tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post2574227333693690708..comments2022-11-11T07:08:58.715-05:00Comments on The Screaming Axe: Houses of the Holy (1973)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post-13983959205448699522013-09-25T11:02:42.374-04:002013-09-25T11:02:42.374-04:00I read that TSRTS was originally supposed to be an...I read that TSRTS was originally supposed to be an instrumental leading into The Rain Song, kind of like The Allman Brothers' Don't Want You No More/It's Not My Cross To Bear or Traffic's Glad/Freedom Rider (I love songs like that). I think that would have been cool.zharthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995423745639356980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3845713942442113471.post-77136321188226211972013-09-23T11:15:48.642-04:002013-09-23T11:15:48.642-04:00I have to say the smooth, clean sound of HotH turn...I have to say the smooth, clean sound of HotH turns me off to this day. I tend to separate Zep's catalog between the first 4 and the rest, because those first four have such a crisp, raw, live-like tone courtesy of JP's mastermind production, and the final four have a much cleaner, studio tone.<br /><br />But that's no dig on HotH, a lot of people like that kind of sound and there's no question there are some of Zep's best songs here. No Quarter, amazing. D'yer Mak'er, a more competent stab at reggae than I've heard from most classic rock artists. And The Song Remains The Same is the one track where the studio-sterile production works to its favor. It's just a gorgeous tour de force in the vein of Rush or Yes. I always felt like Four Sticks was a stab at trying to be like a prog band, but on HotH they actually get it right with TSRTS and No Quarter. Tenzin Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925867097747621833noreply@blogger.com