[Heeplist] Led Zeppelin Deluxe Remasters

[Rick Wilson]

Thanks for chiming in, Igor!  I have always valued your opinion here.  Yes,
sometimes live one gets the feeling Pagey is thinking of "Lucifer's Rising"
and not exactly what bar of the song that he is in.  lol  Some here seem to
think that if one says that he likes Led Zep or The Sabs that one cannot
appreciate The Heep or vice versa.  I think that we agree, it's all good,
some more so than others.  I do think that "Houses of the Holy", however,
is one of their most underrated and versatile albums.  Nary a duff song in
the tracklisting, which includes "The Song Remains the Same", the monstrous
"No Quarter", the driving "The Ocean", "The Rain Song", one of their best
ever, the quintessential "D'yer Mak'er", and the amazing "Over the Hills
and Far Away".  "Dancing Days" has a nice riff, and "The Crunge" is just a
bit of light-heartedness that many probably feel is out of place, but I
think boasts one of John Paul Jones' best bass parts.  Not to mention that
it sold extremely well, 11 million or 11xPlatinum in the U.S. alone, and
went to Number 1 in four countries.  Its follow-up, "Physical Graffiti"
went 23xPlatinum, Number 1 in three countries and Number 2 in three others,
and is basically just a compilation of older songs that didn't make it on
other discs coupled with a few new, more adventurous numbers, which just
happened to be some of their best: "Ten Years Gone", "In My Time of Dying",
"Trampled Underfoot", "Kashmir" and "Houses of the Holy" are ample meat
gathered together for a feast together with "throwaways" like "The Rover",
JPJ's tour de force, "In the Light", and "Boogie with Stu'", just to name a
few.  lol  Lest we forget "Achilles' Last Stand" and "Tea for One" both
from "Presence"!  I could go on and on!  Suffice it to say, if I could
secure a Reunion Tour of Asia with Jason Bonham together with The Heep,
Meat Loaf, "Krokus" and anyone else who wants to jump on the bandwagon,
then I could die satisfied... to a certain degree.  I'm just another "Fool
in the Rain", "Hot Dog"!

Rick
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On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Igor Shveitser <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:

>  I must add, even in the early days Led Zeppelin were not exactly a good
> band in terms of togetherness (for instance, Jones and Bonham did it
> properly, as they should, but Page seemed to be worlds away rhythmically,
> and Plant did the singing in very uneven, unbalanced way). And I am not
> always thrilled by the way Bonham had played, that's all too much for my
> taste. Still, they were very original and powerful, and if you like that
> combination of blues, psychedelic and hard rock - they were and are the
> best. But then again, it's not everybody's cup of tea. And I must agree
> that only first 4 albums were influential. However you can easily find rock
> anthems on each of their further works. For instance, I prefer LZ II to the
> rest but consider All Of My Love and I'm Gonna Crawl as good as anything
> off the first albums.
> Cheers, Igor
>
>
> Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:24:16 -0700 от "Wayne Catalde" <2robcatway at att.net>:
> >> Now that's what I call over rated. I was a pretty big fan through the
> >> first 5 albums really, though I only feel the first 4 are classics.
> Sadly
> >> they were one of the weakest live bands ever, except for the drums which
> >> could be the best rock drummer in history, Mr. John was amazing no
> >> question there, or any being over rated. DS
> >>
> >
> >Dave you and I almost never disagree on anything.....but!
> >
> >Saying Zeppelin were a weak live band tells me that you've never heard any
> >live Zeppelin from 1969 thru 1973. I have a mountain of Zeppelin boots
> that
> >begs to differ with you my dear friend.
> >
> >
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