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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jun 01, 2013 - 12:43
 


Everybody in my churches loves this song...  and this entire album...
 

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 17:27
 

Thus quoth the Raven . . . oh, never mind.

scrubbrush
(All lost in the supermarket)
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 17:25
 

my favorite song from IV.
10

BBoyes
(Salt Lake City Utah)
Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 10:23
 

Bill just mentioned that Sandy Denny was the guest vocalist here, and this is the only time LZ had one. I was not familiar with her by name. Turns out she is quite well known in the UK, and her work dates back to Fairport Convention and others... sadly another case of artist vs substance addiction, deceased in 1977. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Denny

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 10:13
 

This album was my first exposure to Led beyond Stairway.... can still remember being blown away during our Outdoor Ed trip listening on my buddies walkman.

Just incredible.

Sadly not many kids today know or care to explore their catalog.....  

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 10:11
 

Nice!!  {#Clap}

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 00:59
 

 mistabird wrote:
ein sehr schöner song, unvergeßliche erlebnisse fallen mir ein  nur gute
 
das haben jetzt alle verstanden!

mistabird
(frei republik allgäu)
Posted: Feb 17, 2013 - 00:58
 

ein sehr schöner song, unvergeßliche erlebnisse fallen mir ein  nur gute

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 17:34
 

 Cynaera wrote:

Total 10.  I remember when my parents would take off for good fishing territory, leaving the house to me. I'd put this album on and sit at the end of the hallway where the stereo was, and just close my eyes and dream... It was before I'd ever read Lord of the Rings, but it moved me in ways I didn't understand until much later... Say what you want about this song, or this album - it kicked my creativity and made me realize that I wanted to be a writer.  I love this whole album.

 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this song...
 


kiarash
Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 17:33
 

old-fashioned cacophony 

oldviolin
(Esse Quam Videri)
Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 17:28
 

Long live the lads

MinMan
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 12:07
 

 martinc wrote:
Imagine LedZep I, II, III and IV in two years. Glad to have been 16-18 during this time, the music was magical.
 
Doesn't 1969 - 1973 = 4 years?

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 11:57
 

Imagine LedZep I, II, III and IV in two years. Glad to have been 16-18 during this time, the music was magical.
 

terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, TX)
Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 17:12
 

Just learned about Sandy Denny and the fact she is the only guest singer on a Zeppelin album and this being the only such song to have one. Now I know. I love this song for so long.

kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 18:32
 

 impediguy wrote:
Maybe this is what Robert Plant was trying to recreate with Allison Krauss.
 
He shoulda picked Allanis Morrisette instead.

Now that would be a show to see !

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 18:32
 

Did Led Zep steal the intro from Gustavo Santaolalla or vice-versa?

kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 08:42
 

 mpatnode wrote:


You need to hear Dread Zepplin do Black Dog.   It will bring it back for you.
 

  fer sure ...

I got a chance to see dread zep 15 years ago or so at Peabody's Downunder in the Flats of Cleveburg. 

Loved every minute of it !

hayduke2
(Southampton, NY)
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 08:41
 

this one gets my long ago Tolkien memories rising, the echoeing vocals and strumming tune send me way back in a good, grand way

impediguy
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 21:09
 

Maybe this is what Robert Plant was trying to recreate with Allison Krauss.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 21:04
 

 Cynaera wrote:

I suppose the answer to that would be "yes."  http://www.publishamerica.net/product88950.html  That's a link to the website where one can buy my book, should one want to pay the ungodly-expensive price (I didn't set the price, so don't shoot me.)

Truth be told, I think everyone is a writer of one sort or another. {#Mrgreen}
 
I miss you so very very much, Ann...

rest in peace...

 

scoote
(Leighton Buzzard England)
Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 08:39
 

This is one of those songs that takes you on a little journey of wonder - it's so pure and mediative. I needed that, thanks.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 08:30
 



Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 08:27
 

 cayenne wrote:
I have been listening to this since it was on the new releases rack at Record Town and I just now realized this was Sandy Denny. No wonder this is my favorite Led Zep song ever. Thanks, RP!
 
Same here - picked up at the Record Bar after class. Listened to it for years and didn't know that was Sandy Denny until someone mentioned it here on RP. Well, that's the mark of a true classic - always something new to hear, or see, or learn.

cayenne
(in over my head)
Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 16:28
 

I have been listening to this since it was on the new releases rack at Record Town and I just now realized this was Sandy Denny. No wonder this is my favorite Led Zep song ever. Thanks, RP!

Neil66
((stav) anger)
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 03:19
 

 ozzie1313 wrote:
A better album?
 
FOABP...???
But not sure - my tastes & preferences ebb & flow, back & forth like a gentle breeze over time...


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 09:20
 



This song is as good as it ever was...  which is awesome...  love it...
 

ozzie1313
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 09:00
 

A better album?

Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 16:04
 

 Bleyfusz wrote:

And have you become one?

 
I suppose the answer to that would be "yes."  http://www.publishamerica.net/product88950.html  That's a link to the website where one can buy my book, should one want to pay the ungodly-expensive price (I didn't set the price, so don't shoot me.)

Truth be told, I think everyone is a writer of one sort or another. {#Mrgreen}

terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 15:58
 

 Xeric wrote:

I bought this album for "Stairway" at a time when I still though that "hard rock" (like all the other cuts, which I had no intention of listening to) sucked.  Pretty soon, I'd decided that "Stairway" was the weakest cut on an incredibly great album.  Still think so.  (And I'm no "Stairway" hater, or "Black Dog," either, however much play they might get.  It's just that the whole album is so incredibly good.)
 
I got sick of Stairway to Heaven, but then one night I shared a bong made out of a wiffle ball bat with a friend, and heard it.  I will never be the same after that.  I learned what they were doing with that song that night and I have not tired of it since.  Weird, huh?  You'll either have to try it or take my word for it. {#Tongue}



terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 15:56
 

Led Zeppelin were just amazing.  They took you to another world and showed you another way to live.

mpatnode
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 15:54
 

 brulie wrote:
Like everyone, I wore out my needle listening to this album. (Many of the other Zeppelin albums contributed to my needles' demise, too!) I'm pretty sure I started with this one (or Houses of the Holy). As I listened to Zeppelin IV over and over and over again, "The Battle of Evermore" and "When the Levee Breaks" became my favorites on the album. In fact, at the risk of everyone's wrath, I must say that "Black Dog" became my least-favorite Zeppelin song — helped largely by its frequent play on Classic Rock radio. 

 

You need to hear Dread Zepplin do Black Dog.   It will bring it back for you.

nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 02:40
 

 OhKatieLaughs wrote:
What's not to love here? References to Tolkien, and with Robert Plant, Sandy Denny, Jimmy Page on mandolin, John Paul Jones on acoustic guitar . . .. Heaven.
 
So dang true!

Xeric
(Montana)
Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 19:17
 

 brulie wrote:
Like everyone, I wore out my needle listening to this album. (Many of the other Zeppelin albums contributed to my needles' demise, too!) I'm pretty sure I started with this one (or Houses of the Holy). As I listened to Zeppelin IV over and over and over again, "The Battle of Evermore" and "When the Levee Breaks" became my favorites on the album. In fact, at the risk of everyone's wrath, I must say that "Black Dog" became my least-favorite Zeppelin song — helped largely by its frequent play on Classic Rock radio. 
 
I bought this album for "Stairway" at a time when I still though that "hard rock" (like all the other cuts, which I had no intention of listening to) sucked.  Pretty soon, I'd decided that "Stairway" was the weakest cut on an incredibly great album.  Still think so.  (And I'm no "Stairway" hater, or "Black Dog," either, however much play they might get.  It's just that the whole album is so incredibly good.)


OhKatieLaughs
Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 19:16
 

What's not to love here? References to Tolkien, and with Robert Plant, Sandy Denny, Jimmy Page on mandolin, John Paul Jones on acoustic guitar . . .. Heaven.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 19:16
 

 Bleyfusz wrote:

And have you become one?

 

I'm hoping that is an innocent question....

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 09:37
 

The latest (August 2011) issue of Classic Rock is devoted to Led Zep IV. I was surprised to read that Sandy Denny was not happy with her vocal contribution to "The Battle of Evermore" and in fact felt like she was really "out-sung" by Robert Plant.

Everyone else thought she was magnificent and that Plant's idea to bring her in was brilliant.

I think she more than holds her own and can't imagine this track without her. 


Bleyfusz
Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 09:19
 

 Cynaera wrote:

Total 10.  I remember when my parents would take off for good fishing territory, leaving the house to me. I'd put this album on and sit at the end of the hallway where the stereo was, and just close my eyes and dream... It was before I'd ever read Lord of the Rings, but it moved me in ways I didn't understand until much later... Say what you want about this song, or this album - it kicked my creativity and made me realize that I wanted to be a writer. <...>

 
And have you become one?


ckcotton
Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 09:19
 

 jimmpypowder wrote:
I smoked alot of herb to this song back in the 70's .

I think im getting a flashback.LOL
 
Still works great today

;)

 

tulfan
(One of the last ones in SE MI)
Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 09:17
 

 Grammarcop wrote:
I have reached my limit. Mute. 

 
I concur...virtually intolerable...


brulie
Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 07:21
 

Like everyone, I wore out my needle listening to this album. (Many of the other Zeppelin albums contributed to my needles' demise, too!) I'm pretty sure I started with this one (or Houses of the Holy). As I listened to Zeppelin IV over and over and over again, "The Battle of Evermore" and "When the Levee Breaks" became my favorites on the album. In fact, at the risk of everyone's wrath, I must say that "Black Dog" became my least-favorite Zeppelin song — helped largely by its frequent play on Classic Rock radio. 


Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 07:21
 

 SinisterDexter wrote:
What's amazing is that this is the weakest cut on the whole album, and it still rates a 9 from me.
 
You almost have to rate it a 9 because, while this is still a classic, there are better Zeppelin songs. And yet, its as good as "10" rated songs by other bands.

We need to revamp this whole ratings system to reflect the disparity of bands AND there songs. I could rate my favorite song by a band a 10, but the band itself might only rate as a 7. A two-tiered ratings system is in order.


Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 07:14
 

My all-time favorite Zep tune.

SinisterDexter
Posted: Aug 09, 2011 - 07:12
 

What's amazing is that this is the weakest cut on the whole album, and it still rates a 9 from me.

cakkafracle
(Chilly Chilly Winnipeg)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 10:10
 

 d-don wrote:


Point taken! {#Lol}
 
I've actually been assuming it was Joan Baez all these years, I'm glad I looked it up myself first!


d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 09:57
 

 cakkafracle wrote:

You should also plead ignorance of Google, then? :P

Sandy Denny
 

Point taken! {#Lol}

cakkafracle
(Chilly Chilly Winnipeg)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 09:51
 

 d-don wrote:
I have to plead ignorance - who is the female background vocal on this? Has a Grace Slick quality.
 
You should also plead ignorance of Google, then? :P

Sandy Denny



d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 09:48
 

I have to plead ignorance - who is the female background vocal on this? Has a Grace Slick quality.

fingerpin
(oHIo)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 09:48
 

 treatment_bound wrote:

Just a warning, but if you should somehow make it all the way through the five minutes and fifty-two seconds of this, your next cut is even longer!



 
That's Sandy Denny's 'symbol' next to the song title. {#Sunny}



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 09:47
 

9 -> 10. What was I thinking???{#Stupid}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 09:46
 

 Cynaera wrote:

Total 10.  I remember when my parents would take off for good fishing territory, leaving the house to me. I'd put this album on and sit at the end of the hallway where the stereo was, and just close my eyes and dream... It was before I'd ever read Lord of the Rings, but it moved me in ways I didn't understand until much later... Say what you want about this song, or this album - it kicked my creativity and made me realize that I wanted to be a writer.  I love this whole album.
 


Yes, I know what you mean...  just turned the volume wayyyy up...  love this...