boris jawaka

i reckon townshend was a great guitarist

although page stuck mainly with blues based solos, townshend integrated elements of jazz and even some baroque into his solos and playing

check out some of the solos on the live at the albert hall concert and listen to stuff like music must change from Who Are You and helpless dancer from quadrophenia

townshend was a genius

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LylaB

Dammit all, I like them both!!! Grrr. I vote for Led Zep by a smidgen.

Chronic

Page solo's varied quite a lot. Look at the difference between Whole Lotta Love, Achilles Last Stand and Stairway for example. Except the odd later song like Tea For One, most of the blues solos were on the earlier albums. Later on Page was much more experimental. III is mainly acoustic, IV is varied, Physical Grafitti is quite heavy/rocky, Presence is quite a varied album, as is In Through The Out Door. As for riffs he was a monster, almost every LZ song has a distinct riff

traveller

I love both the who and zep. Commenting on the discusiion about led zep not releasing singles, they were constantly bugged by theyre record label to release singles but always refused. this is because plant believed that an album showed the true scope and feeling of what they were doing at that particular time and each album conveyed a different message. They were forced to release Whole lotta love by theyre record label as a single in america and that was a huge success. As soon as they got theyre own label they only released albums. THe Who released singles all the time. Imagine if Stairway to heaven or Achilles Last Stand was released as a single. It would have been just as much a success as the singles released by the who. I think seeing the who live is much better than just listening to them cause in the studio you don't see the drama. Zep were also amazing on stage, the co ordination and feeling that page and plant conveyed was mind blowing. Even watching them on DVD i can't help banging my fist to the beat. I haven't seen as much of the Who as i would Like but they were amazing performers and theyre presentation of the music added a lot to the value of the songs they play.

dojo

Love Zeppelin more. I have only some The Who's songs I like, so it's Led Zeppelin for me

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The Lizard King

Haha, well The Who were a great band, and Keith Moon an extrodinary drummer....but Zepp beats 'em easily.

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Halleluwah

The Who are God. Zeppelin can be contenders for maybe 4th or 5th, but The Who are the best rock band of all time.

Townshend.
Daltrey.
Entwhistle.
Moon aka God.

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Halleluwah

Plus dudes, The Who had one of the best concerts of all time(Live at Leeds). They had the first POPULAR rock opera of all time(Pretty Thing's SF Sorrow beating Tommy by 5 months), and their concerts sound the same as their albums. Keith Moon could possibly be the best musician of all time, and they released a heavy amount of amazing albums. I used to love Zeppelin and I still listen to 'The Four Horsemen( I, II, III and IV)' on a regulat basis, but I listen to Tommy, Quadrophenia, A Quick One, etc. a lot more because they deserve the recognition that is not given to them. One of the most underrated bands ever.

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this is being defective, none posted in here today at all

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explosions-in-my-pants

both bands were really popular in the 70's. Bt both in different types of music. one in pop, and the other in rock. Both were really good with lyircs, and singing.... But i still without any doubt have to go with Led Zeppelin, for being the first in metal, and for being the first band to ever really take hold of my heart and setting it free among the musical world .