From a transition standpoint though, I feel the record is very important. It lacks the raw emotion of the first 4 albums, and the well constructed, "complete" feel of the later albums. It just feels in between to me, and as a result lacks identity.
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Self Polluted wrote:
Turns out I like The Song Remains The Same more than most. I'd probably give it #4 on this record.
What's weird about Song Remains the Same is that I can't remember what the studio version sounds like. I immediately default to the live version, which I like more.
Turns out I like The Song Remains The Same more than most. I'd probably give it #4 on this record.
What's weird about Song Remains the Same is that I can't remember what the studio version sounds like. I immediately default to the live version, which I like more.
I don't think they're all that dissimilar. Sometimes, I miss all of Jimmy's layers on the live stuff. But I think I'm with you here. This one is pretty good live.
Turns out I like The Song Remains The Same more than most.
Same here....I put it among the quintessential Zep songs.
My HotH goes somethin like this...
TSRTS Rain Song-I sorta count the first 2 as one song Over the Hills..... The Ocean Dancing Days No Quarter....love the song, but it seems overproduced, too fast and it pales in comparison to the version from TSRTS The Crunge D'yer Mak' er
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My take on Houses of the Holy is that the drop in quality after song 3 is too big for it to feel as an 'album'. I like the other songs, bar the Crunge. But those first three... boy boy, that's some sexy music.
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Dancing Days is such an underrated song, I love the feel good vibe of it.
_________________ There's just no mercy in your eyes There ain't no time to set things right And I'm afraid I've lost the fight I'm just a painful reminder Another day you leave behind
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The Ocean is the perfect blend of "rockin" and groove.
_________________ There's just no mercy in your eyes There ain't no time to set things right And I'm afraid I've lost the fight I'm just a painful reminder Another day you leave behind
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Kevin Davis wrote:
I really like Houses of the Holy. Except for "The Crunge," arguably Zeppelin's worst song, I don't understand accusations of its being "a mixed bag."
I don't view that as a negative. I think it's just that is definitely a transitional album between the more raw elements that made up the first four albums and the more crisp, produced sound that made up the later albums. Neither being better or worse than the other.. just different. And Houses falls right in the middle of that.
and I enjoy the Crunge for what it is- a song that somehow became what it was mocking if you attempt to take it seriously.
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