# Favorite Led Zeppelin song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852 "2017-08-17T04:40:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/21 "2017-08-17T14:20:49Z")
In no particular order… All My Love Stairway to Heaven Kashmir (my ring tone!) What Is And What Should Never Be Hey, Hey, What Can I Do Misty Morning Hop Black Dog Ramble On Immigrant Song What a voice… ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/22 "2017-08-17T14:36:12Z")
Dazed and Confused from the live album (the film). That’s some very sophisticated music for rock. Adding to the tracks mentioned upthread: That’s the Way. Trippy underlying rhythm (two dotted quarter notes and a quarter: ONE and two AND three and FOUR). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/23 "2017-08-17T14:43:40Z")
The Rain Song; Jones on Mellotron is fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/24 "2017-08-17T14:43:47Z")
That 3+3+2 rhythm feels like it’s everywhere these days, but I do like how it’s a bit understated in the Zep tune. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/25 "2017-08-17T15:05:52Z")
I can’t possibly choose. I love their first four albums, they kind of got put by the wayside after that, but I can listen to any of their first four albums today and get chills. “Whole Lotta Love” , “Battle of Evermore”, “Black Dog” “Dazed and Confused” - all are on a level with each other. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/26 "2017-08-17T15:15:03Z")
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Whole Lotta Love Immigrant Song Kashmir oops, forgot Achilles Last Stand Oh, and Down By The Seaside, too. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/27 "2017-08-17T15:24:43Z")
The Song Remains the Same Four Sticks What is and Should Never Be ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/28 "2017-08-17T15:46:55Z")
I do wonder how Stairway would fare if this polll was right after the release of the album it had appeared on. I think it suffers a lot from overexposure plus the Seinfeld is Unfunny effect, to the extent that it probably isn’t possible for most people to be truly objective about its quality. In any event it gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/29 "2017-08-17T15:49:40Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I do wonder how Stairway would fare if this polll was right after the release of the album it had appeared on. I think it suffers a lot from overexposure plus the Seinfeld is Unfunny effect, to the extent that it probably isn’t possible for most people to be truly objective about its quality. In any event it gets my vote. I think you’re right to some degree and Stairway is high on my list of favorite songs but with groups as great as Zep, Floyd, The Who, The Stones or the Beatles, people are going to have very varied choices. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/30 "2017-08-17T16:03:49Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > “When The Levee Breaks”, followed closely by “Kashmir”. This (and get out of my head) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/31 "2017-08-17T16:34:47Z")
“How Many More Times” (esp. live) “Since I’ve Been Loving You” “Jennings Farm Blues” “Bring It on Home” ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/32 "2017-08-17T16:59:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > _When the Levee Breaks_. This one. Mostly for John Bonham’s powerful, driving drums!! What an animal! ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/33 "2017-08-17T17:17:46Z")
“In My Time of Dying” Love the drums. After “For Your Life”, I believe it’s JB’s finest work. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/34 "2017-08-17T17:34:56Z")
Related to the best Led Zeppelin song, anyone who has not seen Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart perform _Stairway to Heaven_ at the Kennedy Center in 2012 with Jason Bonham on drums, while Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones watch, you need to see this. Anyone who has seen it should watch again. The hats are a tribute to John Bonham. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2u-PjvRyr0I/maxresdefault.jpg "Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin Tribute): Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson - 2012 Kennedy Center Honors") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u-PjvRyr0I) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/35 "2017-08-17T17:53:46Z")
I’ve always been very fond of “Going to California”, but there’s loads of great Zep stuff. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/36 "2017-08-17T19:30:38Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I do wonder how Stairway would fare if this polll was right after the release of the album it had appeared on. I think it suffers a lot from overexposure plus the Seinfeld is Unfunny effect, to the extent that it probably isn’t possible for most people to be truly objective about its quality. In any event it gets my vote. There is some of that, I’m sure, but in my case, not so much. I bought Led Zeppelin IV when I was 13 or 14 (c. 1989/1990) just so I could finally hear what the hell this “Stairway to Heaven” song I’ve heard people talk about sounded like. (Yes, somehow I had friends who would reference it or hear pop culture references to it, but I had managed not to hear it myself. For some reason, I would never hear it on the classic rock station. Maybe it was too long; maybe I didn’t listen enough. I don’t know.) At any rate, I fell in love with the album, but just not that song. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/37 "2017-08-17T19:38:56Z")
My favorite hasn’t been noted so far: Trampled Under Foot, for its funky rhythm and the way that the different elements of the song (guitar, synth, voice) pile on top of one another. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/38 "2017-08-18T00:26:35Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Over the Hills and Far Away The '72 live version on _How the West Was Won_ is joyously transcendent. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/39 "2017-08-18T01:40:32Z")
“Going to California” is probably my fave. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/40 "2017-08-18T03:33:16Z")
“Rock and Roll”. The intro is possibly the greatest in music history. “Hot Dog”. I may be the only Zeppelin fan that loves this song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852.md?page=3)