Recently I had a lot of travelling to do for a business trip and needed a full MP3 load to go. So I went back to my roots and uploaded the whole of my Led Zeppelin collection - all 10 albums - and played them back to back. It was quite a revelation, taking me back to some tracks I had forgotten all about, and to others I know so well but go back to time and time again.
Getting back to ones roots is a good thing. And for me, reaching my teens in the early 1970's, this meant Led Zeppelin. Pretty well exclusively for a time! The band was only together for 12 years. Formed out of the Yardbirds in 1968 and ending abruptly in 1980 with John Bonham's untimely death. And yet their legacy still lives on today, over 30 years later. For me (and countless others) the song very definitely remains the same!
So, leaving aside 1979's 'In through the out door' (which was mostly shite) and 1982's 'Coda' which doesn't really count, what tracks would I pick to give someone who'd never heard them a flavour of the label? Tricky. And yet...
- I (1969) - Dazed and Confused
- II (1969) - What is and what should never be
- III (1970) - Gallows Pole
- IV (1971) - When the levee breaks
- Houses of the Holy (1973) - D'yer Maker
- Physical Graffiti (1975) - Custard Pie
- Presence (1976) - Nobody's fault but mine, and
- The song remains the same (1976) - Whole lotta love
I wonder what ill be listening back on in 30 years? possibly blur? dazed and confused is an incredible track. whats the graphics at the bottom ?
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