What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

Band Members for this release

Jimmy Page – acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitar, backing vocals, production
Robert Plant – lead vocals, harmonica
John Bonham – drums, timpani, percussion, backing vocals
John Paul Jones – bass guitar, organ, backing vocals



Recording History

studio albums - 9
live albums - 4
compilation albums - 9
singles - 15

Grammy Awards - 5
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995
Kennedy Center Honors in 2012

from my library (cd)



Producer: Jimmy Page, Peter Grant

1st album - #10 US, #6 UK, #9 AUS, #11 CAN
Singles - Good Times Bad Times - #80 US, #64 CAN

Rolling Stone ranks it the 29th best album of all time
UKs Times ranks it the 41st best album of all time
UKs Uncut ranks it the 7th greatest debut album of all time

Was blown away when this gem came out. Had never heard anything like it. Then I was blown away 40 some years later when my brother heard it for
the first time and shrugged it off. Guess you had to be there. The perfect blend of metal/rock/blues. This was heavy metal in 1969. The only
throw away here is the damn instrumental. Everything else I love. The album has gone 8x platinum. There are 5 other Zep albums that have sold
more which proves the bands impact on music. Worthy of all those above honors.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Black Mountain Side
Best Track - Dazed And Confused

Track Listing

1. Good Times Bad Times ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjPHul0ds7U
2. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fqi7-HH03w
3. You Shook Me ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5arxGd_GPQ
4. Dazed and Confused ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQHMQwLQZJ4
5. Your Time Is Gonna Come ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PsKMqco0QQ
6. Black Mountain Side *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBmIIgA68vQ
7. Communication Breakdown ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MW4pWLP4_M
8. I Can't Quit You Baby ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObenjIVSn88
9. How Many More Times ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NH-Sh7-7-g

3's - 8
2's - 0
1's - 1

grade - 2.8 of 3.0
allmusic - 5.0 of 5.0

[ZeusMoose]

Journey of the Sorcerer from One of These Nights - Eagles

[video=youtube;MbhAf62wfgE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbhAf62wfgE[/video]

That is one of my alltime faves and the only Eagles song I have . Hotel California is also a GREAT song
but otherwise they are not a band I care for . But hey, TWO songs .... that's 2 more than almost everybody
in the entire world :biggrin1::wink::tongue:

[ZeusMoose]

Zep 1 was important to me as a drug-addled teenager . I sniffed gasoline a few times at 12 and remember weird things
happening with that music , and Zep 2. Good Times Bad Times and Black Mountain Side both made it into my current world .
It was weird getting the cd a couple years ago; I hadn't heard some of those songs in 35 years. It's the ones that sound good now,
drug-free, that I really like going and getting again . Lots of old Jethro Tull is 'still great' .

[SteveO]

The Beatles...all day!

[Jerome]

Mark Knopfler - Last Exit to Brooklyn (Finale) - one of my favourite instrumental pieces. Strings are just brilliant.

[Ruby]

That is one of my alltime faves and the only Eagles song I have . Hotel California is also a GREAT song
but otherwise they are not a band I care for . But hey, TWO songs .... that's 2 more than almost everybody
in the entire world :biggrin1::wink::tongue:

Desperado is my go to album when the need for country rock calls – a less than regular occurrence, but one that needs to be catered for!

On to the now – I am listening to Alan Parsons, minus the project (ie Eric Woolfson). Two albums, ‘On Air’ and ‘Try Anything Once’. I like both, distinct as they are, conceptually, musically, etc. Ian Bairnson is steadfastly wonderful.

‘Blown by the Wind’ from On Air - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnKfLAb_iIg
‘Jigue’ from Try Anything Once (instrumental alert here for those who no likey) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OklyoRBYL5Y
and ‘Oh Life (There Must Be Something More)’ from TAO (lovin’ the acronym) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNxCa9REl58

[Jerome]

I used to listen to Alan Parsons a lot but found in later years that the albums all started to sound the same and I lost interest. Have you heard A Valid Path? Not a bad effort. My favourites by him are Tales of Mystery & Imagination, I Robot, Pyramid, Stereotomy & The Turn of a friendly Card.

[Music Head]

Band Members for this release

Jimmy Page – acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitar, backing vocals, production
Robert Plant – lead vocals, harmonica
John Bonham – drums, timpani, percussion, backing vocals
John Paul Jones – bass guitar, organ, backing vocals



Recording History

studio albums - 9
live albums - 4
compilation albums - 9
singles - 15

Grammy Awards - 5
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995
Kennedy Center Honors in 2012

from my library (cd)



Producer: Peter Grant

6th album - #1 US, #1 UK, #2 AUS, #1 CAN
Singles - Trampled Under Foot - #38 US, #60 AUS, #41 CAN

Rolling Stone ranks it #70 for best album of all time
UKs Classic Rock ranks it #5 for best album of all time
UKs Q ranks it #41 for best album of all time

Just misses my love score but with 7 love tracks, I'll accept the filler. Only 8 of these 15 tracks were newly recorded for this album. It was
decided to make it a double album with unreleased tracks from previous album sessions back to their third album. It is the groups second best
selling album after IV, going 16x platinum. Only one single released which didn't chart that well. Kashmir is my standout as it is for most I
think. Then we have the dreaded instrumental in Bron-Yr-Aur and I never cared for the boogie track, maybe if they hadn't stuck the word boogie
in the title.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Bron-Yr-Aur
Best Track - Kashmir

Track Listing

1. Custard Pie ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VH6kF8jlwA
2. The Rover **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iEgijyJbAg
3. In My Time of Dying *** sorry, not as good as the studio
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTrQ7vUZsIo
4. Houses of the Holy ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn_3s9wmZuQ
5. Trampled Under Foot **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBku3rJ0Xe0
6. Kashmir ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQH3LtNePgI
7. In the Light **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3jRK-sdTSE
8. Bron-Yr-Aur *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqptegyFWbE
9. Down by the Seaside ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb55HHLoB70
10. Ten Years Gone ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9bP-LbR8u8
11. Night Flight **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfNz_nVqnQs
12. The Wanton Song **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcb0VrB2Jbw
13. Boogie With Stu *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvKGM93yoCI
14. Black Country Woman ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOmCIQ1LRy4
15. Sick Again **
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0_SN3NbrBM

3's - 7
2's - 6
1's - 2

grade - 2.3 of 3.0
allmusic - 5.0 of 5.0

[Jerome]

Kashmir for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jerome]

And this, boys and girls, is how you play the drums with just a Fairlight to guide you - try from the 4.40 mark. Beyond brilliant. http://youtu.be/HbWFIS6ma_k