Inspired by Beatles or Stones thread...The Who or Led Zeppelin?

[Aurora63]

If you can pick only one, that is!

I'm still not sure which way I'd vote on this poll...I love 'em both!

Sorry, I forgot to post a poll...oh well, just post!

 

[bicker]

The Who!

 

[Mugg Mann]

I first saw the Who back in 1976 when Keith Moon was still alive. They played the old Boston Garden, and came out, performed two songs, and Moon collapsed over the drum kit, and they couldn't continue.

They announced that they'd return at the end of the tour, and when they did (on April fool's day, no less), they walked on stage with Daltrey announcing "we haven't forgotten..we owe you one". They then played the most powerful show I've ever seen (and I've seen literally over four hundred concerts in my life); two and a half hours without pausing for breath.

At the end of the show, they smashed all their equipment, and fans stayed for a half hour screaming for another encore, but there was nothing left to play on!

The headline in the Boston Globe the next day; "The Who pay up..all debts settled". I think that summed it up nicely.

I've seen them 18 times since. They've had some great shows, but that one was purely biblical in nature.

I saw Led Zep a couple of times as well. They were really good, but no one is The Who. The best live band there ever was, and still pretty damn powerful in their early 60's!

 

[Magix]

Definitely The Who! I can't stand Led Zeppelin.

 

[RealMickeysGirl]

The who - I could look at Roger Daltry all day back then.

Of course I did like some Zeplin tunes to.

 

[LoraJ]

The Who!!!

My first obsession. I saw Tommy 6 times in the theater when I was 6.

 

[grinningghost]

The Who, but Led Zeppelin is definitely better "mood" music - just ask that dude from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

 

[Fish Almighty]

Sorry to drag this message out of the gutter, but I couldn't let the thread die without someone stating that Led Zeppelin is a much better band than the Who, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Jeez. Do I need to mail some of you people q-tips to clean out your ears? Led Zeppelin IS rock and roll.

 

[luvmydogs]

Zeppelin Zeppelin Zeppelin

(See sig. photo)

 

[Tiziminchac]

Sorry to drag this message out of the gutter, but I couldn't let the thread die without someone stating that Led Zeppelin is a much better band than the Who, beyond a shadow of a doubt. Jeez. Do I need to mail some of you people q-tips to clean out your ears? Led Zeppelin IS rock and roll.

I'm with you. The Who were good, but Zeppelin (IMO) were so, so much better. There's only a handful of Zeppelin tunes I didn't like. And there are a handful of Who songs I like. It's not even a fair comparison.


OT... Wasn't it Keith Moon who gave the boys in Zeppelin the whole idea of calling the band Led Zeppelin? I think he told Pagey that their band would go over like a lead balloon.

 

[Planogirl]

Led Zeppelin for me too. But then I personally couldn't stand The Who.

 

[Jonas Grumby]

OT... Wasn't it Keith Moon who gave the boys in Zeppelin the whole idea of calling the band Led Zeppelin? I think he told Pagey that their band would go over like a lead balloon.

That's always been the story that I've heard. And while I do love The Who and think they're a great band- for me there is NO comparison, Led Zeppelin is the greatest rock band of this or any other time! As it has been stated before me- Led Zeppelin IS Rock and Roll!

 

[DISUNC]

Beatles!

 

[ashjohnson80]

Zeppelin! Of Course!!!!

 

[DawnA401]

Led Zeppelin is Rock & Roll!! Robert Plants voice...Jimmy Page on guitar... JPJ on bass and who could ever forget the powerful John Bonham on Drums!!


Stairway to Heaven is the Rock and Roll anthem...

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I like both to this day, but was a bigger fan of The Who simply because my older brother was and I grew up with those songs.

I also saw them play at the Boston Garden in the 70's, but I believe it was a later show than the one Mugg Mann described. At ours, someone threw a bottle at Pete Townsend and he was a tad upset. That was the night my friends and I asked some girls to move who were blocking our view and they pulled a knife on us.

Boy, I miss those days.

 

[MidNite]

LED ZEPPLIN!!

I can't stand The Who.

 

[Chapter 11]

Gracious! Is there even a debate? It's Zepplin. The Who told great stories with their music, but Zepplin changed the face of rock (as opposed to rock 'n roll).

 

[PeterPanette]

Hmmmmm....that's a tough one.

Both bands had legendary drummers that will never be equaled.

Both bands had supernaturally talented bassists. (Come on, that bass line from The Real Me could literally change the rhythm of my heart. And to this day, if I happen to hear Traveling Riverside Blues on the radio, I am rendered helpless and must stop everything and listen until the song has ended)

Both bands had Golden Gods for singers who could sing the phone book while still looking good shirtless in skin tight jeans.

So, it comes down to the lead guitar player. And sorry, Pete, but Jimmy Page wins hands down.

Plus, Zeppelin was more about the blues, which I prefer.

 

[leafette]

Of course it's Led Zeppelin!