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In the days of my youth
I was told what it means to be a man
A' now I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can
No matter how I try
I find my way to the same old jam
Good times, bad times
You know I've had my share
This is how Led Zeppelin starts their first album (1969) with Good Times, Bad Times. If this stuff isn't timeless then what is?!
I consider the song Dazed and Confused from the first album the highlight of their whole career.
"Everything that came later... the roots are all there in the first album."
- Jimmy Page
Neverending When the Levee Breaks ends their masterpiece Led Zeppelin IV (1971). Psychedelic feelings. Is this art rock or what? At least Robert Plant and Jimmy Page had a distinctive style.
"No-one ever compared us to Black Sabbath after this record."
- John Paul Jones
Somehow I wasn't into zep before I spent some time freewheeling in Mexico.
"Well, we were all high on the Moroccan dope at the time, so who knows?"
- Robert Plant, on the meaning of "Stairway To Heaven"
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