Led Zeppelin:
Robert Plant: Vocals
Jimmy Page: Guitar
Jon Paul Jones: Bass
Jon Bonham: Drums
Led Zeppelin was a very influential band. They still are, I would assume. Robert Plant with his classic rock vocals, Jimmy Page with his excellent lead/rhythm guitar, JPJ with his original and catchy bass lines, and of course, Jon Bonham an amazing drummer. They were bursting with talent, and they used it well creating classic song after classic song.
Robert’s vocals are pretty good, especially for the type of music played by Led Zeppelin. His sound on the harder tracks is a very nice yell. It’s very rock; like semi-high pitched. And, on softer songs, it’s a great quiet, sometimes longing, rock voice. When I say rock I mean it’s the classic style used in rock, which I think his voice is. Now, his vocals aren’t amazing or anything and they certainly aren’t the main focus with Led Zeppelin, but they sure are great. A great example of great vocals is definitely: Going to California. Sung very softly the vocals blend with the guitar very nicely.
The lyrics are very well written on this cd. A stand-out track, lyric wise, is definitely Stairway to Heaven. They’re excellent, thought provoking, and beautiful. Some of the best that I know. I also like the lyrics on Going to California, which reminds me of Stairway to Heaven, very nice and deep.
Now, the instruments. The instrumentation work on here is superb. The guitar is very creative, the bass is catchy and original, and the drums are excellent with a lot of awesome beats and fills. The guitar is very good on here. Jimmy Page was nothing short of a genius, in my opinion. He thought up amazing guitar riffs and solos. Some great stuff is on: Stairway to Heaven, Going to California, Black Dog, and Misty Mountain Hop. Of course there are many of you who know how to play Stairway on the guitar; it’s a simply amazing song. The guitar is very soft and then near the end it goes into an excellent but a little too forced of a solo. It sounds like they just really wanted a solo in the song, which wouldn’t have been bad if it was a little bit of a softer solo. I heard once from someone that at one time so many people played would play it at music stores that sometimes they’d get kicked out, just a fun fact. Also the guitar on Going to California reminds me of Stairway. It’s a nice finger picked song. Jimmy does a great job finger picking on this and stairway. The guitar blends with the vocals excellently and provides the perfect guitar for the song. But the guitar isn’t all great on this like on Rock and Roll the guitar can be very cheesy. I actually find that whole song to be extremely cheesy and somewhat disappointing. The bass on this is very nice, although I don’t find it revolutionary, it’s pretty awesome. The bass on Four Sticks is really good, with cool little bass lines and fills throughout. The thing about the bass that I don’t like is how hard it can be to hear. It has some nice parts but they’re too hard to hear on some places. His bass line on Stairway is excellently written and easily audible. But the best bass is probably on When the Levee breaks. He does great bass lines, that aren’t hard to hear and they match perfectly. Jon Bonham is a name known by most drummers. Why? Because he was an awesome drummer. His fills and beats are creative. His bass drum work is really nice especially on When the Levee Breaks. His fills on Stairway are also really nice and very creative. His beats and fills are also great on Four Sticks. I find with his drum beats if I heard them without the other instruments I wouldn’t realize how good they would work with the songs.
This is definitely an awesome cd. Especially with songs like: Stairway to Heaven, When the Levee Breaks, Going to California, and The Battle of Evermore. Led Zeppelin knew how to make a great cd and that’s just what they did here. Everything is topnotch here. I highly recommend this to a fan of Zeppelin or just a classic rock fan. The only track on here that I would rate under a 4 is Rock and Roll. Overall this is a superb cd.
. ur reviews are kinda like mine. they are terse and to the piont.
