Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

For 2 reasons i thought id review this 1 - the other reviews while good, are a bit of a "trip down memory lane" type thing. I wasnt born when Zeppelin were around, and so i think i might be somewhat more objective 2 - i am not only a huge zeppelin fan, but i am a singer in a few bands, some my own, but one being a 70's rock/blues cover band, which plays mostly zeppelin numbers, and so i know just how complex their music actually is. You're a 17 year old boy, its 1969, and the beatles are getting a little stale.. You buy this album by a band your friend told you about called Led Zeppelin, and you think "what a ...  Read the complete review

I remember the first time I heard this album, I was 13, I can remember listening to the opening track and pretty much having to sit down. It was like someone had switched on a light in my head, my face broke into a wide grin: I had found my spiritual home. Since then (another 17 years later) the album has been a consistent favourite. It stands out as an epic, biblical, giant among rock albums. When the Gods gave us blues-rock, even they never guessed at what Led Zeppelin would do with it. The album opens with one of the most memorable guitar intro’s there is. Mr. Page gathers momentum from thundering introduction to a magnificent guitar solo in the middle, all the ...  Read the complete review

I'm thirty. In today's musical environment I think I must be classed as an "oldie". I am exasperated by all the crap that is played relentlessly across the airwaves. Day after day after day we get another boy band, another girl band, another boy & girl band. A bunch of talentless losers plucked from obscurity that the rest of us have to put up with and propelled to "pop super stardom". It also irritates me beyond comprehension that these manufactured bands, completely at the whim of the record giants think that they actually invented music, or at least are "redefining" it. I hate the slushy love songs, I hate schoolboys singing about ...  Read the complete review

'Led Zeppelin II' is the second self titled album by UK rock band Led Zeppelin. Released in October '69, the album proved that Zeppelin were here to stay, and put them firmly on the route to becoming the best rock band of their generation, if not of all time. Led Zeppelin II sold over half a million copies in its first year of release, and is ranked in the top quarter of Rolling Stones 'Top 500 albums of all time'. Opening with 'Whole Lotta Love', the album gets off to an impressive start with Jimmy Page's iconic guitar riff in combination with Robert Plant's pitch perfect vocals (apparently he did the recording in one take). Half way through, the track ...  Read the complete review

Which song has one of most memorable opening guitar ever? Probably only closely rivalled by the first bars of Michael Jacksons 'Black and White', I would have to propose a vote for Led Zeppelins' Whole Lotta Love'. Used for many years as the intro music for BBCs Top Of The Pops this is one of the greatest songs of all time. After these the monopoly would still seem to be with Led Zep think Rock'n'Roll or Kashmir. It comes from the bands second album somewhat unoriginally titled Led Zeppelin 2. I was still at school when Led Zeppelin burst onto the scene and for years I was hooked buying albums 2 to 5 on the day of their release. I became disenchanted ...  Read the complete review