10 best led zeppelin songs

[rone]

#10: "What Is and What Should Never Be"  I'm not sure why i like this song so much.  I guess i just think that it's pretty.

#9: "Stairway to Heaven"  Yes, yes, it's overplayed to hell, but it's still a grand, well-constructed, and iconic song.

#8: "Achilles' Last Stand"  A thrashing song that's all muscle.

#7: "The Ocean"  Shifting time signatures and a swinging conclusion.  Plus a ringing phone at around 1:40.

#6: "Misty Mountain Hop"  Bouncy fun anchored by Bonzo's monster beat.

#5: "Tea for One"  I feel like i'm cheating here because, as i said already, it's a simple song.  Even more, it's almost the same song as "Since I've Been Loving You".  But it's sparse and haunting.

#4: "Custard Pie"  The intro to this song just kills me, a perfect ramp-up into a superbly punctuated confluence of instruments and vocals.

#3: "How Many More Times"  A little brother to my #1.

#2: "In My Time of Dying"  I don't know if i can say that a blues song can have movements as if it were a classical piece, but god damn it, this is a four-movement blues song.  It is epic, and not just because it's the longest track they ever released.

#1: "Wearing and Tearing"  I think the band must've realized that this track was so good that it would've outshone everything else on In Through the Out Door if they'd left it in.  Everyone's performing at 100% individually, as a band, technically, everything.

Comments

[reverendluke.livejournal.com]

Not bad. You're clearly missing both "Tangerine" and "Hey, Hey, What can I do?" but I'm willing to overlook that. However, both "Four Sticks" and "When the Levee Breaks" belong above "Stairway." Denied!

Short, shameful confession, though: I actually gained a new appreciation for "What Is and What Should Never Be" when I first heard the Black Crowes & Jimmy Page version.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Methinks you did not see my previous entry.

"Levee" is pretty damn awesome. Probably #12.

[reverendluke.livejournal.com]

Apparently so... "Your Time Is Gonna Come" and "Tangerine" make worst, but "The Ocean" and "Misty Mountain Hop" make best? It's like... I don't even know what to say to you at this point.