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Heavy Metal vs mainstream rock
Whole Lotta Love
(#5, 1969) - video of live performance (1970, Royal Albert Hall)
- 16th-note subdivision, guitar riff, vocal timbre, distorted guitar
- listen to "break" section thru return of riff
Black Dog
Stairway to Heaven
3 excerpts:
begins with acoustic guitars & recorders, light vocal quality, gradually thickening texture
strong guitar solo begins build toward climax
builds to screaming vocals over heavy metal guitar riff … ends with a capella vocal line
video of live performance at Earl's Court (1975) and another version from The Song Remains the Same
More Info: an interesting article about "Audio Reversal" (backward lyrics)
Houses of the Holy (1973), Physical Graffiti (1975), and Presence (1976) continued their incredible success
The Crunge - Dancing Days
Listen to James Brown's influence on the transition between
these two cuts from
Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy" (1973)
... a kind of "tongue-in-cheek" homage to the Godfather of Soul
remember "Make It Funky" from
the James Brown page?
speaking of links with the occult ...
name suggested by Terry "Geezer" Butler (bassist) who was a fan of occult novelist Dennis Wheatley; generally the lyrical messages of the band are doom-and-gloom predictions
Paranoid
Symptom of the Universe
Rock ‘n' Roll Rebel
Flying High Again
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