No Code/Led Zeppelin III

WhyGo91
WhyGo91 Posts: 639
edited August 2013 in The Porch
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?
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,461
    I do
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  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Another similarity...

    My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album
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  • JK36392
    JK36392 Posts: 840
    Empty Glass wrote:
    Another similarity...

    My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album



    im with you here.
  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Album covers look sort of similar
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  • WhyGo91
    WhyGo91 Posts: 639
    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
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,032
    Empty Glass wrote:
    Another similarity...

    My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album
    Exactly what I was thinking. :)
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  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    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.
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  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    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
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    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! :D
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  • whofeelslikeadrank
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    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
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  • mfc2006
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    JK36392 wrote:
    Empty Glass wrote:
    Another similarity...

    My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album



    im with you here.

    Same here
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  • Tangerine
    Tangerine Posts: 880
    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.
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    Empty Glass wrote:
    Another similarity...

    My favorite PJ album / my favorite Zep album

    Boom. Spot on with this.
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  • WhyGo91
    WhyGo91 Posts: 639
    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.
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  • DH62179
    DH62179 Posts: 312
    Always thought that mainly cause of the way they both came back big on their next albums and restablished themselves.
  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    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.

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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    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.
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