Hi all, Charlie,miss you Brother.How about giving me the finger once and awhile? KB

Hi all, Mr. Plant,being the lyricist for the band and having read LOTR,used those influences in his writings.He was quoted as saying; "After I read Tolkien,I had to live in the country." Have you read the book?The Ring wraiths were clocked in black,...see FOTR. KB

Hi all, Shall we get back to what Helen said to the Rabbi? KB

Hi Dan,all, A very thoughtful answer.I added you as friend,I hope to live up to that. KB

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Hi all, If you can't see that the unions have become just like the corporations,....you'd better open your eyes. KB

Hi all, Did Jimmy didn't bring his guitar? Maybe, like any musician,you like to sit back and listen to someone else play(?) And who wouldn't want to sit back and listen to Jeff Beck! I agree Wolfie (may I call you that?),JP sounded and played great at O2,IMVHO and that was from cell phone/video clips. Short story: I saw Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at a small club called Sandy's here in Beverly,MA.You know Buddy is a monster on the guitar,yet Junior was hot that night and Buddy lean back and let Junior wail,I mean wail!James Cotton and Magic Dick would have wet their pants! Moral of story,kick back and enjoy,.... KB(I'm doing it.)

Hi all, Strider! Well told and a worth while trip down memory lane!Thank you for sharing. KB (Go Celtics! )

Hi all, Rumor,BS or fact? Well? KB

Hi all, KB

Absurd,that is all. KB

Hi all, Brother Ally, And you'd enjoy all 30 seconds of it! KB

Hi all, I had less gas today,watched the caloric intake.Did not offended one customer.No,...I didn't take Beano! KB( It's the little things)

Hi all, Nice guitar,PRS? KB

Hi Reg,all, True,it could be.But Aq,has a point and wasn't BOE,about Scottish border wars? Any who,good discussion! KB

Ah,all about Helen.

You believe or you know,which is it?

Hi all, Ain't going to happen R,... Blame this: our government,which allows off-shore drilling and is suppose to have rules,regulations in place and over see it. KB

Over rated. Woody Guthery

Hi all, What a bunch of sweethearts! Let's get back to Helen,shall we?She is almost 90,she asked a few tough questions and pioneer for women journalists.OK.Yes, a reporter can have an opinion.Now we know. I think the Jews were there 5,000+ years ago,....ya know,... KB(83)

Hi all, A Jewish friend sent me this about Helen Thomas: My mother was sent to Palestine from Germany in 1933 with the rise of the Nazis to power by her farseeing parents. The British blockade, which prevented Jews fleeing the Nazi horrors from entering, made it difficult for her and only the pretext of coming on a tourist visit enabled her to enter and remain alive. Her older sister, Sarah, her husband and three children aged 12, 10 and seven did not succeed in finding a way of coming to Palestine and were sent by the Nazis to Poland and from there, their journey to the Auschwitz gas chambers, was short. I understand that it is there that you wish to send me. My father, who lived in Austria, also showed resourcefulness and immediately on the German invasion and sailed to Palestine. On the way – again the British blockade – he was forced to throw his passport into the sea so that, heaven forbid, they would not send him back to Austria, another country you wished I was moving to. His older brother and his wife, who did not go with him, were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. My parents, who, as mentioned, with lifesaving initiative, fled from Europe before they were murdered, arrived in a desolated and barren country, worked in orchards, barely supported themselves and, by the way, were happy with their lot. In 1947 upon hearing of the UN resolution on the partitioning of the country, they danced in the streets, even though most of the area of Israel was torn from its sovereignty. For brands who survived the fire, it was enough. The Palestinians and Arab countries, who gained most of the area, refused to accept the UN resolution and began a war to annihilate us. Only three years had passed since the liberation of Auschwitz and again we – the Jews – faced the danger of annihilation. To our joy, 600,000 Jews were victorious over millions of armed Arabs. It appears that justice has power and strength of its own. IN THE 62 years of our existence, we have had seven wars, thousands of terror attacks, buses which have exploded in streets, firing into schools, mortars fired on kindergartens. Yet you wish to exile us back to the inferno, as if nothing happened 65 years ago in Europe, as if our hands have not been stretched out for peace since the establishment of the state? We were victorious in the wars imposed upon us by Egypt and we signed a peace agreement with it after yielding all the territory and all the oil. We signed a peace agreement with Jordan. We yielded all the territory and much water. We withdrew from Lebanon to the international border and, in return, we received Hizbullah katyushas on our citizens. We left Gaza and in return, we received massive firing on our citizens in the South. Are you aware, Ms. Thomas, that many children from Sderot and the area around Gaza wet their beds until a late age out of fear of the Hamas missiles? And it is us that you wish to exile? Why? Because you think that we are weak or because it annoys you that we are not defeated? As someone, who throughout his adult life has been a member of the Israeli “peace camp,” notwithstanding you and your strange and angering views, my friends and I (and I hope also my government) will continue to turn over every stone and scour every corner to attain peace. Peace, which will enable us to the smallest extent to live and our neighbors, the Palestinians, to establish a country and to flourish and prosper. To achieve this, we are prepared to make great concessions, to give back all the territories gained as a result of wars which our neighbors forced on us. There is only one thing we want in return – life. A quiet life, a life without terror, a life without missiles, a life like the one you have in Washington and which I, in Israel, also deserve. KB

Hi Arohtar,all, Sorry, they are not Roberts songs.Please don't take offense to that. Battle of Evermore,there are a few references,but the only Tolkien one is Ringwraiths. Misty Mountain Hop,no Tolkien,only the title. Over the Hills and Far Away,none. Ramble On,lots-Rivendale,Gollum,Evil One. KB

Hi all, Your no dumbass,boyo. KB

Hi all, Wonderful and subjective subject! Great posts by everyone. I would not be a member of this board if I didn't think they were the -best- band ever. Danke,to Brother Ally&BIGDAN to opening my eyes to the bootlegs,Holy $#!!,they went for it,that is, all musical directions.Didn't Kurt Loder say in the booklet to the remaster box set: "World music and how little they got credit for it?Or something to that effect? One reads countless quotes from other bands and musicians on how the lads effected music. Thanks for your time. KB

Hi all, Let's see,dirt bag,Mick,Grease ball,scum bag,what else,....? KB