“This is the classic ‘Zeppelin IV,’ or ‘Four Symbols,’ ‘Runes,’ whatever you want to call this album, but this is the classic. “A great, great album and a lot of people don’t realize it’s John Bonham doing backup vocals, I think it’s ‘Gallows Pole.’ There’s great live footage of them doing some acoustic songs from this album, and Bonham is the one that’s singing in the band – he was the second vocalist or something.” Led Zeppelin IV I did that with Dream Theater a few times.” Celebration Day’ is a classic ‘Out on the Tiles’ is a classic, and of course, ‘Since I’ve Been Loving You,’ one of the greatest blues songs. I love the way that the volume, the beginning of the ‘Immigrant Song’ is lower, so it’s almost like you can hear it creeping up, you turn up your volume, and then it explodes. After the first two kinda hard-rockers and blues albums, this was more acoustic than the first two, but there’s still some classics on here.” “ ‘Zeppelin III’ is known more like their acoustic album. But anyway, the bonus vinyl with alternate tracks, there’s a lot of great outtakes from this album on the internet where you could hear the isolated tracks, and Bonzo’s drumming was just, oh, so good.” Led Zeppelin III “So our wedding song ended up being ‘My Love’ by Paul McCartney and Wings, but she really wanted ‘Thank You.’ So if we ever get re-married or redo our vows, we’ll have ‘Thank You’ next time. Heartbreaker,’ ‘Whole Lotta Love,’ ‘Moby Dick,’ of course, ‘Ramble On,’ ‘Thank You’… Marlene wanted ‘Thank You’ to be our wedding song, and I feel bad to this day that we didn’t do it because Robert wrote that song about his child that passed away, so I didn’t think it was appropriate for a wedding song.” “ ‘Zeppelin II, maybe my favorite Zeppelin album, I would say between ‘II,’ ‘IV,’ and ‘Physical Graffiti,’ and ‘Houses of the Holy’ too, I love them all, but ‘Zeppelin II’ is such a classic. So one of these days hopefully I can get Jimmy’s autograph on there with Robert’s,” Mike Portnoy said. I’ve met Jimmy Page many, many times, but never got him to sign anything. And I actually have another copy of ‘Zeppelin I’ hanging on my autograph wall over there, signed by Robert Plant. “And I think that Keith Moon said, ‘Oh, that’s gonna bomb like a lead zeppelin.’ And I think that’s how they got their name – rumor has it. Jimmy Page at that point had come out of The Yardbirds, John Paul Jones was a famous session guy, and then Robert Plant and John Bonham rounding out the band, which were originally The New Yardbirds.” “‘Communication Breakdown’ is a classic ‘How Many More Times’… I mean, classic blues-based rock. “But of course, John Bonham, one of my all-time heroes… So, the first album – ‘Dazed and Confused’ obviously is a masterpiece – opening with ‘Good Times, Bad Times,’ such great drumming…” The 60s were all about The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, The Kinks, and then comes Led Zeppelin to usher in the ’70s and become one of the biggest rock bands of all time.” “The first Zeppelin album, this was a game-changer that’s pretty much closed out the ’60s. Mike Portnoy gives opinion about all Led Zeppelin albums: Led Zeppelin I
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