Houses of the Holy
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Topic: Houses of the Holy
Posted By: jean-marie
Subject: Houses of the Holy
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 10:45
| what's your favourite song from this very good album? for me without any doubt ,Jones piece, No Quarter |
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 10:59
Aw man. I was driving into work one morning. It was stormy and I had just gotten the CD. The Rain Song started playing.  I'd avoided Led for many years because I had become a huge prog freak. But sometimes you have one of those moments....
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 11:01
| I like to think of TSRTS, Rain Song and Over The Hills as of one multi-part epic. That would be my pick. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 11:26
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No Quarter....but really all of it. -------------   
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 11:30
| No Quarter. I don't like the rest of the album very much. |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: May 02 2011 at 17:05
| Whole album is great, No Quarter is fantastic. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 00:44
| The album is good, and I like "No Quarter" and "The Ocean." |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 15:30
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"Over the Hills and Far Away". One of the songs I practiced for countless hours on acoustic guitar as a teenager. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: clarkpegasus4001
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 15:42
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No Quarter
------------- Tony C. |
Posted By: Hoipolloi
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 15:57
I am in the same boat |
The Dark Elf wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 16:13
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Over The Hills an far Away......no dancing Days ...no.....er ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 16:15
| No Quarter is just way too godly to vote against. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 16:54
No Quarter, The Rain Song and (please don't laugh) D'yer Ma'ker.
------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 16:54
I like it too |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 17:09
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The whole album is pretty great, couldn't pick one song. No Quarter is pretty beast though. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 03 2011 at 17:50
This girl is gonna obsess me 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 04:02
I LOVE it. In fact it's The Crunge that I cringe to, a bit. 
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Posted By: Thin_Man
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 04:02
| I have always loved The Rain Song, which is one of my favourite Zeppeli songs... beautiful mellotron playing from John Paul Jones. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: May 04 2011 at 19:25
| Jones is very important in Zeppelin sound, IMO |
Posted By: murphydog
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 08:30
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The Song remains the Same is my fav track followed closely by The Ocean and No Quarter - album is spoiled by the truly awful D'Yer Maker and The Crunge |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 08:35
Yeah, me three. D'yer Ma'ker is a bit of fun. And I think Alex has something with the mini suite call, and for me, especially the opening 2 taken together (very especially live) are magic. All the pomp and energy of TSRTS just melts into the lushness of The Rain Song. ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 09:29
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Rain Song.
I love No Quarter too, but I think the version on 'The Song remains the same' is better, especially in the film with all the trippy visuals! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 09:33
That live take is pretty damn good, that slightly jazzy section and the nice JPJ interplay with Page. Prefer that version to the album too. And probably the most freaky thing about the visuals for me, is Jonesy's haircut ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 09:35
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I couldn't really pick. Every song is pretty awesome. D'yer Maker, No Quarter, The Rain Song, Over the Hills and Far Away, and the Ocean have all been favorites at one point. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 09:40
| song remains the same, but the live versions of these are so much better |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 11:16
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The Rain Song. Absolutely beautiful, mystical, serene and cathartic. ------------- 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 12:05
Goes well with his frilly shirt though...  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: EchidnasArf
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 15:19
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The whole album is a perfect gem. As Sum 41 would say, "all killer, no filler." This is the album I've listened to the most from Zep. If hard-pressed, I'd say it's a tie between "The Song Remains the Same", "Over the Hills and Far Away", and "Dancing Days" for my favorite track. And Bonzo's count into "The Ocean" is one of my favorite moments in rock music history. ------------- http://didyouseethosebats.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Did You See Those Bats? (a few songs from my band's live radio show) 
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 17:00
| I'm realy glad to get such feedback about this album, i realy like it very much and i remember he got tiede criticisms in the french press at the time......... |
Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 20:57
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I think it's their best. But there's not a track I wouldn't like to hear produced a little differently, except perhaps "No Quarter." I love "Dancing Days," and what Stone Temple Pilots did with it, but the keyboards on the Houses of the Holy album are just annoying on that track. Don't get me wrong; John Paul Jones is the man, but I think woodwinds or brass horns would have sounded better than those squeaky-toy sounds emanating from the keys. So "No Quarter" for me.
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 22:49
 Oh! you don't like the keys sound? I do, one more reason for me to love this album
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 23:01
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Uneven recording, mismatched songs, and at least one or two duds that should never have been released. Further, the live versions are far better and more developed - not just in '73 but all the shows - the material continuously being expanded. In my mind it ranks just above Coda, no higher. In fact I generally prefer Coda. |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: July 19 2011 at 04:59
Hahaha! It sure does. Nice one ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: July 19 2011 at 11:34
| Well about the Song remains the same, i remember how much i've been disapointed when i saw the movie in the seventies, especialy with Page a lot of showing but not quite at the top when playing the guitar and i remenber it was the same with the Atlantic birthday show in the eighties, realy a shame........ |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 16:28
| Anyway this album has been underrated....... |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 18:02
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^ Sure has :-) I always laugh when people don't think LZ is progressive..........right now Rain Song ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 18:04
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Posted By: N-sz
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 19:50
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The Rain Song at the right time can be soooo good. Otherwise, No Quarter. Also The Crunge. Where's that confounded bridge?
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Posted By: jav1919
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 22:37
| This album is just too epic... No Quarter is a masterpiece. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 22:56
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Did anyone mention No Quarter? ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: king cameloyd
Date Posted: August 05 2011 at 02:30
| The Song Remains the Same, The Ocean, The Crunge |
Posted By: jav1919
Date Posted: August 05 2011 at 19:35
Never heard that song before
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 07 2011 at 19:06
| I don't really like that album so much, maybe I should give it another listen. However, two songs I really love out of this album are "The Rain Song" and "No Quarter"... with the secon one easily winning as my favourite... indeed it's one of my favourite Zeppelin songs. |
Posted By: Warthur
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 09:10
| No Quarter is a fantastic song, but I have to say that other than that HotH is very far from being my favourite Zeppelin album. Then again I'm not hugely into Zep - don't get me wrong, they've done a bunch of really fantastic songs, but their albums all seem to have filler here and there. But HotH surely has the absolute worst filler of any album from LZ's classic period. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 15:31
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From day 1 until now I cannot choose between The Rain Song and No Quarter (unless I choose both). ------------- 
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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: August 20 2011 at 19:10
Well this album needed a few listenings, but it's realy a great album and i'm glad if some from PA got back to it 
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: August 27 2011 at 14:27
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The Song Remains The Same for me though I do prefer the version on the live album of the same name. |