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Three Album Run - Led Zeppelin vs The Who
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    Posted: February 24 2021 at 00:33
I like The Who, but Led Zeppelin wins this one in a massive 500 ft tall megaflood.
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Always gotta go with Zeppelin.
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Zep by far. Never liked The Who at all.
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I've always liked the Who a lot and even saw them live once but never really went crazy buying all their albums like I did with Led Zeppelin. So with that in mind I'm not that familiar with Quadrophenia. No vote but possibly would otherwise be for the Who since LZ lose points for me for being musical plagiarists early on.
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Zep all the way for me
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Can't f'ing vote either way on this one. I can see the tie very clearly.
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I've never been a great fan of Tommy but they sure made up for it with their next attempt at a rock opera.

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voted the who
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Went with The Who on this one. 

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IV over Tommy just.

Who's Next is perfect while Hoth has some dodgy content and the wrong version of No Quarter (the recordings in NYC before that one from Mick Jagger's place smokes that one. Bless bootlegs.

Fiscal Gravity has the innovative Kashmir and loads of awesome material... I only find the lyrics of Sick Again irritating. Rock stars moaning about groupies... it's like bank managers complaining about money...

Fine with the material that found a home which adds to the character of one of the awesome albums of rock.

But it's set against Quadrophenia, cohesive, witty, cathartic and loaded to the gills with great playing, fabulous songs and a great concept. Wagnerian...

Wouldn't want to be without any really.
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

I don't even know where my Tommy album is, it's not in my The Who section.
It must be with your Beatles albums.

Silly wabbit....that would mean I don't have a Tommy album, which is incorrect, I can't find it is all. 

I only own 3 Beatles albums as I have said before. Sgt Pepper, the Blue and Red compilations. Sgt Pepper is a beat up copy worth maybe $2-3 but the Blue and Red are in VG++/NM and probably worth $40 ea. My wife bought those for $15ea, I told her it was the worst $30 she ever spent........We actually went to marriage counseling over that whole purchase. She has since apologized, almost daily LOL 
LOL and do bear in mind the red album is just over an hour long and yet stretched over 2 CDs. Just in case anyone considers an upgrade...

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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Those Who albums are hard to beat, but Led Zep just edge it due to Physical Graffiti.

I'm the opposite. Graffiti sinks Zep (it's basically a scrapping the bottom of drawer compilation).


Yes kind of, but it's one hell of a drawer!

"Physical Graffiti" is a bit uneven, but there are some great songs on it. "In my Time of Dying", "Houses of the Holy", "Trampled under Foot", "Kashmir", "In the Light", even simple songs like "Custard Pie" or "The Rover". Yes, with some songs you ask "was this really necessary?", but the highlights are superb.


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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

I don't even know where my Tommy album is, it's not in my The Who section.

It must be with your Beatles albums.


Silly wabbit....that would mean I don't have a Tommy album, which is incorrect, I can't find it is all. 

I only own 3 Beatles albums as I have said before. Sgt Pepper, the Blue and Red compilations. Sgt Pepper is a beat up copy worth maybe $2-3 but the Blue and Red are in VG++/NM and probably worth $40 ea. My wife bought those for $15ea, I told her it was the worst $30 she ever spent........We actually went to marriage counseling over that whole purchase. She has since apologized, almost daily LOL 
3 Beatles albums? Well, that's 3 more than I thought you would own.
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Originally posted by Manuel Manuel wrote:

This is hard. Both are excellent. I gave my vote to The Who, but Zep is not far behind.


Yeah, same here.

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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

I don't even know where my Tommy album is, it's not in my The Who section.
It must be with your Beatles albums.

Silly wabbit....that would mean I don't have a Tommy album, which is incorrect, I can't find it is all. 

I only own 3 Beatles albums as I have said before. Sgt Pepper, the Blue and Red compilations. Sgt Pepper is a beat up copy worth maybe $2-3 but the Blue and Red are in VG++/NM and probably worth $40 ea. My wife bought those for $15ea, I told her it was the worst $30 she ever spent........We actually went to marriage counseling over that whole purchase. She has since apologized, almost daily LOL 

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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

I don't even know where my Tommy album is, it's not in my The Who section.
It must be with your Beatles albums.

Silly wabbit....that would mean I don't have a Tommy album, which is incorrect, I can't find it is all. 

I only own 3 Beatles albums as I have said before. Sgt Pepper, the Blue and Red compilations. Sgt Pepper is a beat up copy worth maybe $2-3 but the Blue and Red are in VG++/NM and probably worth $40 ea. My wife bought those for $15ea, I told her it was the worst $30 she ever spent........We actually went to marriage counseling over that whole purchase. She has since apologized, almost daily LOL 
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I think I would have included The Who Sell Out in the album run. Who's Next and Quadrophenia are great achievements on a pure musical level, and I really enjoy them. But I tend to find The Who's 60's work more interesting. It is a bit more edgy, experimenting with noise and feedback, and containing a sort of art school elegance - also with the pop art influence that is all over The Who Sell Out in particular. It has a subtlety that somehow disappeared in the 70's when they turned the amps up to 11.

In the 60's the loudness of their agressive playing was counterweighted by Roger Daltrey's then more restrained vocals, and a more sparse use of guitar distortion. The counterweight disappeared in the 70's, especially with Daltrey becoming a hard rock screamer, paradoxically making their music much less dangerous.


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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Argo2112 Argo2112 wrote:

Which band had the better run? 

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If it was any other three albums this vote would have been different. Led Zeppelin
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Those Who albums are hard to beat, but Led Zep just edge it due to Physical Graffiti.

I'm the opposite. Graffiti sinks Zep (it's basically a scrapping the bottom of drawer compilation).


Yes kind of, but it's one hell of a drawer!
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