Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd?
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Topic: Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd?
Posted By: yface1
Subject: Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd?
Date Posted: June 21 2009 at 23:22
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Me and my bro were just discussing the different aspects of both bands' music. Now, we know that they are 2 very different bands but in their time they were 2 of THE BIGGEST bands around. And to this day, they still are massive in a lot of respects. So we were curious to see what others thought. Thanks. ------------- My entertainment dollar is burning in my pocket! |
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Posted By: alanight
Date Posted: June 21 2009 at 23:26
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Months ago... I prefered Zeppelin. Now, (in me, and on progarchives) I prefer Pink Floyd. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: June 21 2009 at 23:49
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I like a lot of Zeppelin's stuff, but I love some of PF's stuff. Neither is one of my top bands by far, though.
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Posted By: meptune
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 03:30
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Led Zappelin. Sorry, much better drummer. Makes the music much more interesting to me. ------------- 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 05:06
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Led Zeppelin is OK, Pink Floyd one of my native faves. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 07:07
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Floyd. By miles. Led Zepp are a good band, but Floyd are amongst the best, albeit a bit erratic. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: mono
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 07:11
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...floyd
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Posted By: Misomex777
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 07:24
| This is progressive rock right? Led Zeppelin is great but not nearly as progressive as Floyd. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 07:25
| Floyd I guess, but it's pretty close. Not really bands that can be easily compared though. |
Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 07:33
Floyd easily  |
Posted By: Lota
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 07:37
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Floyd!!! Zep is just great but Floyd will have my vote ------------- And In The End, The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make |
Posted By: akin
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 07:53
| Not a great fan of Led Zeppelin, so Pink Floyd easily. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 08:01
| Two of my absolute favorite band there. No way i'm voting! |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 08:19
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I love them both....but I am a Zep fan from way back. ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 08:50
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Floyd. No contest there, but recently I've started to warm up to Zep a bit, particularly through III. Some very fine songs on that album. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 09:34
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too tough to vote... so I'm not voting, clearly two of my all time faves
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Posted By: mr.cub
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 10:14
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Always found myself listening to Zeppelin more than Floyd. Like them both however ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 10:22
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Comparing a legendary Prog band to a legendary non Prog band on a Prog site is hardly a fair competition. So I vote Zep (even though I 'em both) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: mistertorture
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 10:27
I second that, Floyd bores me to death and in part is because of their lack of good drumming (or shoul I say their lack of drumming  ). Really I can take a nap while listening most of his songs, although I enjoy DSOTM to a certain extent and WYWH even a little more. Their vocals also sounds boring to me.So, as you may assume by now, Zep all the way, a band that I like since I was 9. (still is not among my very favourites) -------------  
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meptune wrote:Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 11:06
| I like both, it depends on what kind of mood that I am in. Both have their merits and weaknesses. I voted for the Floyd. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 12:17
| Floyd. But I have to agree with those comments about Nick Mason, he nearly tilts the scales and in no small measure because he's up against Bonham. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 12:26
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Pink Floyd were a great band whom I like a lot, but I prefer Led Zeppelin. ------------- 
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 13:30
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Overall, it's Pink Floyd for me, but Led Zeppelin has been a more dominant force in my listening over many years. Don't listen to Zep much these days, but still listen to lots of Floyd. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 13:35
Probably not the fairest poll on this site, but I go for Floyd as well. If Zeppelin had stopped after Physical Graffiti, it might have been closer, but the last two albums were exceptionally weak. I also saw them at Knebworth in their last UK gig before Bonham died, and found them utterly dreadful. Floyd doing the Wall, in contrast, were God like to these teenage eyes and ears. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 14:05
Sure Led Zeppelin has one of the greatest masterpieces in rock history, Stairway to Heaven, but Pink Floyd has album-length masterpieces of rock history like, Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, and Animals.  ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 15:59
| Prefer Floyd by a wide margin. Not that I don't like Zep, but Floyd is.....Floyd |
Posted By: Sangria
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 19:36
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Piper... and Saucerful....pretty much set the tone for my musical tastes as a youngster. Had 2 older brothers that were heavily into PF and I was pretty well saturated up through Obscured By Clouds. After that, I am not that interested in PF. I like Zeppelin plenty enough, but me and Floyd have history.
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Posted By: Calculate900
Date Posted: June 22 2009 at 22:30
| I'm going with Pink Floyd. They're my favorite. Led Zeppelin's my third favorite, my second being Rush. |
Posted By: poslednijat_colobar
Date Posted: June 23 2009 at 03:05
| PF by far! |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: June 23 2009 at 03:09
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All the Zeppelin albums were different and consistent. PF, pretty close. Graffiti and WYW Here in the same year... Kashmir, In The Light, No Quarter, Carouselambra were pieces on albums that extended their music, Floyd had albums that extended their music... Zeppelin could be delicate and their acoustic music featured very little basic strumming whearas Floyd had some fairly basic chord structures ( that they used VERY well...) Zeppelin's influence ended with them. Anyone Zep influenced sounds it... They closed the book. Floyd influence is much the same (PRR and Mostly Autumn derivatives) and a good inspirati0on for the most important band in the past nearly 20 years - Porcupine Tree. Page was unbelivably progrtessive with his bowed solo (almost RIO like- Heresie from UZ and Dazed don't sound unrelated)... Thankfully we had both bands. I've got the DVDs of Zeppelin at Knebworth and thought they were pretty damn brilliant... I've plenty of boots of both and have to say that pound for pound Zeppelin (when en song) were far superior in performance consistency. They could improvise better as well. PF more intellectual but Zeppelin could be both visceral as well as intellectual; they could be witty as well. Gilmour is one of the great slow guitarists - it's hard to top Comfortably Numb but Page has more variety in ideas, developments and tended not to repeat his solos. PF have Echoes and that is a cornerstone of prog music. Nick Mason is nowhere near as bad as some say (IMHO), whatever is wrong with Saucer or his timing and feel on SOYCD? Yes he is up against Bonham but so is everyone else. Jones is a superior bassist to RW and probably more adventurous than Wright. He also wrote 1/3 of Zeppelin's music... No one's holding a candle to Plant in the Floyd camp.... TDSOTM vs Stairway... I would think comparing the Fourth album to TDSOTM more relevant. Zeppelin could acieve great acoutic set imtimacy in huge stadia, Waters preferred PF in arenas (as we all know). The negative aspects of The Wall (70s era rock stars moaning about their lot really annoys the hell out of me - Zeppelin's worst effort at that was Sick Again). Only that wasn't a gripe just - more a grope (about groupies really)  No record co exec took Page to task about his efforts unlike what happened with Gilmour. I wonder what the earlier version of Momentary Lapse was like? Sorrow is fantastic but only Wright's number on Division Bell lifts that unfortunate beast out of the mire... On points... Led Zeppelin. But thankfully we have both these great bands and artists. |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: June 23 2009 at 07:55
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 23 2009 at 08:30
 to your whole post. |
Posted By: Proggy Pogo
Date Posted: June 23 2009 at 10:11
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Floyd, without a doubt for me!
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: June 23 2009 at 12:34
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I am in love with neither band...however, for consistency, I would pick Zeppelin. When they were on track, they put out nothing but solid, solid albums. For pure quality, however, I would put the Floyd. Animals and The Wall beat out any of Zeppelin's work in terms of creativity and emotionality (if not necessarily musicianship). ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: hitting_singularity2
Date Posted: June 24 2009 at 01:51
I agree.. anywhere else it would be a lot closer (Zep) |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: June 24 2009 at 08:35
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Both too important to pick ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: June 24 2009 at 18:49
| i think this is a bit similar to my Pink Floyd vs Queen poll two iconic rock bands in a clash, its exiting im not familiar enough with Zeppelin to choose but both are grate, legends, but i think Floyd creats better atmospheres and texture, and more grandiose |
Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: June 25 2009 at 06:22
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I'm well familiar with both and voted Zeppelin. At the time of my post there were nearly three times the votes for Floyd. Interesting though; I wonder, if fans of another genre were polled would it be the other way around? Anyhow, Zeppelin the no-doubter for me (though it's odd - I don't really otherwise like blues, which is undeniably what they were based in). -------------  Why must my spell-checker continually underline the word "prog"? |
Posted By: Etneciv
Date Posted: June 28 2009 at 13:59
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both of them are my favorite bands, as a hard rock band i prefer zeppelin, as an influence and progressive rock band i prefer pink floyd, and since this is a progressive rock forum my vote has to go for Pink Floyd ------------- Imagination is the key to my lyrics, the rest is painted with a little science fiction - Jimi Hendrix |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 28 2009 at 14:09
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Both were groundbreaking, innovating acts, but Floyd a bit more IMHO.
As it comes to my personal taste it would be Floyd by a mile.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 01:25
| I like both bands a lot, but PF is my favourite. For me, they created more masterpiece albums. |
Posted By: LandofLein
Date Posted: June 29 2009 at 01:29
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definitely Pink Floyd, much better singer(s), much better albums
Zep is still great, but in a different way
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Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: August 08 2009 at 23:51
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Zeppelin wins. One of my favourite bands.
PF I love as well. Don't get me wrong. They're both legends. ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: llamalime
Date Posted: September 20 2009 at 21:18
Zep was one of my fav bands when I was younger (as was Floyd), but as I got older I got less into Zeppelin. They are still amazing tho
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Posted By: Xanthous
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 20:09
| Pink Floyd. Led Zeppelin has many classic songs but I can't get into some of their early blue songs whereas I pretty much like everything by Floyd up to The Wall. |
Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 20:15
Well, Pink Floyd is my favourite band ever. Ever. 
I also adore Led Zeppelin. But I don't see a link between them ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 20:20
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Zeppelin!!!!
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Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 00:11
| For me, it is no contest as Floyd wins by a mile. I am surprised that many others felt the same way. Zeppelin still gets the lions share of radio play on the classic rock radio stations by me. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 00:18
good point, and key to their mastery of the rhythmic experience..Floyd more of a mood band, both two of the greatest ever with a slight edge to Zep for their professionalism and seasoned background |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 00:25
| The one that doesn't put me to sleep. |
Posted By: guitargods2009
Date Posted: September 26 2009 at 17:51
| Initially when I was younger Zeppelin would've been my choice hands down but over the years I tended to listen to more Floyd because of their sonic experimentaions and just simply got bored listening to the heavy but simple stuff of Zep over and over again (how many times have we all heard Stairway by now). Actually I was always a bigger fan of Black Sabbath than Zeppelin, a more fairer comparision. Sabbath kept my interests because they got much more progressive with albums like Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage. Zeppelin who still turn out great albums never progressed in the same manner so their material was predictable in retrospect. But Led Zeppelin was and always will be a great band in my book though. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: September 26 2009 at 18:26
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Getting bored with Stairway is hardly the fault of the recording or Led Zeppelin. Song Remains the same as ever... Comparing Floyd with Zeppelin is a bit odd really. Zeppelin were a blues, acoustic, heavy rock band that culminated Page's vision with their fourth album. As for progressive just imagine ANY band putting out albums as disparate as Out Door and Presence. One is all electric guitar based but varied styles the other is more symphonic and keybpoard based with again varied styles. Floyd developed in a more linear fashion, more evidently intellectual (so were Zeppelin but one does have to think here - not easy for classic rock addicts numbed by readio repetition that does no one any good.) Floyd and Zeppelin did have album stages, Floyd had their debut (1), SFoS to Meddle (2) DSOTM to the FC (3) and Daves Floyd the fourth. Zeppelin hasd two stage. The first 4, the second 4 and there it seemed to end unless one views the mambers later efforts as their version(s) of Led Zeppelin. Of course one could do the same with PF solo efforts, all aprt of the fun and interest. After all I rate On An Island and his first solo as wonderful as the best from both bands. Good to see they prevailed above trends (except for 1985) when the 3 ex Zeppelins put out their worst efforts (good live but Scream was patchy - with those awful big fake snare sounds, the Firm's rather uninspired debut, and Plant's made a prog album in pop clothes. To Guitar Gods 2009 - Sabbath are a fantastic progressive band. Can't quite imagine them doing Carouselambra or anything that is not a little defined by their requirement to ensure a metal basis for their recordings. But their jazz, choral, and avant garde late 70s efforts work well with under the radar type efforts like The Thrill Of It All. The variety that Zeppelin sought ensured they could do virtually anything and they tried and succeeded to most extents. I think the lightest PF got might have been San Tropez (Zeppelin had D'yer Mak'er, although Seamus is probably their most waste of space. Good outtake but not for an album that had Echoes on it. Zeppelin had a wonderful variey in hard rock; not a lot like Celebration Day or Song Remains the Same. They did not bother (much) with choruses either which gives their material considerable depth, authenticity and credibility (IMHO of course). Can't say one way or another and I have all the Sabbath, Zeppelin and PF albums and most solo related and shed loads of ROIOs. |
Posted By: guitargods2009
Date Posted: September 27 2009 at 01:42
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Actually, it would be alright if you were to poll the general rock community regarding who's the more popular act in gereral, nothing wrong with that. Led Zeppelin vs. Pink Floyd. You would get a much better unbiased survey. Ask this on a prog rock site (such as the one we're on) and the outcome would be obvious. But do you think if this same survey was on some Hard Rock/Heavy Metal site the response would look like it does here?
To uduwud: excellent post and pretty much accurate informaton. thanks.
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: September 27 2009 at 01:55
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Why do You allways want me to chose between Water & Food. ?
I Need both  ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Gandalfino
Date Posted: October 09 2010 at 05:49
| I voted for the airship. Led Zep´s music is more straightforward for me than Pink Floyd´s early musical experiments. That´s all. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: October 09 2010 at 06:24
| Led Zeppelin. Tull and Floyd may have created more masterpiece albums but not all their albums are masterpieces. Still gotta have the lot! |
Posted By: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: October 09 2010 at 08:42
| I think that I like equally both. |
Posted By: King Winter
Date Posted: October 09 2010 at 08:57
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Floyd without a doubt... |
Posted By: TheClosing
Date Posted: October 09 2010 at 09:40
| I like em both, but PF wins without a doubt. |
Posted By: DeKay
Date Posted: October 09 2010 at 09:53
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Probably the two most important bands in rock history. I voted for PF
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