No Code/Led Zeppelin III

WhyGo91 · July 2013

Anyone else notice the close similarities between these two albums?

1)Both are fairly experimental
2)Both have a hard hitting (somewhat short) rock song in the beginning: Immigrant Song/Hail Hail
3)Both have at least one blues influenced song: Red Mosquito/Since I've Been Loving You
4)Both have a wide range of folk/softer songs on the albums

Anyone else agree?

2-feign-reluctance · July 2013

I do

Empty Glass · July 2013

Another similarity...

My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album

JK36392 · July 2013

Empty Glass wrote:

Another similarity...

My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album

im with you here.

Veddernarian · July 2013

Album covers look sort of similar

WhyGo91 · July 2013

Veddernarian wrote:

Album covers look sort of similar

Never thought of that!!! They really do!!!

5) similar albums covers
No Code: pictures of random objects and things
LZIII: a pile of scattered random objects and things haha

PJ_Soul · July 2013

Empty Glass wrote:

Another similarity...

My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album

Exactly what I was thinking.

fortyshades · July 2013

WhyGo91 wrote:

Anyone else notice the close similarities between these two albums?

1)Both are fairly experimental
2)Both have a hard hitting (somewhat short) rock song in the beginning: Immigrant Song/Hail Hail
3)Both have at least one blues influenced song: Red Mosquito/Since I've Been Loving You
4)Both have a wide range of folk/softer songs on the albums

Anyone else agree?

LZ was known for its blues influence. Every album of theirs has at least one major blues song.

To be honest, I think they are incomparable. No Code is a very "hard" album, while - if I read some interviews at the time - LZ was going for a more acoustic album. Well, that is exactly what No Code is not. I do agree with the experimental bit, but dare to say that No Code was way more experimental than LZ iii.

And keep in mind that No Code starts with Sometimes.

nutbarz · July 2013

I Miss the Viking Kittens. That was so Hilarious

Abuskedti · July 2013

i like the comparison.. two great albums.. I went from a huge Led Zeppelin fan to the 1980s. Thought I'd never listen to music again.. then Pearl Jam came and saved me

Newch91 · July 2013

WhyGo91 wrote:

Veddernarian wrote:

Album covers look sort of similar

Never thought of that!!! They really do!!!

5) similar albums covers
No Code: pictures of random objects and things
LZIII: a pile of scattered random objects and things haha

You can also spin the wheel of the LZIII album cover!

whofeelslikeadrank · July 2013

Abuskedti wrote:

i like the comparison.. two great albums.. I went from a huge Led Zeppelin fan to the 1980s. Thought I'd never listen to music again.. then Pearl Jam came and saved me

^this

mfc2006 · July 2013

JK36392 wrote:

Empty Glass wrote:

Another similarity...

My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album

im with you here.

Same here

Tangerine · July 2013

mfc2006 wrote:

JK36392 wrote:

Empty Glass wrote:

Another similarity...

My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album

im with you here.

Same here

Same here, although for me Yield and No Code are tied for first. There is no comparable Zeppelin album to LZ III, maybe Houses of the Holy but I still think III is just a little bit better.

YLed2 · July 2013

Empty Glass wrote:

Another similarity...

My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album

Boom. Spot on with this.

WhyGo91 · July 2013

fortyshades wrote:

WhyGo91 wrote:

Anyone else notice the close similarities between these two albums?

1)Both are fairly experimental
2)Both have a hard hitting (somewhat short) rock song in the beginning: Immigrant Song/Hail Hail
3)Both have at least one blues influenced song: Red Mosquito/Since I've Been Loving You
4)Both have a wide range of folk/softer songs on the albums

Anyone else agree?

LZ was known for its blues influence. Every album of theirs has at least one major blues song.

To be honest, I think they are incomparable. No Code is a very "hard" album, while - if I read some interviews at the time - LZ was going for a more acoustic album. Well, that is exactly what No Code is not. I do agree with the experimental bit, but dare to say that No Code was way more experimental than LZ iii.

And keep in mind that No Code starts with Sometimes.

I did keep that in mind, that's why I said 'beginning' not 'first song'. And I disagree with No Code being a "hard" album. In fact I think it's the least hard album that they have (except for maybe Yield). The only true heavy songs on No Code are Hail Hail, Red Mosquito, Habit, Lukin, and Mankind (a deal can maybe be made for Smile). As for the rest, Sometimes, Who You Are, In My Tree, Off He Goes, Present Tense, I'm Open, Around the Bend they are all (for the majority) not hard songs. And even if they were, LZIII has softer songs that appear to be somewhat hard as well. For instance Friends starts off much like In My Tree, with a drum segment that progresses and gets louder. Another example, Tangerine starts off low and mellow but gets louder during the chorus, much like Present Tense does. So with all this evidence sir, I respectfully disagree with you. Have a lovely day.

DH62179 · July 2013

Always thought that mainly cause of the way they both came back big on their next albums and restablished themselves.

fortyshades · August 2013

WhyGo91 wrote:

fortyshades wrote:

WhyGo91 wrote:

Anyone else notice the close similarities between these two albums?

1)Both are fairly experimental
2)Both have a hard hitting (somewhat short) rock song in the beginning: Immigrant Song/Hail Hail
3)Both have at least one blues influenced song: Red Mosquito/Since I've Been Loving You
4)Both have a wide range of folk/softer songs on the albums

Anyone else agree?

LZ was known for its blues influence. Every album of theirs has at least one major blues song.

To be honest, I think they are incomparable. No Code is a very "hard" album, while - if I read some interviews at the time - LZ was going for a more acoustic album. Well, that is exactly what No Code is not. I do agree with the experimental bit, but dare to say that No Code was way more experimental than LZ iii.

And keep in mind that No Code starts with Sometimes.

I did keep that in mind, that's why I said 'beginning' not 'first song'. And I disagree with No Code being a "hard" album. In fact I think it's the least hard album that they have (except for maybe Yield). The only true heavy songs on No Code are Hail Hail, Red Mosquito, Habit, Lukin, and Mankind (a deal can maybe be made for Smile). As for the rest, Sometimes, Who You Are, In My Tree, Off He Goes, Present Tense, I'm Open, Around the Bend they are all (for the majority) not hard songs. And even if they were, LZIII has softer songs that appear to be somewhat hard as well. For instance Friends starts off much like In My Tree, with a drum segment that progresses and gets louder. Another example, Tangerine starts off low and mellow but gets louder during the chorus, much like Present Tense does. So with all this evidence sir, I respectfully disagree with you. Have a lovely day.

Hey, you called me sir... now I feel old

DriftingByTheStorm · August 2013

I agree. Have always thought they held sonic similarities, in the breadth of their sonic textures and the creativity displayed.

Always thought the album cover was more reminiscent of PT\Ronnie Lane's "Rough Mix" album, though.

PS- the vinyl version of LZ 3 - the album cover is dope.

No Code/Led Zeppelin III

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