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Black Sabbath Vs Led Zeppelin, your preference?
- Thread starter MAJOR METAL
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Love Sabbath but Zeppelin by far. Best rhythm section in rock and roll. Epic song writing. I'd put Zeppelin 4 & Houses of the Holy up against any album, any time.
I agree that they are not in the same league. They are two different animals.
Led Zeppelin was a music-show fun-band. Lots of power, lots of feeling, lots of remakes of old blues songs. Their purpose was to get you high. Fantastic musicians, fantastic songs, a true rock and roll show. They were mainstream. As opposed to all this, Black Sabbath were innovators that dared exploit the dark side of life and human emotions. Metallica, Pantera, all the doom bands and so on were influenced by Black Sabbath, not by Led Zeppelin. I can hear Black Sabbath in new bands coming out each year, Led Zeppelin ... not really. I saw the figures, Zeppelin sold about 200 million albums, while Sabbath sold 70 million. Speaking about bass and bassists, I have studied both Geezer Butler and John Paul Jones. My feeling is that Geezer lived with the songs and was one with the band, totally absorbed. Jones on the other hand played in his own corner, his stuff, his reaction to the music, almost like a session musician. I love Led Zeppelin, but nothing moves me like listening to a Black Sabbath vinyl album.
I liked Sabbath a lot, but to me, they had a pretty narrow stylistic range. If you own "Paranoid", "Heaven and Hell", and maybe one post-Dio album, you don't really need to hear any of the others. With Zeppelin you almost have to own their whole catalog to hear their whole range of styles. I vote Zeppelin.
It depends on my mood; luckily I don't have to pick. But if I was on a desert island and could only take one decade with me, it would be the 1970s.
Sabbath for me. I may risk the ire of many, but LZ just never floated my boat. I was never a fan, and they last about thirty seconds when the come on my radio.
I have been playing Geezer in one of LA's early Sabbath Tributes for the past few years and always thought that Geezer's bass lines and patterns were easier than JPJ. More recently however, I have started preparing for a possible Led Zep Trib opportunity, and find JPJ's bass lines to be fairly easy as well. Just a different more bluesy style.
As a band, Zep had a wider range. Started off with hard-blues and evolving into the Progressive Hard Rock band that they were at the end.
Sabbath kept it simpler, with the exception of the influence of Dio years when they turned in to a super band.
As a band, Zep had a wider range. Started off with hard-blues and evolving into the Progressive Hard Rock band that they were at the end.
Sabbath kept it simpler, with the exception of the influence of Dio years when they turned in to a super band.
I find myself listening to Sabbath alot more than Zep. But, JPJ was my biggest influence on bass.
I agree with some of the above posters--no contest, they're not even in the same league:
Black Sabbath is the only answer.
Black Sabbath is the only answer.
The Mighty Zep!
(IMO of course)
Why is that my opinion??
Because IMO, Zep's level of musicianship is superior to Sabbath's. I have big respect for Jimmy's layering and texturing, along with JPJ's knowledge of the fretboard and keyboard.
No disrespect for Sabbath. They are cool too. But since the OP asked us for our opinion, I am providing mine.
(IMO of course)
Why is that my opinion??
Because IMO, Zep's level of musicianship is superior to Sabbath's. I have big respect for Jimmy's layering and texturing, along with JPJ's knowledge of the fretboard and keyboard.
No disrespect for Sabbath. They are cool too. But since the OP asked us for our opinion, I am providing mine.
I'm really grappling with this one! JPJ vs. Geezer. The only right answer to this question is..............Geddy Lee!
