{"id":22538,"date":"2022-03-11T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=22538"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:38:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:38:33","slug":"march-through-time-led-zeppelin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/11\/march-through-time-led-zeppelin\/","title":{"rendered":"March Through Time: Led Zeppelin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-22539\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mtt_zep.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mtt_zep.jpg 425w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mtt_zep-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mtt_zep-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>When I was a kid, I didn\u2019t \u201cget\u201d Led Zeppelin. In those days, they were so ubiquitous on the radio that there was no reason, I believed, to buy their records even if you did like \u2018em. It wasn\u2019t until the release of <i>In Through the Out Door<\/i> that I was won over. And it was John Paul Jones\u2019 synthesizer work in particular that drew me in. That led to a reverse-chronological discovery of their work, deep-dive style. Here\u2019s one in the proper order.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><b>Led Zeppelin<\/b><\/i><b> (1969)<\/b> \u2013 Rising from the ashes of the Yardbirds, the new group effectively redraws the face of hard rock. An essential album.<\/li>\n<li><b>Led Zeppelin II (1969)<\/b> \u2013 Subtlety \u2013 a quality in short supply on the debut \u2013 rears its head here, and to good effect. Viewed with something approaching objectivity, the second album is a more balanced offering, pointing toward the future. For better and (mostly) worse, less-nuanced bands would rush to fill the void of monochromatic hard rock.<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Led Zeppelin III<\/b><\/i><b> (1970)<\/b> \u2013 Even more subtlety, and lots of acoustic guitar. An underrated gem.<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Untitled<\/b><\/i><b> aka <\/b><i><b>Led Zeppelin IV<\/b><\/i><b> (1971)<\/b> \u2013 The one everybody knows, and by heart. It\u2019s popular for a reason, but one has to admit it\u2019s been overplayed.<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Houses of the Holy<\/b><\/i><b> (1973)<\/b> \u2013 Their finest hour (or nearly an hour). All of the band\u2019s strengths are on brilliant display, and JPJ\u2019s peerless keyboard work establishes itself as the heart, the core of the music. \u201cThe Rain Song\u201d is transcendent.<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Physical Graffiti<\/b><\/i><b> (1975)<\/b> \u2013 Ad is so often the case with double LPs, it\u2019s a bit overstuffed, but at its best it\u2019s the equal of its predecessor.<\/li>\n<li><i><b>The Song Remains the Same <\/b><\/i><b>(1976)<\/b> \u2013 Tedious, overblown, pretentious, indulgent and often boring. Stick to the studio releases. If you need a live set, track down the vastly superior <i>How the West Was Won<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Presence<\/b><\/i><b> (1976)<\/b> \u2013 The one most people haven\u2019t heard, it\u2019s a less immediate offering. But <i>Presence<\/i> isn\u2019t histrionic, and it grows on the listener if one lets it.<\/li>\n<li><i><b>In Through the Out Door<\/b><\/i><b> (1979)<\/b> \u2013 A triumph. Had they known it was their last, they couldn&#8217;t have done any better than this masterwork. I even like \u201cHot Dog.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Coda<\/b><\/i><b> (1982)<\/b> \u2013 An odds and sods set that doesn\u2019t hold up against the others, and isn\u2019t mean to. But if you&#8217;re gonna build a collection, go ahead and get it, and appreciate it for what it\u2019s worth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a kid, I didn\u2019t \u201cget\u201d Led Zeppelin. 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