“Bron-Yr-Aur”

Andrew Reilly
Jul 23, 2017 · 1 min read

One could fault them, if one were so inclined, for never before or again reaching these heights. One could make the case that meandering and belligerent were Zeppelin’s only honest modes of instrumental attack, and that this song stands so alone in the catalog because it is as much of a detour as any of their more overt genre gambles, albeit one played out to admittedly more tasteful effect. One could then conclude this to be so obviously a fraud—an impostor song by an impostor band, as it were—meant to throw anyone off the scent of who and what the band really was.

One would be wrong, of course: Led Zeppelin could not beat these two perfect minutes for the simple reason that no one can beat these two perfect minutes. Not even Led Zeppelin.

Grade: A+

96-98 St. Mark’s

One man’s guide to the “complete” Led Zeppelin.

Andrew Reilly

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96-98 St. Mark’s

One man’s guide to the “complete” Led Zeppelin.

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