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ONE was their most blues but still a great album. II redefined hardrock and was the most radical form of it (I can think of) at the time. As I've said before they werent alone in Englands hardrock/premetal movement but they were the most bombastic. Hardrock was only blues based in that it primarily used penatonic scales but II and even some of "I" were loaded with riffs and single note progressions that had nothing to do with any traditional blues outside of use of the pentatonic or blues scale. Heartbreaker, Whole Lotta Love ? hardly a blues song or sound. Even their version of "Bring it on Home" starts out as blues but quickly leaves the nest and as far as that goes... in itself, by that very change up defines the difference between the blues and Led Zeppelin. I you have any doubt find an origional blues version of "Bring it on Home"... it just carries on like the beginning and end of LZ's version.
Then as far as "origional" as you move into III with the addition of English folk music they still wouldnt qualify as "origional" in that sence either. ANYHOW... in 1970 LZ II was an extremely origional sound and extremely pivitol album as far as hardrock and what would become metal. Its my favorite because of this and the fact that it was my first introduction to the band and to this kick ass way of "rockin". On that very day, excluding Hendrix, some Joplin and some Cream I completely walked away from all music that came before and never looked back for a long, long time. Except for the poppy types I dont think music ever looked back either. {still not to discredit all the other bands that were part of the same movement in those critical years but Zep was radical and beat everyone to the punch}
Last edited by razoredge : April 28th, 2008 at 06:06 AM.
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