Presence vs Who Are You
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Topic: Presence vs Who Are You
Posted By: Svetonio
Subject: Presence vs Who Are You
Date Posted: March 02 2011 at 15:21
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Well, this is the last one of the series of Who vs Zep albums polls.
I hope that you like them
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: March 02 2011 at 15:54
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Presence DESTROYS Who are you.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 02 2011 at 16:45
| Who Are You DESTROYS Presence |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: March 02 2011 at 16:53
QFT |
Finnforest wrote:Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: March 02 2011 at 17:31
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Led zeppelin!
------------- Sonorous Meal show every Sunday at 20:00 (greek time) on http://www.justincaseradio.com |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: March 02 2011 at 18:18
| Presence. "Achilles Last Stand"," Nobodies Fault But Mine", enough said. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: March 02 2011 at 21:08
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I like both albums a lot. Who Are You is more consistent, yet Presence has Achilles Last Stand, which just blazes for its entire ten minute duration. The rest of the album is good as well, but this one track stands above them all. Gotta go with the mightly Led Zeppelin. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 02 2011 at 21:17
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Presence.
"Nobody's Fault But Mine" is one great bluesy tune. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 02 2011 at 22:47
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Hi, Both albums deserve to be in our collections. I would say, however, that "Who Are You" is much more important as it is the pinacle of what The Who had done by that time, and it closed the book beautifully. And the whole album is magnificent, and deserves all the expletives of excellent that we can think of. I like Presence, and it was an album I bought amidst many people at the station and friends, saying that it was not that good an album ... but the fans that liked Stairway to Hooplah, are simply not capable of appreciating that band pushing the envelope. And check out "It's Gonna Get Loud" when Jimmy explains "Achilles Last Stand" ... which was ... Led Zeppelin's last stand. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: March 02 2011 at 22:56
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Presence. Always loved that one. Found it on a discount rack at a CD and have loved it ever since. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: clarkpegasus4001
Date Posted: March 03 2011 at 00:26
Presence, an easy one as that is my fave Zep album, mainly because of Achilles Last Stand which is my fave Zep track. 
------------- Tony C. |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: March 03 2011 at 15:37
jep |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: March 04 2011 at 11:59
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Zeppelin easily.... but I also like Who Are You ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 04 2011 at 15:08
If you can ever hear the energy and the strength of the early boots from LZ, specially the series around LA's shows during Bonzo's birthday (there are 3 of those), in the end, Presence was very nice ... but not a total experience that the band was and had been for the few that ever got to see them. It makes the power and strength in Achilles, come alive all the time, and stay there ... for the whole concert.
You can not see this in the video, because the shows used are not as great, and Jimmy messed up with the original boots in How the West Was Won. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Alberto Muņoz
Date Posted: March 06 2011 at 09:19
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Vote for Presence althoug Who Are you was the last great album by the Who
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Posted By: Alberto Muņoz
Date Posted: March 06 2011 at 09:21
there are circulating those shows of LZ in internet in unedited form and there one of best of 1972! ------------- |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: March 06 2011 at 17:15
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Who Are You is the stronger album overall, so it gets my vote. Presence has a couple of outstanding tracks - Nobody's Fault and Achilles Last Stand - but otherwise is pretty unmemorable. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 06 2011 at 18:22
Hmmm...I don't think Who Are You is "the pinnacle of what The Who had done by that time"; on the contrary, both Who By Numbers and Who Are You are representative of The Who in decline after three masterpieces, Tommy, Who's Next and Quadrophenia. I just can't get too worked up over Who Are You. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: overmatik
Date Posted: March 12 2011 at 17:55
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Presence shows an unoriginal band running out of ideas, so there is really no base for comparison. The Zep is the greatest cover band in history. I just cannot respect them for their plagiarism.
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