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Best Zeppelin Covers
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The funny thing about the forbidden riff/song is that it's actually a fantastic song for learning to play guitar. There are so many great fundamentals to learn if you are new to the instrument.
Here are a couple killer Gov't Mule covers, one with Grohl on drums.
It was either the first or second song I learned on guitar.
This video convinced me Gaga could sing.
You can tell that Jimmy, Robert, and John Paul are each impressed with the song. That's a very powerful cover with the choir.
Philo B 93 said:
I loved this when it came out on the "Encomium" Zeppelin covers album that we are all very familiar with. It made the song accessible to me on guitar and vocal.
Saw Hootie and the Blowfish play that one live at Gruene Hall.
Is it technically a cover when you steal a black mans music?
Always enjoy the The Main Squeeze covers
Another song from Encomium that I liked, Blind Melon covering Out on the Tiles
Fantastic thread idea. My favorites that I listen to regularly were mentioned already with Jack Russell of Great White doing two full releases of zep songs and the Page and Crowes live release is incredible as well.
Not mentioned was the too short lived Coverdale and Page team-up. I wish I wasn't in college and poor when they toured.
Not mentioned was the too short lived Coverdale and Page team-up. I wish I wasn't in college and poor when they toured.
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I will say, I've revisited the Coverdale/Page album and while I'm Luke warm on some of Coverdale's writing, Page's guitar work on that is fantastic.
Has there been a mention of Dread Zeppelin yet?
They did several albums. They were reggae band that mostly played LZ. Singer was fat Elvis impersonator.
They did several albums. They were reggae band that mostly played LZ. Singer was fat Elvis impersonator.
Superunknown and Definitely not a cop:
Ah yes, I remember that song after You Tubing it, just didn't know who did it, thanks
Ah yes, I remember that song after You Tubing it, just didn't know who did it, thanks
Brandi Carlile has done "Going to California" several times live and it's pretty great.
All these versions sound pretty great to me, never heard most of them.
Goes to show it's pretty hard to F up a Zeppelin song. They were brilliant.
Goes to show it's pretty hard to F up a Zeppelin song. They were brilliant.
Big Cat `93 said:
Underrated.
Zebra is probably the most underrated band of all time and Randy Jackson is a GD genius.
WestGalvestonAggie said:Big Cat `93 said:
Underrated.
Zebra is probably the most underrated band of all time and Randy Jackson is a GD genius.
This. Find their live performance in Houston in '83 at The Summit on YouTube. Randy nails everything live. He's incredible.
Houston Symphony did a thing a couple years back where they played Zeppelin songs and Randy sang all the Plant parts over those symphonic arrangements. I bet that was something to see.
I've always liked this cover of The Rain Song, by Motohiko Hino. Two amazing jazz guitarists on this track - John Scofield and Mike Stern.
He still does the Zeppelin symphony thing. You might get a chance to see it yet!maroon barchetta said:WestGalvestonAggie said:Big Cat `93 said:
Underrated.
Zebra is probably the most underrated band of all time and Randy Jackson is a GD genius.
This. Find their live performance in Houston in '83 at The Summit on YouTube. Randy nails everything live. He's incredible.
Houston Symphony did a thing a couple years back where they played Zeppelin songs and Randy sang all the Plant parts over those symphonic arrangements. I bet that was something to see.
It was awesome!maroon barchetta said:WestGalvestonAggie said:Big Cat `93 said:
Underrated.
Zebra is probably the most underrated band of all time and Randy Jackson is a GD genius.
This. Find their live performance in Houston in '83 at The Summit on YouTube. Randy nails everything live. He's incredible.
Houston Symphony did a thing a couple years back where they played Zeppelin songs and Randy sang all the Plant parts over those symphonic arrangements. I bet that was something to see.
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maroon barchetta said:WestGalvestonAggie said:Big Cat `93 said:
Underrated.
Zebra is probably the most underrated band of all time and Randy Jackson is a GD genius.
This. Find their live performance in Houston in '83 at The Summit on YouTube. Randy nails everything live. He's incredible.
Houston Symphony did a thing a couple years back where they played Zeppelin songs and Randy sang all the Plant parts over those symphonic arrangements. I bet that was something to see.
I saw this in New York a few years back. Great show.
Also saw a pretty solid tribute band called Led Zeppelin II.
And Robert Plant in Brooklyn.
birdman said:
Great White did a whole album of LZ covers.
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You was the best.
Zep had ripped off the original songwriter.
Jimmy Page is / was a big Joan Baez fan and as a session guitarist before joining Led Zeppelin had been rearranging her song Babe.
As a Joan Baez fan myself I had never heard her version and didn't know Led Zeppelin's version was a cover. I looked up JB's version and it's bad. Bad, bad, bad, dogs for miles are crying bad.
Found this by accident the other day.
Frustrates me when teenagers have better gear and better skills than me!
Frustrates me when teenagers have better gear and better skills than me!
At 58:10, Primus with some of Tool doing Moby Dick (including 10 minute drum duet)
Yellerjacket said:
No Quarter cover by Tool is amazing.
Might be the greatest cover song of any band ever.
I wrote this up 2 years ago on the same subject:
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It is jaw droppingly good. I'm a Tool fan but not a Tool nutjob. My favorite band ever is Rush but I think the greatest band ever was LZ (90% of their catalog is gold) and prior to this I thought most LZ covers were hot garbage. There have been a few decent ones but not something I would listen to again and again. This is 11+ minutes of greatness.
No Quarter was a LZ masterpiece too - it was the centerpiece of live shows from 1973 onward. You wanna hear greatness listen to the Celebration Day 2007 Live version by LZ.
To even have the audacity to tackle this is ballsy. Get it wrong and it's a flop of embarrassing proportions and you took up 11+ minutes of an album for it.
Covers tend to fall into one of 3 different types:
1. Tributes to the original that sound much like the original band and version.
2. A cover that just sounds like the band covering it, but doing that song.
3. A different rendition based on tempo, genre, style, instruments, etc. A complete departure that redefines the song.
1 and 2 generally add very little other than serving as an homage to the original. They both can be very good but in the end they are adding little. 3 sometimes works very well and can be very welcome (Alien Ant Farm doing Smooth Criminal, Disturbed doing Sound of Silence, Social Distortion doing a punk cover of Ring of Fire).
This cover is all three of those things in different parts - which is possible partly because it is so long.
0:00 - 4:00 It starts out as very much a LZ homage in tempo, tone, etc. but the excellent musicianship comes through.
4:01 - 5:12 interlude
5:13 - 9:54 In the second section it morphs into more of a Tool sound as it continues to build in intensity.
9:55 - 11:26 The third section is a cacophony of sound as it is a taken to a new frenetic level and a powerful ending.
It just delivers beginning to end.
Not terribly surprised that nobody has mentioned (at least as far as I could see from a quick skim of the thread) Dolly Parton's cover of Stairway.
Claude! said:
Not terribly surprised that nobody has mentioned (at least as far as I could see from a quick skim of the thread) Dolly Parton's cover of Stairway.
Is this what got her into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?
It's probably more due to the fact that everybody loves the American treasure that is Dolly Parton. Though in fairness, several of her songs charted more broadly than the country charts - "Here You Come Again" and "9 to 5" were both top 3. She's also apparently putting out a rock album (looks like mostly covers) later this year.Rocagnante said:Claude! said:
Not terribly surprised that nobody has mentioned (at least as far as I could see from a quick skim of the thread) Dolly Parton's cover of Stairway.
Is this what got her into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?
If anyone cares to hear it, we did this cover of Kashmir in our practice studio, with our backup singer in our Floyd band on vox. Came out pretty decent I thought.
Kashmir Cover
Also, many years ago a friend of mine playing a solo acoustic version of The Rain Song at Varsity Theater in Baton Rouge. Recording is not great and lots of people talking, but still pretty awesome IMO:
Kashmir Cover
Also, many years ago a friend of mine playing a solo acoustic version of The Rain Song at Varsity Theater in Baton Rouge. Recording is not great and lots of people talking, but still pretty awesome IMO:
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He nailed that version of The Rain Song. That was excellent.
Also, people need to shut up when someone is playing and singing. It didn't used to be like this. Used to, people went and were into the show. Now the show is secondary to whatever they have going on.
And yes, I realize that video is from 2008. It's only gotten worse.
And yes, I realize that video is from 2008. It's only gotten worse.
I missed this thread before today, and I can't wait to hear some of these covers. LZ was always one of my favorite bands. Thanks for starting it up, OP.
Great vocals.
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