A Physical Graffiti Selection Box

HemispheresOfXanadu wrote: ^I can admit that I'm biased against songs that I find are overplayed on the radio. How would you describe it, then?

It's got about 3-4 musical ideas featuring some delicious melodies, nice drum work and the flanger in one place. But the repetitiveness really takes it out of the song. I've read somewhere that the Zeps had enough ideas for only an album and a half. Guess that's why they stretched it out.

Tough choice but Ten Years Gone just edges it.

^ It's nothing like that.

Kashmir is too repetitive and In My Time of Dying is too bluesy for me. I'll go with Ten Years Gone.

Horizons wrote: Gotta go with the classic Kashmir on this one.

I'm glad to see such appreciation for Ten Years Gone, it's my pick too. It's something about that mellow beginning that always gets me. Beautiful stuff! And excellent selection of songs Snowy!!

When you have "In My Time of Dying" and "Ten Years Gone", you got me! ...  Though, now that I'm thinking about it, I may choose "Ten Years Gone". Maybe because it's got that sweet romantic tone to it juxtaposed with "mean" moodiness, whereas "In My Time of Dying" has worn on me and is a bit too repetitive.

"I don't want no tutti-frutti, no lollipop/c'mon, baby, just rock, rock, rock,"  yeah, Boogie with Stu may be a generic jam, but Plant wails....and a great cameo from Stu! 

Triceratopsoil wrote: HarbouringTheSoul wrote: At the end of the day, it's more or less synonymous to "beauty" (at least in this context), No, that isn't at all what I meant by it, actually.  See, I was right.

Don't be intentionally obtuse and then criticize the guy for not understanding you.

"Aesthetics" is a cool word to throw around, but what does it really mean? At the end of the day, it's more or less synonymous to "beauty" (at least in this context), and I see the beauty of music in the enjoyment I get out of a good melody. If not a melody, then anything else that grabs my interest. "Boogie with Stu" is really just a generic boogie that anybody else could have performed, and the players being talented and Robert Plant having a good voice isn't enough to grab my interesting, because that's true for every Led Zeppelin song in existence. I can see why one would find enjoyment in "Night Flight", but for the reasons I outlined above, I think that the different elements clash.

Of course I understand the concept of aesthetics in music. Music is 100% about aesthetics. In the end it all boils down to whether you enjoy a given track or not.