> On Apr 13, 3:29 pm, zepflo...@yahoo.com wrote:
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>> Many think that I just praise these three bands all of the time. They
>> were three of the most consistent and "challengingly entertaining"
>> bands of the 70s. But they did make some subpar material which are
>> these days for some reason considered to be their best efforts....
>> beats me.

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>> Physical Graffiti (A-):
>> The first Led Zeppelin album to have a siginificant amount of average
>> songs. Custard Pie is not nearly as mindblowing as the other album
>> openers before (Good Times Bad Times, Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant
>> Song, Black Dog, The Song Remains the Same). The Rover is way too long
>> and has quite a bit of not so interesting wanking. In my Time of Dying
>> is at least 2 minutes longer inspite of some powerhouse drumming by
>> Bonzo. Houses of the Holy is a reject from the previous album after
>> all. And sounds like a reject. I am not too fond of the repetitive and
>> stupid lyriced Trampled Underfoot. Kashmir is excellent. In the Light
>> has a overlong intro but it is a nice song. Bron Yr Aur is a great
>> instrumental and very tasteful. Down by the Seaside is okay. A little
>> too mushy IMO. Ten Years Gone is quite underrated and in my opinion
>> the best song on the album. Night Flight is not A material. The Wanton
>> Song is boring. Boogie with Stu is quite interesting but it is still
>> not their best. I like Black Country Woman -- a very unque Zeppelin
>> songs with sparse instrumentation. Sick Again is sickeningly generic.
>> Overall a good album that has many good song but a let down in quality
>> from the other five before.

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>> Wish You Were Here (B+)
>> I used to like this album a lot. Now I pretty much hate it. It is just
>> overly sentimental to me at times. Wish You Were Here is quite melodic
>> for a Floyd song. But if I want to listen to a good melody I would
>> rather listen to Moody Blues or may be the Beatles. The songs is too
>> much off a balad for me. Welcome to the Machine is listless. The creep
>> synth effect is nothing groundbreaking as it is made out to be.
>> Kraftwerk had been doing this thing for years and were better. Have a
>> Cigar is the best song on the album and the only one that rocks. SOYCD
>> would have been a great 10 minute song but it got strecthed out for
>> freaking half  hour. Overrated, I would take Atom Heart Mother or
>> Meddle over this crap anyday. And it is nowhere in the league of Pipe
>> or Dark Side in terms of EVERYTHING.

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>> Animals (B)
>> Even worse than WYWH. This rocks much more and has more bite. But also
>> stinks much more. There is hardly anything memorable on the album. The
>> lyrics suck. Waters' singing is actrocious and there are too many
>> generic Gilmour solos (most of them could have been on a Bryan Adams
>> album). If I want to listen to good solos, I would listen to Deep
>> Purple, not frigging Floyd and their calculated wanking. Dogs is a
>> pile of dog poop. It drags on and on for 17 minutes and some really
>> cheesy synth effects. Pigs on the Wing are two throwaway acoustic
>> numbers. Pigs is probably the best but it still doesnt have much going
>> on. Sheep is quite unmemorable. This is Floyd's only proper attempt at
>> being a prog band. And they sucked at it. Good they didnt try this
>> again.

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>> Going For the One (B+)
>> Yes try to get back to the Fragile glory days. Unfortunately for them,
>> they had lost momentum by then. They all had solo careers by this time
>> and things had probably gone to their heads. Anderson is sounding like
>> a new age preacher on this album. Wakeman is very dominant here and
>> that results in too much of keyboards for my liking... one big reason
>> I hate Genesis. I guess Howe got pushed in the background because his
>> solo albums didnt fare as well as Anderson's and Wakeman's. Anyway,
>> the problem with this album is none of the songs are A or A+. They are
>> all merely good. Awaken is quite boring for its 15 minutes and nowhere
>> in the league of Close to the Edge or Gates of Delerium. It is almost
>> as tedious as the 4 songs on Tales. But at least the songs on Tales
>> were somewhat memorable and ONLY WERE RUINED because of excessive
>> padding. Going For the One is the only song on the album that rocks
>> but not in a good way at all. Parallels is drenched in organ and gets
>> irritating after a while. Wonderous Storries is good but is too poppy
>> for my taste. Turn of the Century might be the best song but it could
>> have been more succinct. Overall quite disappointing considering this
>> almost the same band which Fragile and Close to the Edge.

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> PR, and Blackmonk etc..are one of the few posters to qualify as
> knowing how to rate albums..and obscure music. They have an open mind
> about new music..not just this same material, over and over again.
> Sorry Raga (or whatever your name is)..but you have to keep up with
> the times too. I know you mean well, and I don't intend this as a
> flame..but just to explore newer music.- Hide quoted text -
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