10 Perfect Rock Music Songs That Were Inspired By The Beatles

In the grand history of rock and roll, the arrival of Led Zeppelin feels like it belongs on a completely separate planet than the Beatles. Although Jimmy Page had been in the Yardbirds alongside Beatles ally Eric Clapton, the sound of something like Whole Lotta Love doesn't really feel like it should exist in the same year that something like Abbey Road came out. These guys were the bluesy dark side of the Beatles, but they did pick up a few cues from them when they pulled out the acoustics.

While Led Zeppelin III might seem like the weird middle child in between Zeppelin's classic records, Tangerine is one of the most pure ballads that they ever put to tape, with Jimmy Page just laying back with his acoustic as Robert Plant taps into the more sensitive side of his vocal range, which he would go on to refine on Going to California a few months later. As opposed to the acoustic doom of Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, there's a much more laid back feeling to a song like this, almost sounding like it could have come off of the Rubber Soul era of the Beatles, where the band were starting to get more introspective.

Whereas John Lennon may have been singing about women who have played him for a fool on songs like Norwegian Wood, Robert seems more content just to wallow in his sorrow as he grows distant from his old flame every single day. There might be some Beatles connection here, but there's also a Celtic twist to everything that Zeppelin have practically trademarked.