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I know they could not play everything but there as was enough time for "Battle of evermore" and "Going to California."Any idear?
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Why didnīt they play an acoustic set at the O2 ?
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Posted 05 March 2011 - 12:40 AM
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Posted 05 March 2011 - 11:04 AM
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Maybe because they didn't want to? Sounds like a good explanation to me.
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Posted 05 March 2011 - 08:48 PM
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Why didn't they play Sabra Cadabra?
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Posted 06 March 2011 - 08:26 AM
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They should have played The Boys Are Back In Town.Why didn't they play Sabra Cadabra?
The only reason why they didn't play acoustic stuff was certainly they wanted to do something energic.
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Posted 06 March 2011 - 12:26 PM
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If sticky fingers had made an appearance, the effects would've been magnified. There's not alot of fudging that's masked acoustically.
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Posted 07 March 2011 - 03:23 AM
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I thought the 02 was the best gig I saw of them-scince 77.An acoustic set could have made it a perfect night for me.-
Donīt agree that acoustics can not bring the same energy.
Donīt agree that acoustics can not bring the same energy.
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Posted 17 March 2011 - 07:18 PM
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I thought an acoustic set would have been fantastic and the true Zepp fans there would have loved it.
I think it was an Irish Bootleg of a Page & Plant show I was listening to once, and the fans reaction when Jimmy picked up his acoustic to play California was unreal.
I think it was an Irish Bootleg of a Page & Plant show I was listening to once, and the fans reaction when Jimmy picked up his acoustic to play California was unreal.
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Posted 18 March 2011 - 06:37 PM
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Then again I can't think of an acoustic set they could do without Robert having to do high pitches in
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Posted 19 April 2011 - 10:34 AM
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I do think they didn't do the acoustic set because they wanted the show to be fast paced and rocking. I would have loved to see them do the acoustic set personally, but that's just nit picking. Overall I thought the show went well without it. Of course I have only seen footage. It would have been interesting to see where they would have placed it, how many songs, and what songs they would have chosen for it.
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Posted 25 April 2011 - 03:45 AM
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Perhaps there just wasn't enough time to get set up for the acoustic set and then back to electric. They had a list of songs that they for sure wanted to play so I assume they just said lets do the ones that we can do that the people will love without going on too long because we are not in our twenties anymore. 
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Posted 16 July 2012 - 11:00 PM
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I was also informed that the O2 has a noise curfew involved with performances. If true, that would explain why there was no time to set up for the acoustic set.
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Posted 17 July 2012 - 01:32 PM
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It would have been great if they did a acoustic set, especially if they pulled out tunes they never played live such as Hey Hey What Can I Do and Poor Tom. Possibly a BOE as well with a guest vocalist (Alison Krauss?) playing the part of response. JPJ singing response like he did in 77' was simply horrible, he sounded like a neutered squirrel.
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Posted 17 July 2012 - 01:52 PM
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JPJ singing response like he did in 77' was simply horrible, he sounded like a neutered squirrel.
Why shit borne', I heard of spay/neuterin' ya dog n' cats..but never squirrles. ...Interesting.... What vet ya' go too?Bet they'd give Alvin an' dem Chipmunks a run fa' da money.....
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Posted 17 July 2012 - 09:57 PM
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Bet they'd give Alvin an' dem Chipmunks a run fa' da money.....
Good point, you know what happened when they tried that to Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 11:36 AM
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I am actually really laughing about the squirrel remark. No "LOL" while I'm just grinnin', you really made me laugh. 
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Posted 19 July 2012 - 10:41 PM
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I've heard too many times that an acoustic set can never match the energy level of electrified. For an accomplished group of musicians, it couldn't be more the opposite. This performance, however, was not the right setting and preparation for that.
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Posted 20 July 2012 - 12:55 PM
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It would of been nice, but hey just having them back for one night playing kazoo would have been more than we could wish for.
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Posted 04 August 2012 - 03:15 AM
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[@2:22], [this is intense and very necessary]
Edited by docron, 04 August 2012 - 03:19 AM.
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I know they could not play everything but there as was enough time for "Battle of evermore" and "Going to California."Any idear?
Is getting you're post count up really that important here? Pointless thread.
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 03:08 PM
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Is getting you're post count up really that important here? Pointless thread.
Apparently it's quite important to a number of people here. I never have understood the fascination with having a high post count myself. Mine's high simply because I've been posting here since the board went official around the time of the 02 show (as well as at the previous incarnation of the board) but I honestly don't pay any attention to it.
