Do You Think Led Zeppelin is Over Rated?

Meddler · Post by **Meddler** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 2:35 am

Just curious...

SomeGhostsStepOut · Post by **SomeGhostsStepOut** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 3:10 am

I don't think so. They are a really good band.

Real Pink in the Inside · Sun Jun 01, 2003 3:27 am

No way. They're not as good as Pink Floyd or The Beatles IMO, but they are certainly not underrated. I think they were the second best band of the '70s.

Meddler · Post by **Meddler** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 3:47 am

Okay... well maybe they are just overrated here in Oklahoma. All I hear is Led Zep this and bla bla I want to scream...

Useful Idiot · Post by **Useful Idiot** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:22 am

I like Led Zeppelin, but I had to vote for yes. I think they are good, but I (and I think i'm the only person alive who thinks this) feel that Robert Plant isn't a very good singer. Jimmy Page's stellar guitar work does something to make up for it, but great guitar and bad vocals don't make one of the greatest bands of all-time. Just my opinion though, so don't kill me.

Real Pink in the Inside · Sun Jun 01, 2003 5:35 am

Yet Another Movie wrote: I (and I think i'm the only person alive who thinks this) feel that Robert Plant isn't a very good singer.

I am willing to bet you are one of the few classic rock fans who feels Plant is not a very good singer! Not that there is anything wrong with having that opinion

I think Plant is one of the greatest vocalists of all-time.

madcap69 · Post by **madcap69** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 11:31 am

hell no

Pugs on the Wing · Post by **Pugs on the Wing** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 1:37 pm

Yet Another Movie wrote:(and I think i'm the only person alive who thinks this) feel that Robert Plant isn't a very good singer.

No you're not.

Listening to him brings waves of nausea.

Led Zeppelin is totally overrated and the godfathers of all 80s hairbands.

You like them when you're a teen, and a few years later you wake up and think, "why am I listening to this?"

PF, on the other hand, you can listen to eternally. Sorry for the comparison. Feel free to substitute The Beatles or The Who if you wish.

Just my personal opinion, of course.

Post by **mosespa** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 2:07 pm

You know...I've always felt that Jimmy Page was a better composer than a soloist...just me, though.

I can't really call this one, I suppose. I didn't really start listening to Led Zeppelin until I was 21 (but I also didn't start eating pizza until I was 12 and I waited until I was 25 to have my first apple pie...I'm a bit of a late bloomer, I suppose.)

I like a lot of their music...they covered quite a bit of stylistic ground...in fact, I don't think there's a style of music they DIDN'T cover in some form or another.

Maybe just slightly over rated...they weren't ALL that...but they were a good portion of that.

Pugs on the Wing · Post by **Pugs on the Wing** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 2:12 pm

mosespa wrote:I waited until I was 25 to have my first apple pie...

with or without the crust?

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 5:09 pm

I'd have to say yeah, but here's why.

I love led zepplin, i just want to say that first, but i don't feel they're a great albums band, it's an art few have perfected, to be able to lay down a bunch of tracks and succesfully make an album out of them, Led Zepplin i feel can't. Their album are always slightly uneven with all the best songs being at the start and as such listening to the whole of albums like Physical Graffiti and Led Zepplin 2 can be difficult. Also, at times they songs showed a complete lack of innovation and towards the end of their career i feel they did have a fall.

Still, they're a VERY good band anyway, even if they are a bit over rated almost every band is.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:30 pm

no, not at all. if you think yes, then picture yourself in 1969 hearing led zeppelin II for the first time. there was nothing like it, they set the limits for everything to come in the 70s and were probably one of the most influential musicians of all time. they made incredible music and were so versatile, compare II to III and you will see what i mean. they are the greatest rock n roll band of all time imo and deserve all the credit they get. hell, i dont even think stairway to heaven is overrated, its an incredible song

Beatle Neil · Post by **Beatle Neil** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 8:19 am

The Zeppelin could be....blown up a bit, I guess....
but the band are awesome.

Dunno about 'over-rated' - when they were playing Madison Square Garden Black Sabbath were still lugging it round the UK venues......bad management. Something you could never associate Zep with.

Spirit Catcher · Post by **Spirit Catcher** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 9:11 am

Not Overated

Post by **drafsack** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 10:51 am

They were suposed to be the best heavy rock band in the world but IMO they were not as they played too many bluesy type tracks and their albums were too inconsistent.

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