10 Greatest Classic Rock Led Zeppelin Songs
9. Rock And Roll
Led Zeppelin's fourth untitled record is the reason they are still well regarded to this day. The album is one of the band's numerous masterpieces where they perfectly blended their blues roots with their more epic soundscapes. While numerous cuts from the album are worth including, "Rock and Roll" is the ultimate jam that everyone can bang along to.
Though its known as one of the album's more notable hits, the song was barely even a thought when the band first entered the studio. After going through takes of another song, John Bonham started to play the opening drum fill from Little Richard's "Keep a Knockin," which the rest of the band pounced on. As opposed to the more orchestrated pieces of the record, this song is the epitome of a jam, with each instrument bringing a spontaneous energy to the performance.
The words might not carry as much meaning as the more philosophical Zeppelin tunes, but any complex wordplay would diminish the value of this tune. This is the sound of rock's most famous band showing that though they were reaching for new sounds, they could still rocker harder than anyone else on the scene. We might be far away from "Stairway to Heaven," but this tune's energy is still something to behold.