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Post subject: Re: 70. Stairway to Heaven vs. When the Levee Breaks
Posted: Fri November 17, 2017 12:54 pm
The worst
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you know, I think this tournament showed me that Stairway may well be my favorite Zeppelin song. Is there another song that does the gradual build better?
I expect Levee to crush it, and when it does I'm probably backing it for the rest of this tournament.
Both great. Both worthy winners. I prefer Levee, so I'm voting that way. But I have no issue with Stairway winning and advancing. This really comes down to personal preference more than composition or performance or any of that stuff.
Post subject: Re: 70. Stairway to Heaven vs. When the Levee Breaks
Posted: Fri November 17, 2017 3:03 pm
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This would have been a worthy final, and these are probably my two favorite Zeppelin songs. That said, Levee has been my locked in top Zeppelin song since I first heard it. Everything about When the Levee Breaks sounds perfect to me. It’s probably one of my favorite songs of all time.
Post subject: Re: 70. Stairway to Heaven vs. When the Levee Breaks
Posted: Fri November 17, 2017 3:26 pm
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32475 Location: Where everybody knows your name
PHATJ wrote:
This would have been a worthy final, and these are probably my two favorite Zeppelin songs. That said, Levee has been my locked in top Zeppelin song since I first heard it. Everything about When the Levee Breaks sounds perfect to me. It’s probably one of my favorite songs of all time.
Goddamn, I love you.
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Post subject: Re: 70. Stairway to Heaven vs. When the Levee Breaks
Posted: Fri November 17, 2017 3:54 pm
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wease wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
This would have been a worthy final, and these are probably my two favorite Zeppelin songs. That said, Levee has been my locked in top Zeppelin song since I first heard it. Everything about When the Levee Breaks sounds perfect to me. It’s probably one of my favorite songs of all time.
Post subject: Re: 70. Stairway to Heaven vs. When the Levee Breaks
Posted: Fri November 17, 2017 4:31 pm
Major Dude
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32475 Location: Where everybody knows your name
PHATJ wrote:
wease wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
This would have been a worthy final, and these are probably my two favorite Zeppelin songs. That said, Levee has been my locked in top Zeppelin song since I first heard it. Everything about When the Levee Breaks sounds perfect to me. It’s probably one of my favorite songs of all time.
Goddamn, I love you.
Then you ruined it with your immigrant Song comment.
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Post subject: Re: 70. Stairway to Heaven vs. When the Levee Breaks
Posted: Fri November 17, 2017 5:30 pm
10Club Complaint Department
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:02 am Posts: 15145 Location: Gigatown
wease wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
wease wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
This would have been a worthy final, and these are probably my two favorite Zeppelin songs. That said, Levee has been my locked in top Zeppelin song since I first heard it. Everything about When the Levee Breaks sounds perfect to me. It’s probably one of my favorite songs of all time.
Goddamn, I love you.
Then you ruined it with your immigrant Song comment.
Post subject: Re: 70. Stairway to Heaven vs. When the Levee Breaks
Posted: Sat November 18, 2017 3:51 am
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When I was 15 and started playing the drums I spoke with my drum teacher for over an hour about the build in StH. The nuances of Bonham's playing and the choices he makes. How the 2 minutes or so that he plays build and build then ebb away. The accents and the ghost notes, the tom fills and the massive snare fill. The opening and closing fills that are almost like steps on a cobblestone staircase, echoing the title.
Then we have the behemoth of Levee. I studied this track in Audio Engineering school. Throw a kit in a stairwell with 2 mics and somehow you have one of the greatest and most often sampled drum takes in history. The slide guitar and the harmonica, the effects and panning, the whole swampy hot damn lot of it is so fucking rich and a rewarding listen.
These 2 tracks would be in my top 5 and should probably both be finalists here. I'm throwing it to Stairway although yesterday I thought it'd go to Levee.
Post subject: Re: 70. Stairway to Heaven vs. When the Levee Breaks
Posted: Sat November 18, 2017 4:54 am
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Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:02 am Posts: 15145 Location: Gigatown
Levee is the only song that is legitimately better than Stairway in the entire Zeppelin catalogue. Both are deserving of the short list of Best Rock Songs in History.
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