# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/61 "2017-08-24T13:14:41Z")
Tangerine Dazed and Confused Immigrant Song Moby Dick Going to California The Rain Song No Quarter Fool in the Rain Least favorite: Whole Lotta Love ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/62 "2017-08-25T00:10:49Z")
> [@DLuxN8R-13](#): > > “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. I couldn’t have said it better. Easily the best song on the album. 😛 My next faves: Good Times, Bad Times Fool in the Rain & Stairway ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/63 "2017-08-25T00:15:18Z")
> [@Eo\_Echo](#): > > “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. I like Gallows Pole, but I like the remake on the Page & Plant album better. Fucking love that version. ---
**Author:** ![Hanover\_Fist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hanover\_Fist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanover_Fist)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/64 "2017-11-29T16:23:48Z")
Communication Breakdown ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/65 "2017-11-29T18:59:51Z")
[quote=“WordMan, post:43, topic:793852”] Rock and Roll: Bonham would’ve been the first to tell you it was a direct lift from Little Richard’s _Keep a Knockin’_: [Little Richard - Keep a Knockin - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYr7I4gOSXk) Yeah but when the guitars come in on “Rock and Roll” the energy just shoots through the roof! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/66 "2017-11-30T07:05:32Z")
Having just recently watched Thor kicking ass to the strains of “Immigrant Song,” that’s my pick at the moment. Part of me is almost ashamed to admit that such an incredibly on-the-nose musical selection worked so well, but when that battle started up, I was all over that shit! I also would like to give some love to “Travelling Riverside Blues.” It’s mostly because rock radio hasn’t completely pounded the life out of it. ---
**Author:** ![tsigili](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@tsigili](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsigili)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/67 "2017-11-30T07:42:08Z")
Kashmir by far ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/68 "2017-11-30T08:45:03Z")
_Ramble On_ for me. That bassline and the percussion (_whatever_ it was). ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/69 "2017-11-30T13:32:52Z")
No love for “Living Loving Maid?” I can’t pick just one fave Zep tune, that’s impossible. Just thought I’d mention one that hasn’t been mentioned yet 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Theodore\_Striker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Theodore\_Striker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theodore_Striker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/70 "2017-11-30T15:16:47Z")
This is a tough one, because you could almost break it down into a bunch of different categories- blues, rockabilly, ballad, folk, prog/experimental, metal… and have several solid candidates for each. My favorite overall would have to be “Rock and Roll”, just the perfect encapsulating song of the genre, with each member of the band playing in their tight but loose groove masterfully. For the blues side- When the Levee Breaks (wailing/ powerful/ wrought with anguish) and How Many More Times (that nasty bass drop that rollicks the song back to life) share the honors, followed closely by Traveling Riverside Blues (great little riff, JPJ working, and some little nastiness in the lyrics) Rockabilly- Rock and Roll, followed by Hot Dog (I actually love this song, as well as Boogie with Stu) Ballad- Going to California, but man Tangerine is a great song Folk- Gallow’s Pole and Bron-Yr-Stomp Prog/ Experimental- Kashmir, but the Rain Song, Fool in the Rain, and Carouselambra Hard Rock/ Metal- Whole Lotta’ Love and Black Dog for me, followed closely by Good Times/ Bad Times… every time I hear GTBT, I just think of what it was like to be about 14 years old, having heard about LZ, but never heard LZ, putting on that album with some stereo headphones on, and being introduced to Zeppelin with that nasty intro ---
**Author:** ![Roy\_Batty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Roy\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roy_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/71 "2017-12-05T21:58:19Z")
I’ve been a huge Led Zep fan since first getting into them as a teen (late '80’s). I recently bought all of their remastered albums on CD (released 2015 - 2016). It’s hard to pick a favorite song, but one of my favorites is definitely “Houses of the Holy”, from their _Physical Graffiti_ album (1975). It’s worth noting that the HOTH was supposedly scheduled to be released on the album of the same name (1973), but they didn’t have room?!, so they instead released it on PG. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/72 "2017-12-05T22:39:13Z")
I have a hard time choosing between “Kashmir” and “Battle of Evermore”, love them both. “Stairway”, despite the extreme overplay, is sitll one of my favorites too. Also love “In My Time of Dying”. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/73 "2017-12-06T04:49:03Z")
I already picked earlier in the thread but if I may be permitted a number two (ha! get it?:p) I’d go with a really good Peter Grant early morning super loud splatterhea after a night of Baby Duck and Limgurger, Chateaubriand, garlic pudding, Port, mozarella-coated brussel sprout casserole, truffles, jalapeno-stuffed mushrooms, Cognac, Bacardi, fish and chips, Tanqueray and grenadine, cornish hen, Absinthe, haggis, Malibu, Grand Marnier, foie gras, and 2 Subway pulled-pork 12" subs. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/74 "2017-12-06T05:00:30Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > 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. My choice also. To me it really nailed that whole rock thing. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/75 "2017-12-06T06:00:05Z")
> [@mikecrci](#): > > I would have to go with “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” Yes. Followed by “What is and What Should Never Be”. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/76 "2017-12-07T02:47:47Z")
Black Dog What do I get for winning the thread? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852/77 "2017-12-07T03:10:04Z")
Robert Plant reworked Black Dog and performed it with Alison Krauss. My jaw dropped the first time I heard it. Robert just keeps evolving as a musician. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z6H2VOnfL6A/hqdefault.jpg "Alison Krauss & Robert Plant - Black Dog") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6H2VOnfL6A) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-led-zeppelin-song/793852.md?page=3)