Led Zeppelin IV has a million names, including a series of symbols. it features a cover that i've always liked, and i only recently realized that the picture on the wall is actually a painting (even though it looks exactly like one). they decided not to include any kind of linear notes because they were getting hound dogged about the third album. but i like album art that has no information. i feel like i've had a weird relationship with this record; Black Dog has always reminded me of CIAgents, i had always associated Stairway to Heaven with my mom playing it, Rock and Roll used to be in a car commercial and some of the songs i felt like i'd never even heard before. these songs basically represent the acoustic and electric styles that were explored in the previous albums: a sort of mystical, European folk sound and blues based hard rock. The Battle of Evermore is a good example of the former, featuring the girl from Fairpoint Convention, and Four Sticks could be a example of the latter. there are also probably a hundred different time signatures on this record. some of it was recorded using a mobile studio that was owned by The Rolling Stones, which was basically a studio in a huge van. It's actually one of the best selling albums ever, in which, similar to something like Dark Side of the Moon, i give a lot of credit to the world at that time for. there's some pretty freaky material on this record.
and also, i don't believe in the satanic message thing anymore.
That is an amazing album and a part of hard rock history. This album is a real blue print for hard rock and re-defined what a rock song should sound like!
ReplyDeleteAnd BTW - I don't believe in the messages thing anymore as well - it was the religious fanatics having no idea how to handle change - pure crap!