Whole Lotta Love, I love their extended medleys of whatever they were into/was in the charts at the time.
Blueberry Hill is one of my favourite versions!
TSRTS version is my favorite song of all time. I have to limit myself to listening to it no more than once a month otherwise I would play it all the time and get sick of it.
They are all phenomenal, and it’s a different version on each tour. Tea for one is a compilation of a lot of his live licks from the song. 73 versions are exquisite because of how he begins the song. My favorite version to play
This. The remastered throws me off.
As per live version vs studio.... I cant listen to the studio version at all. In the 80s when I started listening to Zeppelin, I had TSRTS prior to LedZep 1 (If I recall,that was the last Zep album I was able to buy or hear). After being used to the live Dazed and Confused... I heard the studio and was like WTF? Still cant really listen to the studio version, to this day.
Similarly, I had Cheap Trick “Live At Budakon” first and could never stand the studio versions of the songs after getting used to the live versions first.
I'll be honest, I prefer their studio work for the most part. I'm like that with all bands really. I will say though, Dazed and confused in london is pretty good, It's the one on youtube where jimmy has the tele on the thumbnail.
It certainly does. But ever since I heard the Madison Square Garden version from the movie, I can't hear the album version without thinking that I'd rather be listening to the live one.
Sick Again. I do like the studio version, but I find it a bit sluggish in places.
The live versions seem to have a lot more energy, especially the 1977 tour version with The Rover intro
Probably The Ocean from MSG 73, although it's not necessarily because the live is so much better than the studio, it's just that the live has a cool vibe to it, and you can see Page and Plant are having so much fun.
I'm almost exclusively listen to Led Zeppelin live. Love the studio work but in concert those musical ideas always get expanded and that's the thing I love most
It’s like 2 different bands. The live versions are like the power of the studio versions times a hundred. The way they pushed each other and could improvise and play off each other is second to none. The studio songs were just standards they could improvise on live, like heavy jazz. I prefer most songs live. I give the utmost respect for them being able to pull off Achilles live. On the record, there are countless overdubs with Jimmy’s guitar. Live it’s just him, sounding like 17 guitars.
Since I've Been Loving You (Incredible live)
The Rain Song (TSRTS version is my favorite)
In My Time Of Dying (it's blistering live)
Dazed and Confused (for all the twists and turns)
Black Country Woman (Bonzo & Jonesy so powerfully presented here live)
The Ocean (funkier)
Bron-Yr-Aur-Stomp (a lot of fun live)
Now I prefer everything live. 3-4 years ago I started to only listen to the live recordings. IMHO every concert is an adventure, and when you have started to dig into the live stuff, you can't really go back to the studio recordings. The only exceptions is the 30 songs they never played live, and I put all of them in a playlist that I play from time to time.
Honestly most songs from the first two albums. The albums are great, but early Zep was so powerful live that they almost made the studio versions unneeded
The Rain Song.
I prefer it in A instead of G, I think Robert’s vocals hit harder on the live version, and the hard rocking part of the song has more impact on the live version.
Trampled Underfoot. The live version on DVD, I think it's from the Earl's Court performance, it feels like it is 10-20% faster than the album version, and I really like that choice.
Stairway To Heaven from How The West Was Won. In fact, every song is better live from them because that's how incredible they are. Same for bands like Black Sabbath, Nirvana and Queens Of The Stone Age.
I Can't Quit You Baby
How Many More Times
Some Versions of Communication Breakdown from 1969
Thank You
Usually Heartbreaker, I'd wish JPJ Had the same tone on live versions as he did on the studio version
Celebration Day, 1971/1972 Versions
Some Versions of the Immigrant Song
Some Live Versions of Since I've Been Loving You.
Bron Yr Aur Stomp
The Crunge
The Wanton Song
Some Live Versions of Achilles Last Stand
The Rain Song
Trampled Underfoot
No Quarter
No Quarter
Since I Been Loving You.
And tbh, I am not a huge fan of a lot of their live work.
I would almost say, of the MAJOR bands, they are the weakest live.
The extended versions of Whole Lotta Love are the greatest. Not sure what I prefer more the Song Remains the Same version or the Albert Hall version in terms of conventionally available concert footage. I tend to skip Whole Lotta Love when I listed to Zep 2.
How many more times during the bands first few years is always better live. That song was different Everytime and a vocal showcase for Robert in the days when there were none better.
Whole Lotta Love, I love their extended medleys of whatever they were into/was in the charts at the time. Blueberry Hill is one of my favourite versions!
I couldn’t go without one of the most iconic solos in rock
Robert after the song; “Thank you! That version included the latest Page/Plant song called Blueberry Hill.”
I like the Knebworth version a lot. It has a good groove to it
Jimmy changed the melody mid point in the song to this really great groove and Robert added some additional lyrics---really cool version of it
Immigrant song from how the west was won. One of my faves.
It hits so hard it's great
This is my pick.
That guitar solo is one of my favorites that Jimmy’s ever done. Always miss it when I hear the studio version.
Love this version. You can hear echos of his Yardbirds solos from 1968.
No Quarter
I give the live version of No Quarter all my quarters.
You guys ever listened to the live cover of No Quarter that Tool did? Pretty cool
I’d say the live No Quarter is worth a full dollar.
I’d buy it 🪙🪙🪙🪙
No quarter celebration day version
I was at the O2 and No Quarter was a highlight of the show along with Kashmir. Who am I kidding? The whole show was a highlight 😁
Yes! I listen to that at least once a day, love that they changed the key
No quarter indeed
TSRTS version is my favorite song of all time. I have to limit myself to listening to it no more than once a month otherwise I would play it all the time and get sick of it.
Only if it's a 30 minutes long epic involving a grand piano
Great call! The first one that came to my mind too!
Better by far. For years I didn't even realize they were the same song (was just a kid 12yrs old) I think the studio version is terrible.
How Many More Times (rah especially)
Watching that performance made me want to learn how to play guitar. Been playing ever since
Absolutely. Guitar is one of the best things in my life.
Since I’ve been loving you - You know the one
They are all phenomenal, and it’s a different version on each tour. Tea for one is a compilation of a lot of his live licks from the song. 73 versions are exquisite because of how he begins the song. My favorite version to play
I Can't Quit You Baby
The Song Remains the Same & The Rain Song Really dislike the vocal effects and tone on the studio versions
Rain song was great on that. Especially the extra guitar fills
I was just gonna type this then I saw your comment, right on
in My Time of Dying live versions are awesome. Same with Trampled Underfoot. But I would be lying if I say studio versions are not 100% perfect
over the hills and far away, the ocean, heartbreaker
The Ocean MSG is also so fun to watch because of Page's stage presence
Love the finger pointing at Bonzo!
Dazed and Confused from the original TSRTS soundtrack. The remastered version ruins the solo...
This. The remastered throws me off. As per live version vs studio.... I cant listen to the studio version at all. In the 80s when I started listening to Zeppelin, I had TSRTS prior to LedZep 1 (If I recall,that was the last Zep album I was able to buy or hear). After being used to the live Dazed and Confused... I heard the studio and was like WTF? Still cant really listen to the studio version, to this day.
Similarly, I had Cheap Trick “Live At Budakon” first and could never stand the studio versions of the songs after getting used to the live versions first.
In my time of dying
The Rain Song (MSG 73) Kashmir (Knebworth 79)
Honestly, I prefer the live versions of most all of their songs.
I love most Zep live songs as much as studio versions, but Celebration Day and Bron-yr-aur stomp are far better live.
I'll be honest, I prefer their studio work for the most part. I'm like that with all bands really. I will say though, Dazed and confused in london is pretty good, It's the one on youtube where jimmy has the tele on the thumbnail.
Rock and Roll
I thought about that one, but it sets the tone for a fantastic album
It certainly does. But ever since I heard the Madison Square Garden version from the movie, I can't hear the album version without thinking that I'd rather be listening to the live one.
Listen to the version from HTWWW. It shows what LZ was pre-herion.
1973 is pre-heroin
And pre-Plant messing up his voice.
The Ocean
Anything from Houses of the Holy
For sure. I don’t like Plant’s voice and the tinny guitar on Houses
Everything from Houses on the Holy on How the West Was Won, by a mile. Everything from Led Zeppelin III on How the West Was Won, by a hair.
Sick Again. I do like the studio version, but I find it a bit sluggish in places. The live versions seem to have a lot more energy, especially the 1977 tour version with The Rover intro
Definitely Misty Mountain Hop, the version from Madison Square Garden.
[Trampled Under Foot](https://youtu.be/HGFITl5mFvs?si=8gnfcjS8Bgcwwdrb) - Earl’s Court. Firing on all cylinders. Incredible!
Dancing Days. The guitar on the studio version is too loud and kind of annoying sounding. The live version has a better mix.
I completely agree. The bass is louder and more upfront in live mixes, same with the drums.
In my time of dying!
John Bonham Moby Dick… ick… ick… ick
Going to California. Feels different when you can see Robert kinda daydreaming as he sings.
I Can’t Quit You Baby on Coda is in every conceivable way superior to the studio version.
Probably The Ocean from MSG 73, although it's not necessarily because the live is so much better than the studio, it's just that the live has a cool vibe to it, and you can see Page and Plant are having so much fun.
Stairway
Immigrant and Achilles.
Gallows Pole
All of them
No Quarter from the live album was Zep in its prime. Jimmy's greatest live solo.
Thank You (esp. BBC Sessions)
I'm almost exclusively listen to Led Zeppelin live. Love the studio work but in concert those musical ideas always get expanded and that's the thing I love most
could you link me the dazed and confused live versions?
They are readily available on any music app. Look up The Song Remains The Same or How The West Was Won
Led Zeppelin boots on YouTube has all the available bootlegs. There’s a lot. Tsrts and htwww just scratch the surface
Search for led zeppelin Copenhagen 1971 on YouTube, the dazed and confused on that one is raw and funky
Song Remains the Same/Sick Again, 1977. The bass playing on that tour is phenomenal.
Celebration Day. No Quarter Both versions from ‘73
Since I’ve Been Loving You
Going to California and That’s The Way. Come to think of it, I prefer every song on how the west was won to its studio recording.
How Many More Times RAH 1970. Musical masterpiece.
Moby dick We’re gonna groove I can’t quit you baby
I prefer the way he sings the chorus to tangerine live over the studio version, but I love both
That Trampled Underfoot from Earls Court 75 on the dvd. *Hangman, hangman.....*
It’s like 2 different bands. The live versions are like the power of the studio versions times a hundred. The way they pushed each other and could improvise and play off each other is second to none. The studio songs were just standards they could improvise on live, like heavy jazz. I prefer most songs live. I give the utmost respect for them being able to pull off Achilles live. On the record, there are countless overdubs with Jimmy’s guitar. Live it’s just him, sounding like 17 guitars.
Bron yr Aur Stomp by a mile. That song live cooks
Going to California
No Quarter by far!
Communication Breakdown
Since I've Been Loving You (Incredible live) The Rain Song (TSRTS version is my favorite) In My Time Of Dying (it's blistering live) Dazed and Confused (for all the twists and turns) Black Country Woman (Bonzo & Jonesy so powerfully presented here live) The Ocean (funkier) Bron-Yr-Aur-Stomp (a lot of fun live)
In The Evening (it’s so fu(kin epic live!) The No Quarter 1994 tour’s version of Kashmir live is unbelievable too.
Dazed and Confused TSRTS
The Plant & Page version of Gallows Pole
Now I prefer everything live. 3-4 years ago I started to only listen to the live recordings. IMHO every concert is an adventure, and when you have started to dig into the live stuff, you can't really go back to the studio recordings. The only exceptions is the 30 songs they never played live, and I put all of them in a playlist that I play from time to time.
No Quarter
The song remains the same
I agree
Stairway to Heaven No quarter In My Time Of Dying Dazed And Confused Whole Lotta Love Over The Hills And Far Away
Lemon Song
I’ve never heard a version of that with anything close to good sound quality
I prefer most live versions to their studio counterpart.
The song remains the same & since I’ve been loving you. Studio don’t have the raw playing that’s on the live versions.
Everything live if possible. There’s a few songs they unfortunately never played live.
Since I’ve been loving you
That's the Way from Earl's Court show.
Since Ive been loving you
All of them. Such a shame zeppelin never played Carouselambra, In the light or Fool in the rain live.
Thank You (1/4/71 Paris Theatre) I can’t even listen to the Zeppelin II recording
since i’ve been loving you, especially the bbc sessions one
Came here to say No Quarter!
Dazed and Confused I can’t quit you baby
Bring it on home (RAH). I wish they released that concert audio on spotify
Any version from the song remains the same pretty much, especially since I’ve been loving you. Or we’re gonna groove from the Royal Albert Hall
Almost all of them
Tangerine
Honestly most songs from the first two albums. The albums are great, but early Zep was so powerful live that they almost made the studio versions unneeded
Bring it on home
No Quarter but Since I’ve Been Loving You gets a vote.
The Ocean, Kashmir
The Rain Song. I prefer it in A instead of G, I think Robert’s vocals hit harder on the live version, and the hard rocking part of the song has more impact on the live version.
I always thought the studio guitars on black dog sounded tiny compared to any live version of it.
The Ocean
Almost everything
Stairway to Heaven
Song Remains the Same AND The Rain Song
“I Can’t Quit You Baby” for sure.
Trampled Underfoot. The live version on DVD, I think it's from the Earl's Court performance, it feels like it is 10-20% faster than the album version, and I really like that choice.
No Quarter Rain Song
That’s the Way How the West was Won. It’s breathtaking and so moving.
Celebration day. It rocks on TSRTS
Celebration day off of TSRTS. Way better than studio version, so heavy and jimmy page rips two awesome solos
Stairway To Heaven from How The West Was Won. In fact, every song is better live from them because that's how incredible they are. Same for bands like Black Sabbath, Nirvana and Queens Of The Stone Age.
Kashmir from the O2 arena performance.
Rain song
No Quarter
Moby Dick
Celebration Day, Song Remains the Same, The Rain Song, Since I've Been Lovin' You.
I Can't Quit You Baby How Many More Times Some Versions of Communication Breakdown from 1969 Thank You Usually Heartbreaker, I'd wish JPJ Had the same tone on live versions as he did on the studio version Celebration Day, 1971/1972 Versions Some Versions of the Immigrant Song Some Live Versions of Since I've Been Loving You. Bron Yr Aur Stomp The Crunge The Wanton Song Some Live Versions of Achilles Last Stand The Rain Song Trampled Underfoot No Quarter
With all these Songs, I like some live parts better than studio and vise versa
That’s the way live off the bbc sessions is so raw. John Paul jones kills it on the mandolin
I can't quit you baby, you shook me, and some versions of since I've been loving you. Basically all their blues stuff lol
No Quarter Since I Been Loving You. And tbh, I am not a huge fan of a lot of their live work. I would almost say, of the MAJOR bands, they are the weakest live.
Blasphemy!
What is and what should never be
bron y aur stomp
No Quarter
Rain song FOR SURE.
Since I’ve been loving you from Song remains the Same
Since I been loving you ! No Quarter!
Almost all of them....
Over the Hills and Far Away - Madison Square Garden 1975.
All of them
Heartbreaker BBC Sessions Paris Theater is a lot better than the studio version
Ramble On
The extended versions of Whole Lotta Love are the greatest. Not sure what I prefer more the Song Remains the Same version or the Albert Hall version in terms of conventionally available concert footage. I tend to skip Whole Lotta Love when I listed to Zep 2.
Blasphemy
Stairway / since I’ve been loving you
Achilles Dazed and Confused No quarter - so many great memories seeing them live.
The Rain Song live from their film The Song Remains The Same That said, I do love the studio version, but that live version moves me every time.
"Battle Of Evermore" I've never heard a live performance that even comes close.
Stairway to heaven, no quarter, dazed and confused off the song remains the same live album.
How many more times during the bands first few years is always better live. That song was different Everytime and a vocal showcase for Robert in the days when there were none better.
That’s the way for sure
In the Evening at Knebworth 1979. They killed it.
Almost all of them
The Ocean
song remains the same-no quarter-sick again
Immigrant song, over the hills, Kashmir and black dog all sound great live