# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/41 "2017-08-18T05:14:04Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > “Hot Dog”. I may be the only Zeppelin fan that loves this song. Nope, I love to crank that one up. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/42 "2017-08-18T05:34:41Z")
“Fool in the Rain” has been my favorite Led Zeppelin song since I first heard it. Interesting to note that this song would not be written today as cell phones would make the circumstance in the song highly unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/43 "2017-08-18T12:10:53Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > “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. Rock and Roll: Bonham would’ve been the first to tell you it was a direct lift from Little Richard’s _Keep a Knockin’_: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYr7I4gOSXk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYr7I4gOSXk) Hot Dog: I think it’s a fine song! Silly in its way, but no different than the Stones going for it with The Girl With the Far Away Eyes. I prefer the Stones’ song, but enjoy the Zep one, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/44 "2017-08-18T16:20:49Z")
The Crunge “Where’s that confounded bridge?” ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/45 "2017-08-18T16:46:57Z")
In the Light Ten Years Gone Over the Hills and Far Away ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/46 "2017-08-18T16:56:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by Nars Glinley View Post > “Hot Dog”. I may be the only Zeppelin fan that loves this song. > > Nope, I love to crank that one up. Me too ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/47 "2017-08-18T17:17:45Z")
1. When the levee breaks 2 / 3 depending on the day. Kashmir / Ramble on And for some unexplained reason Boogie with Stu has a special place in heart! ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/48 "2017-08-18T18:08:04Z")
Oh, I had forgotten about this one… When I don’t have the appetite for 10 minutes of Zep I’ll groove to “Celebration Day” from _The Song Remains the Same_. I love Page’s guitar in that simple, little, pop song. The studio version of that tune doesn’t reflect the same level of \*commitment \*from the boys and falls horribly flat. But the live version is fun, fun, fun! ---
**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, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/49 "2017-08-18T18:09:20Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > “Hot Dog”. I may be the only Zeppelin fan that loves this song. I love that song. So many rock bands have a country song or two, it’s always a great change of pace. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/50 "2017-08-18T19:45:15Z")
_Your Time Is Gonna Come_, as preformed by **Dread Zeppelin**. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/51 "2017-08-19T20:22:43Z")
I honestly can’t break this down below the album level. For me, the “Houses of the Holy” album is a juicy nugget of Zep perfection. It has hard rockers, soft ballads, and Zep doing the weird alien trippy encounter thing (No Quarter, if you hadn’t guessed). I like IV and II a lot, too, but I LOVE Houses. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/52 "2017-08-20T21:46:13Z")
“Hey, Hey, What Can I Do?” has been mine for the last while. It’s sweet, sad, beautiful and simple , like the best folk songs. And the inflections Robert gives the lines “lookin’ for my street corner girl” and “gunna leave her where the guitars play” are just …heavenly and ineffable. ---
**Author:** ![mikecrci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@mikecrci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecrci)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/53 "2017-08-20T22:37:26Z")
I would have to go with “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/54 "2017-08-21T02:15:08Z")
“Heartbreaker” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/55 "2017-08-22T01:31:45Z")
I’ve always loved “The Rain Song”. It’s a great song to listen to right before going to bed, it’s just such a lovely, dreamy melody. Other than that, in no particular order: - “Trampled Under Foot” - “Tangerine” - “Moby Dick” - “When the Levee Breaks” - “Going to California” - “Good Times Bad Times” - “I Can’t Quit You Baby” - “Ramble On” - “The Battle of Evermore” (My LEAST favorite has to be “The Crunge”. I just cannot stand that song. It’s probably the only Zeppelin tune I don’t like) (Oh, and Stone Temple Pilots did a seriously kickass cover of “[Dancin’ Days](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IusEhJXlCOA)”. It’s probably the best Zeppelin cover I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/56 "2017-08-22T02:28:17Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > (Oh, and Stone Temple Pilots did a seriously kickass cover of “[Dancin’ Days](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IusEhJXlCOA)”. It’s probably the best Zeppelin cover I’ve ever heard. Good one! Couple of other nice covers: Here is [Black Crowes doing Nobody’s Fault but Mine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4U3WPYgV08) (live), and a version of [No Quarter by Tool](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZKIfCJZvZo). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/57 "2017-08-22T02:39:58Z")
Oh man, I love so many Zeppelin songs, it’s hard to pick just one. Let’s say this week it’s “Custard Pie,” just ahead if “How Many More Times.” ---
**Author:** ![JHBoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@JHBoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHBoom)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/58 "2017-08-23T03:36:57Z")
Tough to pick just one… or even 10. My list has also evolved as my musical tastes have evolved - whereas I used to focus almost solely on Jimmy’s guitar work WRT Zeppelin, I now have a much greater appreciation for Bonzo and JPJ’s incredible foundation for that guitar work, and how it all works together. Hearing damage & tinnitus be damned, though - when “In My Time of Dying” comes up in my music rotation, the volume goes to 11. Also chalk me up as a fan of “Hot Dog”. Then, out of left field, comes a vote for “Royal Orleans”. IMO, Plant is way off his game here, Jimmy is just kinda noodling around… but Bonzo and JPJ are knocking it out of the park. If you’ve never seen it, check out the [“live Denmark radio”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-WSbMW7BPc) video on the 'Tube, from March '69. Words cannot describe. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/59 "2017-08-23T04:24:45Z")
“Gallows Pole.” I’ve always like the acoustic guitar in this song, I like the way the arrangement speeds up and becomes more and more frantic as the narrator’s plight becomes more and more desperate. ---
**Author:** ![paulmarkj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@paulmarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulmarkj)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/60 "2017-08-24T12:52:11Z")
I was watched this [video yesterday, Page & Plant watching a band play Stairway to Heaven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u-PjvRyr0I) Just watch their faces, especially towards the end, Page is enthralled and Plant has tears in his eyes. Anyway, it got me thinking, what are Led Zep fans favourite song? because I guess not Stairway as we’ve all heard it 1000 times. But it is a great song! Here’s my top 10: Kashmir Custard Pie Ten Year’s Gone Four Sticks Going to California Misty Mountain Hop The Rover In My Time of Dying The Wanton Song What Is and What Should Never Be [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852.md?page=4)