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uduwudu
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Topic: Led Zeppelin and Rush song knockout? Posted: May 19 2017 at 04:54 |
DDPascalDD wrote:
Both could be done in half the time they conjure up in the studio version., although they both contain a lot of energy, that makes it weak.I should re-listen if I'd want to choose, tough choice. |
You could get your wish. The concert version from Vienna 1980 has an under 7 minute performance. It worked better as the full version. There's quite a lot happening in Achilles. As for Rush their tour versions of Cygnus 1 and 2 made the work far more cohesive.
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 21:55 |
Now, the question would rather be, "Achilles Last Stand" or Vand Der Graaf Generator's "Sleepwalkers".
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 17:27 |
L.Z.
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Wanorak
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 14:22 |
Achilles for me.
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dr wu23
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 13:22 |
Need to relisten to those.......never thought all that much of either.
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miamiscot
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 10:25 |
This is a close call. I love both songs!!!
Hemispheres by an inch.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 05:05 |
Led leads
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Blacksword
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 04:50 |
Jeffro wrote:
Upbeat Tango Monday wrote:
This one's a no-brainer! Hemispheres by FAR. Achilles Last Stand is one of Led Zeppelin's worst songs: repetitive,simplistic, overlong and almost unbearable. |
<div zoompage-fontsize="13"> <div zoompage-fontsize="13">I like both songs but for all those who are criticizing Hemipheres for repetitiveness, Achilles suffers from the same affliction. | That's true. I guess it comes down to whether what is being repeated has the effect on the individual of excitement or irritation. Repetition can have either effect, as dance music often illustrates. ALS to me is like driving at high speed in a sports car on a deserted autobahn, whereas Hemispheres feels like rattling along an uneven dirt track in a covered wagon..
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Jeffro
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 04:38 |
Upbeat Tango Monday wrote:
This one's a no-brainer! Hemispheres by FAR. Achilles Last Stand is one of Led Zeppelin's worst songs: repetitive,simplistic, overlong and almost unbearable. |
I like both songs but for all those who are criticizing Hemipheres for repetitiveness, Achilles suffers from the same affliction.
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Blacksword
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 04:30 |
Hemispheres blew my mind on first listen, but I've come to think of it as the worst track on that album... It's full of great ideas, but there's too much repetition of themes.
Achilles last stand however is incredible. The driving excitement of that track held together by Bonhams drums never fails to move me, so it gets the vote.
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Upbeat Tango Monday
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 18:03 |
This one's a no-brainer! Hemispheres by FAR. Achilles Last Stand is one of Led Zeppelin's worst songs: repetitive,simplistic, overlong and almost unbearable.
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aapatsos
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 14:20 |
By the way every time I listen to "the song remains the same" I think it's a Rush song...
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 13:35 |
absolutely love both
can't decide
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Prog On!
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verslibre
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 11:37 |
RUSH!
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Catcher10
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 11:20 |
Rash
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Man With Hat
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 10:28 |
Rush
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Rednight
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 09:09 |
^Led who? A resounding Ouch!
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Kepler62
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 08:18 |
Hemispheres is probably the only Rush album I own. Mine has the red disc. Remember buying it just for that reason. I don't even own any Zeppelin albums. Led who?
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gr8dane
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 07:44 |
2 bands that may not be in my top 100. But Achilles is my favourite Zep song. Hemispheres is on one of 2 Rush albums that I listen to at all. Zep gets the vote today.
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Shake & bake.
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 06:55 |
Hemispheres by a continental mile.
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