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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

  • Whole Lotta Love has the 14th greatest guitar riff in history. []
  • Led Zeppelin was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone Magazine's The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. []
  • Led Zeppelin is ranked number 13 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the top 100 musical acts of the 20th century. []
  • Ramble On by Led Zeppelin is ranked number 443 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the top 500 greatest songs ever written. []
  • Over The Hills And Far Away by Led Zeppelin is ranked number 396 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the top 500 greatest songs ever written. []
  • Kashmir by Led Zeppelin is ranked number 317 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the top 500 greatest songs ever written. []
  • Fool in the Rain by Led Zeppelin is ranked number 187 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the top 500 greatest songs ever written. []
  • Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin is ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs ever written. []
  • Robert Plant was ranked number 4 on rock.com's list of the 100 greatest rock vocalists of all time. []
  • Jimmy Page was ranked number 6 on rock.com's list of the 100 greatest guitarists ever. []
  • "Stairway to Heaven" is ranked number 6 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 1000 greatest songs ever written. []
  • Led Zeppelin was ranked number 13 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the greatest singers/bands ever. []
  • Misty Mountain Hop is ranked number 466 on Rock,com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Thank You by Led Zeppelin is ranked number 450 on Rock,com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Good Times, Bad Times is ranked number 404 on Rock,com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid is ranked number 361 on Rock,com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Going to California is ranked number 337 on Rock,com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Led Zeppelin is ranked number 5 on Rock,com's top 25 classic rock bands. []
  • Fool In The Rain is ranked number 261 on Rock,com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • All My Love is ranked number 231 on rock.com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Over the Hills And Far Away is ranked number 121 on rock.com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Ramble On is ranked number 180 on rock.com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Immigrant Song is ranked number 171 on rock.com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Kashmir is ranked number 72 on rock.com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Black Dog is ranked number 51 on rock.com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Rock & Roll is ranked number 45 on rock.com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Stairway to Heaven is ranked number 1 on rock.com's top 500 classic rock songs. []
  • Led Zeppelin was ranked #4 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll. []
  • Led Zeppelin's song Whole Lotta Love is ranked #46 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll. []
  • Led Zeppelin's song Kashmir is ranked #62 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll. []
  • Led Zeppelin's song Rock & Roll is ranked #66 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll. []
  • Led Zeppelin was ranked #1 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists. []
  • Led Zeppelin's albums: Led Zeppelin I, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV (untitled), Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti, Presence, In Through the Out Door, Coda (based on songs that were not released on albums in the past, but played in concerts). []
  • People say that Led Zeppelin Jumped the Shark when they released the album Precense which wasn't as successful. []
  • Led Zeppelin are one of the only two bands to ever have 5 diamond albums. The other band who has done this is the Beatles. []
  • Led Zeppelin released a 2 disc dvd came out, which contained some of Zeppelins best purformances. As well a live CD came out called, How the west was won. []
  • Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin third album is often criticized because it is more folk rock, and it a lot different then the first two albums. []
  • Led Zeppelin's song The Lemon Song was banned from airplay when it first came out for content. []
  • Led Zeppelin was awarded Most Successful Song with their song Stairway to Heaven. []
  • Led Zeppelin came out with a second album in the same year as the first titled Led Zeppelin II. []
  • In Led Zeppelin's first album titled simply Led Zeppelin there were many original adaptations that the band added to their music. They featured some soft acoustic guitar sounds and electric and acoustic guitar combinations. []
  • Led Zeppelin first release was on January 12, 1969. Many of their first album released songs were not originals but covers of others songs. []
  • Led Zeppelin deliberately misspelled their first part of their name so people would not mispronounce it. []
  • Led Zeppelin did some concerts as The New Yardbirds but decided to change their name after a comment from The Who's drummer Keith Moon who said that the group would go down faster than a lead zeppelin. []
  • Jimmy Page wanted Terry Reid to join Led Zeppelin to replace Dreja but Reid refused and Page then asked John Paul Jones to join them. He accepted and the band was formed. []
  • Dreja left Led Zeppelin shortly after their conception to become a photographer. []
  • The original line up for Led Zeppelin members were Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham and Chris Dreja. []
  • Jimmy Page was the influence behind Led Zeppelin. He began the band as The New Yardbirds which he did to fulfill some contractual obligations. []
  • There are only two others who have beat Led Zeppelin astonishing record sales and they are The Beatles and Elvis Presley . []
  • Led Zeppelin has sold over one hundred million albums in the United States alone. []
  • Led Zeppelin has sold over three hundred million albums worldwide. []
  • According to Recording Industry Association of America Led Zeppelin song Stairway to Heaven is considered the greatest classic rock song of all time. []
  • Even after retirement which Led Zeppelin did in 1980, Led Zeppelin still continues to sell music and still had radio airplay. []
  • Led Zeppelin began their long lasting stand together in 1968. []
  • Not happy with their sound, Led Zeppelin decided to take their music in a different direction and moved towards doing the Heavy Metal type music. []
  • When Led Zeppelin began their start into the music world they began as a blue-rock band. []
  • Led Zeppelin hails from Britain and is known to the rock world as the most influential and popular rock groups of all times. []
  • In which song does John Bonham have his most drum solos? Moby Dick What is the Led Zeppelin song Achilles Last Stand about? A greek myph. []
  • You will fall like a Lead Balloon
    Keith Moon from the Who said this line that inspired the name Led Zeppelin. []

Quotes

  • Jimmy Page: My fingerpicking is a sort of cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs and total incompetence. []
  • Jimmy Page: (when asked about his first guitar) The first guitar was a Grazzioso, which was a copy of a Stratocaster; then I got a real Stratocaster; then those Gibson "Black Beauties" which stayed with me for a long time until some thieving magpie took it to his nest. That's the guitar I did all the sixties sessions on. []
  • Jimmy Page: Ours is the folk music of the technological age. []
  • Jimmy Page: I always thought the good thing about the guitar was that they didn't teach it in school. []
  • Jimmy Page: I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising. []
  • Jimmy Page: I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues. []
  • Jimmy Page: But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs -- Early Days -- which is what it is -- and Latter Days. []
  • Jimmy Page: My vocation is more in composition really than anything else -- building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army. []
  • Robert Plant: My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today. []
  • Robert Plant: I'm not trying to be cosmic, it's just that everything's on a roll and that's how it is. The songs within the album discuss that very condition. []
  • Robert Plant: How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated? []
  • John Bonham: Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at. []
  • Jimmy Page: I don't think the critics could understand what we were doing. []
  • Jimmy Page: I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising. []
  • Robert Plant: I realized what Led Zeppelin was about around the end of our first U.S. tour. We started off not even on the bill in Denver, and by the time we got to New York we were second to Iron Butterfly, and they didn't want to go on! []
  • Robert Plant: I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things I've been through are serious. []
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