Best British Rock Band?

[thestonesfan]

Idiotic lyrics? Any songs which contain vast amounts of LOTR references can't be bad.

Er...did Galadrial buy a stairway to heaven? I missed that part.

 

[anarchywrksbest]

Where do you think "Misty Mountain" comes from?

And I was thinking more about songs like Ramble On and Bron-Yr-Aur.

"T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl so fair,
But Gollum, and the evil one crept up
And slipped away with her."

 

[thestonesfan]

I knew "Ramble On" was based on it...but "Stairway" has always seemed unintelligable to me.

That said, it's still a good song.

 

[BCLG100]

I havnt really listened listened to Led Zeppelin that much, however is there mentions of frodo an clan throughout the songs?

 

[Syterion]

I believe there is a ringwraith reference in "The Battle of Evermore". And of course "Ramble On".

 

[Quasar1011]

Oh well, this is supposed to be rock. I couldn't vote for Depeche Mode or New Order... which are better bands than these rock bands listed anyway.

 

[cgannon64]

Where do you think "Misty Mountain" comes from?

And I was thinking more about songs like Ramble On and Bron-Yr-Aur.

"T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl so fair,
But Gollum, and the evil one crept up
And slipped away with her."

Damn, Led Zeppelin's completely unintelligible Tolkein-worship pisses me off sometimes.

 

[Syterion]

Where do you think "Misty Mountain" comes from?

And I was thinking more about songs like Ramble On and Bron-Yr-Aur.

Bron-Yr-Aur doesn't have any lyrics.

 

[Gr3yL3gion]

I vote for Oasis. They rock.

 

[test_specimen]

I knew "Ramble On" was based on it...but "Stairway" has always seemed unintelligable to me.

I think it refers to the part where they try to cross the mountains instead of going through Moria.

 

[dgfred]

Damn, Led Zeppelin's completely unintelligible Tolkein-worship pisses me off sometimes.

Me too! . My 13 yr old daughter asked
me what he meant and I said I didn't have a clue

 

[thestonesfan]

I think it refers to the part where they try to cross the mountains instead of going through Moria.

Of all the parts of the book...they pick that one to write a song about?

 

[thestonesfan]

Bron-Yr-Aur doesn't have any lyrics.

That's true. Maybe he's thinking of "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp".

But I don't think that has anything to do with Tolkien.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I've never felt that lyrics need make sense.

Listening to Stairway to Heaven right now ...

 

[embitteredpoet]

Imho the Stones are slightly over-rated. I think the list is a ROCK list, which makes it strange that Motorhead and Deep Purple aren't on there. It seems like the kind of list of music for people who buy the 'Best Air Guitar Album in the World EVER...' compilations. The Jam are a great singles band; Town Called Malice, Going underground, A bomb in Wardour, Down in the tube station at midnight, That's entertainment...'
But not exactly ROCK, really though.

 

[anarchywrksbest]

That's true. Maybe he's thinking of "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp".

But I don't think that has anything to do with Tolkien.

When they played it live they shout "STRIDER!!" at the end.

 

[anarchywrksbest]

"We'll still go walking down country lanes, I'll sing the same old songs,
Hear me call your name. .... STRIDER!!"

 

[Ben E Gas]

I got all these names from a list we complied at another music site, so don't ***** about them.

And The Beatles is pop.

I see you explaination that the Beatles is Pop. But they were so many other things too as well as Rock. They even had the 1st heavy metal song, "Helter Skelter".

oh, and I voted for Led Zep.

 

[dgfred]

For those who say they do not like the Beatles: Listen to 'Hey Bulldog', if
you still do not like them I will understand- you are not of music intelligence.

 

[BassDude726]

I know this isn't a British band, but does anyone here like the Misfits? (New Jersy 70s punk band, one of the greats). I consider them up there with the Clash and the Ramones.