Top Ten Led Zeppelin Songs

Hi,

Thanks. This is a tough area, because the majority of the folks have no idea what was in those bootlegs and how they "felt" at all ... and sadly, many folks think that it was bad, but then, I never heard a single complaint about the Grateful Dead ... and folks were allowed to plug into their sound board!!!

The one thing that really bothered me, was when Jimmy put together "How the West Was Won" and it was based on three bootlegs, around a series of shows in LA, and Bonzo's birthday, if I am not mistaken. Those three bootlegs were the last great bootlegs that I remember and have heard, but the sad thing is that Jimmy screwed up the boots by making changes and adjust "mistakes" so it would come back better ... and in the end, he took the feel out of the bootlegs and the CD, for me, was really poor, and some energy was missing, and obviously cut up. At the time I had the boots, so when I heard that album ... I really lost a lot of respect for the band and what was done ... and while I appreciated some of their work, it was not ever going to get the appreciation that the early material had.

One of the saddest things I have ever seen done to some music. It would have been better to remaster the bootleg and release it ... it would be funny to see if someone was going to sue the band and say that bootleg came from his hand .... you and I would laugh on this one for sure!

But to mess with the concert material itself ... was bad ... really bad, mistakes or not, something that 95% of us probably can't tell at all, anyway!

There is only one thing I would like to have, and listen to ... the long versions of "Dazed and Confused" ... though there is one that I heard on a bootleg (Live on Blueberry Hill) that has it and I think it is about 15/20 minutes long, but I don't have that anymore and it was gone at a time that I was in dire straits and needed the extra dollars. Seeing this mentioned in the blurb about the new film, is neat, and it really has my mind flying all over the place, and hearing that one version was over 30 minutes long!

There are too many great things, but I think I am more attuned to the first and second albums. They have an energy that you can hear on those early bootlegs that is nowhere near so much of the live crap released elsewhere by other bands. Some folks don't like the quality of the albums since some were done on a small cassette player (for example) and tough to listen to, but if the only important thing in them was the energy and you didn't catch it, then you would not be interested. Without that energy, I don't think the band would have been as important and valuable as it was to so many folks all over the world.

Achilles Last Stand

Ten Years Gone

Tangerine

No Quarter

Kashmir

Since I've Been Loving You

Stairway to Heaven

The Rain Song

Black Dog

Fool In The Rain

Bron-Yr-Aur (Physical Graffiti)

Dazed & Confused (I>TSrtS live version)

No Quarter (Houses of the Holy>TSRtS live version)

Over the Hills and Far Away (Houses of the Holy)

Since I`ve Been Loving You (III>TSRtS live version)

Stairway to Heaven (IV>TSRtS live version)

Tangerine (III)

The Battle of Evermore (IV)

The Song Remains the Same (Houses of the Holy>TSRtS live version)

Whola Lotta Love (II>TSRtS live version)

Most of the songs included in the live album "The Song Remains the Same" take on a vitality and energy superior to the studio versions.

In no particular order:

1. Since I've Been Loving You

2. When the Levee Breaks

3. Achilles Last Stand

4. The Rain Song

5. All My Love

6. Trampled Under Foot

7. No Quarter

8. That's The Way

9. Stairway to Heaven

10. Communication Breakdown

Thanks, did that. Can't seem to actually delete a post though... which is worth bearing in mind -- will have to think twice before saying anything stupid, rude or blasphemous!!