Led Zeppelin vs Jethro Tull

moshkito wrote: Enchant X wrote: I was in a chatroom recently and somebody said Led Zeppelin were the best band ever while others agreed, so I thought I'd put them up against a band barely in the big 5 top prog bands (not that I agree with that system either) and find out. I chose Jethro Tull because I believe King Crimson, PinK Floyd, Yes or Genesis would have won too easily especially on this progressive website    Hi, When it comes to the concert circuit, very few bands can you count in your fingers that stand up to Led Zeppelin in their first 3 years ... their shows and bootlegs were historic and I think it was something like in LA ... 3 shows ... sold out in 20 minutes to give you an idea ... JT was fine, but never had that kind or attention. I like JT, some, but I get really tired of it by the end of the albums, with 2 exceptions. In general, within a "progressive" ideal, JT would be better, however, LZ did not get the chance to continue and give us something ... Bonzo departing us, left a void in the group mechanics ... that was really difficult to duplicate and maintain. All in all, for this poll's purposes, LZ should be the choice but in this place some folks think that JT is one of the gods, and it ain't. AND, JT's appreciation, specially in a "progressive" mold did not start until much later ... even though they had the material for it ... but at the time, no one thought of it as much ... my girlfriend, btw, would rather see LZ because it was sexy, and JT was boring! JT is a "boys" band for my taste!

I was going with the gut when I voted for Zepp, but I guess you have just described why I didn't vote for Tull... getting tired of the album by the end of it. However, the way I listen to Tull (and most bands), even though you may disagree because of how you like to respect what the bands where trying to do, is listening to a list of my very favourite songs, and in the case of Tull, they are mostly live songs, which to me sound much more energetic and powerful than the studio originals.

Love them both but I think I'll go for LZ.

Led Zeppelin by a long shot. The influence of Zeppelin is off the charts, JTull is never in those discussions and doubt ever will be. We all love Tull, heck Aqualung is a masterpiece and I don't think Zeppelin recorded a masterpiece, IV comes close.

Atavachron wrote: The Dark Elf wrote: Bonham heard the finished product of In Through the Out Door and died of embarrassment. Not only is ITtOD one of their best albums, it has the best studio drum sound Bonham & Page ever attained.   It is a beautiful, elegant record of a band unwilling to repeat themselves.

 

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Jethro Tull

iluvmarillion wrote: People are going to shoot me, but I reckon Jimmy Page is overrated as a guitarist.

I agree. He was quite good in the sixties, but when started use heroine become really messy (you can hear that in "The Song Remains the Same"-live).