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No Quarter
TOOLs reinvention of this decent at best Led Zeppelin tune is fantastic. Long, loud, and loaded with the the fantastic sounds you would expect from a band that only releases albulms every 4-6 years. TREMENDOUS!
- Shweetbox@linkswarm.com, LOS ANGELES, United States, 16.02.2006
Tool
2000 |
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Led Zeppelin
1973 |
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Comments about No Quarter:
this song means a lot to me, reminds me of one of the scariest time in my life, 1988. It changed me and this song takes me straight back to it. Kinda where Angels dare tread.
- Johnny Hicks, Deceit, Depravity & Death, England, 28.01.2010 |
The original is a great song, but the depth of sound in the Tool cover really adds power to the track.
- Andi, San Diego, United States, 27.01.2010 |
Although I absolutely LOVE Zepplin - I cant help but enjoy the Tool cover even more than the original. But as others have said, there is no doubt Tool is heavily influenced by Zepplin and the cover should be considered an ODE to a brilliant band, by another brilliant band.
- steve, vancouver, Canada, 18.01.2010 |
I will always be partial to Zep's original, in no small part because it was so very, very forward-thinking for its time and -- let's face it -- so very, very heavy by any standard of the time.
That said, Tool has done an amazing job with this cover. Yes, Tool has made this song a Tool song, essentially, and in a peculiar, beautiful way. And, yet, I also can't help but hear, in Tool's cover, evidence of Zep's profound influence on that band. It's as if Tool wishes to honor Zep with this cover and wants us to infer the newer band's profound reverence for Zep. That is awesome: two awesome band and the clear lineage revealed.
- brent, hancock, United States, 22.12.2009 |
Anybody can do a cover. The real talent is in the creation of the work. JPJ is at the pinnacle of his musical genius with this song. Tool does a good cover but it falls far short of the original.
- Gunnar, London, Canada, 17.12.2009 |
I discovered Tool's cover today, it's absolutely amazing, but nothing could ever be better than the original, it was so epic, so creative and innovative ! Imagine such a song in 1973, with such a sound, such a perfection in keyboards and arrangements ! Tool's version is obviously great, very smart and faithful, with a pachydermic dimension that fits perfectly with the song, but i do prefer the original, whatever good the cover is.
Moreover, Led zeppelin took another dimensions in live ;-)
- lMaxime, Nice, France, 08.12.2009 |
I grew up with Zeppelin, just recently started blasting it again. No Quarter is one of my favorite songs by Zep.
I just now heard the Tool version for the first time, and ended up on this site looking for which CD has this is on. I think I could loop this with the original and not be disappointed which one was playing, or back to back. They covered more Zep? Which Tool CD should I buy to check them out?
- Marcus, Redondo Beach, United States, 03.11.2009 |
We all claim that a master piece of art better not be touched... in art you can not re-create one of the best piece by one of the greatest... however Tool has proved this all wrong. Not just they have re -created No Quarter, they have painted it into their own color. A dark and a peculiar color. I always used to envy my father's generation to had Floyd and Led Zeppelin in their times... but I am proud to live in time when Tool is producing their music.
Tool is heading to for a place where very few has ever dared to go... and only Zeppelin and Floyd had reached.
- Tahir Hashmi, Islamabad, Pakistan, 18.10.2009 |
I think these songs are both truly amazing in their own ways. Im not even going to state my opinion on whos is better because I believe that there is no true winner in this pointless debate. They are both great songs different only by the shift of time between them.
- Neil Hays, McCook, United States, 13.10.2009 |
I spent my high school years diving into the depth of led's no quarter and was amazed at how this song,like so many other led hits,never seemed to loose its force of impression over time.
I then spent college listening to tool's cover of no quarter which i felt was really good but maybe just shy of creating the same force that led generates.
I respect both bands immensely and never thought that there would be another band that could let alone match, but come close to the level of depth and thought initiation that led achieved.For a long time i thought that our generation had missed out on the rock n roll ride but its thanks to bands like tool that still hold the flame high that the diminishing community of quality rock in these times of droughtis still strongly trudging forward.
HAIL TOOL!!! but the very fact that tool has covered many led songs(when the levee breaks by apc etc) shows that led zeppelin will always be that fraction of an inch ahead,if not much more.May the music of both bands live forever.
- Mayur, Bangalore, India, 04.09.2009 |
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