Zeppelin or The Beatles?
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That's gold Jerry...
I went to my official scorecard (iTunes) and found the following:
Led Zeppelin~40 Songs
Beatles-0 songs (although I do like a few and actually like the music by the individual artists after they broke up)
Nickelback-0
You are four for four wrong on the bolded. And Zep is great. I have seen both bands BTW.
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I used to be like a lot of you in thinking the Beatles weren't really as great as the credit they got. It was all about punk rock for me. Then one day something clicked, it may have been when I heard A Day in the Life or Hapiness is a Warm Gun or something along those lines. I am now a huge Beatles fan and have been for about 20 years.
I'm just guessing but I think those of you who say you hate the Beatles haven't really gotten too far into their catalog. It is outstanding and may be just a little better than Led Zep. (Who I also love).
Pick up the White Album and shut up.
I'm just guessing but I think those of you who say you hate the Beatles haven't really gotten too far into their catalog. It is outstanding and may be just a little better than Led Zep. (Who I also love).
Pick up the White Album and shut up.
Whoa. You got me all wrong. The Jonas Brothers and Bieber suck. I'm just saying that they fact that they make terrible music and are still popular make it easy to see why the Beatles are considered demi-gods. The Beatles are probably my second favorite band I was just questioning how much of their popularity back in the day would still remain if women considered them ugly.
Looking back it is difficult to tell whether or not The Beatles lead the musical movement back in the 60's or whether they were just the most popular band in the movement. So I will have to take your word for it. But I would think that rock 'n' roll would have been given some credit with Elvis and a few other acts before The Beatles. Maybe not very much though. Another thing to consider is that things become more acceptable over time. If The Beatles did their thing before any other rock 'n' roll bands paved the way, would they have been accepted? Hard to tell IMO.
Going by influence I would easily give it to The Beatles, I just think they are given a little too much credit in that department that should go to other bands of the era and before the era.
I would also give The Beatles the edge in studio music although not by much. Although The Beatles did have some head-scratchers like revolution 9.
Live shows and Albums: Led Zeppelin by a mile. Although it may not be a fair because of the technology difference made it much more difficult to create live music and record it for the Beatles than Led Zeppelin.
Songs: The Beatles wrote great songs and great lyrics, Led Zeppelin wrote and stole some great music and great lyrics. Advantage Beatles.
Musicians: Led Zeppelin were easily better musicians.
Overall: The Beatles were probably the better band over all based on the fact that had the Beatles not paved the way Led Zeppelin probably wouldn't have been accepted at all. That said I like Led Zeppelin much better. If the OP was asking about which you like better or which band was better I would probably have different answers.
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Joke thread?
Zeppelin Stole songs! I can post about a million examples. Its very well known that Zeppelin stole songs and didnt credit other artists. They have even had legel battles and lost because of this. Here is just a little taste.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiiY4ciKFQA]Led Zeppelin Examples of Plagiarism - YouTube[/ame]
Beatles all the way!
Edit: Just to be clear the Beatles also covered songs but they gave credit.
Zeppelin Stole songs! I can post about a million examples. Its very well known that Zeppelin stole songs and didnt credit other artists. They have even had legel battles and lost because of this. Here is just a little taste.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiiY4ciKFQA]Led Zeppelin Examples of Plagiarism - YouTube[/ame]
Beatles all the way!
Edit: Just to be clear the Beatles also covered songs but they gave credit.
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AhPZx7AedE]Howard Stern interview the truth behind Led Zeppelin Part 1 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdr8PtUPIPo&feature=related]Howard Stern interview The Truth Behind Led Zeppelin Part 2 - YouTube[/ame]
Not sure where part 3 is but this is pretty shocking stuff
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdr8PtUPIPo&feature=related]Howard Stern interview The Truth Behind Led Zeppelin Part 2 - YouTube[/ame]
Not sure where part 3 is but this is pretty shocking stuff
Taken from allmusic.com. In giving beatles credit for defining pop/rock, the same credit is due Led for defining heavy metal and album rock.
" Led Zeppelin was the definitive heavy metal band. It wasn't just their crushingly loud interpretation of the blues -- it was how they incorporated mythology, mysticism, and a variety of other genres (most notably world music and British folk) -- into their sound. Led Zeppelin had mystique. They rarely gave interviews, since the music press detested the band. Consequently, the only connection the audience had with the band was through the records and the concerts. More than any other band, Led Zeppelin established the concept of album-oriented rock, refusing to release popular songs from their albums as singles. In doing so, they established the dominant format for heavy metal, as well as the genre's actual sound. "
And yes, they did steal other's music. But what band doesn't? Their crime is in not giving appropriate credit, agree. But now that it is known to all that Robert Johnson wrote a lot of their 1st album, it has sent a lot of people to check him out too.
" Led Zeppelin was the definitive heavy metal band. It wasn't just their crushingly loud interpretation of the blues -- it was how they incorporated mythology, mysticism, and a variety of other genres (most notably world music and British folk) -- into their sound. Led Zeppelin had mystique. They rarely gave interviews, since the music press detested the band. Consequently, the only connection the audience had with the band was through the records and the concerts. More than any other band, Led Zeppelin established the concept of album-oriented rock, refusing to release popular songs from their albums as singles. In doing so, they established the dominant format for heavy metal, as well as the genre's actual sound. "
And yes, they did steal other's music. But what band doesn't? Their crime is in not giving appropriate credit, agree. But now that it is known to all that Robert Johnson wrote a lot of their 1st album, it has sent a lot of people to check him out too.
This is silly imo. Yeah, it's suckerish not to give credit to the people they borrowed from but they weren't covering Robert Johnson in a classical sense. They transcended the blues. It's said that talent hits a target others can't hit and genius hits a target others can't see. Well, I'd submit that LZ's I Can't Quit You Baby is talent but Dazed and Confused it full out genius.
In the same way that Bob Dylan stated All Along the Watchtower was "always his", referring to Jimi Hendrix cover of the song I believe that Zeppelin's versions of the stuff they lifted were always theirs. It was nothing like Robert Johnson doing Willie Dixon. LZ's stuff is literally something else.
You can't hear tunes like Immigrant Song or Achilles Last Stand or No Quarter and not recognize that LZ was really going beyond.
Finally, comparisons of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin really don't compute. It's apples and oranges.
As long as we're using arbitrary arguments to support a group, I'll say Zep. As far as I know, Dolly Parton never covered the Beatles, and no one adapted the lyrics to Gilligan's Island into a Beatles song.
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Ditto. Stones had a harder edge than The Beatles and were more multi-dimensional stylistically than Zep.
Love them all though.
There is only one group known as "The Greatest Rock n Roll Band in the World." That is the Rolling Stones. That said you can't deny the fact that the Beatles (and Elvis) paved the way, they opened the door and the Stones and LZ (and others like the Who) tore it off the hinges. I would have liked to see the direction of the Beatles with more writing influence from Lennon and Harrison as it is my opinion that these were the two rock stars of the band. As great as he is/was, Paul leaned too much to the pop side of things, I think.
I was born when LZ was wrapping up and Beatles were already broke up.......I enjoy both, but I did have a live concert of LZ blasting in car today driving home. I can listen to zeppelin every day
