LED ZEPPELIN II

The “II”, written and recorded in hotel rooms and hired studios during first never-ending tours, shows LZ at their most nervous. The same way rough and unsophisticated as a preceding one, “II” has more hits and the fact that it has been released just 9 months after debut only strengthened LZ’s position as new rock’n’roll Messiahs. “Abbey Road” by BEATLES? Who are they? Nope, the next generation votes for LZ!!! “Whole Lotta Love” (later covered even by Tina Turner!) that shocked Vietnam, emotional “Thank You” (with Hendrix-stolen chord progression), standards again (like “Bring it on Home” and standard-based “The Lemon Song” with provocative lyrics), Bonham shining in “Moby Dick”, tribute to Tolkien in “Ramble On” and heavy brilliants like “Heartbreaker”, “Living Loving Maid” and “What is..”. How far they were from sophistication of later albums, from thoughtful lyrics, from concept Hypnosis artwork, from structured epics with complex time signatures…ZEPs were young and insatiable, they were ROCKING, and God (no, not Robert ;) ) knows, they WERE the best at those times.

Best track: “Whole Lotta Love”, “Heartbreaker”, “Thank You”

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