Led Zeppelin

I’ve never liked Led Zeppelin. When I went through that inevitable pre to early teen classic rock phase, I somehow managed to completely avoid Zep and a few years later I got into punk rock and Led Zeppelin was the least punk band in existence. I try to listen with a more open mind these days, but I still don’t care for this band. Electrified blues played by white people is a style of music that doesn’t interest me in the least and holy shit I truly don’t care for the way Robert Plant shrieks with that baby baby baby shit. So I might not like what they do, but I will admit that they do it very well. Dazed and Confused is the song I’m most amenable to, mostly because it sounds like Black Sabbath. I also don’t mind Your Time is Gonna Come because it reminds me of Lynyrd Skynyrd, another band I like better than Led Zeppelin. The third song I’ll say something nice about is Communication Breakdown, which ironically has a very punky riff and apparently was a big influence on Johnny Ramone’s playing. But yeah, overall this sounds like a big dumb cover band with an annoying singer playing a style of music that doesn’t do anything for me. Baby baby baby ooooh wah yeah yeah yeah.

Tråkigt och Robert plant e hemskt... helt chill om man bara sku ha instrumental

Meh

This is another album that all sounds the same to me. Long drawn out ballads of rock that flow into each other. Plus I'm just sick of some of these tracks that have been played to death. Definitely an iconic album, I get that. Just not something I'll listen to on repeat.

Whole lotta wank. Good musicians, entirely derivative music, and not enjoying it at all. I do like some of their songs, but none on this album.

A classic obvs.. but it only sort of holds up- there are so many wonderful live versions of these that the originals feel stale.

Boring blues-matadors. 2/5

Interesting that I had The Stooges yesterday. Two visions of how the sixties were coming to a close and how music would move on. One chaotic and giving birth to punk, new wave and so on. The other a mix of testosterone and guitar wanking. Can't say I'm a fan. Well executed though.

все, что я слышал ранее у них вызывало у меня большой интерес. этот альбом каким-то скучноватым мне показался. некоторые работы очень короткие, но звучат невыносимо затянуто. где-то 2+, пару треков на 3-4

That is not an album. That was 9 criminal acts in music industry. I could listen this piece of… history only at background.

Good

This is not for me. I don't think I've ever listened to this record the whole way through, probably because it's just a bit too noodly and bluesy for me. I guess I can say it's certainly a strong debut album and clearly the lads are talented, but man is this so boring. I'd be fine to never had to slog through Dazed and Confused again.

I realise this is going to lead to people thinking less of me, but I got bored and turned it off.

Sets the groundwork for what followed but as an album is not great to me

Quite boring actually, more nostalghia

Tycker att det är ganska påfrestande musik. Visst, de har gjort Stairway to heaven och Kashmir och de är ju bra. Den här plattan hade ett par skapliga låtar, inte mer. Inte sämre än hiphop dock.

I just got generated Mudhoney's excellent Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge only to find its global ranking to be under three. I fully expect this album, like every Zep album, to be a high three or perhaps a four on the global ranking. I honestly find this absurd. I can't believe any thought goes into the lionization of Led Zeppelin's catalog. It really feels like an emperor's new clothes situation to me. I haven't heard a single Zep album as good as Mudhoney's Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge.

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You is good. The rest is just doing absolutely nothing for me. Some great riffs but they get lost in tedious wailing. Led Zeppelin are very talented but none of this is making me feel anything. That's just me though.

I can see the value of it all but cannot get that much into it myself. Robert Plant's singing mannerisms get old quickly and the lyrics are subpar at best. There's no denying the production value or the honest fun of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Dazed and Confused and Communication Breakdown, but the whole album gives too much away of its unauthentic, laboratory-formulaic structure. No soul or sparks here.

It probably is a historically significant album, but it didn’t stand out to me.

Good times bad times is good. Rest of the album — meh. Nice album art. I think they have a unique sound and the guitar work is very nice. I think it just reminds me of stoners in high school.

Not my band, not my singer, pretty dissapointed.

Over rated.

Was alright I want to like them more than I do. They have some cracking songs but not on this album.

Couldn't get past the non-stop creepy dirtbag lyrics. Including such gems as "'Cause I got a little schoolgirl, and she's all mine", "Said you messed up my happy home/Made me mistreat my only child", and "Lots of people talk, and few of them know/Soul of a woman was created below, yeah". I've had enough Robert Plant beleaguering his girlfriend for a lifetime.

An ok album, but quite boring in places. Well constructed, but in the end more background noise than truly interesting.

I wasn't especially fond of this album when I first got into Zeppelin, and I'm actually less fond of it now. I never really liked blues rock all that much, though there are certainly outliers. This album is way too blues heavy that it feels plodding and much less exciting than the band they would become in a very short time. I can understand why this album is held in high regard, but its just not for me. There are several better albums by the band, this one can be largely ignored I my opinion.

Safe to say, I'm not a fan.

Álbum de blues rock correcte, llarga i exageradament sobrevalorat

I’m surprised at how little I enjoyed this; moments of really great guitar frequently ruined by launching into pompous widdly bits, and the wailing vocal proved difficult to tolerate by the end. At its best when things are kept punchy (Communication Breakdown).

They havent quite hit full stride in stealing riffs and song ideas

The elements are all there but not fully connected.

Eh, it didn't stand out and just wasn't very unique

Another hmmm. Some good songs, some quite annoying. Probably 2.5

i went through a zeppelin phase, i can't even remember where this album sits in the hierachy of led zep albums but its probably in the middle thanks to communication breakdown and good times bad times. it was a decent album to have on while i put fascia panels on the garage. every now and again when i could hear it i'd hear a snippet of a good tune and think, oh yeah zeppelin maaan, and the other times i'd hear something unremarkable and i'd just carry on hammering.

Guitar noodling and bluesy rock. Not my bag.

BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY. You simply have to conclude that Robert Plant fucks babies.

Can't stand early Zeppelin and Plant's constant caterwauling.

ahh led zeppelin. one of those bands i don't listen to but i don't live in under a rock so i've heard a lot of their songs. we'll see how many i know on this album... i dont love them, i dont hate them. pretty indifferent.

Production: 12/20 Songwriting: 8/20 Innovation: 9/20 Bangers: 5/20 Emotional response: 5/20 =39 Overblown pompous white man sings the blues. Quite liked the opening track though.

I know Led Zeppelin is supposed to be one of the iconic rock bands of their time, but they're not exactly my cup of tea. Sorry Zeppelin fans.

No just not I do not like any of his vocals.

It’s okay

Not my thing snd I don't like the big dih on my screen

Played.

Idk about this one. Not my kinda music.

i like the 4th song dazed and confused. 1. first song has the most streams. 2. second song is nice but not allat. 3. third song is way longer than it needs to be. 4. fourth song is also as long as the third song but its very bearable. 5. fifth song is nice, kind of listenable, still not making it to the list tho. 6. sixth song is just a basic indian classical music beat and im sure white ppl glazed the shit out of this but its rlly not all that, making me sleepy inface. 7. seventh song was mid too, sounded just like another rock song, it was probably fire when it came out tho ngl. 8. eigth song has a LOVELY guitar solo, very long, its a SOLO SOLO. but the song is boring except for the solo, sleepy. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!LAST SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!(bro its nine mins long ill kms) 9. this one has a 2 minute DRUM solo. "cus i got me a little schoolgirl and she's all mine" yeah ggs unc fuck led zeplin old uncs who was even alive in 1969 man go back to caveman ages man pissing me tf off at night.

No thank you

The beginning of the end

Only one of these left to go, I will truly rejoice the day the last LZ album shows up. I think it really speaks that I have to unblock them on my Spotify each time I get one of these. Trust that I've already blocked them again as I'm writing

Oh, you meant the Led Zeppelin album? The one with the big blimp on the front? Yeah, that album stinks.

Very self congratulatory. Dull guitar solos and lots of yowling. Did not enjoy

More like zed leppelin. cuz this album is a 0

STOP. SHOWING. ME. LED. ZEPPELIN. also I knew they were weird with kids but I wasn’t expecting them to fully say it out loud in a song

C’est reparti, encore ce foutu dirigeable de plomb qui refuse de s'écraser, de sombrer une bonne fois pour toutes dans les limbes de l’histoire. Je me retrouve aujourd'hui face au premier album de Led Zeppelin. la genèse du mal, le patient zéro d'une épidémie de testostérone rance et de solos interminables qui ont pollué les ondes pendant des décennies. Je m'attends aux hurlements des puristes, à leurs litanies sur la « virtuosité », le « groove » ou le « génie » du guitariste. Mais après une vie passée derrière le comptoir d'un disquaire indépendant et dans les studios d'une radio qui avait vraiment quelque chose à dire, je refuse de cautionner ce silence complice. On va mettre les points sur les i et je vais vous expliquer, par A + B, pourquoi Led Zeppelin, et ce premier album en particulier, représente tout ce que je déteste dans le rock. Ce n'est pas juste de l'animosité gratuite — enfin, si, un peu, ça fait du bien — mais c'est surtout une question d'hygiène mentale et de cohérence artistique. I. Le pillage organisé ou l'art de ne pas citer ses sources Commençons par le plus flagrant, le plus honteux : le plagiat car ce premier disque n'est pas une œuvre mais un catalogue de vol à main armée. On nous vend du « Blues Rock » novateur, j'y vois du colonialisme musical pur et dur. Le groupe a pillé les maîtres du Delta avec la subtilité d'un bulldozer dans un jardin d'enfants. On nous vend ces morceaux comme des créations originales, mais ce ne sont que des reprises à peine déguisées. S'approprier la souffrance des vieux bluesmen pour en faire un spectacle de foire pour stades bondés me soulève le cœur. On est loin de l'authenticité d'un blues crasseux car ici, tout est passé au vernis brillant d'une production boursouflée. C'est du blues pour les gens qui ont peur du vrai blues car chez Led Zeppelin, le blues ne sent pas la misère, il pue le patchouli et l'argent facile. II. La voix : L'elfe sous hélium Et puis, il y a la voix. Mon Dieu, cette voix... On nous l'a vendue comme l'instrument ultime, le cri de la liberté. Pour moi, Robert Plant est juste un elfe égaré qui aurait inhalé un ballon d'hélium avant de se coincer les parties intimes dans une porte de studio. Ces glissandos permanents, ces petits cris orgasmiques poussés à tout bout de champ au mépris du ridicule, c'est une insulte à l'intelligence. Dans ma discothèque personnelle, j'ai besoin de profondeur, de noirceur, d'une voix qui porte le poids du monde, qui raconte une vérité, aussi sombre soit-elle. Ici, le chanteur ne raconte rien, il fait juste de la gymnastique vocale pour flatter son ego et celui de ses admirateurs. C’est une performance de cirque, pas de l’art et il n'y a aucune émotion réelle dans ses hurlements, juste une démonstration technique agaçante qui cherche à masquer le vide intersidéral des paroles. C'est l'école du cri pour le cri, le début de cette tendance insupportable des chanteurs à vouloir prouver qu'ils ont trois octaves dans le gosier alors qu'ils n'ont rien dans le ventre. III. La branlette de manche érigée en système Parlons-en de la « virtuosité » car on arrive au cœur du problème : la branlette de manche. Jimmy Page est le précurseur de cette maladie mentale qui consiste à penser qu'un solo de guitare est plus intéressant s'il dure huit minutes et qu'il utilise toutes les notes de la gamme sans aucune retenue. C'est l'antithèse absolue de ce que j'aime. J'ai toujours préféré le minimalisme, la puissance brute, la texture sonore ou la dissonance travaillée. Là où chaque note devrait compter et chaque larsen devrait avoir une raison d'exister, chez Led Zeppelin, le solo est une fin en soi. C'est de l'auto-congratulation sonore, on est dans l'exhibitionnisme pur. « Regardez-moi, je joue vite, je joue fort, je mets un archet de violon sur ma guitare parce que je suis un artiste mystique ». C'est pompeux, c'est lourd, et surtout, c'est d'un ennui mortel. Le rock, pour moi, c'est l'urgence, c'est l'accident, c'est la tension. Ici, tout est calculé pour impressionner le bourgeois en mal de sensations fortes. Et cette démonstration de force permanente n'est que l'aveu d'une immense faiblesse créative. IV. L'ego surdimensionné et le folklore de pacotille Il y a une arrogance insupportable qui émane de ce disque. Dès 1969, ces types se posent en demi-dieux. Tout est trop gros : le son de batterie, les riffs, l'imagerie. Ils ont engendré ce monstre qu'est le « Rock de Stade », une machine à cash déconnectée du réel. Leur côté « mystique » avec des références aux sciences occultes ou à la fantasy de comptoir, c'est le degré zéro de la pensée. C'est du folklore de dortoir car quand je cherche de la radicalité ou une démarche intellectuelle dans la musique, je me tourne vers des univers autrement plus complexe, pas vers des décors de théâtre. Ils jouent aux sorciers alors qu'ils sont juste des rentiers qui s'achètent des châteaux. Une imposture qui a ouvert la voie à toutes les dérives du hard rock bas du front. V. Le Rock n'est pas une musique de pantouflards C'est peut-être là le point qui me fâche le plus. On nous présente Led Zeppelin comme le summum de la rébellion. Putain mais quelle blague car il n'y a absolument rien de contestataire dans cette musique, c'est une musique de confort, c'est la musique que vos parents écoutent en tapant du pied, persuadés d'être « rock'n'roll ». Le rock est né pour faire chier le monde, pour bousculer les codes, pour être une menace sociale. Led Zeppelin, c'est la musique de l'establishment qui se déguise en rebelle. Ils ne contestent rien, ils profitent du système jusqu'à la moelle et ils encaissent les dividendes. Le punk, quelques années plus tard, avait tout compris. Il fallait brûler ces idoles de pierre, ces « dinosaures » qui occupaient tout l'espace avec leur suffisance. Pour moi qui ai grandi avec des sons plus rugueux, plus honnêtes, Zeppelin est le frein qui a empêché la musique d'avancer. Ils ont figé le rock dans un moule réactionnaire où la technique prime sur l'idée, et où l'apparence prime sur le propos. Écouter la même musique que ses géniteurs, c'est la mort de l'esprit rock. VI. Une production qui vieillit comme du lait au soleil Techniquement, cet album est une agression, mais pas la bonne. Page en producteur omnipotent, a voulu créer un « mur de son ». Résultat ? C'est une bouillie sonore où tout essaie d'être plus fort que le reste. La batterie écrase tout, la basse est reléguée au rang de simple figurant utilitaire, et la guitare sature l'espace de manière hystérique. Il n'y a aucune nuance, aucune respiration, c'est juste du matraquage. J'aime les productions qui gèrent l'espace, le silence, la tension, j'aime quand le son est une architecture pensée. Ici, c'est juste un empilement de parpaings et c'est épuisant à l'écoute. C'est une démonstration de force qui ne sert qu'à masquer la pauvreté des compositions. Enlevez les fioritures et les hurlements, il ne reste pas grand-chose : quelques structures de blues basiques et une envie furieuse de faire du bruit pour épater la galerie. C’est du son gras, sans aucune finesse, fait pour être craché par des enceintes de mauvaise qualité dans des chambres d’adolescents boutonneux. VII. Pourquoi je refuse le respect imposé On me répète souvent : « Oui, mais il faut respecter leur influence ». Mais quelle influence ? Celle d'avoir engendré des milliers de clones sans talent ? Celle d'avoir transformé le rock en une industrie de la performance ? Si c'est ça leur héritage, alors je préfère rester sur le bord de la route Je préfère mille fois la dissonance, l'expérimentation ou la transe industrielle. Car ces musiques me parlent de ma vie, de mes doutes, de la complexité du monde. Led Zeppelin me parle d'un monde qui n'existe pas, peuplé de clichés sexistes et de postures d'un autre âge. Ce premier album n'est pas un chef-d'œuvre, c'est l'acte de naissance d'un conservatisme qui se fait passer pour de l'avant-garde. C'est un disque paresseux qui repose sur le pillage et sur l'esbroufe. C'est le triomphe de la forme sur le fond, du paraître sur l'être. On est au cœur du système de la « rockstar » dans ce qu'il a de plus détestable : l'éloignement total du public et de la réalité sociale. Conclusion : Le dirigeable est vide Bref, je n'aime pas Led Zeppelin. Je n'aime pas ce qu'ils représentent, je n'aime pas la manière dont ils ont dévoyé le rock, et je déteste par-dessus tout cette idée reçue qu'ils seraient intouchables. Sur ce point, il y a aussi Pink Floyd mais... ce n'est pas le sujet. Mon passage en magasin de disques et en radio m'a appris une chose essentielle : la musique est une question de sincérité et d'urgence. Et dans ce disque, je ne sens ni l'un ni l'autre. Je sens de l'opportunisme, de l'arrogance et beaucoup de vent. Ce premier opus est une baudruche. On souffle dedans, on fait beaucoup de bruit, mais à la fin, il ne reste qu'un tas de caoutchouc froissé au sol. Rangez-moi ça au rayon des antiquités, à côté des trophées de chasse et des vieilles gloires du passé. Moi, je retourne écouter des disques qui ont une âme, pas des disques qui ont juste un ego boursouflé. Led Zeppelin I ? Un naufrage auditif, une imposture historique. C'est une musique de poseurs pour des gens qui veulent se donner des frissons sans jamais sortir de leur zone de confort. Le rock mérite mieux que ces quatre-là. Il mérite de la sueur, du sang et des idées neuves, pas des reprises de blues survitaminées jouées par des types qui se prennent pour des sorciers gallois. Et non, je ne changerai pas d'avis et peu importe le nombre de fois où on me passera ces riffs éculé car ce sera toujours vide, vain, et surtout d'une lourdeur insoutenable.

embole perrito

Not a fan.

Led Zeppelin belongs in the academy of the overrated in my opinion. Robert Plant’s screechy voice combined with mediocre songs just don’t do anything for me.

Zeppelin is one of those bands that people consider rock and roll gods that always left me cold. The first couple of songs were OK, but starting with You Shook Me, the album degenerated into a series of long, monotonous boring songs. I think the only way to enjoy this album is be stoned.

The relief I felt turning this off at You Shook Me and putting 6Music on for CMAT to be playing.

FFS…unlistenable!!!!!!!

I must be one of the few people in the world who doesn’t get LZ?

Meh.

Music today is very formulaic, often built with a mechanical sense of order. This album stands in direct opposition to that. It is chaos, specifically emotional chaos. Listening to it can feel jarring because the music does not follow a familiar structure or resolution to me. Instead, it moves like an emotional outburst that constantly shifts and evolves until it finally ends. It’s of course still deliberate but follows a more unconstrained folksy feely format. Almost primal way of performance (which is not a criticism). What stands out most is the fusion of styles. There is a clear blend of Woodstock-era rock, blues, and something closer to bluegrass, and I find myself leaning more toward the bluegrass influence. Still, the genre distinctions almost feel secondary. The album does what it has to until it finds release. I am used to music where the artist shapes the music to be as accessible and digestible as possible for the audience. This album does the opposite. It feels unconcerned with ease or clarity and instead functions as a pure release. That lack of restraint is what makes it unsettling. I can’t help but imagine polishing many areas of the songs but I suppose the chaos is part of the beauty.

Didn’t stand out

Mjölkar ännu mera riff lika överjävligt som förra gången, kanske aningen bluesigsre inte för det är särskilt förmildrande

Som Zeppelin II, fast lite sämre.

Jeff Beck Group 2

No good

If this was now you'd find them in what used to be called The Cartoon Club in Croydon while you wait for your friend's band to play and then you'd never hear from them again. They're only successful because they broke through in a time when there was very little choice of music and no one had heard blues properly.

Led Zeppelin? More like Led Balloon! Can see why people like it but it's not for me

Stop trying to make Led Zeppelin happen, it’s not gonna happen.

literally reached the third song and i was dying i couldn’t finish it it’s not for me gang

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see what's so great about that band or album. I didn't really like it. it's boring, noisy, the lyrics aren’t good, and the vocals aren’t either. It's definitely not for me.

I think I have given this more than a fair try - I almost quit after the third track, but took a break instead - but I find Plant's voice unbearable. No thank you.

I feel like objectively this band is good and the songs are good but this band is just not for me and I can't get into it and I really tried.

It as I remembered from the 70’s. The tracks are overlong and self indulgent.

Nä, Zeppelin är tydligen inte min grej. Oj så tröttsamt. Särskilt de rena Blues-låtarna är usla. Distad boogie woogie och en trummis som älskar sina cymbaler. Bästa spår: inget som utmärker sig.

Holy shit this was trash

First 2 tracks were OK but after that it fell off a cliff. All sounding the same, long mid song intermissions on 6+ min tracks with bizarre sounds and just generally boring. I'm sure if I took an A4 sheet of Acid and smoked a pound of weed it might appeal but I really don't see the hype. Zero interest in ever listening to this again.

Overrated - to keep ballance - one star

British guys singing blues badly, many such cases. All the songs are 5 to 6 minutes.

Meh

UGH! I tried, I really tried to keep an open mind with this one. I even listened twice! Led Zeppelin is the most OVERRATED rock band in the last 50 years. Zero stars

meh... not sure that this album should be in this list.

Not really my thing…

Boooooooooooooring.

Did not enjoy it. Maybe it was good at the time. Do not enjoy the singer’s voice or the music itself. Maybe in small bursts or in the background of a movie scene to set the tone. But generally not something I want to listen to.

OK.

not listening to this..

So tired of LZ

Geht auf jeden Fall besser los als das andere, das ich von ihnen gehört habe, zweiter Song dann aber direkt stinklangweiliges und träges Geklimper und Gejaule. Buh.

Round three, and I'm ready to throw in the towel. So apparently the songs are stolen and the only question I have is why out of all things on earth you would steal this. It's like shoplifting raisins - it's not the act of stealing you should be ashamed of, but your poor taste. Compared to Physical Graffiti this album is almost twice as short so I thought maybe it would end quick enough to not drive me insane. Compared to Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin III was somewhat good so I thought maybe it's one of those cases where it goes downhill with every album. This album shatters expectations. I might be a demon, because interacting with this sacred album in any way hurts me. It hurts to listen to, it hurts to type this review because earlier I was trying to crack walnuts with my hands, it hurts to see people rating this high just because it’s Zeppelin. I'm sure if I were to look closely at the Rorschach inkblots on the cover I'd see my dead pet or Akali Bonbi. I'd call it thought-provoking.

ahhh its bad. significant but dont like it at all, never wanna listen to it again Significant 30/88 Liked 14/88 Added 4/88 YNN

Not a fan. It’s a lot of hollering, moaning, and nonsensical noises and repetitions of the same word of phrase. The instrumentals are great but there’s 90% music with 10% singing. Not my style.

diddlers

I came into Led Zeppelin thinking I wouldn't like it, and came out of Led Zeppelin knowing I didn't like it. It was good to listen to the album as a musical learning experience, but I don't need to listen to it again. Quick note: I did like Black Mountain Side, but I think that's just because there's no singing on it.

I've always heard of the group, and know a few songs so I'm excited I like the cover, I'm such a visual person so I think I always pay more attention to the album cover Hmmmm so far this album might not be for me.... Like babe I'm gonna leave you, found the vocals kinda irritating 😭 maybe the super slow and then yell, just not my vibe Okay we're on Your Time Is Gonna Come, might be more my vibe Ooooo instrumentals of Black Mountain Side is really nice, makes me think of the kinda drum you'd hear in a dholki Really like Black Mountain Side omg maybe because there are no vocals 💀💀💀 Don't like the vocals for the album

really?

Eh

Ripped off music with an over-singer. I cannot stand them. Just pretentious crap. His voice irritates me so much. Go and listen to the actual blues artists they are copying instead of this watered-down British junk with no soul.

This should be on the '1001 albums you shouldn't listen to before you die' list.

I listened to it and still have absolutely nothing to say.

Awesome album cover . Didn’t care for the music. They were like a combo- blues ,rock, acid rock, mixture of stuff

Easily the most overrated band of all time. I like Communication Breakdown but everything else is just the same blues rock dribble.

Not great

Rock and Roll all time classic album