Yes. But as indelible riffs go, Stairway to Heaven grates less than Smoke on the Water.
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Is Deep Purple in the same league with Led Zeppelin?
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But Plant grates more than anyone/anything.
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US here. Or Texas, anyway, but spent lots of time living in another state. 8^) Different experience. The people I hung with were, on average, as into Deep Purple as Zep. A lot of us had as many (or more) DP albums as Zep albums. Especially the MK 2 and Mk 3 versions. For me, the Mk 2 era especially was consistently excellent, whereas most Zep albums had songs that didn't do a lot for me. Still, I wish (like all Zep fans) that John had lived. Who knows where they'd have gone?
I can listen to Stairway all day long. I can listen to SotW - or the whole Machine head Album - all day long. Just because they're overplayed doesn't mean they aren't awesome.
Well once again the thread isn't about which band was better, or even which one you prefer, it's about whether they are in the same league--and that goes for the members as well.
I think Paice is as unique as Bonham.
I'm not a drummer & I can hear that--he uses the high hat like nobody else, for one thing.
And I know drummers who were strongly influenced by him.
(One of the drummers I know well was definitely influenced by Bonham & Paice.)
Both bands were a big part of my formative musical tastes.
I like both.
I would have to say I like Zeppelin better, but in no way would I put down Purple to say so.
Of both bands the one who had the biggest influence on me was Jon Lord.
And that is not on keyboard playing, but musical style over all.
His phrasing & not choices have had a big influence on me.
More than Page & Blackmore on my guitar playing (Although there're in there) or Jones & Glover on my bass playing (They're there as well)
To me they are in the same league--that doesn't mean one sucks.
In fact I'd put them both in my top 5, and the longer i live, the more I appreciate Purple.
DP were better than LZ at times. But overall, LZ were better.
Deep Purple has always been my favorite colored band.
It would be Black Sabbath, but technically that is the absence of color.
Yes, I feel DP and LZ are on the same level musically.
It would be Black Sabbath, but technically that is the absence of color.
Yes, I feel DP and LZ are on the same level musically.
I listened to both recently.
Purple had everything.
Zep had very good chemistry for that one line up.
I like and dislike Page in equal measure.
Great energy and studio/song production.
Blackmore, just great great when on song.
For me, I had loads of Purple albums over Zep.
Today, I'm far far more likely to search out a old Purple track.
I like Plant on solo though.
Purple had everything.
Zep had very good chemistry for that one line up.
I like and dislike Page in equal measure.
Great energy and studio/song production.
Blackmore, just great great when on song.
For me, I had loads of Purple albums over Zep.
Today, I'm far far more likely to search out a old Purple track.
I like Plant on solo though.
I mean zeppelin sold way more albums than DP. Sold out stadiums. DP couldn’t touch that. Not here in the us. I mean that’s just facts. So if you say they were on even par with your friends then I believe you. And it was unique. Not the norm. It just wasn’t.
Are you of the opinion that popularity equals quality? If so, then you must agree that Adele's 21 and the soundtrack to The Sound of Music are better than any Led Zeppelin album and that Elton John and Madonna are better than Led Zeppelin.
Ok so this conversation has now gone there. Lol. Ok yea. Zeppelin is as popular as Adele. Stay with me here. I was responding to a guy who said the friends he hung with liked Zeppelin as much as DP. I never said sales equated quality. But his experience was unique because as evidenced by sales in records and concert tickets sold Zep was way more popular than DP. At least in the US. It’s just not even close. So when I grew up, I was born in 1961, Zep was absolutely and it wasn’t even close in another atmosphere than DP. That said we loved Machine Head and Made In Japan. I’ve never said that Zep was better or worse. To each his own. If you like DP better than Zep good for you. Whatever floats your boat. You have a love for music. Many do not. I feel sad for them. There is a lot more of music out there I don’t listen to but I don’t think it’s better or worse it’s just not my thing. But Zep was by far and it’s not even close more loved in the US than DP was. So his experience that his friends liked DP as much as Zep would not have been the norm. And the idea that Ian Paice was as influential of a drummer and Bonzo is just ridiculous. Now that’s not saying Paice wasn’t a good drummer. He was. DP was a good band. But not a great iconic band. Just another good rock band from the 70s. And as far as I’m concerned DP was one of the pioneers of hard rock. But they are not in the same league as Zeppelin. How else can you quantify that if not by sales of records and tickets. Anything else is just subjective opinion.
DP were definitely better from the aspect of live performances.
I'm primarily a LZ fan. I saw them 8 times 1970-1977. I saw DP once, in 1973.
I bought all of Zeppelin's releases, and two for DP: Machine Head and DP In Rock.
Smoke on the Water, was okay, but Lazy, Child In Time, and Speed King are my favorite DP songs.
But LZ songs that are my favorite... that's a whole long list of live and studio tracks.
Great respect for the musicians in DP and LZ.
As long as this thread is a still going I’ll opine that Led Zeppelin’s compositions consistently contain more “light and shade” than Deep Purple’s do. Just my opinion.
It's a pleasure to read such a deeply thought out and well-argued opinion.
