Your "Worst Of" Led Zeppelin

1. Hats Off To Roy Parker
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9. Hats Off To Roy Parker
10. D'yer M'aker

 

Roy Parker

 

I normally don't care for list threads, but as much as I love Zep, it sounds fun to try and come up with a 10 track "Worst Of" album. I'm not using Coda or any live albums. So here goes:

Your Time Is Gonna Come
Black Mountain Side
You Shook Me
Hats Off To Roy Harper
Moby Dick
Four Sticks
The Crunge
Dancing Days
All My Love
I'm Gonna Crawl

 

Got serious last night...
Since I don't own ITTOD, I dug up the 2 box sets (from the early 90's) and played all the tracks.....
and it's pretty bland stuff over all (enjoyed the riff to "In The Evening" a lot), but no way will I buy that album.

My "Worst Of" comp:

You Shook Me
I Can't Quit You Baby
The Lemon Song
Hats Off to [Roy] Orbison
Four Sticks
The Crunge
D'yer M'aker
In My Time of Dying
Boogie With Stu
For Your Life
Fool in the Rain
Carouselambra

 

Really the only song I find myself ever skipping over (especially live versions) is "No Quarter." Dunno why, that song just annoys me.

 

Lol. We've got Roy Parker above and Roy Orbison now

 

I'm listening to Roy Orbison at the moment. ...but I think I'll leave it. My hat does come off for Roy Oribson!

 

(I couldn't find a cry-face emoticon, lol)

 

I liked Roy Parker (jr) when he was with Roydio

Not a fan of Ghostbusters though

 

I liked Roy Rogers (the restaurant, not the singer)

 

Hey! Leave them ducks alone!

Your Time Is Gonna Come
Livin' Lovin' Maid
Moby Dick
Whole Lotta Love (have NEVER liked this song)
Celebration Day-like it live, but this studio version...no
Hats Off
The Song Remains The Same-see Celebration Day
In My Time of Dying-too long by half
Boogie With Stu-the very definition of filler
Black Country Woman-the same
Royal Orleans
For Your Life

skipping Coda altogether

 

Have you heard the outtake "Hats Off To Ray Parker Jr."?

 

I like Hats Off To (Roy) Thomas Baker.

 

Threads like this

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

We are the keepers of the sacred words "tro", "lo" and "lo"!

 

Your time is gonna come is one of my favorite Zep songs. I wish they had more songs with organ like that in it. I'm surprised how many peie list it as week.

 

Your Time Is Gonna Come
Friends
Out On The Tiles
Hots On For Nowhere (the only Zep song I cringe while listening)
In The Light
In the Evening
Night Flight
What Is And What Should Never Be

 

Everything after Physical Graffiti. Never saw a band go downhill so quickly and completely.

 

Did somebody ask why the brackets in Hats Off To (Roy) Harper?

I've always assumed that the song's (proper) name is "Hats Off To Harper", and that Roy was inserted in brackets as most of Led Zeppelin's record buyers are American (or were, at that time) and might not have heard of (Roy) Harper, so it was by way of explanation and to distinguish Roy from any other Harpers that Americans may be (more) familiar with. (It is a silent Roy, you are not meant to say the parenthesised word).

(I'm a big Harper fan by the way [Led Zeppelin got me into him])

Any more Harper fans on here Jimmy (Page) plays on a few of his records.

 

I'll play. Must leave out the last album because I am not familiar enough with it. Didn't like it much altogether when I heard it...

"Communication Breakdown"
"Heartbreaker"
"Moby Dick"
"Going To California"
"Over The Hills and Far Away"
"Houses Of The Holy"
"Trampled Underfoot"
"Royal Orleans"
"Tea For One"

I can't be objective about Stairway anymore. I try to not even think about it! Might just be a good song in the end, so I'll leave it alone. The rest of the catalogue is pretty much all right with me (barring ITtOD like I said), so I compiled just a single LP's worth!

 

I agree and that's how I've always read it too. But it just looks awkward.

 

Custard Pie is great.

 

I'll play along.

1. I Can't Quit You Baby
2. Moby Dick
3. South Bound Suarez
4. That's The Way
5. Four Sticks
6. The Crunge
7. Boogie With Stu
8. Night Flight
9. Candy Store Rock
10. Royal Orleans
11. Hot Dog
12. I'm Gonna Crawl

admittedly, not such a bad album, but if it was their only one, they would be fast forgotten. (Night Flight has grown on me as of late. The Crunge ain't so bad either, but it's far better as a piece of Dazed & Confused and Whole Lotta Love than as a stand-alone track)

 

Funny how we perceive art differently. Hot Dog is one of their
most brilliant songs IMO. Their ability to create that vibe on piano, guitar and lyrics as a tribute to Rockabilly is awesome.