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Topic: 1973 - Led Zeppelin or The Who?Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Subject: 1973 - Led Zeppelin or The Who?
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 06:50
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Replies: Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 06:55
I like both, but I prefer Quadrophenia.
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Posted By: boo boo
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 07:04
HOTH is my favorite Zep album and Quad is my 5th favorite Who album and I like Zep more than the Who so Zep it is.
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 16:38
BTW Zeppelin 1973 also means the concert from The Song Remains The Same.
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 16:54
Houses of the Holy was a solid follow-up to IV, with some fantastic tunes like No Quarter, The Rain Song and The Song Remains the Same, but also some weak to horrible material like Over the Hills... , Dyer Maker and The Crunge.
Quadrophenia, on the other hand, was a new masterpiece by The Who. New Rock-Opera with a great idea and fascinating music! The Real Me, Quadrophenia, The Rock, Love Reign O'er Me, The Punk & The Godfather, 5:15, Doctor Jimmy, Bell Boy... ahh.. such a classic.
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 16:56
Houses of the Holy is fantastic, but it's got a few weak tracks, and it can't compete with some of the earlier Zeppelin albums.
Quadrophenia, on the other hand, is my favorite album by The Who!
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 17:50
i love houses!
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 18:02
this is unfair Quad has more songs is a double.
Better Quad vs. Graffiti, how about that?
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 18:27
Alberto Muñoz wrote:
this is unfair Quad has more songs is a double.
Better Quad vs. Graffiti, how about that?
Quad by an even BIGGER amount!
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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 18:36
Quadrophenia
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 23:38
Goin' against the trend. Don't get me wrong, I like Quadrophenia, but I gotta vote for the album with No Quarter on it.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 21 2010 at 23:43
jammun wrote:
Goin' against the trend. Don't get me wrong, I like Quadrophenia, but I gotta vote for the album with No Quarter on it.
+1
Not to mention, Led Zeppelin is pretty much the first band I was absolutely in love with
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: May 22 2010 at 01:08
very sur[rised by the votes so far
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 22 2010 at 13:47
J-Man wrote:
Alberto Muñoz wrote:
this is unfair Quad has more songs is a double.
Better Quad vs. Graffiti, how about that?
Quad by an even BIGGER amount!
LOL, same here!
Posted By: AbrahamSapien
Date Posted: May 22 2010 at 14:09
Captain Clutch wrote:
jammun wrote:
Goin' against the trend. Don't get me wrong, I like Quadrophenia, but I gotta vote for the album with No Quarter on it.
+1
Not to mention, Led Zeppelin is pretty much the first band I was absolutely in love with
No Quarter was the first song, that I was absolutely in love with.
Posted By: rod65
Date Posted: May 22 2010 at 20:42
East choice, or no choice. Quadrophenia is my favourite album, period.
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 22 2010 at 21:38
though Zeppelin's '73 tour for Houses was among the greatest in rock history, it is my least favorite album of theirs: Dancing Days, D'yer Mak'er, and The Crunge just aren't very good and could've been replaced with superior material they already had (i.e. 'Hey,Hey What Can I Do'), and the live versions on TSRtS are far better.
1973? Zep wins for their stage act, but not the LP.
Posted By: Malve87
Date Posted: June 01 2010 at 06:35
Quadrophenia, so easy.
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: June 03 2010 at 09:50
I couldn't pick Quadrophenia due to my disappointment in Roger Daltrey's new vocal sound. "Love Rain On Me" and various tracks contained more of a screaming holding kind of pitch on vocal phrasings. The songwriting was decent. In any bizzare event, I have always been stuck in a time warp or wormhole with Who Sell Out, Live At Leeds and Tommy. Yeah....I let myself down because I disliked his new vocal approach. That's a shame. The Who produced the 3 albums I mentioned above and they were groundbreaking to musicians across the U.S. and Tommy ...I consider pure art rock. The beautiful suspended open chord progressions of Pete Townsend were so crafty and unique and like....nobody was really doing that style during the release of Sell Out or Tommy. Then he restructured those chord voicings for the piece "Underture" where Keith Moon sounds like a young Carl Palmer. Stuff? That's a broad term? is incerdible music.
I would pick Houses Of the Holy because of Jimmy Pages writing on "The Rain Song". The song itself is in rank with a great Beatles song. Mainly the instrumentation due to the fact I was not a fan of Robert Plant. Page had these European open guitar tunings that were mostly Irish and along with various ethnic tunings which one might be custom to hearing on George Harrision songs with the Beatles. Page expanded on them feverishly adding them into a rock song. A song that would sometimes have a 4/4 beat but later venturing off to an off beat displaying talents of Jones and Bonham. Bonham had a special sound on his snare drum in which he could be easily identified. Much in the same way that Bruford is identified. Houses of the Holy contains some interesting writing. It was around this time that Jimmy Page was supposedly doing a film score for a horror film. I never read this in any publication. Zep fans talked about as if they had read it. When I viewed the film "Song Remains the Same', a Zep fan tapped me and stated that what Page was doing on the violin bow in the center of Dazed and Confused, was part of the film score and went on to say that he owned a copy imported from the U.K. I would like to hear that score. Can anyone help me on this one? I pick Houses of the Holy
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 03 2010 at 13:17
Quad - Townsend's masterpiece, and, sadly, the pinnacle of his career.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 14:43
Although I preffer Zep overall and think their output is generally more consistent than The Who Quadrophenia is a much superior album to Houses IMO.
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 15:43
Zeppelin....based on the poll question and Quad looses mainly due to the number of songs on it that are weak, it has more weak songs than Houses of the Holy.
Both classic statues of rock that will never fall.
Although I like The Who more than Led Zeppelin
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: June 07 2010 at 17:20
TODDLER wrote:
I couldn't pick Quadrophenia due to my disappointment in Roger Daltrey's new vocal sound. "Love Rain On Me" and various tracks contained more of a screaming holding kind of pitch on vocal phrasings. The songwriting was decent. In any bizzare event, I have always been stuck in a time warp or wormhole with Who Sell Out, Live At Leeds and Tommy. Yeah....I let myself down because I disliked his new vocal approach. That's a shame. The Who produced the 3 albums I mentioned above and they were groundbreaking to musicians across the U.S. and Tommy ...I consider pure art rock. The beautiful suspended open chord progressions of Pete Townsend were so crafty and unique and like....nobody was really doing that style during the release of Sell Out or Tommy. Then he restructured those chord voicings for the piece "Underture" where Keith Moon sounds like a young Carl Palmer. Stuff? That's a broad term? is incerdible music.
I would pick Houses Of the Holy because of Jimmy Pages writing on "The Rain Song". The song itself is in rank with a great Beatles song. Mainly the instrumentation due to the fact I was not a fan of Robert Plant. Page had these European open guitar tunings that were mostly Irish and along with various ethnic tunings which one might be custom to hearing on George Harrision songs with the Beatles. Page expanded on them feverishly adding them into a rock song. A song that would sometimes have a 4/4 beat but later venturing off to an off beat displaying talents of Jones and Bonham. Bonham had a special sound on his snare drum in which he could be easily identified. Much in the same way that Bruford is identified. Houses of the Holy contains some interesting writing. It was around this time that Jimmy Page was supposedly doing a film score for a horror film. I never read this in any publication. Zep fans talked about as if they had read it. When I viewed the film "Song Remains the Same', a Zep fan tapped me and stated that what Page was doing on the violin bow in the center of Dazed and Confused, was part of the film score and went on to say that he owned a copy imported from the U.K. I would like to hear that score. Can anyone help me on this one? I pick Houses of the Holy
Page was doing at the time the score of Lucifer Rising, and 22 min of tape is circulating in traders circles.
But sadly this 22 min never were utlized in the actual movie of Kenneth Anger, it was Bobby Beusoleil who do the music.
Also Page start to do a song that is call Swan Song, it's a very long song and a misterious one, with an obscure sound, there are two takes and the whole song last about 22 to 28 min. the two takes add 61 min of great music
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Posted By: CyberDiablo
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 13:41
Hmmm.... I can't just choose one of them. This was the hardest poll ever to decide. Its like Pink Floyd versus King Crimson.
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: June 08 2010 at 14:05
Im surprised the race is so tight...
Posted By: Malve87
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 05:47
Man, I can't believe "Houses of the holy" is winning...
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 09:07
Alberto Muñoz wrote:
TODDLER wrote:
I couldn't pick Quadrophenia due to my disappointment in Roger Daltrey's new vocal sound. "Love Rain On Me" and various tracks contained more of a screaming holding kind of pitch on vocal phrasings. The songwriting was decent. In any bizzare event, I have always been stuck in a time warp or wormhole with Who Sell Out, Live At Leeds and Tommy. Yeah....I let myself down because I disliked his new vocal approach. That's a shame. The Who produced the 3 albums I mentioned above and they were groundbreaking to musicians across the U.S. and Tommy ...I consider pure art rock. The beautiful suspended open chord progressions of Pete Townsend were so crafty and unique and like....nobody was really doing that style during the release of Sell Out or Tommy. Then he restructured those chord voicings for the piece "Underture" where Keith Moon sounds like a young Carl Palmer. Stuff? That's a broad term? is incerdible music.
I would pick Houses Of the Holy because of Jimmy Pages writing on "The Rain Song". The song itself is in rank with a great Beatles song. Mainly the instrumentation due to the fact I was not a fan of Robert Plant. Page had these European open guitar tunings that were mostly Irish and along with various ethnic tunings which one might be custom to hearing on George Harrision songs with the Beatles. Page expanded on them feverishly adding them into a rock song. A song that would sometimes have a 4/4 beat but later venturing off to an off beat displaying talents of Jones and Bonham. Bonham had a special sound on his snare drum in which he could be easily identified. Much in the same way that Bruford is identified. Houses of the Holy contains some interesting writing. It was around this time that Jimmy Page was supposedly doing a film score for a horror film. I never read this in any publication. Zep fans talked about as if they had read it. When I viewed the film "Song Remains the Same', a Zep fan tapped me and stated that what Page was doing on the violin bow in the center of Dazed and Confused, was part of the film score and went on to say that he owned a copy imported from the U.K. I would like to hear that score. Can anyone help me on this one? I pick Houses of the Holy
Page was doing at the time the score of Lucifer Rising, and 22 min of tape is circulating in traders circles.
But sadly this 22 min never were utlized in the actual movie of Kenneth Anger, it was Bobby Beusoleil who do the music.
Also Page start to do a song that is call Swan Song, it's a very long song and a misterious one, with an obscure sound, there are two takes and the whole song last about 22 to 28 min. the two takes add 61 min of great music
So the score was called Lucifer Rising?....Is this info available from Zep's website?....Was Swan Song ever released in any format?.....This is one of the coolest things I've ever heard! Very strange and unique. Thank you so very much for your interesting info. This is truly interesting to me. I must do research!
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 18:17
TODDLER wrote:
Alberto Muñoz wrote:
TODDLER wrote:
I couldn't pick Quadrophenia due to my disappointment in Roger Daltrey's new vocal sound. "Love Rain On Me" and various tracks contained more of a screaming holding kind of pitch on vocal phrasings. The songwriting was decent. In any bizzare event, I have always been stuck in a time warp or wormhole with Who Sell Out, Live At Leeds and Tommy. Yeah....I let myself down because I disliked his new vocal approach. That's a shame. The Who produced the 3 albums I mentioned above and they were groundbreaking to musicians across the U.S. and Tommy ...I consider pure art rock. The beautiful suspended open chord progressions of Pete Townsend were so crafty and unique and like....nobody was really doing that style during the release of Sell Out or Tommy. Then he restructured those chord voicings for the piece "Underture" where Keith Moon sounds like a young Carl Palmer. Stuff? That's a broad term? is incerdible music.
I would pick Houses Of the Holy because of Jimmy Pages writing on "The Rain Song". The song itself is in rank with a great Beatles song. Mainly the instrumentation due to the fact I was not a fan of Robert Plant. Page had these European open guitar tunings that were mostly Irish and along with various ethnic tunings which one might be custom to hearing on George Harrision songs with the Beatles. Page expanded on them feverishly adding them into a rock song. A song that would sometimes have a 4/4 beat but later venturing off to an off beat displaying talents of Jones and Bonham. Bonham had a special sound on his snare drum in which he could be easily identified. Much in the same way that Bruford is identified. Houses of the Holy contains some interesting writing. It was around this time that Jimmy Page was supposedly doing a film score for a horror film. I never read this in any publication. Zep fans talked about as if they had read it. When I viewed the film "Song Remains the Same', a Zep fan tapped me and stated that what Page was doing on the violin bow in the center of Dazed and Confused, was part of the film score and went on to say that he owned a copy imported from the U.K. I would like to hear that score. Can anyone help me on this one? I pick Houses of the Holy
Page was doing at the time the score of Lucifer Rising, and 22 min of tape is circulating in traders circles.
But sadly this 22 min never were utlized in the actual movie of Kenneth Anger, it was Bobby Beusoleil who do the music.
Also Page start to do a song that is call Swan Song, it's a very long song and a misterious one, with an obscure sound, there are two takes and the whole song last about 22 to 28 min. the two takes add 61 min of great music
So the score was called Lucifer Rising?....Is this info available from Zep's website?....Was Swan Song ever released in any format?.....This is one of the coolest things I've ever heard! Very strange and unique. Thank you so very much for your interesting info. This is truly interesting to me. I must do research!
Not only the score, the film was called Lucifer Rising and as i said before, Bobby Beusoleil do the final music.
Obviously this is not avaible in Led Zepp website, because the final product was not credited to Page. But check Kenneth Anger filmography:
Page music was dropped from the project. but as swan song this songs are oficially unreleased.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 07:00
Houses of the Holy
but then again, I would choose LZ over The Who any day, no matter what The Who album is LZ up against.
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 08:22
Quadrophenia by nautical mile.
Posted By: Komandant Shamal
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 08:30
The Who
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 10:42
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Posted By: twalsh
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 10:57
5:15 is one of the best rock songs ever, but for albums, I have to go with Houses.
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Posted By: King Only
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 10:58
TODDLER wrote:
I would pick Houses Of the Holy because of Jimmy Pages writing on "The Rain Song".
That's one of my favorite Zeppelin songs too.
Here's a great live performance of it that I sometimes watch:
Posted By: Cailyn
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 11:31
Quadrophenia is superior in every way. I can't believe this is even a question. I don't own Houses, and except for the Rain Song, I thought it was one of their weaker efforts. I own Quadrophenia on vinyl and CD.
The score in my book:
Houses - the Rain Song.
Quadrophenia - The Real Me, I'm One, Bellboy, 5:15, Doctor Jimmy, Love Reign O'er Me...
Seriously?
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 12:29
Houses of the Holy.
And I am being serious.
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 13:48
Cailyn wrote:
Quadrophenia is superior in every way. I can't believe this is even a question. I don't own Houses, and except for the Rain Song, I thought it was one of their weaker efforts. I own Quadrophenia on vinyl and CD.
The score in my book:
Houses - the Rain Song.
Quadrophenia - The Real Me, I'm One, Bellboy, 5:15, Doctor Jimmy, Love Reign O'er Me...
Seriously?
Posted By: Cailyn
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 13:49
Padraic wrote:
Houses of the Holy.
And I am being serious.
Umm okay. My seriously was tongue-in-check just to clarify....
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 14:05
One more vote for the Quad.
Overall I highly prefer Zeppelin to the Who, but it's my favorite Who album vs one of my least favorite Zeppelin albums.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 14:45
Cailyn wrote:
Padraic wrote:
Houses of the Holy.
And I am being serious.
Umm okay. My seriously was tongue-in-check just to clarify....
My serious was serious. Deadly serious. I would never dare joke about anything as important as the comparison of two rock albums.
Posted By: Terakonin
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 18:02
Quadrophenia, definitely.
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 12 2015 at 19:40
HolyMoly wrote:
One more vote for the Quad.
Overall I highly prefer Zeppelin to the Who, but it's my favorite Who album vs one of my least favorite Zeppelin albums.
I tend to agree with your assessment. Zeppelin IV and Physical Graffiti dwarf Houses of the Holy.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: March 13 2015 at 03:17
for me it as to be HOUSES, as of the two albums it was the first I`d heard by Zeppelin. it was closely followed by Quad...
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: March 13 2015 at 12:04
King Only wrote:
TODDLER wrote:
I would pick Houses Of the Holy because of Jimmy Pages writing on "The Rain Song".
That's one of my favorite Zeppelin songs too.
Here's a great live performance of it that I sometimes watch:
It's a great perfomance, but Mr Townshend is a slightly better songwriter.
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: March 13 2015 at 13:52
My least favourite albums by the bands. Went with Houses.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 13 2015 at 14:49
Went with Quadrophenia because as a whole it's a better effort with a larger number of good tracks and it has a decent concept to it.....but I do think that Song Remains , No Quarter, and Rain Song are some of the best tracks Zep ever wrote.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 24 2015 at 02:27
Quadrophenianever been the biggest fan of either band but The Who made 3 albums I enjoy listening to (Quad , Who's Next and The Who By Numbers). With Led Zep, I just like some tracks here and there
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: March 29 2015 at 06:38
broke the tie voting for Houses of the Holy (the best Zep album for me); Quadrophenia is great too, though (HOWEVER, i'm getting controversial for the fact that i actually prefer Tommy over this..... and of course Who's Next over both of them.......f**k)