Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy poll

Wow, I can't believe it took me this long to realize you omitted 'PopoZão' from the tracklisting. The entire third side of the LP!

my big log for you
my big log for you
my big
my big
my big
my big

you omitted 'PopoZão' from the tracklisting

this was taken from the original Scottish pressing, where post-war stimulus regulations still required one side of every album to carry an engraving of the Queen.

Yeah, I've been trying to track down a copy for ages. That's also the edition with the octuplefold sleeve that you can reconfigure into an actual little House of the Holy. I guess it makes sense that they got the best version of the album since the entire band is from Scotland.

except for Bono Dog, who was expelled there (at age nine, for reasons still withheld against FOI requests).

my big log for you
my big log for you
my big
my big
my big
my big

My favourite Nirvana song.

It's easy to forget that the Zeppelin version of 'Big Log' was just a cover. And that Nirvana's career began in the late '60s.

I feel like an idiot because for a long time I conflated it with the Buckley Lindsingham song "Big Big Log."

No worries, most of these scatological paeans are completely interchangeable in my mind.

whoa! I'd heard that Rundgren had to drop out of the latest reunion tour because of psoriasis, didn't realise he'd been replaced by Fever Ray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MALrz3QG-rc

'Murica:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/21/facebook-reverses-ban-on-led-zeppelin-album-cover-featuring-naked-children

“Featuring”

these soundcloud rappers turn up everywhere!

Next up: Blind Faith

The Rain Song (Ft. (Just A) Lil Wayne)

does anybody remember $laughter?
https://soundcloud.com/deric-saint-slaughter

can't believe the theremin solo Axl Paul Bon Jovi drops on "November Rain (demo)" - but the original version of the song was better.

50 years old today.

It sure is! Richard Wright so good on this, especially closing Side 1. "Where's that confounded gig?" lol

The Wakeman/Clapton instrumental sparring on “Got a Quarter?” is rightfully legendary

am I the only one who vastly prefers the 1986 Arthur Baker remix with the horn overdubs? the original doesn’t really “go” anywhere

the girl who won percy's heart is now 53

Thanks for the update.

Oh I see

It sure is! Richard Wright so good on this, especially closing Side 1. "Where's that confounded gig?" lol

― pplains, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 6:53 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

I thought he was saying "where's that confounded bridge?" in response to the cries of "take it to the bridge!"

but

Isn’t it?

Neil S is thinking of Graffiti Bridge, that was just an outtake on the box set

Why op didn't poll the skits?

Houses of the De La Soul-y

Thought maybe this might be bumped for the early "Rain Song" version Page posted yesterday. Apparently this was only found again after the most recent reissues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n1Bxp-YfTs

My original idea for the opening tracks for ‘Houses of the Holy’ was that a short overture would be a rousing instrumental introduction with layered electric guitars that would segue in to ’The Seasons’, later to be titled ‘The Rain Song’. Again there would be a contrasting acoustic guitar instrumental movement with melotron that could lead to the first vocal of the album and the first verse of the song.

‘The Seasons’ was a memo to myself as a reminder of the sequence of the song and various ideas I’d had for it in its embryonic stage. I’d worked on it over one evening at home. During the routining of the overture now titled ‘The Plumpton and Worcester Races’, the half time section was born and the overture shaped in to the song, ‘The Song Remains The Same’. These rehearsals were done in Puddle Town on the River Piddle in Dorset, UK.

The first set of recordings were done at Olympic Studios with George Chkiantz.

We then came to record at Stargroves, Sir Mick Jagger’s country home, and, like Headley Grange, with the Rolling Stones recording truck.

‘The Song Remains The Same’ was played on a Fender 12 string, the same one used on Becks Bolero, with my trusty Les Paul number 1 on overdubs in a standard turning. The ‘Rain Song’ was an unorthodox tuning on acoustic and electric guitars. On live shows, it became a work-out feature for the double neck.

??? i don't even understand what band you're talking about? april fools is t for

not for 3 days dude

Pretty standard rundown but I was surprised to hear the ending solo guitar section played over the heavy part. Didn’t realize those two sections mesh together

https://i.imgur.com/J4MxD8R.jpg

Going to hold off posting in this thread until I hear the super deluxe box that's coming out in the summer. I think the Steven Wilson 5:1 mix will be an improvement on Carmine Appice's squeaky bass pedal.

Record Plant is where The Honeydrippers escaped their previously-radioactive firm and minted "The Rain Remains the Same" and "The Song Song", before creating a supergroup with Richey Edwards and Kurt Cobain.

I really like the version of Elton John's "D'yer Make'r D'yerk Chicken"

Prefecture, I believe you're thinking of "The Song Retains Cobain," after an incident where Butch Vig almost removed Kurt's vocal but then put it back in.

Nicely done!
I'm kinda surprised that a "turning point in rock" book has not been built around the generational change of 1991 represented by "Nirvana" being passed from Robert to Kurt