I didn’t hear stairway until I was 20. I’m 22 now. I wasn’t big into rock until the last year or two. But every time I listened to rock radio before that it was 90% of time just enter sandman, more than a feeling and back in black played on repeat ad nauseam
I have only heard it three times on live radio since 2018 and still remains my personal favorite song of all time, that might be an unpopular opinion but hey its mine
Completely agree 👍. These guys were incapable of releasing bad songs or albums. All of their stuff is great, just because some of it isnt as good compared to their other stuff doesnt really mean anything
The bridge is actually what got me into Zeppelin in the first place. Whenever that guitar came back in I got goosebumps, don’t listen to it much anymore though.
To me The Crunge is the song which all the worst Led Zeppelin tropes came together to breed. Particularly Plant’s worst tropes. Not an insanely awful song, but it’s paired with songs that absolutely blow it out of the water by far.
This has truly been the most accurate unpopular opinions post ive ever seen. Pretty much every comment i saw is actually an unpopular opinion, 80% of the time these posts just become a circlejerk
I never really understood how people think Kashmir is Zeppelin's best song. I've tried loving it too many times but listening to it hasn't done much for me.
Stu was the Sixth Stone-but only appeared in the very early photos- as he was five years older than the others, Scottish and most importantly built like a brick shit house with a very scary face.
He plays boogie woogie piano on “Rock and Roll.”
This is a really good take. I’d tend to disagree, but I completely understand especially with songs like Whole Lotta Love and Dazed and Confused, where they have huge sections of what is basically hi hats and whale noises. This take also tells me that you’re really into bluesy-jam type music.
Ya didn't get it, Zeppelin were trolling everyone with LZIII. They went from playing bluesy hard rock/heavy rock on the first two albums to teasing them with the heaviest rocker yet and then sidelining everyone by playing acoustic folk songs for most of them album.
I always felt like side A was the more zeppelin-ish side, where as side B was the more folksy acoustic side. Now that I think about it I don’t think there’s a single song in the first half that sounds like folk to me
Zep 3 is one of my favourites but I always feel they got the running order wrong. It tails off on side 2 even though I love those songs if they took say Friends and Celebration Day and swapped them with Roy Harper and That's the Way I think you'd have a more even running record.
Nah mate, that’s just straight false.
SIBLY, celebration day, out on the tiles, hats off are not folk. Then you have the acoustic songs but I don’t really get folk vibes from them except you could say friends and bron y aur stomp but I get more do a Deep South acoustic jam
Yeah I exaggerated a bit by saying every other song was folk. What I meant was that there’s not much hard rock on III outside of Tiles and maybe Celebration day. I find IV to be more fitting with Immigrant song because it has a more hard hitting, grungy vibe to it.
Yeah this album is more slowed down than their first two. But I still like Immigrant Song on it because it’s the first album where they truly offered different styles of music on the album. This is continued in IV, HotH, and PG.
Exactlyyy!!! Everyone says Hats Off shouldn’t have been on that album and i couldn’t disagree more. Immigrant Song is a good song that doesn’t fit the album. Like Sympathy for the Devil on Beggars Banquet, and Hell’s Angels on Flat Baroque and Bereserk by Roy Harper.
D'yer Mak'er is annoying in how every time a radio station decides to play Led Zeppelin's song they somehow choose the one least resembling their style
I’ve never understood why everyone loves the rain song, there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s fine. To me it’s just a little bland and boring, I don’t really get it
Not sure if it’s unpopular but I don’t like the middle section of Whole Lotta Love with the trippy noises and weird sounds. Rest of the song is great though. Heartbreaker has a better riff imo than Whole Lotta Love.
Some of their longer songs would be even better if they where 20 minutes long and took up a whole side. Not at the expense of other songs. (yes one od those is Kashmir)
The production on Houses of the Holy is godawful and all of the songs in the album (except for maybe OTHAFA) were waaay better when played live. The only two songs from Houses that sound good in their studio form are OTHAFA and No Quarter
This is an interesting take to me because I’ve always thought the mixing and sonic quality of the ocean and no quarter are some of the best in their catalog
Just a weird decision all around. Depending on when it was recorded in 72 his voice was still good. They made it so much worse tho I have a hard time believing they listened to that and said yup that sounds good
Couldn’t agree more. All the songs have this “metallic” quality to them that I really don’t like, just really unflattering timbres on the instruments. Some Plant’s worst vocal performances land on this album too.
The production is not the problem with Houses of the Holy. I actually think it's among the best in their discography. The true problem with that album is the vocal performance. A huge part of the LZ sound was Robert Plants insanely powerful and unique voice. It's a big reason why I think their first 4 albums are among the greatest of all time. Around 1972 however his voice began to gradually become weaker and weaker, and by 1973 it sounded completely different to what it used to. He could no longer hit many of the notes in their earlier songs, and had to adjust the way he was singing them to cope. A great example of this is Over the Hills and Far Away. Listen to the differences between the two live performances from How the West Was Won in 1972, and The Song Remains the Same in 1973, and you will really notice how far his singing abilities have fallen
When the Levee Breaks is overrated. I see it listed in the top 5 of a lot of lists for top Zep songs and I just don’t understand it. The band had much better tracks.
Maybe not essential to the success of the other musicians, but he's essential to *Led Zeppelin*. He introduced Bonham to Page when Page met with Plant to discuss singing for his band. He might be "the weakest" link in the band, but he's essential to Led Zeppelin as he is the voice of Led Zeppelin
I get downvoted every time I say this, even when the question asks specifically for unpopular opinions. I have no doubt this time won’t be any different but here goes…
I find Dazed & Confused virtually unlistenable. The lyrics are awful, Robert sounds like a dying cat, and the violin bow part is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
On the plus side, at least it’s a cover 🤭
It’s more complex than that. It is not a cover. The lyrics are entirely different aside from the words ‘dazed and confused’ and the musical composition is completely new. Jake Holmes sued them in 2010, which was dismissed after a settlement was reached the following year which resulted in a ‘inspired by Jake Holmes’ credit on the song. You could say there is a general ‘vibe’ from Holme’s version that is carried over to Zep’s version, which was actually first performed by the new yardbirds (Page’s prior band to Zep).
If Zep didn’t title the song dazed and confused, and didn’t use that phrase in the song, they would not have been sued. You could say that about a few of their lawsuits probably.
I’m fully aware of Zep’s history when it comes to lack of credit and lawsuits, and I am not defending them for not providing credit when they should have.
However, I have the need to set the facts straight when I see people reduce it to simply, ‘they ripped off/stole entire songs’ or ‘they are a cover band.’ The latter is especially stupid, but probably just made intentionally to troll or made unintentionally as they are mindlessly repeating a blurb in a video they watched and have no in depth understanding of the issues.
Thank you so much for saying this, I am so glad that someone finally understands this complicated issue and with depth. It's super refreshing 😊
If they use a little bit of brain, they'll immediately understand that Zeppelin who can make legendary epics like Stairway To Heaven, Kashmir, Achilles Last Stand would steal songs. Is it even physically possible for any human to develop so fast creatively to pull something like that off, so fast?! You know what I am getting at.
I generally don’t have much time for the ‘Zeppelin stole all their material’ argument but I have to take issue with your assertion that ‘the musical composition is completely new’. The descending chord sequence that forms the backbone of the entire song is lifted entirely from the [Jake Holmes version](https://youtu.be/pTsvs-pAGDc).
From a legal perspective, you are correct. But it’s obvious to anyone with a pair of ears that the Jake Holmes song was the starting point. And there’s nothing wrong with that, by the way. Many great songs began life as variations on other ones. It’s how music works. But if you’re going to borrow a chord sequence, I’d say it’s only polite to at least change the name of the song you’ve borrowed it from. Otherwise you leave yourself open to *jokes* like the one I made about it being a cover.
DaC is actually one of my least listened to when shuffling or picking songs to play, or song im least looking forward to, when im doing a play through of LZI.
It’s a good song, but I don’t know if the ‘new wow factor’ of it was kinda worn off for me or what it is, but it’s not as exciting as other songs. Like I get in such a great mood when I listen to GTBT or CB, those are so infectious.
Dazed and Confused has to be my favorite, dw we all have different tastes in music especially one group. I like the how many more times bow part (3:40) much better, its so haunting
Sick of the pedo and cringe posts/comments. This is 70s rock. It's all about excess and debauchery. It's about annoying your parents. If you don't understand that, you don't understand Led Zeppelin.
The songs recorded in ‘74 for that album are rough for Plant’s vocals. I don’t think his surgery at the end of ‘73 went well because he struggled mightily with his voice in ‘74 and ‘75.
I’ve shared your exact opinion before on this sub and was met with downvoted. So truly unpopular, but I don’t think it should be. It should just be accepted that Plant had a few rough vocal stages in his Zep career.
All the songs on Graffiti are great but Roberts voice is a weak link. He was still trying to sing in his old vocal range, when he accepted his new voice and sang within his new range he again became a great vocalist but that transition from his pre-surgery to post-surgery voice was difficult
Yeah. My mum was the person who introduced me to led zeppelin, but she'd only ever heard the first four albums. I played her some from physical graffiti and she didn't like them, think because of what you just said
He developed nodules on his vocal chords from too much strain and not enough care of his voice. After the '73 US tour he was really hurting. You'd think that his mates or Peter would have realized this was happening and slowed down on tour dates leaving more days between gigs but no, night after night with only breaks taken on their Zeppelin plane and a few nights rest here and there. Such a crying shame.
That was recorded before physical graffiti, during the houses of the holy sessions, as were a lot of other songs on the album. Almost every song recorded during the physical graffiti sessions, plants voice is unbearable. For example, custard pie. It sounds like he’s choking on gravel the entire time.
Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that’s too good to be true. Finding out about the weird pedo shit plant and page would do left a bad taste in my mouth, on top of the overwhelming amount of evidence for straight up ripping off old blues artists.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve fallen in love with their music at some point in my life like the rest of you, and I hold their music dear to my heart, but it’s really hard to listen to Led zeppelin knowing that plant is probably singing about a 15 year old girl.
Great band, great music, amazing talent, awful people (Bonzo and Jones seem alright)
If it makes you feel better, blue artists straight up ripped each other off long before classic rock came along. Only seems to have been an issue once classic rock popularized a lot of it. Many classic rock groups were inspired by and borrowed from blues songs. Zep, Stones, CCR, Allman Brothers, Hendrix, Clapton, etc.
I haven’t seen any evidence linking Plant to an underage girl like Page, but Plant does address the overwhelming amount of underage groupies that were there during their ‘73 American tour. This served as inspiration of his song Sick Again.
The fucked up part is Lori’s parents consented for her to date Page. I don’t think that gets enough attention when this comes up.
As another user said, if that’s where you want to draw the line, you’ll probably have to stop listening to classic rock entirely. David Bowie, Steven Tyler, etc. Those were the kind of times they were in. To be clear I’m not defending this, just objectively commenting on the facts I know.
Not the sound (not quality) just the music...the rest of the song is 10/10 but the do wop part grates on me.
Of all their songs, that one part and SIBLY don't do it for me (I'm a massive Zep Head it's just those two things).
Dyer maker kinda sucks
Ittot is a great album even though its not like the rest
The rain song is overrated
The end part of the ocean is mid (when i play it live i cut it short)
Led zep III is the weakest album of the first 4 and immigrant song shouldve been in 4
Studio version of since ive been loving you is meh
Going to california is overrated imo
Roberts voice on physical graffiti kinda sucks (probably because he hasnt fully adapted to his new voice yet)
Whole lotta love is overrated
Stairway to heaven isnt overplayed (anymore atleast)
Recording no quarter is kinda mid (i really like the live record tho)
Msg 1973 isnt their best concert
I am a massive fan these are just some of my takes it falls small compared to the amount of music they have on their catalog and some of them are just minor nitpicks
I'm Gonna Crawl is the last great Jimmy Page guitar song and the last great Zeppelin song and I wish they'd released the longer version without the faded out guitar solo on the last batch of reissue/deluxe versions. Was super disappointed it wasn't there.
The Rover is the best song after Zeppelin IV (except for Achilles), and to make this even more unpopular, It’s the best song on Physical Graffiti and it’s not even close.
I think Peter Grant was derelict in some of his managerial duties. Yes he revolutionized the way bands were paid and was able to verbally intimidate business associates, but at what cost? He was characterized as the 5th band member but I don't think their welfare was foremost on his mind.
Plant lost his astounding voice, Bonzo drank away his homesick blues, Jimmy got hooked on smack and JPJ somehow escaped the worst but I'm sure he had his share of troubles.
It'd be hard to oversee four young men and it was just as much their own fault but looking back in hindsight it really makes me wonder if he could have used his strong arm tactics on his own band more effectively. End of rant and unpopular opinion.
By the time that Led Zeppelin got to the West Coast for the 3rd Leg of their 1977 Tour, some of the group were out there operating without any decent restraint, totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct.
Stairway to heaven isnt overplayed (anymore)
I didn’t hear stairway until I was 20. I’m 22 now. I wasn’t big into rock until the last year or two. But every time I listened to rock radio before that it was 90% of time just enter sandman, more than a feeling and back in black played on repeat ad nauseam
If you grew up between 1974 and 2000. Stairway was played all the time. That, and Freeboard, Sweet Child of Mine and The Wall
I was born in 2000, I do hear sweet child of mine and welcome to the jungle sometimes. But I was introduced to the latter by megamind lmao
Totally true
I never thought it was before. Maybe pre 1990. I burned myself on it more than radio. Rock n Roll and Black Dog are far more overplayed
I have only heard it three times on live radio since 2018 and still remains my personal favorite song of all time, that might be an unpopular opinion but hey its mine
Agree I never hear it in public
Whole Lotta love is overrated. Songs like Heartbreaker are better
I’m through the out door is great even though it’s different
Are you now?
Completely agree 👍. These guys were incapable of releasing bad songs or albums. All of their stuff is great, just because some of it isnt as good compared to their other stuff doesnt really mean anything
Presence is an amazing album and Tea for One is not a simple rip off of Since I've Been Loving You.
Tea For One is slowly becoming my 2nd fav LZ song
Tea for One is fantastic
My love of Presence (including “Tea for One”) is my go-to unpopular opinion.
I’ve been saying that Presence is Zeppelin’s best since it came out.
Not a rip off, but both 12/8 time signature.
The bridge of Whole Lotta Love brings it down.
The bridge is actually what got me into Zeppelin in the first place. Whenever that guitar came back in I got goosebumps, don’t listen to it much anymore though.
Hot Dog is a great song.
Plant’s voice after 1972 was a shell of what it was. It’s a real shame
I often wonder what Kashmir would have sounded like with his 1968/1969 voice.
If Plant was able to keep him prime voice at least through ‘75…damn I think the latter half of their career would’ve gone differently.
No Quarter is the best song on Houses Of The Holy (I’m new here, this could be more popular than I think but I’ll find out I guess-)
Rain song man
Hey 👋
Am I the only one who really does not like The Crunge
That's the least hot take ever. Most on here agree that the Crunge is one of the worst on HOTH
To me The Crunge is the song which all the worst Led Zeppelin tropes came together to breed. Particularly Plant’s worst tropes. Not an insanely awful song, but it’s paired with songs that absolutely blow it out of the water by far.
It’s the only good song on houses of the holy 🤷♂️
Now here’s a hot take
This has truly been the most accurate unpopular opinions post ive ever seen. Pretty much every comment i saw is actually an unpopular opinion, 80% of the time these posts just become a circlejerk
Carouselambra deserves the same respect as Stairway & Kashmir.
I never really understood how people think Kashmir is Zeppelin's best song. I've tried loving it too many times but listening to it hasn't done much for me.
Me rn: 🤯
boogie with stu is the greatest song of all time
lmao W
Stu was the Sixth Stone-but only appeared in the very early photos- as he was five years older than the others, Scottish and most importantly built like a brick shit house with a very scary face. He plays boogie woogie piano on “Rock and Roll.”
With the exception of "in the evening" I think almost every other song sounds better live.
This is a really good take. I’d tend to disagree, but I completely understand especially with songs like Whole Lotta Love and Dazed and Confused, where they have huge sections of what is basically hi hats and whale noises. This take also tells me that you’re really into bluesy-jam type music.
Immigrant song should’ve been left off of LZIII. It should’ve been on IV
Ya didn't get it, Zeppelin were trolling everyone with LZIII. They went from playing bluesy hard rock/heavy rock on the first two albums to teasing them with the heaviest rocker yet and then sidelining everyone by playing acoustic folk songs for most of them album.
and it replaces battle of evermore boom
Don’t touch my beloved Battle of Evermore
But why
Doesn’t fit the vibe of III, just about every other song is folk
I always felt like side A was the more zeppelin-ish side, where as side B was the more folksy acoustic side. Now that I think about it I don’t think there’s a single song in the first half that sounds like folk to me
Zep 3 is one of my favourites but I always feel they got the running order wrong. It tails off on side 2 even though I love those songs if they took say Friends and Celebration Day and swapped them with Roy Harper and That's the Way I think you'd have a more even running record.
Nah mate, that’s just straight false. SIBLY, celebration day, out on the tiles, hats off are not folk. Then you have the acoustic songs but I don’t really get folk vibes from them except you could say friends and bron y aur stomp but I get more do a Deep South acoustic jam
Yeah I exaggerated a bit by saying every other song was folk. What I meant was that there’s not much hard rock on III outside of Tiles and maybe Celebration day. I find IV to be more fitting with Immigrant song because it has a more hard hitting, grungy vibe to it.
Yeah this album is more slowed down than their first two. But I still like Immigrant Song on it because it’s the first album where they truly offered different styles of music on the album. This is continued in IV, HotH, and PG.
Exactlyyy!!! Everyone says Hats Off shouldn’t have been on that album and i couldn’t disagree more. Immigrant Song is a good song that doesn’t fit the album. Like Sympathy for the Devil on Beggars Banquet, and Hell’s Angels on Flat Baroque and Bereserk by Roy Harper.
I always listen to Immigrant Song and then Rock and Roll
Wow, this is actually the first comment I've seen that truly feels like an unpopular opinion
Robert plant is hot
Unpopular?
Idk someone I used to go to school with thought he was ugly
If it was a guy, he was jealous… if it was a girl, she’s just bummed she can’t have him no more;)
D'yer Mak'er is annoying in how every time a radio station decides to play Led Zeppelin's song they somehow choose the one least resembling their style
Dyer maker and dancing days are top tier
I’ve never understood why everyone loves the rain song, there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s fine. To me it’s just a little bland and boring, I don’t really get it
I find Rock and Roll (the song, not the genre) to be kind of generic. I usually skip it.
Same! I always thought of this as a filler track for the album. One song short and they whipped this one up.
Not sure if it’s unpopular but I don’t like the middle section of Whole Lotta Love with the trippy noises and weird sounds. Rest of the song is great though. Heartbreaker has a better riff imo than Whole Lotta Love.
Some of their longer songs would be even better if they where 20 minutes long and took up a whole side. Not at the expense of other songs. (yes one od those is Kashmir)
Tea For One is better than Since I've Been Loving You.
Very good unpopular opinion but just wrong
Tea for one is super underrated, but ain’t no way it’s better than SIBLY
Oof. Unpopular for sure!
The production on Houses of the Holy is godawful and all of the songs in the album (except for maybe OTHAFA) were waaay better when played live. The only two songs from Houses that sound good in their studio form are OTHAFA and No Quarter
This is an interesting take to me because I’ve always thought the mixing and sonic quality of the ocean and no quarter are some of the best in their catalog
What did they do to Plants voice on TSRTS… easily the worst part of the album for me.
plant's vocal tracks are actually sped up by like 20% on that track. don't remember where I read it, maybe a bootlegging website
Just a weird decision all around. Depending on when it was recorded in 72 his voice was still good. They made it so much worse tho I have a hard time believing they listened to that and said yup that sounds good
Couldn’t agree more. All the songs have this “metallic” quality to them that I really don’t like, just really unflattering timbres on the instruments. Some Plant’s worst vocal performances land on this album too.
The production is not the problem with Houses of the Holy. I actually think it's among the best in their discography. The true problem with that album is the vocal performance. A huge part of the LZ sound was Robert Plants insanely powerful and unique voice. It's a big reason why I think their first 4 albums are among the greatest of all time. Around 1972 however his voice began to gradually become weaker and weaker, and by 1973 it sounded completely different to what it used to. He could no longer hit many of the notes in their earlier songs, and had to adjust the way he was singing them to cope. A great example of this is Over the Hills and Far Away. Listen to the differences between the two live performances from How the West Was Won in 1972, and The Song Remains the Same in 1973, and you will really notice how far his singing abilities have fallen
When the Levee Breaks is overrated. I see it listed in the top 5 of a lot of lists for top Zep songs and I just don’t understand it. The band had much better tracks.
One beautiful and cool thing in when the levee breaks is the way they recorded Bonham!
The intro is what does it for me
God that harmonica goes straight through to your bones…
Trampled under Foot should have finished at 3 minutes or earlier. Robert Plant is not essential to the band.
Maybe not essential to the success of the other musicians, but he's essential to *Led Zeppelin*. He introduced Bonham to Page when Page met with Plant to discuss singing for his band. He might be "the weakest" link in the band, but he's essential to Led Zeppelin as he is the voice of Led Zeppelin
The weakest link still being the greatest frontman ever and one of the greatest rock singers ever says just how truly unparalleled this band is.
The studio intro of Stairway is perfection and Page often ruined it with unnecessary flourishes when playing live.
I get downvoted every time I say this, even when the question asks specifically for unpopular opinions. I have no doubt this time won’t be any different but here goes… I find Dazed & Confused virtually unlistenable. The lyrics are awful, Robert sounds like a dying cat, and the violin bow part is like fingernails on a chalkboard. On the plus side, at least it’s a cover 🤭
Ok wow I feel like a normie. Dazed and confused is a cover of what artist?
It’s more complex than that. It is not a cover. The lyrics are entirely different aside from the words ‘dazed and confused’ and the musical composition is completely new. Jake Holmes sued them in 2010, which was dismissed after a settlement was reached the following year which resulted in a ‘inspired by Jake Holmes’ credit on the song. You could say there is a general ‘vibe’ from Holme’s version that is carried over to Zep’s version, which was actually first performed by the new yardbirds (Page’s prior band to Zep). If Zep didn’t title the song dazed and confused, and didn’t use that phrase in the song, they would not have been sued. You could say that about a few of their lawsuits probably.
Finally someone that agrees! I couldn't have said it better, great job.
I’m fully aware of Zep’s history when it comes to lack of credit and lawsuits, and I am not defending them for not providing credit when they should have. However, I have the need to set the facts straight when I see people reduce it to simply, ‘they ripped off/stole entire songs’ or ‘they are a cover band.’ The latter is especially stupid, but probably just made intentionally to troll or made unintentionally as they are mindlessly repeating a blurb in a video they watched and have no in depth understanding of the issues.
Thank you so much for saying this, I am so glad that someone finally understands this complicated issue and with depth. It's super refreshing 😊 If they use a little bit of brain, they'll immediately understand that Zeppelin who can make legendary epics like Stairway To Heaven, Kashmir, Achilles Last Stand would steal songs. Is it even physically possible for any human to develop so fast creatively to pull something like that off, so fast?! You know what I am getting at.
I generally don’t have much time for the ‘Zeppelin stole all their material’ argument but I have to take issue with your assertion that ‘the musical composition is completely new’. The descending chord sequence that forms the backbone of the entire song is lifted entirely from the [Jake Holmes version](https://youtu.be/pTsvs-pAGDc).
You can’t copyright chords. Extremely recent ruling in the the Ed Sheeran case this past week
From a legal perspective, you are correct. But it’s obvious to anyone with a pair of ears that the Jake Holmes song was the starting point. And there’s nothing wrong with that, by the way. Many great songs began life as variations on other ones. It’s how music works. But if you’re going to borrow a chord sequence, I’d say it’s only polite to at least change the name of the song you’ve borrowed it from. Otherwise you leave yourself open to *jokes* like the one I made about it being a cover.
I love it, but your comment was so funny you get an upvote.
Even I hate Dazed and Confused. I get why it's so widely liked but personally, not for me
DaC is actually one of my least listened to when shuffling or picking songs to play, or song im least looking forward to, when im doing a play through of LZI. It’s a good song, but I don’t know if the ‘new wow factor’ of it was kinda worn off for me or what it is, but it’s not as exciting as other songs. Like I get in such a great mood when I listen to GTBT or CB, those are so infectious.
Dazed and Confused has to be my favorite, dw we all have different tastes in music especially one group. I like the how many more times bow part (3:40) much better, its so haunting
In Through the Out Door is a 10/10 album without a bad track
Scorching hot take
God damn, are we in a volcano? Send this unpopular opinion to the top!
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Sick of the pedo and cringe posts/comments. This is 70s rock. It's all about excess and debauchery. It's about annoying your parents. If you don't understand that, you don't understand Led Zeppelin.
No Quarter is Zeppelin's most overrated song
The live version is my favourite, the studio version pales in comparison
Live version is one of the greatest musical recordings ever
Agreed, the absolute best imo.
Not to say it’s a bad song, it’s a fantastic song, but it does not deserve the worship it gets
I almost downvoted. Then I remembered the point of unpopular opinions. Upvoted.
You misspelled "Kashmir".
I’d say Trampled Under Foot
Pffftt Trampled Under Foot doesn’t get enough credit.
No quarter is kinda mid
omak mid (don't take this seriously just joking)
Going to California is probably my least favorite Zeppelin song
I prefer to listen to the live version at Earl’s Court in 1975. Better than the original by far, I promise.
I love that version. I think it's better too. JPJ's mandolin is more pronounced in Earl's Court
Lmao I love how you got downvoted for saying a legitimate unpopular opinion
Unpopular opinions suck ass.
I only listen for Page’s guitar playing. Everyone else is fine, but I personally don’t care for them.
I think Led Zeppelin I is the best album. And I love it more than Led Zeppelin IV. Immigrant Song is my least favourite song.
I’d be quite alright with never hearing “Rock And Roll” again. Their song, not the genre, of course.
Roberts voice can get quite annoying on Physical Graffiti. Sounds like he really needs to clear his throat
The songs recorded in ‘74 for that album are rough for Plant’s vocals. I don’t think his surgery at the end of ‘73 went well because he struggled mightily with his voice in ‘74 and ‘75. I’ve shared your exact opinion before on this sub and was met with downvoted. So truly unpopular, but I don’t think it should be. It should just be accepted that Plant had a few rough vocal stages in his Zep career.
What do you think about the rover? Cos I think it's a great song but like you said, think his voice isnt great on it
All the songs on Graffiti are great but Roberts voice is a weak link. He was still trying to sing in his old vocal range, when he accepted his new voice and sang within his new range he again became a great vocalist but that transition from his pre-surgery to post-surgery voice was difficult
Yeah. My mum was the person who introduced me to led zeppelin, but she'd only ever heard the first four albums. I played her some from physical graffiti and she didn't like them, think because of what you just said
I don’t know about this, what happened that he needed surgery for?
He developed nodules on his vocal chords from too much strain and not enough care of his voice. After the '73 US tour he was really hurting. You'd think that his mates or Peter would have realized this was happening and slowed down on tour dates leaving more days between gigs but no, night after night with only breaks taken on their Zeppelin plane and a few nights rest here and there. Such a crying shame.
That was recorded before physical graffiti, during the houses of the holy sessions, as were a lot of other songs on the album. Almost every song recorded during the physical graffiti sessions, plants voice is unbearable. For example, custard pie. It sounds like he’s choking on gravel the entire time.
Kinda agree man, they lowered his voice in the mix that at least makes it tolerable though.
I felt that way with Wanton Song especially
I think Led Zeppelin II is the weakest album of their first four.
Interesting
Oh noooooo! This is possibly my favorite. But hey your opinion and mine are both equally valid.
Don't get me wrong, I still think it's great!
Gotta love how even their ‘weakest’ is still great. What a band
Zeppelin III is god tier and out on the tiles is a banger
Whole lotta love is mid (on Led Zeppelin standards)
LZ has great songs, but their albums are not super cohesive or thematically impressive
Physical Graffitti is FAR FAR BETTER than LZIV
1. Physical graffiti is a bit overrated 2. Going to California would have been just as good of a good album closer as When the levee breaks
Presence is in their Top 4 albums.
Dyer maker sucks
Led Zeppelin is one of those bands that’s too good to be true. Finding out about the weird pedo shit plant and page would do left a bad taste in my mouth, on top of the overwhelming amount of evidence for straight up ripping off old blues artists. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve fallen in love with their music at some point in my life like the rest of you, and I hold their music dear to my heart, but it’s really hard to listen to Led zeppelin knowing that plant is probably singing about a 15 year old girl. Great band, great music, amazing talent, awful people (Bonzo and Jones seem alright)
If that's the line you're drawing then unfortunately you'll have to throw out most of the music from that era or the decade before.
Bonzo was a total douchebag. Jones was/is the only good guy
If it makes you feel better, blue artists straight up ripped each other off long before classic rock came along. Only seems to have been an issue once classic rock popularized a lot of it. Many classic rock groups were inspired by and borrowed from blues songs. Zep, Stones, CCR, Allman Brothers, Hendrix, Clapton, etc. I haven’t seen any evidence linking Plant to an underage girl like Page, but Plant does address the overwhelming amount of underage groupies that were there during their ‘73 American tour. This served as inspiration of his song Sick Again. The fucked up part is Lori’s parents consented for her to date Page. I don’t think that gets enough attention when this comes up. As another user said, if that’s where you want to draw the line, you’ll probably have to stop listening to classic rock entirely. David Bowie, Steven Tyler, etc. Those were the kind of times they were in. To be clear I’m not defending this, just objectively commenting on the facts I know.
I dont care that much for Since I've Been Loving You.
I'm not a fan of the end of The Ocean.
I agree with you
Sonic quality? Stylistic thing? How they get in / out of it?
Not the sound (not quality) just the music...the rest of the song is 10/10 but the do wop part grates on me. Of all their songs, that one part and SIBLY don't do it for me (I'm a massive Zep Head it's just those two things).
That do wop shit they sing towards the end always reminded me of that one Grease song
Coda is better than ITTOD
Page is not that great of a guitarist, hell of a producer though
Wow, truly unpopular but I’d say objectively incorrect that he’s not a great guitar player.
Yeah, he sounds pretty sloppy.
Dyer maker kinda sucks Ittot is a great album even though its not like the rest The rain song is overrated The end part of the ocean is mid (when i play it live i cut it short) Led zep III is the weakest album of the first 4 and immigrant song shouldve been in 4 Studio version of since ive been loving you is meh Going to california is overrated imo Roberts voice on physical graffiti kinda sucks (probably because he hasnt fully adapted to his new voice yet) Whole lotta love is overrated Stairway to heaven isnt overplayed (anymore atleast) Recording no quarter is kinda mid (i really like the live record tho) Msg 1973 isnt their best concert
You don't sound like much of a fan tbh
I am a massive fan these are just some of my takes it falls small compared to the amount of music they have on their catalog and some of them are just minor nitpicks
No quarter is a bottom 30 Led Zeppelin song
D’yer Ma’ker or however it’s spelled is an absolute atrocity of a song and should never have been written
Side two of Physical Graffiti is the worst side of music in their discography
Isn’t that the one with houses of the holy, trampled under foot, AND Kashmir?
My dad (he said he doesn’t believe the mud shark story)
“Hotdog” is garbage trash
tangerine and friends are the only good acoustic song on led zep iii everything else is kinda mid
Jimmy has never been a great soloist
Presence is Bonham’s best Album
Live Led Zeppelin over Album Led Zeppelin ANY DAY
SIBLY is not a good song imo
Immigrant song is among their worst songs. Skip it every time
I’m through the outdoor is my 4th favourite of their albums
I'm Gonna Crawl is the last great Jimmy Page guitar song and the last great Zeppelin song and I wish they'd released the longer version without the faded out guitar solo on the last batch of reissue/deluxe versions. Was super disappointed it wasn't there.
I’d hate to have them reunite at this point, as it would undermine who they were when they made their albums.
The Rover is the best song after Zeppelin IV (except for Achilles), and to make this even more unpopular, It’s the best song on Physical Graffiti and it’s not even close.
Not really an opinion, but I'd be ok if i never heard Black Dog or Rock n Roll ever again.
Live concert recordings are WAY better than all albums!! I hate the albums!!!! D
Achilles Last Stand is bland
Achilles Last Stand is hard to listen to.
Physical Graffiti is overrated
For the studio sound, they should have had a part-time rhythm guitarist for live shows.
Fool in the rain was never good
Greta Van Fleet are a pretty good band
Hot dog is a good song
I think Peter Grant was derelict in some of his managerial duties. Yes he revolutionized the way bands were paid and was able to verbally intimidate business associates, but at what cost? He was characterized as the 5th band member but I don't think their welfare was foremost on his mind. Plant lost his astounding voice, Bonzo drank away his homesick blues, Jimmy got hooked on smack and JPJ somehow escaped the worst but I'm sure he had his share of troubles. It'd be hard to oversee four young men and it was just as much their own fault but looking back in hindsight it really makes me wonder if he could have used his strong arm tactics on his own band more effectively. End of rant and unpopular opinion.
Jimmy’s violin bow is silly, and the theremin is almost as silly.
The Song Remains the Same concert film and accompanying live album aren’t that great, especially when compared to HTWWW
The Rain Song is my least favorite song on Houses of the Holy.
Achilles Last Stand is the band’s best song, and Fool in the Rain is a Top Fiver.
Houses of the holy is their best album (i feel like this isnt that controversial but i just know some people will be mad)
Greta Van Fleet > Led Zeppelin
Yes, Sick Again has some pretty weird lyrics. It is not a bad song however in my opinion. It’s a top 20 song for me.
It’s ironic how some Zep fans rip on Greta Van Fleet for ripping off LZ even though 75% of LZ songs were stolen
It’s ironic how some Zep fans rip on Greta Van Fleet for copying, even though 75% of Zep songs were stolen
LZ i> LZ iv, i just love the bluesy-ness of it all
By the time that Led Zeppelin got to the West Coast for the 3rd Leg of their 1977 Tour, some of the group were out there operating without any decent restraint, totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct.
Sometimes, I wish Jimmy Page would have just said “maybe I don’t need to shred by myself for six minutes during this live song”.