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Led Zeppelin II got the short shrift in this article. No way that Presence should be deemed more essential than arguably their best album, and the blueprint for all metal that followed.

Zep is awesome. I couldn't devour their albums quick enough when I first got into them in high school. Here are my rankings:

Here's an odd choice, but I submit "Superman" is their best song.

Radio Song w/o the rap is terrific. Glad this opinion of mine has been confirmed.

Wiltern?

My top 10 Travis songs:

My copy had 2 additional hidden tracks — "Only Molly Knows" and "20." They should've been on the album proper (oh it's a gas… stuck in an English class)

The Man Who & Invisible Band are so so great. I saw them in LA in 2003. The band kept playing acoustically when the power went out briefly.

Is it better than Washing Machine? That's my favorite of the latter years.

Correct!

A man, a plan, a canal — Arsenio.

Where was it again?

And then there's Maude

Ooh, my head!

Change the cha

Be aggressive! Be aggressive! B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E!

Remember this firstie? (Billboard's Modern Rock chart the week of August 8, 1992):

Whhaaaaaaaaaaaa?

Uno — dos — tres — catorce!

The end of La Bamba is so sad… The creepy guitar lines of "Sleepwalk" (itself a classic) playing while his brother scrambles around the trailer park. "Richie!!!!!"