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Mar 31, 2023 · A tip of the hat to Chris Welch’s Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, and much thanks to Barney Hoskyns’s Led Zeppelin: ... All 74 Led Zeppelin Songs, Ranked.
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- "Stairway to Heaven," Led Zeppelin IV (1971) It's overplayed and second only to "Free Bird" when it comes to an easy classic-rock target. It also pretty much set the template for every over-baked power ballad that surfaced over the next two decades.
- "Whole Lotta Love," Led Zeppelin II (1969) Everything about Led Zeppelin can pretty much be summed up in the five-and-a-half-minute opening song from their second album: the awesome riff, the borrowed lyrics, the mid-track freakout, the sheer power and energy of every musical instrument, including Plant's searing vocal.
- "Kashmir," Physical Graffiti (1975) There were rock 'n' roll epics before "Kashmir," and rock 'n' roll epics after "Kashmir." But few pack the colossal wave of magnitude that towers over this eight-and-a-half-minute force of nature from the band's sixth album.
- "Dazed and Confused," Led Zeppelin (1969) Page used to play "Dazed and Confused" at latter-day Yardbirds shows. He borrowed the basic parts of the song from a relatively obscure American folksinger named Jake Holmes but beefed up the arrangement with new lyrics (penned by Plant) and a solo performed on his Telecaster with a violin bow.
- You Shook Me (Led Zeppelin, 1969) It may never appear on Jeff Beck’s Spotify – he was legendarily peeved on hearing it, having released a similar arrangement a couple of months earlier on 1968 solo album Truth – but Zep’s orgiastic take on Willie Dixon’s standard rightly took the plaudits.
- Bring It On Home (Led Zeppelin II, 1969) Recorded at Mystic Studio in LA in May 1969, this deceptively arranged final cut on Led Zeppelin II appears, for almost two minutes, to be nothing more than a narcoleptic homage to Sonny Boy Williamson’s blues of the same name before exploding into life.
- Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin II, 1969) Led Zeppelin were lucky to have John Bonham as their drummer. Apart from being Plant’s mate, his presence gave the band a unique sound and authority.
- Tea For One (Presence, 1976) The pulverising opening guitar riff might mimic the adrenalised thrill of live performance, but as Tea For One unravels over a hypnotic nine-and-a-half minutes, the sobering reality of life on the road becomes clear.
- Kashmir. (Physical Graffiti, 1975) In a 1988 interview with MOJO’s Robert Fricke, Robert Plant gently knocked back a suggestion that Stairway To Heaven was Zeppelin’s finest song.
- When The Levee Breaks. (Led Zeppelin IV, 1971) Led Zeppelin’s music has the power to evoke wonder at the mercilessness of nature, and never more so than on When The Levee Breaks.
- Whole Lotta Love. (Led Zeppelin II, 1969) One of the greatest rock riffs of all-time collides with Page’s Theremin-led orgiastic freak-out. Its light fingered approach to Willie Dixon’s You Need Love might have landed them with a law-suit but Whole Lotta Love is arguably Zep’s most instantly recognisable tune.
- Stairway To Heaven. (Led Zeppelin IV, 1971) At just over eight minutes, Stairway To Heaven is an astonishing piece that has become over familiar and yet, no matter how many times it’s played, Page’s guitar solo still seems to come in at the most unexpected moment (at 5:56), shifting the tone of the music and driving the song on to an exalted climax.
Aug 18, 2023 · Essential Led Zeppelin: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked In celebration of Robert Plant's 75th birthday, we revisit the tracks that capture the might and imagination of the most influential rock ...
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Sep 20, 2013 · Feel free to give us hell about our choices in the comments section below -- like we could stop you! Top 50 Led Zeppelin Songs: No. 50: ' For Your Life '. No. 49: ' The Song Remains the Same '. No ...
Oct 22, 2020 · 7. Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin III, 1970) This tune was recorded in Olympic Studios, London, in the summer of 1970, where Jimmy and John Bonham laid down the backing tracks to Immigrant Song inside a small, low ceilinged room that looked more like somebody’s private den than a high-tech studio.
