Best Led Zeppelin song?

[truthseeker1]

I'm making my brother a CD of best 70s rock and trying to narrow down which LZ songs to include....

[Birthmark]

1. Kashmir

But my tastes run to the unusual, so you may want to get other opinions.

[truthseeker1]

2. no I like that one!

get this....I have that as one of my ring tones

[pinniped]

7. Doop

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[pinniped]

9. Yer right, it is Kashmir!

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. Ditto (Hey fuck you Limbaugh. You didn't invent the phrase)

I think Kashmir's their best song.

[cry baby]

3. What is and what could never be

[fishwax]

26. Hard to argue with that suggestion (n/t)

[Trajan]

4. If I had to select only a few .....

Some seminal Zep songs :

Heartbreaker ...

Thank You ...

The Song Remains The Same ...

Communication Breakdown ...

Ramble On ....

Since Ive Been Loving You ....

............ many more .......

[truthseeker1]

8. ooh yes, definitely ramble on and heartbreaker

I'm off to eBay!

[Skittles]

5. Thank You

always a sentimental favorite of mine

[Minimus]

10. my pick too

[Trajan]

13. You know ....

I was thinking 'Thank You' when I wrote 'The Rain Song' ....

Sheeesh ...... both are good, But 'Thank You' is great ....

[Skittles]

16. one of the greatest love songs ever

often overlooked

[Kat45]

30. I agree with you about "Thank You."

If I ever do meet the right man and get married, that is the song I would want played for our first dance. The music, and the sentiment, is just beautiful.

[tjdee]

6. D'yer Maker or however you spell it. LOVE it....or Black Dog.

Or that other one I know. That goes woman....something....

I only know about 5 Led Zep songs, and they have this irritating habit of titling their songs completely independent of the lyrics, so....sigh.

[truthseeker1]

14. got d'yer maker already

but forgot about black dog and that was always a favorite! Thanks!

[amandae]

22. I love that one! It's on almost every CD compilation I make.

:hi:

[LynneSin]

11. Ramble On - Because I thinking of it and Scott

Leaves are falling all around,
It’s time I was on my way.
Thanks to you, I’m much obliged
For such a pleasant stay.

But now it’s time for me to go,
The autumn moon lights my way.
For now I smell the rain,
And with it pain,
And it’s headed my way.
Ah, sometimes I grow so tired,
But I know I’ve got one thing I got to do,

Ramble on,
And now’s the time, the time is now
To sing my song.
I’m goin’ ’round the world,
I got to find my girl, on my way.
I’ve been this way ten years to the day, ramble on,
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams.

Got no time to for spreadin’ roots,
The time has come to be gone.
And tho’ our health we drank a thousand times,
It’s time to ramble on.

Ramble on,
And now’s the time, the time is now
To sing my song.
I’m goin’ ’round the world,
I got to find my girl, on my way.
I’ve been this way ten years to the day, ramble on,
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams.

I ain’t tellin’ no lie.

Mine’s a tale that can’t be told,
My freedom I hold dear;
How years ago in days of old
When magic filled the air,
T’was in the darkest depths of mordor
I met a girl so fair,
But gollum, and the evil one crept up
And slipped away with her.
Her, her....yea.
Ain’t nothing I can do, no.

Ramble on,
And now’s the time, the time is now
To sing my song.
I’m goin’ ’round the world,
I got to find my girl, on my way.
I’ve been this way ten years to the day, ramble on,
Gotta find the queen of all my dreams.

Gonna ramble on, sing my song
Gotta keep-a-searchin’ for my baby...
Gonna work my way, round the world
I can’t stop this feelin’ in my heart
Gotta keep searchin’ for my baby
I can’t find my bluebird!
I’d listen to my bluebird sing but I can’t find my blue bird
A-keep-a ramblin’ baby...

[NightTrain]

12. Been a long time since I rocked and rolled!

Been a long time since I did The Stroll!
Been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time!


I can never listen to that one with the volume at less than 12. :headbang:

[truthseeker1]

18. That is a favorite of mine too, but I'm just not sure if Mitsubishi

has ruined it or not. Bastards!

[Sporadicus]

15. Travelling Riverside Blues

I think any LZ compilation MUST have this song.

[phaseolus]

17. couple suggestions

find that live acoustic version of "Gallows Pole" that Plant/Page recorded in the early '90s.

And "When the Levee Breaks" is a must. I love Bron-yr-Aur Stomp and Battle of Evermore, but I'm wierd.

I'd leave off Stairway to Heaven because I'm so goddamned sick of the song, and Immigrant Song because it's stupid as hell... ;)

[OnionPatch]

19. The Rain Song

But there are so many others that are close.

[njdemocrat106]

20. My Zep favorites

Nobody's Fault But Mine (from "Presence")
Down by the Seaside (from "Physical Graffiti")
The Lemon Song (from the second album)

I could probably go on and on.

[steely]

21. tangerine, that's the way, anything from "houses"

gawd there's so many - I started listening in '73, and my brain cells started dying shortly afterward, so I may be of little help.

Last week there were some posts on the group YES - well these 2 were my favorites, then came Dead and the Moody Blues and ELP, etc.

[Midnight Rambler]

23. When The Levee Breaks

Plus any song from II. Better yet, just get him a copy of Led Zeppelin II and be done with it.

[Taverner]

24. Ten Years Gone

[sundog]

25. down by the seaside

very simple, very soothing

my fave

[steely]

34. the string picking is sublime

just don't know what word to use to describe it.

[fishwax]

27. How many Zep songs do you have space for

If you have room for more than one, and you want to cover the spectrum, I would recommend:

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (for Robert Plant's Blues Chops)
Tangerine (One of their best downshift songs)
What Is And What Should Never Be (my personal favorite, even though it's one of their "obvious" songs)
D'Yer Maker (just great Led Zeppelin Rock and Roll)

[KG]

28. 'the song remains the same'

ultimate zep tune

[jus_the_facts]

29. When The Levee Breaks and Misty Mountain Hop....

....Thank You too...are amoung my favorites...hell buy 'em a box set..cuz they didn't do a bad song!!! :)

[raysr]

31. Babe, I'm gonna leave you

[aePrime]

37. I second "Babe, I'm gonna leave you"

I'm also a fan of The Lemon Song

[Telly Savalas]

33. Over the Hills and Far Away

It's got that corny Robert Plant falsetto-thing at it's finest and some nice guitar work by Mr. Page.

[BulletproofLandshark]

35. Trampled Under Foot

and In The Evening

[Left Is Write]

38. Ditto. Those two were exactly the two I was going to mention.

And I'd throw in Houses Of The Holy just for fun.

[Elidor]

36. Oooooh-Hwoaaaaaaaaaaa!!! I can't quit you babe…

But I'm gonna have'ta put you down for awhile…
I said, I can't quit you babe…
But I'm gonna put you down for awhile…

I'm not sure if they actually wrote that one, however. They probably stole it. And they certainly didn't write How Many More Times. Even Bring It On Home is a mishmash of "borrowed" stuff. And of course their best cover was Travelin' Riverside Blues. Gallows Pole? Ooops, they lifted that one, too. Dazed & Confused? Sorry, they stole that one outright.

I hate to say Stairway, but Stairway it is. Their finest moment.

[wicket]

39. Ramble On

[6000eliot]

40. Anything on the first LP

But especially "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Communications Breakdown."