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    Posted: August 27 2011 at 14:27

The Song Remains The Same for me though I do prefer the version on the live album of the same name.
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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 Smile
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Points: 24348 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2011 at 15:31
From day 1 until now I cannot choose between The Rain Song and No Quarter (unless I choose both).
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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.

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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.
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Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Did anyone mention No Quarter?

Never heard that song before LOL
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The Song Remains the Same, The Ocean, The Crunge
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Did anyone mention No Quarter?
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This album is just too epic... No Quarter is a masterpiece.
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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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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

song remains the same, but the live versions of these are so much better
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Points: 7028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2011 at 18:02
^ Sure has :-) I always laugh when people don't think LZ is progressive..........right now Rain Song
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Anyway this album has been underrated.......
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Points: 2585 		Direct Link To This Post 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........
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by dreadpirateroberts dreadpirateroberts wrote:


Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

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!
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 Tongue


Goes well with his frilly shirt though...


Hahaha! It sure does. Nice one
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Points: 65305 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2011 at 23:01
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.
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Ouch Oh! you don't like the keys sound? I do, one more reason for me to love this album
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Points: 771 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2011 at 20:57
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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Points: 2585 		Direct Link To This Post 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.........

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The whole album is a perfect gem. As Sum 41 would say, "all killer, no filler."LOL 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.
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