Led Zeppelin returned from a nearly two-year hiatus in 1975 with Physical Graffiti, a sprawling, ambitious double album. Zeppelin treat many of the songs on Physical Graffiti as forays into individual styles, only occasionally synthesizing sounds, notably on the tense, Eastern-influenced "Kashmir." With John Paul Jones' galloping keyboard, "Trampled Underfoot" ranks as their funkiest metallic grind, while "Houses of the Holy" is as effervescent as pre-Beatles pop and "Down by the Seaside" is the closest they've come to country. Even the heavier lues -- the 11-minute "In My Time of Dying," the tightly wound "Custard Pie," and the monstrous epic "The Rover" -- are subtly shaded, even if they're thunderously loud. Most of these heavy rockers are isolated on the first album, with the second half of Physical Graffiti sounding a little like a scrap heap of experiments, jams, acoustic workouts, and neo-covers. This may not be as consistent as the first platter, but its quirks are entirely welcome, not just because they encompass the mean, decadent "Sick Again," but the heartbreaking "Ten Years Gone" and the utterly charming acoustic ock & roll of "Boogie With Stu" and "Black Country Woman." Yes, some of this could be labeled as filler, but like any great double album, its appeal lies in its great sprawl, since it captures elements of the band's personality rarely showcased elsewhere -- and even at its worst, Physical Graffiti towers above its hard rock peers of the mid-'70s.
It was a complete surprise in the middle of the 10 O’Clock News to suddenly hear the noisefest that is ‘Black Dog’, but I’d forgotten that Gods reuniting is a newsworthy story. It was an even better surprise to hear how fabulous they sounded.I’ve been rambling around YouTube looking at all the clips fans have thrown up from the show. It’s fun to see it from so many angles and distances
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“Security dragged her out. In a headlock."Bloc Party's Kele Orekeke explains how Madonna exited the band's dressing room, when over-zealous bouncers failed to recognise her. "Get your muff out."A drunk punter's bellowed instruction during one of Kate Nash's more reflective ballads, at a gig in London. Oh dear. "We may struggle to find a server large enough to handle capacity".”Promoters pan
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Mike the Knife said something that got me thinking, and I'm gonna post my question here, in the context of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five making the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the first hip hop artists so honored:What rock artist should be the first in the Hip Hop Hall of Fame? Without giving it much thought, I can think of three: Bo Diddley (original rapper), Johnny Cash (attitude), a...
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So I have a date in 4 days. I WILL be spending a couple of hours alone with an attractive female but the thing I'll be dying to get my hands on,though being feminine as well, has six strings and the capability of turning me back into myself again. A trying chapter of my life is closing and a new frontier is opening. I'm supposed to be getting my music gear out of storage th...
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It was a complete surprise in the middle of the 10 O’Clock News to suddenly hear the noisefest that is ‘Black Dog’, but I’d forgotten that Gods reuniting is a newsworthy story. It was an even better surprise to hear how fabulous they sounded.I’ve been rambling around YouTube looking at all the clips fans have thrown up from the show. It’s fun to see it from so many angles and distances
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...but, in running the business I work for, it is imperative the computer systems be operational at all times. All our email, operational and financial systems are computerized. If anything goes down, automatted or manual alerts will page our IT staff 24/7.All I am saying is, if your going to run a music site, it would seem critical that the music can actually play.I'm just saying...picture by ...
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Life and death are always kind of weird. Maybe it's because life can be like a good song - most of the time. But sometimes, after a good steady build, it just ends. Usually too soon. Something's in the air this season though, and I can't help but feel a bit gloomy that this death was the first of more to come. Most people can't help and be a little gloomy in the fall, but I live in Florida,...
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this speaks for itselfanother installment from the minds of channel frederator
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I got to see the sea today...And damn if that ain't it right thurr...Hmmmm...
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“Security dragged her out. In a headlock."Bloc Party's Kele Orekeke explains how Madonna exited the band's dressing room, when over-zealous bouncers failed to recognise her. "Get your muff out."A drunk punter's bellowed instruction during one of Kate Nash's more reflective ballads, at a gig in London. Oh dear. "We may struggle to find a server large enough to handle capacity".”Promoters pan
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I've always loved this song, which is off what I think is Led Zeppelin's masterpiece, Physical Graffiti.
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I mean really, it just doesn't get much better when it comes down to it, does it?
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Mike the Knife said something that got me thinking, and I'm gonna post my question here, in the context of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five making the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the first hip hop artists so honored:What rock artist should be the first in the Hip Hop Hall of Fame? Without giving it much thought, I can think of three: Bo Diddley (original rapper), Johnny Cash (attitude), a...
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A tip of the hat to the late (d. 1985) Mr. Ian Stewart, namechecked in the titile of the fun lil' Led Zeppelin track featured here. For those of you who aren't too familiar, Ian Stewart was originally slated to be a member of the Rolling Stones as their keyboardist (!), but was dispatched post haste to the rubbish bin by their new manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, because his straight-laced look did...
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I managed to catch Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same on Fuse this afternoon. And it reminded me that I've been wanting to get a Zeppelin education for a long time now.I know the basics... Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Dazed and Confused, Kashmir... but I need some help really getting into the rest of the band's catalog. Instead of taking on their whole career at one go, I thought I'd...
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"The Music Nerds" has turned out to be quite the fan favorite. People have been asking me about how I wrote this one. The truth is I didn't write anything.When I brought my friend Matt Dorfman into the sound studio he had no idea what he would be acting in. I told sound-guy Mark Vitelli to be prepared to quiz us beginnings of the entire Led Zeppelin catalog in our headphones. We didn't even hav...
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"The Music Nerds" has turned out to be quite the fan favorite. People have been asking me about how I wrote this one. The truth is I didn't write anything.When I brought my friend Matt Dorfman into the sound studio he had no idea what he would be acting in. I told sound-guy Mark Vitelli to be prepared to quiz us beginnings of the entire Led Zeppelin catalog in our headphones. We didn't even hav...
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So I have a date in 4 days. I WILL be spending a couple of hours alone with an attractive female but the thing I'll be dying to get my hands on,though being feminine as well, has six strings and the capability of turning me back into myself again. A trying chapter of my life is closing and a new frontier is opening. I'm supposed to be getting my music gear out of storage th...
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I will pay tribute to this band till the day I die.
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| 1 Custard Pie |
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| 2 The Rover |
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| 3 In My Time of Dying |
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| 4 Houses of the Holy |
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| 5 Trampled Under Foot |
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| 6 Kashmir |
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| 7 In the Light |
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| 8 Bron-Yr-Aur |
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| 9 Down by the Seaside |
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| 10 Ten Years Gone |
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| 11 Night Flight |
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| 12 The Wanton Song |
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| 13 Boogie with Stu |
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| 14 Black Country Woman |
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| 15 Sick Again |
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