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Skeptimistic
Mountain climber
La Mancha
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Dec 30, 2013 - 11:25am PT
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Both were great, but only one had God in the lineup...
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 30, 2013 - 12:41pm PT
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and none of them were instrumental virtuosos, as was Page
Page a virtuoso? Are you kidding? That guy was sloppy as hell. He was OK in the studio when all his flubs could be edited out, live he was awful. Couldn't hold a candle to FZ.
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Of course, if you are talking guitar virtuosos, you can stop right here:[Click to View YouTube Video]
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Dec 30, 2013 - 02:51pm PT
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It doesn't matter. Both were great and highly influential. All this talk of Clapton or Page etc being among the best guitar players of all time or Ginger Baker being the best drummer is plain wrong. They are good players but many jazz musicians are much better. For example Tony Williams could destroy Bonham or Baker with 1 hand tied around his back.
Miles Davis had much more going for him musically than Zep or Cream put together plus being a bigger influence on 20 C music. Huge record sales do not mean musical accomplishment.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Dec 30, 2013 - 02:56pm PT
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Loved 'em both forever. So many great songs. Always dug Clapton.
For over all output and impact, I still gotta vote Zeppelin.
*Jimmy Page, a giant riff MACHINE, original, album after album.
*Plant is the better vocalist.
*Bonham was the pounder, but can't beat Ginger for pure technique.
*Jones for killer keyboard and Bass? He had no equal in Cream. Jack Bruce was great but Jones was the more skilled journeyman, all around dude.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Dec 30, 2013 - 04:11pm PT
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This question cannot be serious. Clapton is still going strong and the stuff he has been doing with Winwood is awe-inspiring. But Zep's creative output is 10fold beyond Clapton, and it's not too much of a stretch to suggest Zep created a paradigm shift.
Not saying one is better than the other -- Clapton and Zep are both on my desert island list -- but in terms of the effect of Zepplin on artists to come is beyond comprehension.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Dec 30, 2013 - 05:01pm PT
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Donnie and Marie
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mynameismud
climber
backseat
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Dec 30, 2013 - 06:44pm PT
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SRV
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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F*#k Donnie. F*#k Marie.[Click to View YouTube Video]
Pressed Rat and Warthog have closed down their shop.
They didn't want to, 'twas all they had got.
Selling atonal apples, amplified heat,
And Pressed Rat's collection of dog legs and feet.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Highly subjective... to me: Led Zep - no doubt ... ever...
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Zep for me. I saw them perform at Madison Square Garden in 1977, best show I ever saw!
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Cream paved the way but LZs body of work is flat out amazing.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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^^^
To me, there's no comparison. Zep all the way. Head and shoulders above just about every other band (other than the Beatles and Stones), let alone Cream. Don't get me wrong. I like Cream too, but come on...
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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I don't know much about music, but I know what I like, and I like Zep.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I gotta whole lotta love for Zep! Saw them on their first tour here. Whoa!
Not often that The Doors were not the headliners but as soon as Jimmy launched there was no doubt about it!
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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I'm deliberating on this right now. I have read the thread and see merit in either position.
at the moment I'm leaning toward Cream, because they could almost swing (see Badge). But it's probably Zep.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Bluesbreakers
Not Steppenwolf
Steppin' Out
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"The day may come, if you're a young rocker, when you'll hear one of Clapton's mellow, contemporary ballads on the radio and think, "What's the big deal?" Put on "Steppin' Out." And bow down." - Steven Van Zandt
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