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Originally Posted by Prytanis
Led Zeppelin lll
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Good call!
Zep III starts off with Immigrant Song. Very strong.
Friends is not one of their best.
Celebration Day is also not one of their best. People like the opening guitar riff. I think Page has done better.
Since I've Been Loving You has a nice blues rhythm and then the classic Jimmy Page guitar intro. Excellent blues tune.
Out on the Tiles foreshadows what Zeppelin become. Flashes of brilliant, fat guitar riffs that the songs are built around. It's not as great as later Zep tunes, but it is still very good.
Gallows Pole sounds like bluegrass meets the blues. That is not to denigrate the song. I love the sound of the mandolin in rock tunes. Not crazy about a banjo, though. Not one of Zep's best.
Love the 12-string guitar on Tangerine. I hear the foreshadowing of Stairway and Over the Hills on some of the chords. I always loved the many different sounds page got on his guitar. What's with the pedal steel, though? Sounds like Nashville. It's an interesting song, but it's not great.
That's the Way is a nice tune, but it doesn't blow me away like some Zeppelin tunes. It's not a tune I want to hear over and over and over again like Won't Get Fooled Again.
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp is a fun tune. Page gets to showcase his acoustic guitar skills. The song is so-so.
Hats Off to Roy Harper is not ground breaking. Its just a blues tune that is meant to sound like an old traditional blues tune.
The album was important because it was a turning point for the band. They played all the instruments themselves. That gives it that folksy, homemade feel, which I really like. But because it was turning point, it was more of a prelude to what the band would eventually produce. It is not the magnus opus that Who's Next is. Remember, Zep III was the third album by Zep. Who's Next was their 5th. They just were not at the same level as The Who, yet. Their talent was incredible, but they had not come into their own, but Zep III showed that they were well on their way.
Who's Next is a better rock album than Led Zeppelin III.