Total Listens At Time Of Press: 8
What's really cool about this album is how well it showcases the individual parts of the group. Jones on "The Lemon Song" and "Ramble On", Bohnam on "Moby Dick", and Page and Plant throughout, but especially on "Whole Lotta Love". I'd always assumed Led Zeppelin was good, but I'm finding out just how good during this project. I've tried this before with The Who and The Rolling Stones but I was left disappointed. The Who are too much in the head, too serious. The Stones too much in the heart, too playful. Zep seems to head right for both the head and the heart via the balls. It's all sex. Parents must have hated them.
Overwrought Section
Zep takes the listener on a bus ride through the seediest red-light district, never stopping, only speeding up until it crashes and explodes in a fireball. Forget "Whole Lotta Love", the whole album is an orgasm section.
Best Track (Other Than "Whole Lotta Love") - The Lemon Song
Coarse talk between men is usually uncreative and silly. I guess the vulgarity reminds one of the male obligation to be tough even though the activity is mostly childish. But when that same talk is directed to a woman it takes on a darker hue. It becomes dangerous. And somehow, when set to the slow, slushy music as it is in The Lemon Song, it is also angelic.
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