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  1. Or enable them. I never subscribed to the shock theory of the stormtrooper garb. Military wear has long been incorporated into fashion and Nazi uniforms were designed and produced by Hugo Boss but I think his descent into addiction made him oblivious to revealing aspects of his private life. I'll leave it at that.

    I never see him as a disciplined perfectionist. I see him as an emotional, controlling, obssessive. Characteristics common in geniuses not used to insult him but as explanation for why he was able to create masterpieces in such a short amount of time.

    Whatever was between them was destroyed by addiction and corruption but I don't think it activated the addiction. Being surrounded by people who only ever say yes - that might be a problem for a wealthy addict.

    I think Jimmy is similar to Michael Jackson - early success, secrecy, costumes and imagery, drive, addiction, eating issues, victim mentality, masterful creative appropriation, need for control, abuse of power, even the effeminate mannerisms and voice.

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    What's your agenda?or is it a vendetta.

    Id love to read your psychological profiles on the other 3 members.

  2. Having been at this show I can say nobody was outraged enough to get up and leave. It was a great show regardless of choice of outfit.

    I wonder if those bothered by Page's attire at this show are equally offended by what David Bowie and Eric Clapton were saying and doing during this same time frame.

  3. If he said it? Smart ass.

    During a Mojo interview with the singer, Prince discussed the many influences on the forthcoming 3RDEYEGIRL album, Plectrumelectrum, which reportedly features “new music with a sense of history”. On the subject of the track TICTACTOE, he revealed that the song was inspired by a night listening to the Cocteau Twins. “We recorded it in Bryan Ferry’s studio in London, after a night of partying for which the Cocteau Twins was the soundtrack,” he explained. “You can’t understand the words of the Cocteau Twins songs, but their harmonies put you in a dreamlike state.”

    Sly and the Family Stone, Joni Mitchell, Santana, Miles Davis and James Brown were also named as artists Prince and his band have drawn from. But, after being compared to Led Zeppelin during the playback, Prince wasn’t altogether taken with the likeness: “Jimmy Page was cool, but he couldn't keep a sequence without John Bonham behind him.”

    Prince has recently finished a sequence of Hit and Run dates in the UK, stopping by at a string of London venues before embarking on two Manches

  4. Apparently Prince isn't real keen about his latest music being compared to Led Zeppelin.

    In a Mojo magazine interview he states " Jimmy Page was cool, but he couldn't keep a sequence without John Bonham behind him. "

    Yeah right....I'm sure that was the word in London in the 60's "Let's use that guitarist who keeps shitty time."

    I didn't know that Bonham was hired to keep Page steady on all those sessions he played on. If Prince had any awareness of Zeppelin's musical dynamics he'd know it was Bonham that played to Page. That was the set-up.

    Prince is sounding like rock music's Spike Lee.

  5. The St. Louis show was May 13th, and only the second since he was bedridden in Chicago with influenza and/or food poisoning. It's possible he was given a medicinal iv shot to help get through the show.

    I was at the May 6 Rosemont Horizon show and Jimmy played terribly. The worst I"ve ever heard him and I was in the front row! It was painful to see and hear him sound so bad. The spotlight hit him at the opening of Fortune Hunter and he looked fucked. He barely left the area around his amps and just would'nt come up front. A friend of mine had heard Jimmy was ill that evening and that was the reason for his shoddy performance. The band should have rescheduled this show because Jimmy Page didn't leave a good impression on those in attendance.

  6. 20 years ago, in 1993, you released a solo album in collaboration with Jimmy Page. How has been to working with Jimmy Page and what are your memories from that record?

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    Wonderful memories and we maintain a wonderful friendship. I’m looking forward to seeing him in London soon to discuss putting together a special edition of “Coverdale Page” project…

  7. I know the recording is a rough ride , but check out the version of Over the Top from April 6, 1977 at the Chicago Stadium. Very potent and explosive and just the right length. Having been at this show the crowd was right there with Bonzo raucusly cheering him on . Page was watching the big build up at the end clapping enthusiasticly from in front of his Marshalls. A great memory!

  8. Especially enjoyed their first tour in 1985 as Jimmy was on fire and the whole band was really gelling. I thought Mean Business was the better album of the two but the 1986 tour reflected a " wrapping it up" feeling to it. It was still great to see and hear Page play live again.

  9. Oh, that was the Led Zeppelin documentary wasn't it - the one narrated by Steven Tyler. Cool.

    The backyard/Diet Coke photo looks like it might have been... very late '80s perhaps? Judging by Jimmy's hair.

    Back to the 70s for a moment, just briefly:

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    Hi Fire Opal. I think the photo of Jimmy with the diet coke can is from the summer of 1990 when he jammed with Aerosmith at Castle Donnington.

  10. I never expected Jimmy to come out in lumberjack garb to appease those expecting something " modern" from him in the early 90's. Coverdale/Page was something he applied himself to and worked hard on. It seems to create an open hostility that gives way to many not finding anything redeeming about this effort. I thought it was tight and well contructed and rocked hard. Which is what it was. Hard rock.

    I'm not in the" Robert saved Jimmy from himself "camp. That's B.S.

  11. I saw Stevie Ray in 1983 with Albert Collins so I'm aware of the good stuff from that time. I have a lot of good musical memories from that era. But generally speaking, there was a great deal of image pop because of the advent of MTV, and the emphasis on drum machines dehumanized some of the sonic enjoyment for me.

  12. At that exact time my wife was living in Winter Park, Fl. which is where Richard ended it all. It was a tragic event and Eric Clapton's song Holy Mother was written in honor of him. A beautiful song.

    I just finished reading Levon Helms' autobiography This Wheel's on Fire and he talks openly about Manuels' death.

  13. Carlos Santana from Guitar magazine 10/85

    " Of all the musicians I've heard after Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page is still the greatest to me. I'm finding out that vision is the most important thing. I think Jimmy Page has got the best vision for rock the way I like to play it. That's saying a lot because there are great guys out there, like Van Halen. But none of them have those mansions, those huge things that Jimmy Page makes. His vision of composition knocks me out. The way he puts chords together on Led Zeppelin right through In Through The Out Door is classic stuff. It's symphonic."

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