KIND of a prick? I am a total prick.
Right now I’m listenin’ to some live Grateful Dead from Chicago, 1981! “He’s Gone!” It’s great! Feel free to judge me. EVERYONE likes to shit on the Dead! Give me your best shot, I still hate Led Zeppelin.
I agree with I - II - (III) - IV.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard any Grateful Dead. They’re a band whose music didn’t really cross the Atlantic to any great extent, I think. Recommendation?
Led Zeppelin has some really neat ties back to early blues. If you’re interested after your listening party, I’ll try and dig up a list of some of their early influences and some good tracks for you. It’s fun to listen to the early stuff and then listen to Led.
Thank you for your graciousness. I apologize for denigrating a band you enjoy, and I respect them for buying Aleister Crowley’s old Scottish estate at Boleskine on the Loch Ness. Although someone else owns it now. I hope they make it into a bed & breakfast!
Here’s a tasty taste of the Grateful Dead from October, 1974, part of the "Grateful Dead Movie,’ which includes a slice of the opening animation. I hope you enjoy it.
If you do, you can find all kinds of stuff form the famous “Europe '72” tour on YouTube. (England seemed to love them.). And pretty much everything else from 1965 to 1995. Ta!
LSD first, music from the Dead second.
Okay, going to start the albums now. I’ll return with my thoughts and opinions on them in a few hours.
I agree that if you’re looking for original albums, the first three are the best starting point, but if you don’t mind compilations, I really like the 2CD version of ‘Remasters’ as an introduction to LZ. I’m not actually sure if it’s still available, but it’s easy to find at low cost.
Nonsense! The Dead can be enjoyed after a simple indulgence in strong cannabis!
(The link I gave can also be appreciated by those who appreciate attractive hippie chicks. Ah, my youth)
I’m just kidding. Of course, your admission that some type of chemical indulgence to really “get into” the Dead is quite telling!
I keed, I keed!
“Me wife’s on 'oliday in the Caribbean.”
“Jamaica?”
“No, she left of her own accord.”
"I had a date last night with a girl from the Caribbean.’
“Jamaica?”
“No, I didn’t even kiss her.”
“I had a date last night with a girl from Maine.”
“Bangor?”
“…”
Excellent decision to go in order, but don’t stop there. Definitely continue with Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti (it’s an extra two hours of your life you won’t miss) and finish the night with “Achilles Last Stand” from Presence. Nothing else from LedZep is essential; In Through the Out Door I happen to love to death, but I’m weird.
(…you’ve never heard a Rush song? Not even “Tom Sawyer”? Finding that VERY hard to believe…)
Led Zeppelin I and IV. Their best work, without any weak songs. Even the stuff that never makes the radio is great.
By the way, according to music experts and prominent psychologists, the “critical age” for discovering Led Zeppelin is 16 to 35. Which sadly means you’re just a bit outside that range; you may become a fan, but it probably won’t become part of your soul. Then again, who knows?
I’d say 1 and 4. But there might be songs on 2 and 3 and HOTH that might to some ears be the very best: Ramble On, The Song Remains the Same etc. 2 has some cliches like whole lotta love, livin lovin maid and the big drum solo, Moby Dick. 3 has a lot of acoustic stuff, not a lot of their best melodies though.
When you’re done going through the Led Zeppelin catalog:
Moving Pictures
Permanent Waves
2112
That ought to tell you where you stand with regard to Rush.
Okay, so I’ve listened to Led Zeppelin I. It wasn’t bad. Long songs, although a lot of long-held notes and repetitive lyrics and sounds. Not that that’s a bad thing…but when you hear stuff like “uuhhh huuuhhh…huuuuhhh…huuuhhhh…” four times in a row, it loses its appeal just a tad.
But overall, pretty good music and, no, I had never heard any of those songs before. My favorite was probably Dazed and Confused, it was pretty upbeat and had a nice melody, IMO. I also liked Communications Breakdown. My least favorite was probably Baby, I’m Going To Leave You. I’m not a big fan of the “slow” and “pessimistic and depressing-type” songs.
Nothing really jumped out at me at being overly amazing and incredible, though.
Two of my favorite bands of the 70s:
Grand Funk Railroad
Blue Oyster CultWorth noting that over half of those tracks are effectively covers, either fairly direct or reworked.