blues circuit
Mark
actually here we prefer Simple Man or Sweet Home Alabama ...but your point is valid
Lynyrd Skynyrd had huge appeal before the crash all over the world...bigtime in Kalifornia.
Keith Richards in his books talks about Mick raising hell about having to follow them in their European Big Tongue tour in mid 70s...Mick knew following them meant you had to be on top of your form...harder to do on Big Dope...Van Zandt ran a firm crew and they either did it his way or kicked the crap out of them
now they still even play all over the US and garner 75K-200k per show...I know this because I know their booking agent really well...small crowds...2500-7500 an some soft tickets where the real cash it
someone mentioned Muzak...man they have been Muzaked to death...Simple man may the most commonly lifted jingle there is for TV commercials
Our sons are in their early 20s. They think Led Zepplin’s music is one of the ultimate of rock-n-roll! Both share with me how the music changes, and I do not “hear” it - each of them has a gift for music that I can only appreciate.
There are a lot of good parallels between Rush and LZ... Both were DESPISED by the music critics of their time, yet still managed to sell out concert tour after concert tour, and sell at least enough records over the years not to be dropped from their labels.
And both bands evolved quite a bit over the years, alienating some fans while attracting others. Their core audiences always did, and continues to love their music. But both kept their musical integrity, and I think that LZ was moving to a very interesting place before Bonham died. And Rush nearly ended due to Neil Peart's personal tragedies.
Mark
very little decent new rock
just look at sales
older bands like RHCP or U2 or whomever does something decent and it sells like nuts
otherwise it’s Taylor Swift or Rhiannon
music made for girls in Middle School
or hip hop but it ain’t what it was
I hear little modern snippets here and there I like on occasion...sometimes a band...sometimes just a vocal single like Rolling in the Deep
look at Billboard’s Hot 100...guess that woulda been Top Forty in my day...
http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/charts/hot-100
I mean retch...this is worse than when Bubblegum had a foothold in 1970...with Tommy Roe or Bobby Sherman
why do so many under 30 rock boys today look gay?...frail..like Russel Brand
I looked at rock chart too...http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/rock-songs?begin=11&order=position
lol...the bands I like like Foo Fighters, Nickelback, Bush my older kids would call commercial
I do like Switchfoot
but in 40 years nobody will be waxing about any of them like are now about STH..like it or not
as for country...I do like Jason Aldean..he’s a neighbor sorta...goes to the church my wife attends more than I do but should...guys like him are carrying on what I like
last night my two oldest boys and I drove around the county late in my Dodge Ran of course (by Aldean’s red white and blue barn) and listened to Laid Back since mommy is on a Gregg Allman kick after seeing him on CMA show the other night...the kids didn’t like have apoplexy or anything but they prefer something thrashier...they do love Black Sabbath and Led Zepplin though...a lot...and loud
An album where every track is Stairway to Heaven
http://www.amazon.com/Stairways-Heaven-Various-Artists/dp/B000005J65
Tell them about my blog, they’ll learn everything they need to know...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Zonks/156792677007
Keef is excellent. Mick is a hack.
I saw Skynard at Kent state.
We had to sneak in because the guy with the tickets was MIA
I was pissed. I missed most of the Manfred Mann opener and that is what I was there for.
Skynard was OK, I had told the world about them 2 years earlier.
Same thing happened with Aerosmith. I told every one in 72 that THEY WERE SMOKIN
when you watch pure rock and roll it seems to often lead down the rockabilly road which is a cul de sac
I love Social Distortion but even punky, it still falls into Hollow Body confinement
Zepplin just really made something happen with Blues renditions, trippy “Castles and Moats” rock, “lifted” occult and Tolkien lyricism, northern African sounds all molded together into loudness but with melody
much hard rock today is low on melody and loud on noise and quick chop...repetitive
anyhow...it’s a gone era but still gets a lot of airplay and usage
I was born in 1957...in the 60s nobody young was listening to Stardust or I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover from 1927 except maybe in a period movie piece
now in 2011...plenty of younf folks have Led Zep on the I Phone...it’s still a soundtrack to their lives chronology too even if it is music dad or grandad listened to
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