17. Thank You vs. Heartbreaker

[stip]

[stip]

I like the main riff in heartbreaker and moments of the song here and there, but overall heartbreaker never fully clicks for me. Not a fan of Plant's melody

Thank You is a pretty song. Lovely outro. Those subtle accents by Page are surprising and beautiful. It gets my vote

[evenslow]

If you included Living Loving Maid with Heartbreaker (as it always was and always will be) I'd pick it but you didn't so I won't yes Thank You you're welcome.

[darth_vedder]

I probably listen to "Thank You" more just bc I"m sick of "Heartbreaker" but "Heartbreaker" is a monster song and gets my vote here.

[LoathedVermin72]

I don't really like either of these. TY, I guess.

[Kevin Davis]

"Thank You" always felt kind of trite to me. "Heartbreaker" has been overplayed but that riff is infectious, and I like the way the keys jump around. Easy vote for "Heartbreaker."

Overall "Led Zeppelin II" may be my least favorite album of theirs. The only song on there that I really love is "What Is and What Should Never Be."

[epilogue]

"Thank You" always felt kind of trite to me. "Heartbreaker" has been overplayed but that riff is infectious, and I like the way the keys jump around. Easy vote for "Heartbreaker."

Overall "Led Zeppelin II" may be my least favorite album of theirs. The only song on there that I really love is "What Is and What Should Never Be."

[koopee27]

thanks

kp

[epilogue]

Went with... Thank You.

[wease]

Thank You. Not even a choice, really.

[Birds in Hell]

Overall "Led Zeppelin II" may be my least favorite album of theirs.

I'm glad to see someone else feels this way.

[Jammer XCI]

Thank You

I honestly prefer Chris Cornell’s version, and we all know how much I usually loathe solo Cornell, so it’s really great.

[evenslow]

Overall "Led Zeppelin II" may be my least favorite album of theirs.

I'm glad to see someone else feels this way.

For a long time, II was looked at as in the conversation with IV for the best. I'm glad that seems to have changed over the last 5-ish years. It's very good but not in the top tier for me.

[LoathedVermin72]

Overall "Led Zeppelin II" may be my least favorite album of theirs.

I'm glad to see someone else feels this way.

I'd rank it second worst. ITTOD edges it out.

[Kevin Davis]

I can see that, but I'm more likely to reach for "ITTOD" just because those songs still have some mystery for me. Listening to "II" just makes me feel like I'm listening to a really unimaginative classic rock station -- which probably speaks well to the stature of those songs, but very few of those songs ever really grabbed me the way their other big hits did. "Whole Lotta Love" in particular I think is one of their flat-out most boring songs -- go-nowhere riff, nothing vocal melody, pull-'em-out-of-a-hat lyrics. It boggles my mind that this is one of their best-known songs while the whole of "Presence" lingers in relative obscurity.

[LoathedVermin72]

Hmm, I actually think WLL is one of the best songs on II, and it strikes me to be constructed very purposely and specifically - all the dirty, sweaty sexuality panting in unison until it all finally erupts. It's a pretty spectacular assemblage.

[Kevin Davis]

I can see that too; musically it just doesn't hit the spot for me, and that and the overexposure are a pretty lethal combo.

[Kevin Davis]

I'm surprised "Thank You" is running away with this so effortlessly -- it strikes me as a sort of precursor to the next two decades of hard rock ballads, not a bad song necessarily but not something that leaves a great taste in my mouth either.

It's because Chris Cornell covered it, isn't it? That guy is going to haunt every RM tournament till the place collapses.

[Strat]

I'm surprised "Thank You" is running away with this so effortlessly -- it strikes me as a sort of precursor to the next two decades of hard rock ballads, not a bad song necessarily but not something that leaves a great taste in my mouth either.

It's because Chris Cornell covered it, isn't it? That guy is going to haunt every RM tournament till the place collapses.

I think people are generally sick of heartbreak and/or take it for granted?

[Norah]

people are dumb