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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42. “Houses of the Holy” (Physical Graffiti)

Built around a fat-sounding strut riff, this song is nothing but a good time. Particularly cool is the way Page and Bonham shake up the riff’s solid eighth-note groove throughout by playing off each other with quirky, syncopated 16th-note fills, such as those at 0:38 and 0:42.

Also noteworthy is Page’s resourceful use, during the verses, of progressively descending triad inversions on the top three strings (not unlike those used by Pete Townshend in the Who’s “Substitute”), which provide an effective contrast to both Jones’ angular bass line during this section and the meaty main guitar riff.

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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.