Led Zeppelin vs Jethro Tull - Progressive Rock Music Forum

dr prog wrote:

Zeps sound American to me. All the best bands were English and European

all the way from ... Wolverhampton.

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.

I like it as well but then I like ELP so my opinion is probably invalid LOL

(and the connection is that Emerson bought the Yamaha GX1 that JPJ used on that album after his own was destroyed in a freak accident)

Enchant X wrote:

iluvmarillion wrote:

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

I think you are right Wink

Oy-- it's called character, soul, austerity. Perfect playing is incredibly dull. Both Page & Plant understood that and worked hard to preserve the ragged, imperfect humanity that was so crucial to their music. Maybe someday you'll appreciate that.

Page overrated? Of course he was, along with Bonham, Plant and Jones-- not to mention Tony Iommi, Jeff Beck, Hendrix, Johnny Winter . . .

For crying out loud.

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy

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.

But how Led Zeppelin hit the world of music and changed how instruments were played and rock music sounds today is pretty much due to the influence of Led Zeppelin....Hammer of the Gods.

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

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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 Tongue

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.

thief wrote:

As a kid:

Jethro is funny, Zeppelin = lots of love songs, bleh!

As a 13-year old:

Led Zeppelin is the best fricking thing under the sun, period

High school:

Led Zeppelin still rules, but I need prog again

Graduate:

Jethro Tull's catalogue is so deep it's mindblowing

Now:

LZ for summer, JT for winter, other seasons are tossup.

Going to vote for Led Zeppelin as they fell behind too much for my taste.

Wow. That's so accurate, lol.

Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)

I like Led Zep but compared to Tull, they lack variety, so it's Jethro Tull this time.

I love them both, but voted for Jethro Tull Smile

Alright then. Tull is pretty boring to me, Led Zep is pretty great. So, LZ no contest.

Poll Question: Who do you prefer ?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Led Zeppelin	39	[40.63%]
Jethro Tull	57	[59.38%]
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