I think Plant was the weak link in Zep.....if they had a lyricist who wrote about more than wizards and trolls they would have been better IMO
If you want meaningful lyrics, then listen to fucking Bob Dylan (not knocking bob btw, I think he's brilliant)......but that's not what led Zep we're about.....it was the sound and music they managd to create....they dominated the 1970s, they spawned a million imitators and they're only second to the Beatles in terms of everything that makes a band great.....shit, even the word 'great' doesnt do them justice.....they were so good, that it was just meant to be...divine intervention....like Elvis and The Beatles......and that's your rock n roll history right there....Elvis, Beatles, Zep.....everyone ever since has been trying to chase these guys, but no one has managed to succeed.....
fuck, I'd kill to have lived in Cali in the early 1970s....seeing Elvis at the Hilton one month and Zep at The Forum the next.....and pumping iron with Arnie at Golds in between.....
damn, that's life right there....