Led Zeppelin vs Jethro Tull

I would've chosen Both Equally if that'd been one of the poll options.. 

Neither of these bands are in either way outdated, as they continue to speak to youth to this day (I can speak from experience)

I've listened to some more Tull, inspired by this thread, just to familiarize myself a bit more, since I haven't really given them a lot of time recently, and I think the biggest thing holding me back from really getting into them is Anderson's voice. He just downright ruins some songs for me, like Cross-Eyed Mary for example. Clearly he has range and has a pretty "good" voice, compared to some other people like Plant or Ozzie, who both kind of destroyed their voices as early as the third LZ/BS albums. But the way he sings is really annoying and kind of tiring to listen to for an entire album. Plant has a busted voice for most of LZ's career, but he makes it work. Not that I can't blame anyone for finding him annoying or even a barrier for getting into LZ.

Come one now. Barre sounds very, very 70's. Page isn't any more dated - in fact, he stands out compared to his contemporaries. That doesn't mean you have to prefer Page, or that Barre is bad, but calling Page dated is just inaccurate. Personally, though, I have yet to find any Tull song where the guitar really jumps out to me, but feel free to enlighten me.

At any rate, they're very different bands. I feel that with LZ, instrumental flashiness is much more at the forefront, while with JT, it's more about the songwriting/arrangements than showing off. That's fine, but I think sometimes people maybe want all their favorite artists to be geniuses on their instruments even though their strength lies more in writing/arranging.