[youtube VBsbCMIyG6E] No Quarter is my favorite Led Zeppelin song by far. It was on their fifth album Houses of the Holy, which is considered by many to be the last great Led Zep album; or at least the end of the ‘classic’ era of Led Zeppelin. I like this transitional period best because I think they showed the most emotion and just the right amount of expirimentation here. The riffs in this song are pretty hautning and I think this song was the pinnacle of Jimmy Page’s career as a guitarist. This is a live video from 1973 and you can tell by the amazing ad-libbing that this is a band that really knows how to play together. They seem to use the original composition as a blueprint, particularly vocalist Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page.
