Robert Plant Names His Five Favourite Led Zeppelin Songs

[@jackheinle54]

"Thank you" is one of the most amazingly beautiful songs ive ever heard. Almost brings me to tears everytime i hear it

[@AlbertoJorgeSoares]

Ten Years Gone and The Rain Song are two great ones, also.

[@tonym2513]

The Rain Song is the most beautiful to play on an acoustic guitar.

[@Progmeister-tb3sn]

Those two are my personal favorites. Impossible to top.

[@swampsagacity4685]

The lyrics of The Rain Song are beautiful as well

[@dogsbodyish8403]

@@tonym2513 As Chiara Kilchling demonstrates here on YT.

[@jmeakin4]

Robert's gone on record stating that 'Ramble On' is another personal favorite.

[@West-su2oe]

One of my favorites

[@OwenW750]

I saw him as a solo act live about 12 years ago and Ramble on was one of only a couple of Zeppelin songs he did

[@tenkarabadger5244]

…but he’s also said he finds the lyrics embarrassing.

[@dougim]

My favorite song off IV is “When the Levee Breaks”. “Stairway to Heaven” is an epic classic, but the massive sense of oncoming doom in “Levee” really gets me.

[@davidknudson5166]

Me too, Bonham’s thunderest drums, Plants harmonica, Amazing song!!!

[@FrankLee-n8j]

"Since I've been loving you" is their best Blues song, I think.

[@dougim]

@@FrankLee-n8jIt’s a masterpiece. TBH I listen to III more than IV.

[@mclovin9678]

I love that Four Sticks

[@PaulFormentos]

Oncomin doom of stairway backmask always gets me

[@frankgaitan2702]

“Ten years gone “ the greatest Zeppelin song EVER!!!!!

[@Zoso_1990]

Great shout, certainly top 5 for me. Certainly their most beautiful moment.

[@PaulFormentos]

Plants best lyric

[@mccoin6274]

Fckn right 👌👌👌

[@retrodog2837]

The original live recording of "No Quarter" on the album the song remains the same is one of the greatest songs ever recorded live!!!

[@SevenThunderful]

My vote is for ten years gone. Deeply moving song with great lyrics and some fantastic emotional guitar leads.

[@DickNasty480]

VERY underrated song

[@america1st721]

Tangerine? Gallows pole? Dazed and confused I consider the 1st metal song ever.

[@mrb7094]

I adore The Song Remains the Same. That's my favourite Zep track. It's joyous, utterly original, somehow both simple and complex at the same time, and the guitar playing is just sublime. Those first few notes, the tension between the guitar and bass... gets me every time!

[@mrb7094]

@@america1st721 Love Gallows Pole. Incredible version. In fact Zep III is my favourite album, or at least up there with PG.

[@TylerDonald-b2x]

@@america1st721funny when zeppelin is a rip off of Jeff becks band

[@markgullick1725]

I really enjoyed that, and I was pleased to see Achilles up top. First band I ever saw, Earls Court, 1975. Bravo!

[@easybullet3]

And then Sidique Kahan (corruptly) approved a developer to knock it down and build flats, and its been baron land ever since). And now, ironically, they have built a stadium at Earls Court recently! I wish they could have left Earls Court in-tact.

[@classiccorvettesmusclecars5846]

The 1st album to me is awesome, raw & the definition of deep hard & at times eerie rock..

[@svenshipman3612]

They are the only band i can think of other than the Beatles that really dont have a bad song. Legends

[@nickdibiase8754]

You forget how huge Jones is in this band. He is very reserved but is amazing

[@kurt5490]

I think Plant & Page were creatively burned out at this point. That allowed Jones to take the lead. Presence and In through the out door are my 2 favorite albums. This explains why.

[@Kram2525]

Night Flight, Houses of the Holy, The Rover

[@gregs8685]

The Rover is great! Night Flight is really good. Houses of the Holy is not my thing, a preview of In Through The Out Door.

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Jimmy Page has also said: Achilles Last Stand is his personal Favorite and "The most Led Zeppelin Sounding Song" - they ever created.

[@RfrancisR]

I am so glad that Kashmir is Plants favorite and Achilles Last Stand is Page’s favorite Zeppelin song, and I’ve said in the past that Kashmir was greater than Stairway, and that Achilles Last Stand was one of the bands top 3-5 songs. It’s a thrill when a fan’s preferences of songs from a band are similar to what members of the band likes most about their music.

[@AlexandraHorn-t4b]

Immigrant Song,Tea for one...💓

[@michael_caz_nyc]

@@AlexandraHorn-t4b So many Killer-tracks. Can't forget Ramble On & The Wanton Song.

[@AlexandraHorn-t4b]

@@michael_caz_nyc 👍👍Zep is😉medicine!

[@piscesman54]

To me, the song that embodies everything Zeppelin was is Ramble On. It has it all--the subdued Celtic folklore of the verses with the reflective lyrics, and then the epic explosive hard rock of the chorus, and the ending, where they would all cut loose. It just doesn't get any better than that.

[@jmeakin4]

@piscesman54 - 'Ramble On' has perhaps the best orchestration of any work in the past century. Each part is stellar, especially the bass line, and when combined, make for a virtually perfect song. Like Led Zeppelin's musicians, the parts each have top virtuosity; yet, the sum total is greater than each of those parts.

[@piscesman54]

@@jmeakin4 Absolutely. Yes, the bass line crafted by JPJ is probably one of the best ever written. They way it counters the melody is simply brilliant, so musical and in such good taste and sensitivity.

[@ronn68]

Led Zeplin is one of a few bands where I like every single song they wrote.

[@xXcampx]

Even Hot Dog??

[@michaelsapoznik5984]

Carouselambra? 🤮

[@keithschwartz5723]

Rain Song, Battle of Evermore, What Is and What Will Never Be, The Song Remains the Same, Ten Years Gone

[@TuberRene]

Great front man for the greatest band ever. First band I saw live was Led Zeppelin in 1970 at the Oakland Coliseum. Epic concert. There was no third album yet, so they performed most of the first and second albums. Unforgettable evening.

[@RSTI191]

My favorite Zeppelin tunes are as follows and not necessarily in this order: The First Album The 2nd Album The 3rd Album The 4th Album Houses of the Holy The Song Remains the Same Physical Graffiti Presence In Through the Out Door..

[@frankfroml.a.4104]

Enough said!!👍

[@jeffbrown321]

^ This

[@igoryarmolyuk6459]

In Through the Out Door sucks. Maybe good they split

[@jmeakin4]

@@RSTI191 No CODA?

[@RSTI191]

@@igoryarmolyuk6459 We can tell by all the videos you have posted of your talents, expertise, worldly experience and knowledge you truly are a man to be reckoned with. We should bow to you and hold you in reverence. This is how you spend your time? Responding to comments left by others? Sounds exciting. Was a college degree a prerequisite for this life? People void of talent will always try to make a name for themselves by criticizing other people "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”…..Martin Luther King

[@walterfechter8080]

"Thank You" (Led Zeppelin) for my heavenly-resplendent wife, Barbra Rose (RIP). The lyrics say it all. Many thanks, Robert Plant.

[@enoughcorruption5975]

Very interesting take from Plant! Kashmir, in the light, the wanton song and Achilles last stand of course with all of my love dedicated to his beautiful son who should still be with us! I think all of these are brilliant with in the light being the most underrated, its tremendous! They have so many truly great songs ,its impossible to say which 5 or 10 are thier best but its subjective and depends on your mood! One night you want to rock and you put on presence or physical graffiti then something a bit lighter like houses of the holy or in through the outdoor! And then you want a mixture of thier great diversity and you put on 4 or 1 or get blown away with the live album! This is why Zep is hands down the best rock band in history! ❤🎉💯👍🏻🇺🇸

[@riteandleft]

I was told by a member of a tribute band in the UK that Robert had told him that 'Thank You' was his favourite.

[@samr.england613]

'Tea for One' has always been my favorite track off of Presence. Jimmy's light stringed, almost background solo evokes an image of a teardrop falling through a blue spotlight. 'Achilles', while a powerful testimony and proof of Zep's musicianship and skills, always came across to me like they were trying to outdo their previous works, such as 'Kashmir' and 'Stairway'. And one of my favorite Zep tunes, never even played on commercial radio TMK, is 'Four Sticks'. Plant's howling, screeching lyrics, with Jimmy's 4 on the floor rhythmic groove and his echoing, acoustic change-up? Oh man! 'And when the owls cry in the night, Oh baby, baby when the pines begin to cry...' A truly magical song.

[@54mrys]

Favorite for me as well.

[@Vidar93]

I think presence is one of their more underrated albums to casual fans. Hots for nowhere, Royal Orleans, tea for one and Achilles don't get the love they deserve. And while four sticks is great I am not quite sure what you mean about Jimmy's four on the floor groove? The song starts in 5/4 and the chorus is in 6/8. Or well some count it as 5/8 and 6/8 but its definitely not a 4/4 four on the floor type of feel.

[@patrickjenkins2788]

Great vid great list, with Zep there’s no wrong answer. I would add in my time of dying and since I’ve been loving you.

[@JaneEasterbrook-bn3ux]

My faves are Ramble On, Dazed and Confused, In My Time of Dying, The Rain Song, Stairway To Heaven, Tangerine, In The Evening, When The Levee Breaks. And I love Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You.

[@17Clovers]

A Great list!

[@michaelgibbons7144]

As a cyclist and a fan, Kashmir is by far my favorite Led Zepplin song, the drum beat has go me up a lot of hills just relentless....almost perfect

[@LawannaRoberts-x8w]

Always loved them and love there songs❤😊

[@andrewSUN17]

Led Zep II is etched in stone in my mind as one of the most incredible recording feats and also a dynamic and dimensional album. Explosive, sincere, calm and layered! Sonic ecstasy!

[@petersamboy2578]

I believe that Physical Graffiti is the greatest rock album of all time, fantastic !!

[@robin15092]

1. When the Levee Breaks 2. In My Time of Dying 3. The Rain Song 4. Sick Again 5. The Battle of Evermore

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

Gonna guess Kashmir Ten Years Gone Achilles When Levee Breaks All of my love

[@Dr_Bombay]

Hard to argue with this. Achille's Last Stand really is the pinnacle of Zeppelin's work as a band, and the other are also really singular standouts in their catalog.

[@jesspayant1667]

For me, it's Kashmir, Immigrant Song, Going to California, The Ocean, and Stairway to Heaven. In that order. All for different reasons. Everyone will have their own personal favorites or greatest lists. That's the mark of a truly great band. It doesn't matter if it's The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Zeppelin, Metallica, Iron Maiden, or any other great band. There may be "better" songs, but it all boils down to what speaks to the listener.

[@riteandleft]

Note that you don't actually see Plant say the names of these songs, we have to believe the narrator.

[@ronnociar1216]

I think that would be because Robert likely changes is choices depending on his life's experiences at any one particular time. That would be a true artist and that he is no doubt about that.

[@dougcarson5202]

@@ronnociar1216 Glad you've pointed this out. I was very happy to see that Robert is now acknowledging the particular excellence of "Achilles Last Stand". During a past band reunion performance, he is said to have told Page and Jones that he didn't want to performance this one because it was "too heavy metal". Page and Jones are said to have groaned in disappointment at this. Going back even further to when the "Presence" album containing this song as the lead off track was being recorded, Plant has been said to get so excited at the possibilities presented here (no pun intended) that he jumped up and fell off of the wheelchair he had been in since the car crash he was involved in while vacationing in Greece with his family. So evidently his opinion here has changed at least twice, even further supporting your point, here.

[@StephenHankins]

Good point

[@youtoo2233]

Great picks by Plant. Two from Presence, two from Graffiti and one from Out Door. Love the guitar on Tea for One, Page takes you on a journey thats not of this world

[@mikeonfreeserve2926]

A journey of cold blue steel and sweet fire

[@Mo_Ketchups]

Tea for One. A shocker. It’s almost rock bottom on MY list. Took me for a loop. 😮‍💨

[@mjp96]

Not me, I love that song, for its blues sound without being so loud.

[@calm713]

Trampled Under Foot is my favorite Zeppelin song, then Whole Lotta Love, then Kasmir, then Achilles Last Stand, then ...

[@alta58043]

Black Dog, When the Levee Breaks, Whole Lotta Love and Ramble On are my favorites.

[@DebraMoffatt]

Ramblin On and Stairway to Heaven I could listen to everyday...My daughter worked at a book store in Rancho Mirage California, and all she could talk about was how nice a man he was!

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

Great story !

[@robinbourassa1390]

Kashmir was always my 2nd favorite! Named a cat after this song! So incredibly beautiful and complex! Although not on anyone’s radar, my all time favorite, I have no idea why, is Misty Mountain Hop! ✨❤️‍🔥🤘

[@marmarsmandalas]

Loved this SOmuch!! ❤

[@5richmedia5]

i agree with Robert, Kashmir is my favorite, the guitar work is incredible.

[@CoolCoyote]

not being an absolute led zep fan I love 'Over The Hills And Far Away' 'Thank You' /Bring It On Home/Tangerine/Going To California/In the Light/Down by the Seaside/Babe I'm Gonna Leave You/Ramble On/Stairway To Heaven/Dazed and Confused/How Many More Times live'/The Song Remains The Same The Rain Song live'.

[@gazooie1958]

The whole album is legendary, but the first song I remember from IV, wafting from my older brothers room was Going to California. Long time ago.

[@raysearch-iu3fr]

All excellent picks, but I personally love Stairway to Heaven because it's filled with Rosicrucian alchemical themes that speak directly to the soul's subconscious.

[@gunnerblaskey8864]

Just a trivial note: I heard a studio tape from when Physical Graffiti was written..... "In the Light" had a beautiful haunting arpeggio type melodic track that did not make it onto the album.... it added another dimension to the music....

[@sixstrings1063]

All are my favorites! No list required

[@mikeb.7183]

I love what Robert has gone on to do post Led Zeppelin, while it is not in my musical wheelhouse it’s not Zeppelin and for that I respect him for his change in direction without selling out and keeping his vision.

[@timwhitnell7145]

There are really no wrong answers when someone names their five favourite Led Zeppelin songs but my list would be quite different: When The Levee Breaks, The Rain Song, The Rover, Houses of the Holy and Stairway To Heaven. Why so many people seem to be retconning Stairway To Heaven in a negative light I just don't understand. It is an all-time classic and perhaps the greatest rock song ever. Plant is entitled to his opinion of it ,as he essentially wrote it all, but I believe it might be the best example of a song that builds in tempo to a totally satisfying and still unexpected crescendo, a song imbued with feeling and meaning with incredible use of acoustic, 12-string and electric guitars plus the immortal evocative lyrics that remain open to interpretation to this day.

[@ThaiThom]

Kashmir All My Love In the Light Tea for One Achilles Last Stand

[@AlmostEthical]

I think Achilles Last Stand is probably their best too. I'd add The Rain Song, Since I've Been Loving You, Ten Years Gone and Stairway, even if it was overplayed. Great band with such a great lineup - every album was good.

[@brigidwell]

I might go with: Battle of Evermore, Ten Years Gone, Friends, Stairway to Heaven, Going to California.

[@FrankLee-n8j]

As far as Page's Guitar solos, Achilles last stand is his tour de force! Bonham drums sound like charging horses. my favorite Zeppelin Song is Whole lotta Love. That's the 1st song I heard on WIFI 92 FM Radio, Philadelphia back in 1975. I was 15 and hooked! "How many more times" was an epic start from their Debut self titled album.

[@MichaelLynch1]

Stairway to Heaven Ten Years Gone Kashmir In My Time of Dying Rain Song

[@chrispetritsch1291]

They are all great Zeppelin songs but they are all close to the last Zeppelin songs i would go for.

[@davidankrom1247]

Well… the two songs from Presence were their peak, imo. Their best rock song in Achilles, yes, showing what they were capable of, and I believe what they were shooting for all along. They reached it with that one. Also, tea was their best blues song. A mature, beautiful song. His best blues solo. Those two alone are worth the price of the album alone. They reach d the top of their mountain with the those, and what came after was anticlimactic.

[@Comeoffitman]

It brings good vibes and good energy. Ted Bonzakas interview in 1968 is hard to beat. They had just recorded there second album and one year from Graffiti one I forgot the name When he hurt his vocal cords and the guy from whiteboard almost took his place when block oak Kansas went talking

[@user-eh3bb2iv1o]

LZ was constantly looking to push the boundaries of what music could sound like. They NEVER accepted their previous accomplishments. That’s what makes them stand apart from every other band (which operated within carefully crafted parameters). LZ always pushed those barriers to a level, which will never be repeated by another musical composition.

[@17nussbaumroad]

The Rover is the greatest Led Zeppelin song ever !!

[@brianpeixoto2189]

Bring it on home. Best Zep song ever

[@ronburgundy8174]

Don't get me wrong.. I love all of Led Zeppelins stuff and I realize tbat Kashmir may be considered the pinnacle of their achievements but It's not one of my favorites. Tha's just me though. Still a great song but I prefer their faster songs like Gallows Pole, Achilles Last Stand, When The Levee Breaks, In My Time of Dying, Fool In The Rain, etc. My favorite band though...hands down.

[@tatemcilwain1775]

They’re all songs from their last 3 albums, nothing before 1975. Interesting to think about because aside from physical graffiti, most people think of that period as led zeppelins weaker stuff. But the songs mentioned in this video are good and I see how Robert would like them.

[@Ace8Three]

Communication breakdown is my favourite

[@olavirannisto3552]

My fav is 'Whole Lotta Love'.

[@grokeffer6226]

My favorites from Led Zeppelin would have to include The Rain Song, Thank You, Since I Been Loving You, Over the Hills and Far Away, and No Quarter. It's hard to pick and choose, though. There're just so many great ones, you'd feel like you were slighting a song by not naming it and end up naming a hundred. ❤🪶🧒🎄

[@donnaplumridge9769]

I have to agree with Robert Plant about Kashmir, I absolutely adore the song and it really shows each of their greatness as musicians, where as Stairway To Heaven, to me is much more mundane. I hate to say it I found boring after listening to it after a while. Mind you, I like Stairway To Heaven, there’s other Zeppelin songs I much prefer to listen to and I think are better ( When The Levee Breaks, Since She’s Been Gone and The Rain Song ) to name a few.

[@timrobinson100]

The rover, levee and Achilles for me

[@randolphschonour2062]

One of VH1's 100 list shows was 100 Greatest Songs Of Rock And Roll and the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway To Heaven" was in the top 3. The only songs on that list that were higher was Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" which was the #1 song of rock and roll. Aretha Franklin's song "Respect" was #2. "Stairway To Heaven" ranked at #3. That list show also had "Whole Lotta Love" and "Kashmir." Those are the Led Zeppelin songs I'm the most familiar with.

[@MrRudyc85]

Stairway To Heaven should have been number 1. How Smells Like Teen Spirit was 41 instead of being top 20 is a joke. Also Yesterday by the Beatles is easily top 5 higher than number 9

[@christophermarston4491]

Always been in my time of dying for me physical graffiti is in the top 5 albums of all time easily excluding classical music baroque romantism Beethoven Mozart Brahms and such

[@chrisradano]

Whole Lotta Love How Many More Times No Quarter Ten Years Gone Good Times, Bad Times

[@ronnociar1216]

Regarding Stairway to Heaven, I would like to ask Robert (and I have personal experience of the following) : Have you after time been able to listen and hear the song as a single entity rather then just hearing all the parts collaboratively falling into your ears all at one time ? I respect his take on absolutely everything he addresses, but this one kinda sets me back upon my heels. I get it, I get it, I get it, both sides of the equation but somehow when this song of all songs (and like all songs) is heard for there complete singular "PRESENTS" , there is no denying the grand yous Top of the pile accolades Stairway to Heaven sumins from pretty much all who hear it. As an artist its sometimes hard to hear totality rather than just your contributing parts. Absolutely no disrespect intended. Probably the biggest Led Head and Plant fan on Earth / Ron.

[@dirtyds2240]

What about the Rain song !? And I’m gunna crawl ?!

[@kevinsnipes9572]

Dazed and Confused + That's the Way

[@arphod]

Before watching: Ramble On, Four Sticks, Rain Song, In My Time of Dying, When the Levee Breaks

[@FaeicID]

Kashmir is still my ring tone

[@davidconnor5136]

Gallows pole for me

[@ronburgundy8174]

Absolute money song!

[@mjp96]

Kashmir annoys some. Not me. I can't compare it to anything.

[@joeniccoli1916]

Although I always liked it I'm a bit surprised to see 2 from the Presence album.

[@michaelmelillo7371]

I could see Plant going this way as they were the later albums and what he may deem as the band's "growth". Me? I'm good with just about everything from Zep I through Presence.

[@bencompson]

In this video I heard Plant say that Kashmir was his favorite, or sort of say that. I did not hear him acknowledge that any of the others were in some sort of top five list of his. Seems like the author of the video is just plugging in ones that he likes or thinks reveal some sort of intimacy. I enjoyed his take on those songs but is there really a need for every KZbin video to be duplicitous?

[@Spicyramenmama]

Wow im surprised. I guess with my love for Led Zepplin I was hoping at least one of my favorites would be his but nope not one match. Dont get me wrong I love Kashmir and All Of My Love but they arent in my top 5 favorite, mine include Babe Im Gonna Leave You, Since Ive Been Loving You with the heavy guitar, and Gallows Pole. Theres just so many great songs by them

[@jayclarke6671]

You're cute is that really you? 😅

[@davidwilliamson2341]

You look like a perv is that you, who does that!

[@redfat81]

Led zep is the only group for which there is no poor song in an album - all at 100% is founding place in each moment of your life blues, folk, power, Groove …listening thé 10 album since now moré than 40 years every day

[@jimc2140]

The Song Remains the Same!

[@Tavat]

God, I love this man.

[@shesaladyintx4476]

Since I've Been Loving you is a sexy song.

[@Pouloririri]

whats the song at 47 seconds?

[@rrwjes]

Since I've Been Loving You is the defining piece for me. It is the very definition of blues rock. It is what Led Zeppelin was to me. Deeply moving music.

[@russ99a]

Since I’ve Been Loving you is early Zeppelin, raw, bombastic, full of vigor. Tea for One is the bookend, worn down by constant touring, the dark side of success and personal tragedy. They’re both great, but Tea for One is my favorite.

[@karlforster4907]

Agreed, Kashmir is much better than Stairway to Heaven, I good song no doubt but still Kashmir...

[@Magnus2131]

Kashmir is my favorite

[@darylcumming7119]

Is is clear the narrator is a fan of band and the writer of the piece ?

[@mrvrose9999]

Tangerine How Many More Times Down By The Seaside

[@richardhastie1432]

Kashmir is clearly Zeppelin's high point. There is no reasonable argument against this.

[@america1st721]

Bottom line there is no "bad" song from the mighty Zep, hit shuffle and push play...

[@DanielWebb-th4ik]

Told you guys Presence was the best

[@ulfhansson6599]

Custard Pie !

[@jayclarke6671]

Zeppelin was GOAT period. I will say though that Kashmir sounds much more exciting fuller and richer on the radio than on record. For me it tends to drag a bit without the processing and compression you get on radio.

[@1961Kalle]

Robert Plant hat JPJ nie die Anerkennung gezollt die er verdient hat. Ohne John Paul Jones kein Led Zeppelin.

[@ericbgordon1575]

Only in recent years have I come to appreciate Robert's nuances. Because of how overplayed a cluster of Zeppelin tracks have been since they were together, I have avoided listening to most of their music.

[@bakerman10]

Custard Pie

[@Michael-Philip]

Wanton Song

[@loontil]

totally rocks, that riff.. .

[@harpman1876]

British AI voice.

[@loontil]

...the worst kind...

[@curiousuranus810]

Hey studio number six! Can't you even find a real human to narrate this?