(03-31-2022, 12:47 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote:

(03-31-2022, 12:42 PM)mikesez Wrote: The Doors made a lot of harsh and overly energetic stuff, but, to me, a couple of their songs really hold up.  Light my Fire and The Crystal Ship are both really original compositions/arrangements, without being so original or so complicated that they fall under their own weight.

As far as Led Zep, obviously Jimmy Page is a master, but there are a lot of guitar masters you don't necessarily want to listen to for very long.  Buckethead, Malmsteen, etc.  Led Zep weren't the originators of loud blues, that was Jimi.  But the teenage, adolescent energy Led Zep captured is remarkable.  I haven't been a teenage male in let's not say how long, but they captured that excess violent emotional energy really well. I remember what it was like and those recordings remember it too. As older males we don't relate to it anymore, but we do remember it.

Agreed about Pink Floyd, they are certainly music for more mature audiences than Led Zep or the Doors.

Pretty much all of Pink Floyd's 70's stuff still holds up today.  I think they started on the downslope tho with the Division Bell.  The Wall is the greatest concept album in the history of rock, IMHO.