The 50 Greatest Led Zeppelin Songs

The 50 Greatest Led Zeppelin Songs

Posted 02/21/2013 at 7:37am | by Jimmy Brown

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The 50 Greatest Led Zeppelin Songs

Guitar World presents a critical analysis of Led Zeppelin's 50 best tracks.

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39. “Bron-Yr-Aur” (Physical Graffiti)

Conceived during Page and Plant’s legendary 1970 retreat to Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in rural Wales and recorded during the sessions for Led Zeppelin III, this ingenious fingerstyle-folk instrumental is performed in the same open C6 tuning as “Friends” (low to high, C A C G C E).

Page weaves the tune’s melodic themes into an impeccably uninterrupted stream of forward and backward 16th-note arpeggio rolls across the strings, with lots of droning open notes and unisons creating a rich natural chorusing effect and a lush, pastoral soundscape that puts the piece on par with the works of renowned late 19th-century impressionistic composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

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jimmylerxst

February 21, 2013 at 4:56pm

Honorable Mention: Misty Mountain Hop !

jamescashin

February 21, 2013 at 4:22pm

Every flippin' Zep tune is in my top 50, it just depends on what day you ask me.