# Who do you like better: Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 26, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644 "2007-05-26T21:50:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/1 "2007-05-26T21:50:39Z")
I’ve recently started listening to Pink Floyd, and I must say, I am impressed as to how good this band was.
I had already discovered Led Zeppelin and I am also a huge fan. Recently I have been doing some research on both these bands out of pure interest.
Did you know that Led Zeppelin has sold over 300 million albums? Or that Pink Floyd sold 250 million albums?
Although some claim that these two bands can’t be compared, I disagree. Both these bands can write songs and play the guitar quite well. They’re both British and they both have shaped Rock and Roll history. They are still both popular today. That is enough for me, to start a comparrison thread. This is not meant to belittle any band, but merely to see what some people think.
This brings me to my question: Which of these two bands do you like better and why?
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### Author:  [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/2 "2007-05-26T22:01:30Z")
As you might guess from my username, I am wild about Pink Floyd. Led Zeppelin is just “meh” to me. Not bad, but not great. I can’t explain exactly why; musical taste is hard to justify. I like what I like 'cuz I like it.
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### Author:  [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/3 "2007-05-26T22:06:01Z")
I’m also a big Pink Floyd fan. So I’ll have to go with them over Led Zep.
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### Author:  [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/4 "2007-05-26T22:10:19Z")
Zep is awesome, but Floyd all the way, for sure.
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### Author:  [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/5 "2007-05-26T22:17:42Z")
This is like asking me who I love more; my Mother or my Father.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/6 "2007-05-26T22:30:05Z")
Pink Floyd in a heartbeat. I simply prefer their music. Zepplin had nothing like T_he Wall_, _Dark Side of the Moon_, or _Wish You Were Here_. I’d rather listen to the Yardbirds than Zepplin most days.
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### Author:  [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/7 "2007-05-26T22:35:40Z")
Wow, very one sided to say the least.
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### Author:  [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/8 "2007-05-26T22:39:12Z")
I dig Zep. Watching John Bonham play the _Moby Dick_ solo on one of their DVDs was amazing. Pink Floyd gets a bit too conceptual for my tastes.
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### Author:  [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/9 "2007-05-26T22:47:18Z")
I can’t abide Pink Floyd; any time I hear one of their songs it feels like I have to be on LSD to make any sense of it.
Zeppelin rules! \
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### Author:  [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/10 "2007-05-26T22:47:46Z")
I have more reverence for Floyd in terms of their creativity and their depth.
But if I’ve got a road trip to go on, I’m bringing Zep.
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/11 "2007-05-26T22:52:25Z")
Pink Floyd by a long shot. The Zep had quite a few good songs. Pink Floyd had Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Animals, and Wish You Were Here, all GREAT albums. Their earlier stuff was also interesting, but not nearly as listenable, IMHO.
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/12 "2007-05-26T22:54:53Z")
Floyd, definitely. Zep’s only okay.
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### Author:  [@PlasticCloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlasticCloud)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/13 "2007-05-26T22:55:27Z")
The only Pink Floyd album I can listen to anymore is _Piper At the Gates of Dawn_. But I rate that as one of the top 4 or 5 best UK psych albums ever, so I’d rather listen to that than pretty much anything by Led Zeppelin…
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### Author:  [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/14 "2007-05-26T22:56:26Z")
Led Zeppelin, definitely. I can’t think of a single song of theirs that I _don’t_ like. I have to be in a very specific mood to listen to Pink Floyd.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/15 "2007-05-26T23:01:22Z")
Depends on my mood. I will rarely switch channels if Floyd comes on, but I will if I’m not in the mood for Zep. OTOH, if I **am** in the mood, the volume gets cranked, the air guitar gets limbered up, and we **rock**.
Ask me my favorite cat…it’s easier to answer.
(Not really. I love both my mistresses the same. Honest, girls.)
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### Author:  [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/16 "2007-05-26T23:01:22Z")
Floyd. Zep rocks but Floyd gets into my soul.
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### Author:  [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/17 "2007-05-26T23:11:36Z")
[QUOTE=silenus]
I will rarely switch channels if Floyd comes on, but I will if I’m not in the mood for Zep.
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Many years ago I actually imposed a rule upon myself that I can never change stations if a Pink Floyd song is on. I have a similiar rule for Prince songs unless it’s 1999, and then not only _can_ I, I must.
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### Author:  [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/18 "2007-05-26T23:11:45Z")
Zep. I like Zepplin a lot and I don’t much like Pink Floyd.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/19 "2007-05-26T23:16:55Z")
Well, I’d Pink Floyd a slight edge. Better career overall, though Led Zep did some great songs and albums.
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### Author:  [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-better-led-zeppelin-or-pink-floyd/405644/20 "2007-05-27T00:11:08Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon]
Many years ago I actually imposed a rule upon myself that I can never change stations if a Pink Floyd song is on. I have a similiar rule for Prince songs unless it’s 1999, and then not only _can_ I, I must.
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OK, now I’ve lost all respect for you. Care to tell us what the traumatic experience was that you had in 1999?
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