Led Zeppelin: Dazed Confused ( [Paperback]

Chris Welch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham make up Led Zeppelin, one of the greatest hard rock bands ever. This heavily illustrated book gives readers an in-depth examination of everything that inspired the songs of Led Zeppelin. What was the "House of the Holy"? Where was the "Stairway to Heaven"? Which strange encounters led to such classics as "Kashmir" and "Trampled Underfoot"? Was it an earthquake that inspired "Going to California" on their untitled fourth album?

Dazed and Confused reveals the roots and origins of the songs on all eight of the band's celebrated studio albums, together with all the stories behind material released after Zeppelin's break-up in 1980, including Unledded: No Quarter and the BBC Sessions album. You are invited to explore the inspiration behind the sound of four brilliant musicians who defined the concept of hard rock, and yet imbued their work with passionate magic and mystery. That mystery is heavily explained in Dazed and Confused.

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About the Author

As a reporter on UK music weekly Melody Maker, Chris Welch went on the road with Led Zeppelin during the early 1970s, and saw the members of the band in close-up action at their most exciting and historic shows. Welch has since worked on a variety of music magazines and has written more than 20 books on rock music, including Hendrix: A Biography.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press; 1St Edition edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560251883
• ISBN-13: 978-1560251880
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,879,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Led Zeppelin Deserves Better Than This, November 30, 2001

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Robbie Port "Rob Port" (Minot, ND United States) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book with the anticipation of learning all sorts of obscure Led Zeppelin trivia. I was also looking forward to finding out what inspired these guys to write some of the most memorable songs ever. I was dissappointed in both aspects.

To be quite frank, this book just isn't long enough. If you've never even heard of Led Zeppelin before its a pretty good start, but it reads like the instructions for operating a VCR.

There are a lot of good photographs in the book but the author or editor didn't even bother to put the album cover on the first page of the chapter about each album.

If you're really looking for more on the greatest rock band of all time, look somewhere else. Most Zeppelin fans will find this book lacking.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What little info he could find about every song., July 17, 2001

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Meri Kathryn Barker (Noble, OK United States) - See all my reviews

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Compared to most other Zep books available this one is extremely lacking in details. Information given about quite a few of the songs in this book can be attained by simply listening to the song lyrics. Some of Led Zeppelin's songs have been very well documented through the years, and that info is included in this book. But if your looking for the meaning behind more obscure song (ones that everyone and their dog already know the meaning behind) don't look here. If your a Zepp fanatic "The Stories Behind The Songs" is a waste of time and money. If your just starting to get into Zeppelin, and know practicaly nothing about the band this book has basic info that you can use.

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book, December 23, 1999

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B. Barrett (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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I was very disappointed with this book. First, it doesn't contain much new information - the stories behind the songs are pretty general, and not interviews of Led Zeppelin. Secondly, the author says negative stuff about the music. For example: "There never was a real ending to 'Whole Lotta Love' and maybe it should have finished a chorus earlier than the final fade-out." Then on "Hey Hey What Can I Do" he says "It fades out in some chaos, which might suggest it was a trial run for a song weeded out of the final album-selection process". Thankfully Led Zepp didn't listen to people like this guy when they made their recordings.