This was a very good year for music. With two of my favorite albums in the running, it was hard to choose my favorite song. Both Abbey Road and Led Zeppelin I were released. Interesting that 1969 marked the end of one great band (the Beatles) and the beginning of another (Led Zeppelin). There was also great music from Creedence Clearwater Revival (a band that I'm more recently getting into). However, since I grew up on the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, their presence blew any other competitor out of the water.
So it came down to these two songs: "You Never Give Me Your Money" (the Beatles) and "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Zeppelin). Both wonderful songs in their own unique ways. However, I'm very much a guitar man. Even with their powers combined, I just don't think that John Lennon and George Harrison are any match for Jimmy Page. So I had to go with "I Can't Quit You Baby."
This song is a great take on the blues. It features Robert Plant's somewhat whiney-and-raspy-at-the-same-time voice. But the real dessert for me is the guitar. The solo in particular is a mastery of the instrument. Few have played the guitar so well since Jimmy Page's day, and even fewer have been so innovative. Cheers to Jimmy Page!
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That is fun. Led Zep I is up next on my album shuffle I am doing (it is only somewhat random in its shuffle-ness). I will pay greater attention to the solo in that song this time and see of what thou speakest.
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