Led zeppelin presence2/1/2024 ![]() Like a darker version of Since I've Been Loving You, a re-invention of the blues style that Zep created for themselves. The song is grand, but in a different way from Achilles Last Stand, and the perfect way to end this album. The guitar is so memorable.especially these strange accelerations in the pace, which seems to come out of nowhere around the middle of the song. It does explore similar themes, but what I like about Rob's vocals is that he's not screaming his head off to create an emotional performance. A remake of the classic "Since I've Been Loving You" (which would make it a cover of a cover). Tea For One: The grand finale! And it ends on an intentionally anticlimactic note. The pace is still slow and thumping and its hard hitting, but really not a vital component of the album. ![]() Hots On For Nowhere: Forgettable, and quite similar to For Your Life. Overall, I love this song, if only Rob's vocals blended a bit better with the instrumentation. The guitar is very difficult to replicate (after many attempts in my own experience), and I believe it is a cover of an older song, possibly from the 50s, similar to what Zeppelin would have done in their first four albums. Candy Store Rock: Despite Plant's slightly lifeless vocals, this song is fast and soft. The production is flawless, and displays the peak of Zep's songwriting skill. This is purely guitar porn, easily Page's greatest solo. The song is not trying to be hard and fast, its a smooth and catchy song, with some incredible use of flange (the guitar effect) in the introduction. Nobodies Fault But Mine: Yet another masterpiece. Its solid, but there is not much substance to the song besides the lyrics (which I suspect are about some sort of inappropriate sexual encounter, classic Zep). Royal Orleans: I have listened to this album many times, but there is little to no way of explaining the remarkably average nature of this song. Just a fun, catchy song, with a terrific solo. The song never breaks the pace and is consistently hard hitting and fun. The drum beat is hard and the riff is a classic hard rock sound, but the 'sexually' (for lack of a better word) charged delivery of the lyrics. Overall the song is just colourful and vibrant in a sense creating a grand and powerful atmosphere, reminiscent of their most iconic song "Stairway to Heaven" For Your Life: A slow moving, but surprisingly swaggering track. There is something about the drumming in this song which really is fast and lively, perhaps Bonzo's best drum track, with some truly powerful fills. Multiple solos are thrown about the song, and more subtly the transitions in the guitar work are incredibly fast (and for me at least difficult to replicate yourself). First of all, although not as iconic as some other Page riffs, the riffs in this song are truly representative of the speed and vibrancy the song creates. It is perhaps their largest and most ambitious song, with some truly beautiful guitar work. Achilles Last Stand: This for me is Led Zeppelin's best song. I'll go through it song by song, then discuss the quality of the remaster. So for the few weeks I've spent alone listening to Presence, I have truly understood the subtly in Zep's songwriting in their later years. I have been without internet for a few weeks, and the only song I had downloaded to an iPod, was the remaster of Presence. I have been without Easily Led Zeppelin's most underappreciated album, and an essential component of any self-respecting Zep fan's collection. Easily Led Zeppelin's most underappreciated album, and an essential component of any self-respecting Zep fan's collection.
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