REJECTS! ...... the Zeppelin castoffs.......
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Coda (1982.), Led Zeppelin's ninth studio album

This album, it is true to say, is a nice extra addition to a serious Led Zeppelin fan's collection. By no means should this album be bought by anyone who has not listened to Led Zeppelin that much as it could give the great band a diminished impression to a new listeners ears, however, Led Zeppelin fans will be all to pleased to own a copy of this, the reject album.

The album has some very good points. The tracks on the album are all very good, bashed out with loads of passion and, even if they probably will never get inot your top 10 Led Zep songs, they are a good listen. The album kicks off well with 'We're gonna groove' a short garage style rocker bashed out in style and is followed up by 'Poor Tom', a remnant from the 1970 Led Zep III recording sessions. However, 'I Can't Quit You Baby' performed live at an Albert Hall rehersal. I'm not knocking the track, its brilliant but it does not seem completely necessary a second time around (its originally on Led Zep I). Following this are Walter's Walk, Ozone Baby and Darlene, all good hard rock tracks, the first being a Houses of the Holy remnant and the latter two being from the In Through the Out Door sessions (in fact I think those two tracks would have done well on the album instead of tracks like the oversynthesized Corouselambra which bring down the albums overall standing .... but clearly the omission of these tracks must have seemed the right way to go at the time. Following this is Bonzo's Montreux, recorded in Switzerland in 1976. This is a great tribute to the great drummer. The final track, 'Wearing and Tearing' is a great finish to the album, again another track which you think would have served well on In Through the Out Door....

So, not bad for a bunch of rejects ay. My real misgivings with the albums is 1) the time length, 33 minutes is way too short. It would be nice to see maybe 'Travelling Riverside Blues' and 'That Girl She Got Long Black Wavy Hair' from the BBC sessions added on here, to give the album more depth. 2) My other misgiving is the inside cover, which shows photos of the band. This is good in memorabilia terms but gives the album an impression of being a 'best of Zeppelin' to an unsuspecting listener. These misgivings aside, I would say buy this album but only when your familiar with ALL of Led Zeppelin's 8 studio albums as this is only really an addition. However, don't knock the tracks as they are very good for castoffs.

So, 1982's Coda was the end of the road in terms of Led Zeppelin studio albums. Below is the order I would put them in based on how good I think they are:

1. Houses of the Holy
2. Physical Graffiti
3. Led Zeppelin IV (Zoso)
4. Presence
5. Led Zeppelin I
6. Led Zeppelin II
7. Led Zeppelin III
8. In Through the Out Door
9. Coda

In my opinion, the first 7 albums in that list are all classics in their own right. This is totally my opinion - many would say IV or Phys. Graf. are the best but Houses claims that honour in my mind. Also, below are what I would regard as Led Zeppelin's greatest 6 songs:

1. The Rain Song (Houses of the Holy)
2. Dazed and Confused (Led Zep I)
3. Stairway to Heaven (Led Zep IV)
4. When the Levee Breaks (Led Zep IV)
5. No Quarter (Houses of the Holy)
6. Kashmir (Physical Graffiti)

I needn't say no more!!
714929
I hate this stuff! The songs are not all together terrible ("Radioactive" is okay) but this is a brutal contortion of rock God, Jimmy Page.

Jimmy Page is an icon. He is of royal stature because;

1) He was a tremendous guitar player;

2) He was a terrific song writer and

3) He was a great arranger, musician, producer, and perfectionist.

This 80's, overproduced, fluff is way below Jimmy Page.

At the same time, while I respect Paul Rodgers, he's nothing unless he's singing quality material. He was a great fit with Bad Company but he's lost outside of that well-suited-for- him band

It sounded like The Firm could be a super group but Paul Rodgers cannot step in the shoes of Robert Plant. This may have sounded good on paper but it didn't work.
3540151
Are we not men? TBH I don't think they are in this show, I think they were secretly replaced by robots, considering this was what like the 14th show on the tour? I could complain about the lack of any nifty bonus footage, but i think we may have run that particular well dry, considering how much WMG and Enigma "loved" Devo. I'm not a fan of the "remastered" audio track, which didn't really do anything but increase the mid-gain, but it was still worth every cent.
3105961
Well what can anyone say about Led Zeppelin? its the toughest thing anyone can possibly be made to answer. Maybe it's wise to start with the other great human endeavours, the Ancient Greeks, the Pyramids, The European Rennaisance, Beethoven, Einstein. Put these in a melting pot and the end result would stll be vastly inferior to teh worst song by Led Zepplin. In fact it's wrong to think of Zeppelin as having a worst song. How dare I. HOW DARE I. Every single song Zeplin wrote is the utter peak of human GENIOS. The human mind is simply unable to comprehend the dizzying magnitude of Led Zeppelins genios. It cant be done. Its like trying to comprehend the vastness of the Cosmos. Every single man woman and child on the planet must do 60 years of penance for failing to be in the same league as Led Zeplin. Led Zeppelin is far far FAR and away the greatest thing to have EVER happened in history. We are but sinful WORMS in the Almighty prescence of Led Zeppelin. ANYONE WHO DOESN'T BOW DOWN BEFORE ZEPPELIN IS WORTHLESS.
4458458
I am a diehard Led Zeppelin, but I was sadly disappointed with this CD. Plant And Page obviously don't have any originality left after 20 years, if all they can do is churn out altered copies of their best work. Their peers, such as John Paul Jones and Jeff Beck, meanwhile, are producing inspired, creative, exciting works, which leave these two in the dust! Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were part of a fantastic band that broke large boundaries, but on this CD they are content to sit on that fence!
1565000
One of the most unoriginal groups in rock history (see review titled "The Greatest Cover Band of All Time" for proof, although I would replace the word "cover" with "rip-off")  Zeppelin deflates to a flapjack when compared to its '60s counterpart, The Yardbirds. That band was a wonder. Why settle for this cheese when you can hear the real thing? Plus Robert Plant's singing is excruciatingly shrill. No thanks.
1880729
I saw this movie for a class and, though I consider myself to be very much a Led Zeppelin fan, I thought the movie was terrible.  Part of the problem was that this is 1/2 very bad, pretty much plotless movie starring Led Zep, and 1/2 pretty darn good concert footage.
What this movie does well is show the amazing showmanship and incredible magnetism of the band, something that may not be evident to those of us too young to have seen them perform.  Robert Plant is an amazing frontman and it was fascinating to see the unattractive Englishman with bad teeth (sorry, Mr. Plant) that I saw at the beginning of the movie morph into an amazingly attractive, vibrantly sexual performer by the end.  The raw passion of the band is laid bare.

A drum solo from John Bonham that lasts (I kid you not) 20 minutes exemplifies my feelings on the movie, because though I found the solo electrifying in short bursts, I was also checking my watch by the end of it.
Again, if you're a diehard Led Zep fan, you might like this.  I would still suggest you rent it, rather than buy it offhand.  If not. . .buy the albums.  Enjoy them, because they are phenomenal.
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First off I want to say that I'm with Jason here, to the miserable twats who say "its plagarism! They're just copying Zeppelin", I have to say no schitt, really? What was you're first clue, the fact that all the songs are Led Zeppelin songs? Maybe the fact that the album is called 'Great Zeppelin - A Tribute To Led Zeppelin' tipped you off? You mugs! You see, I'm not one of these fans who say "Zeppelin are rock gods, nobody should have the right to touch their songs!". Perhaps figuratively speaking Led Zeppelin are rock Gods to many people, in reality they are not Gods, just extremely talented humans, and as for nobody having the right to attempt to play their songs? F*ck off! This is rock n' roll, who do you people think you are, the frigging pope? Spare us the sanctimonious buffoonery, I'd encourage any band to give Led Zeppelin songs a go!

This seems like a damn good tribute to the "Rock Gods". They seem to have done a good job, and fair play to them. I'd love to see this live!
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O.K. I finally watched the entire DVD collection. It took me quite some time since there is tons of footage in this. Led Zeppelin's strengths were in my opinion their weaknesses at the same time. They were masters of dynamics, and volume, but used it too much in concert. Some songs were drastically overplayed. Jimmy Page was a perfect rhythm guitarist, and that's what made their songs great, but his leads were pretty bad. They were memorable in composition, but sloppy in execution. It was cool to see how they transitioned from an early blues-based rock band, to a hard rock band, to an almost 80's pop band. That being said, here are my + & - comments.
+ Great concert footage, excellent sound & video
+ Great overall band, definitely one of the best ever
+ Great songs, everyone loves radio Led Zeppelin
- Several songs show up on this DVD multiple times
- Several classic songs don't show up at all
- They played the songs Waaayyy too long
- Almost too much material to absorb, less is more
The segment I enjoyed most was Madison Square Garden in the mid-70's. They were at their hard rock pinnacle at that point. There were 3 songs straight where I thought they were the best ever, and then it fizzled. The 80's stuff with John Paul Jones on keys got boring. Overall it's worth watching, but debatable whether or not you'll want to watch it again. Die hards will love it. Wanna be's will say they love it because it's almost unheard of anyone giving a real take on this group. I like this band a lot, but don't worship them. Jimmy Page to me was the biggest force in the band, yet the weakest link because of his lack of lead guitar prowess. Robert Plant had great tone, but never hit the high notes that were on the records. He floated in the same key range on every song. Bonham was a master drummer, although Moby Dick was too long, and got repetitious. He was a better song drummer than a soloist. John Paul Jones was the best player in the lot, and don't think he's ever got the due he deserved by fans or the band. He never missed, play sweet bass lines, and added versatility of keys. The fact they left him out of the re-union was a total diss.
2350786
Another fine example of the sad state that music is in. These 4 untalented losers have put out yet another crap album for their loser fans. MTV is responsible for all these cheesy numetal-punkgoth bands which are polluting young kids minds because they don't know any better. This is one of the worst and trendy bands which I cant stand and I wish they would retire already. My brother likes this crap band but that is because he is very young and influential. I need to school him on real music like black sabbath,iron maiden and sepultura. DO NOT BUY THIS GARBAGE!!!
3168481
I really like "The Rover" by Led Zeppelin. Likely one of my favorite album of theirs. Just might be downloading more from this one.
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First HUGE mistake.....the inclusion of the live ENCORE album....a very weak concert at best..

This set should have consisted of ARGENT, RING OF HANDS, IN DEEP, ALL TOGETHER NOW...if they were wanting to issue the first 4 albums in their complete form.

Oh well......a total waste of money.

Update......I have since purchased all of the individual Argent CD's....Sound quality is far superior to this trash.  The last album "Counterparts" was only available from the Russian Federation, but sounds acceptable and the booklet and backflap are faithful repros.
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Every so often, I get an urge to rent this movie...and as hard as I try, I can help but nod off during "Dazed and Confused". I used to feel ashamed...and then I'd be talking to people and I realized I wasn't alone!

There are some truly great moments in this show ("Since I've Been Loving You" and "No Quarter" among others), but the poor camera work (very choppy and WAY too much time pointed at Plant's crotch), the dream sequences and the more "mainstream" song selection make this one a yawn-fest.

THANK GOD for the new Zeppelin set! A version of Dazed and Confused recorded when they were still interested in playing it!!

Much better than the version here.

This one is for avid, die-hards only. If you want quality and more album cuts, get the new one....
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There aren't to many Zeppelin albums that I think every track is super strong, but this one is about the only won that does. It's still not my favorite Zeppelin album even so. Hey dumbass reviewer BonzoZeppelin who wrote all those short bad reviews on December 26th, you're a big dumbass loser retard with an IQ of 35 who doesn't know how to do anything but bash the mighty Led Zeppelin. Go to music school, and maybe you'll learn a thing or two about who's good and who's not good in the game of Rock & Roll. Enough of my tirade!!! This is solid throughout, but I am sick of "Black Dog", "Stairway to Heaven", and "Rock & Roll". If you had never heard those three songs, I would tell you you're in for a real treat before you heard this masterpiece, but I'm sure everybodys heard them billions of times. This is one of their albums that they didn't rip off a lot of the blues artists like Robert Johnson, and I'm forgetting the names of all of them. The album that preceded this one LED ZEPPELIN III was far worse that IV, so this one got them out of their slide. This is still thought of by many as the finest rock album of all time, and while I couldn't go that far myself, it's still a great listen though. ENJOY!!!

P.S. What's the deal you voters on reviews? I give a five star review and because I have a few gripes about it (like I'm tired of a couple of the tracks that are played too much) you get your panties in a bunch, and you can't handle that someone had a little gripe about your mighty Zeppelin. I think they're mighty too, but stop being damn fanatics. I'm just being honest about my feelings about the material on the album. You fanatics are so sensitive. Why don't you go cry to your mommies! I'm out for good now!!!
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This wretched collection was put together without input from any members of the band. It's also missing any songs from our one album on Bearsville, Like This. If that weren't enough to discourage a buyer, they don't even spell the band's name right on the graphic. You are far better off buying any one of the five albums we released legitimately: Stands for Decibels (1980), Repercussion (1981), Like This (1984), The Sound of Music (1987) and Falling Off The Sky (2012).
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I am not sure why the could not use the original songs by the original bands. Unfortunately, I cannot say I like any of the remade songs. Pretty dissapointed.
68875
This was a desperate attempt 2 repeat live& learn. You really can't blame them though(Why fix, if it's not broken?).The fact of the matter is every group or singer makes an album that tanks. In the early years you were given a chance 2 get over the hump, but in these times one bad album usually means you get dropped. I guess that's what happened 2 these guys and it's a shame because these guys actually sang and played their own instruments something you hardly ever see these days. Respect 2 Joe Public aka "Atension".