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Topic: Queen II Vs Physical Graffiti Posted: September 05 2017 at 15:40
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Queen II is a lot of fun, but Graffiti is prime Zeppelin. An iconic album that defined 70s rock.
Couldn't have said it better.
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Axel Rose raved about the album in a rock mag interview in the late 80s bringing it out of relative obscurity ("relative" being the key word - could any Queen LP ever really be considered obscure?), the Kurt Cobain did the same a few years later and the popularity of the album rose. I actually checked out Guns n Roses 'cause of that interview.....not my taste, but the acoustic side of GnR Lies ain't bad.
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
Queen 2 is a fine album. Quite a step up from the debut. Powerful, dramatic, pretty damn' awesome.
One of the things I like about Graffiti are the numbers that are not obviously classic. For me the Boogie With Stu and other out takes from sessions just add a character to the album statement. It's not a concept album, nor a standard one but demonstrates a diversity in styles that I find welcoming and less predictable. Can't imagine Black Sabbath (for example) doing a Down By The Seaside). The only query I have with this album, is Sick Again's lyrics. I've never been one for songs about rock and roll rock star life styles...
Not sure I see the relationship between the two albums though. A Night At The Opera v. Graffiti? Or II versus II maybe? Where does the significance happen?
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Posted: May 29 2015 at 09:40
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Not a fair comparison....Queen II is a lot of fun, but Graffiti is prime Zeppelin. An iconic album that defined 70s rock. Queen II spent the mid 70s and 80s in relative obscurity only to be revived when a famous singer revealed that his favorite album of all-time was Queen II. The revival has been interesting considering how overlooked it had always been.
I must have missed that.......who's this famous singer who loves Queen II.
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Not a fair comparison....Queen II is a lot of fun, but Graffiti is prime Zeppelin. An iconic album that defined 70s rock. Queen II spent the mid 70s and 80s in relative obscurity only to be revived when a famous singer revealed that his favorite album of all-time was Queen II. The revival has been interesting considering how overlooked it had always been.
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
Queen II. I couldn't vote against maybe greatest Queen album. PG are ok but I like other LZ records more... A lot of filleron the PG as somebody here has said before me.
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Posted: April 09 2015 at 08:37
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Queen II. Is there any album more over-rated than Physical Graffiti? Especially of late. It's basically a collection of outtakes, songs that were rejected for previous albums. Nor do these songs sit comfortably side-by-side with each other. The best is the new material recorded for that album, especially Custard Pie, The Wanton Song, Trampled Under Foot, and of course the great Kashmir. Those tracks are undeniably great, up there with anything Led Zep ever recorded. Furthermore, those tracks push Led Zep in a new direction. Too bad then that it's surrounded by rejects. There's probably a great single disc lurking in there, if you cut out all the filler and inferior songs that should've been B-sides. How anyone can think it approaches IV, II, I, III or even Houses of the Holy, I've never understood...
"Led Zeppelin IV" outtakes and rejects: Down by the Seaside, Night Flight, Boogie with Stu
--- verdict: not one of these songs can hold a candle to any single song on IV
"Led Zeppelin III" outtakes and rejects: Bron-Yr-Aur
--- verdict: a nice short acoustic instrumental
"Houses of the Holy" outtakes and rejects: The Rover, Black Country Woman, Houses of the Holy
--- verdict: only the track Houses of the Holy is up to the usual Led Zep standards
That's 7 old songs, only one of which is up to par, paired with 8 new songs (including the dreadful In My Time of Dying, which further bogs down the album).
All your opinion of course. In my opinion, even LZ's "rejects" are better than most other band's stuff.
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Posted: April 09 2015 at 08:19
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Bad comparison for me, but PG was an outstanding single LP (instead of a bloated pair!), while Queen's did not quite take to the airwaves right away. Led Zep was kinda "pre-sold", and bound and ready for another million and such. Queen, at the time, was just an after thought, but they stood up later, very well.
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