best zep

I will go to my grave insisting that the best song Led Zeppelin ever recorded is Boogie With Stu. That gem, followed by Black Country Woman, winds down Physical Graffiti with some much needed mandolin and root-oriented stomp fun to offset the pre-metal crunch featured throughout the album. It also has that pre-drum machine autobeat quality that is just crying for a dance party mashup somewhere down the line. Or not.

I know what you're thinking:
a) Boogie with who?
b) Wow, that song is almost as bad as something off Coda.
c) I only listen to Zeppelin IV, and that song ain't on it, so it sucks.
d) Led Zeppelin is old. You're old. And stupid.
e) [insert droning "flatline" sound]

Yeah, well, thanks to all you voices in my head for the feedback. But it's a testament to a great band that they can basically noodle some crappy song on the spot that's better than anything in most bands' entire oeuvre. And it's stuck in my head, for no reason ...