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On 12/21/2012 at 1:38 PM, ohiojerry said:
"a friend of mine said he was there and they did stairway 3 times for an oncore. is he full of shit? He also said they were booed off stage and came back out. people were leaving. the band was all phucked up and said they would never return to detroit..," wrote Mattrickelmann.
Yes, your 'friend' is full of shit -- "Stairway to Heaven" was played only once that night near the end of the show. The place was going nuts ... the management turned the house lights on to try and stop the music, but this only got the crowd more stirred-up ... then Zeppelin returned and performed "Rock & Roll," with the house lights still up ... I'm not kidding, I thought the roof was going to lift off the place -- as I recall, then the management turned down the lights while the band finished with "Trampled Underfoot." There were no pronouncements about never returning to Detroit nor anything of the sort.
In fact in late 1980 tickets were being sold (via mail order ...?) for a return Zeppelin engagement to Pontiac; of course this was thwarted by Bonham's death -- kids who hadn't yet seen them were very disappointed.
I don't know if I've ever posted here before, although I've been a site member for some time ... but this kind of bullshit story needs to be corrected.
Happy New Year to ALL!
jp
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Yeah well if you wanna see Cute Jimmy have you ever seen the video that was on Youtube from his most recent wedding of hgim dancing ? He was doing all kinds of dances even The Chicken DanceWhoa where'd this thread come from?! Now following
I've never seen this one...super cute! It was hillarious !! I haven't been able to find it on there again though .
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Oh I TOTALLY agree not only is the bass player THE HOTTEST but the most musically gifted .. The guitar player hot and GOOD too .. I've seen them twice at The Magic Bag here in The Detroit area . They were just here the other day but I had a previous engagement or I would have been there to see em again ...Great band live and they are pretty hot too (esp. the bassist
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Sounds Like a Plan Sign me up ... I dont care about the legalities of it all ....Is there some kind of commando team that can be put together? I'm sure there are some hardcore Zeppelin fans with elite military experience. We can find this guy with the Pontiac DVD, and do an "extraction."
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Oh WOW I have always remembered How Spot on Achilles was ... And have always maintaind that seeing Zeppelin was better than losing My Virginity ... HA HAA few reasons, actually. I've liked this show alot for a long while now, even before I ever heard it. At first, it was the reputation that the show carried that interested me. The fact that it had an attendance record of 76,229 people, was the finale of the first leg of their "big comeback" tour, and it is legendary (sorry about using EVSD promotion words) for being professionally filmed, and from what I read it was a pretty decent performance, all picqued (is that how you spell it?) my curiosity. I couldn't find any way to listen to it, until someone uploaded it to YouTube, and I fell in love with it almost instantly. Weirdly enough, I like the way the audience source sounds, despite being somewhat distant. The performance is great to me. TSRTS sounds pretty strong, I love the brief 'stop and start' break in The Rover intro, and Sick Again is pretty good too. NBFBM is also very strong. IMToD and SIBLY are full of feeling from Plant. Although to be honest, the No Quarter from this show isn't exactly one of my favourites, the jam is a little subpar compared to other versions from this tour. TYG is as excellent if not better than either of the Cleveland versions. The acoustic set is very good, aside from the barrage of firecrackers during GtC.
White Summer is short but sweet as it leads into an extremely heavy and powerful Kashmir. This particular Over the Top is one of my favourites, it's a shame that it's cut short. The Noise Solo should've been a little longer, as it leads into the pinnacle of the entire show, my very favourite version of Achilles' Last Stand ever! Everyone is firing off on all cylinders, every part is perfect, and the tape makes it sound just so heavy! I love how softly Jimmy plays the opening medley, especially compared to the way it was played through most of the May performances. It really belies how strong the rest of the song is going to be.
Stairway is good, though I feel the solo could've been a minute longer. The encores are as decent as usual, though they could've done another number since it was the end of the first leg. All in all a great performance that I (like many others) can't wait to see someday.
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So do you remember The Frisbee Battles prior to the beginning of the show ?? And would you Please Kind Sir send me a copy of your recording ....I listen to the audience recording once a year. What's interesting is that it's not the music that jogs my memories, but the firecrackers and M-80s during the show. There were bombs going off in that place, and I especially remember the screaming bottle rocket during Stairway. Like LTTE, the best part of this show is probably the opener because of the audience going absolutely insane. I'm proud to say the spirit of the crowd comes thru this terrible recording, as Robert pleads several times for people to maintain up front. I Also like Robert's spirited ending to NFBM....he nails it. Although it doesn't come thru on the recording, the acoustic set had a special vibe. Once it began, most of the floor crowd suddenly sat down indian-style....like they were sitting around a campfire with Led Zeppelin. A couple minutes earlier, you would have sworn that was impossible.
It was always our theory that the distant audience recording came from one of the private suites above the third level. It sounded distant because it was.
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I could care less where and how they get em out to the masses ( ME ) I just wanna hear the music MAN ....But collectors would sell to each other, knowing they won't resell to a bootlegger.
Some hoarders won't sell to bootleggers. EVSD would NEVER pay enough to unearth the good stuff like Pontiac 77. They only get what is cheap enough to make them a profit.
PEACE LOVE LED ZEPPELIN
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Where is the audience tape ???Indeed, and the audience tape proves this- STH was only played once (it was only ever played once) and the audience is going fuckin' bananas before the band even starts playing. Plant has to do a lot of crowd control on the night, and does an admirable job considering he's dealing with 70000+ looney Zeppelin fans, and incredibly, the band doesn't sound the least bit distracted by the crowd (unlike in Louisville five days before).
It's almost like a cliche now, but where's the fucking VIDEO???!!!
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Hey how can I see this picture ?? What did it do Disappear ???The 1977 Mid-Tour Break
On April 30, 1977 Led Zeppelin set a single-act world record when they performed for approximately 77,229 at the Pontiac Silverdome. This was the last date of the first leg of their 1977 North American tour. It's known they arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, MI the day of the concert and took a chartered bus to the Silverdome, having declined the venue's offer to transport them directly to the site using helicopters. They arrived at the venue at 9:10pm and the concert ran 9:30pm - 1am, to include a second three minute encore.
The May 2nd 1977 'Detroit News' reported they were immediately flown toward their two-week break, however I have obtained a photograph which proves they remained in the local area for at least several hours following the concert. I am attempting to secure the release of all additional photographs taken by the photographer after their record-breaking concert.
Robert Plant at the Troy Hilton in Troy, Michigan on May 1st 1977
Courtesy Steve A. Jones Archive
"This is one of my favorite pics that I took at the Troy Hilton after the Led Zep show at the Silverdome back in '77. Got to hang out with Page & Plant that late evening. Bonham was totally messed up, resting his head on the bar downstairs, drunk as hell. What a memory; so cool!" - Photographer
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I was at that show ... And anyone that was would know that they were WWAAAYYY late getting onstage and they went crazy when Plant came running out and first began to sing the opening lines of You Shook Me ... and yes they finished with Trampled ...."a friend of mine said he was there and they did stairway 3 times for an oncore. is he full of shit? He also said they were booed off stage and came back out. people were leaving. the band was all phucked up and said they would never return to detroit..," wrote Mattrickelmann.
Yes, your 'friend' is full of shit -- "Stairway to Heaven" was played only once that night near the end of the show. The place was going nuts ... the management turned the house lights on to try and stop the music, but this only got the crowd more stirred-up ... then Zeppelin returned and performed "Rock & Roll," with the house lights still up ... I'm not kidding, I thought the roof was going to lift off the place -- as I recall, then the management turned down the lights while the band finished with "Trampled Underfoot." There were no pronouncements about never returning to Detroit nor anything of the sort.
In fact in late 1980 tickets were being sold (via mail order ...?) for a return Zeppelin engagement to Pontiac; of course this was thwarted by Bonham's death -- kids who hadn't yet seen them were very disappointed.
I don't know if I've ever posted here before, although I've been a site member for some time ... but this kind of bullshit story needs to be corrected.
Happy New Year to ALL!
jp
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Yeah they did stay at The Hilton ... And I can tell you yes they were on fire .. I read once where JPJ said it was the best show of the tour ... Yeah The Cavernous acoustics made it horrible in the distance but I was up close and personal about 100 feet from the stage with binoculars ...Steve,
Ive heard from somelocal zep heads the band stayed at the Troy Hilton for this show.
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I am wondering if there is any recordings out there of the show they did at the Silverdome ?????
I've never seen this one...super cute!
It was hillarious !! I haven't been able to find it on there again though .
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Nitpicking Page (The quest for the best performance of 1975)
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Any Live versions of In The Light out there or did they never perform it ??
Man I would love to hear some of that if they did !
Or Down by the Seaside as well ????
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