Except when they kill unsuspecting people that actually have their eyes on the road and aren't attempting to do everything but drive when they're out on the road.

To me "the album you always look over" and the "one you don't care too much for" denote two very different things. Overlooked albums are often considered the under appreciated ones. To me, Presence is too often overlooked by the general populace but I consider it my favorite Led Zeppelin album. I've also never had a problem with In Through the Out Door as it's also one of my favorites. I'm also not sure why Coda is included as a choice as it's not a proper album in the sense of the of the others, it's actually a collection of outtakes and was never intended to be released as an album unto itself like their other records. As for my least favorite, that would be Led Zeppelin IV.

Very easily. Remember how Led Zeppelin kept things under a veil of secrecy in the 70s? The same thing applies to Jimmy Page (and any number of other artists) in 2011. Not everything is leaked to the internet. If you'd like to familiarize yourself with the works of Gillian Welch, go here. She and Plant performed together during the Americana Music Awards at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville last year but she's well known as a performer in her own right.

I'm just thankful to have never heard a single note of his music. Quite the accomplishment considering he's pretty much everywhere these days.

I just remember listening to R.E.M.'s Dead Letter Office when it first came out and one of my friends commenting how he preferred R.E.M.'s version of "Toys In the Attic" to Aerosmith's original. It also showed more of R.E.M.'s harder side which they rarely showed on record, you had to see them live to hear their covers of Aerosmith, Mission of Burma, Television, etc. In other words there's much more to them than "Losing My Religion". Great song and it showcases many of R.E.M.'s strengths as songwriters and performers but the harder stuff heard on Accelerate, Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi really reveals their punk rock influences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJwLAxlio9w

Wrong again. This version smashes Aerosmith's original like a fucking grape.

Photo from Amazon.com of the 25th Anniversary edition of Lifes Rich Pageant which comes out on July 12th:

Wrong thread, that belongs here.

If you're going to cover someone's song, especially this one, it'd probably be wise to actually learn the words to it first.

I have a friend that's a religious right wing nut job. He didn't believe Saturday's end of the world prophecy but he does believe Obama is the Anti-Christ and that the tornadoes we've been having this spring are a sign of the "end times".

I wasn't there, it's an article from the No Depression website.

From RollingStone.com: Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart in Beverly Hills, January 16, 2005. Vince Bucci/Getty Images By ANDY GREENE For the first time since the Rolling Stones formed nearly 50 years ago, Mick Jagger is part of a new band: Super Heavy – featuring Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian Marley and Indian film composer A.R. Rahman. The band has quietly been recording together over the past 18 months, with their debut LP planned for sometime around September. "It's different from anything else I've ever been involved in," Jagger tells Rolling Stone. "The music is very wide-ranging – from reggae to ballads to Indian songs in Urdu." The group got its start two years ago when Dave Stewart called Jagger from his home in Jamaica. "I live in Lime Hall right above St. Ann's Bay," says Stewart. "It's kind of the jungle, and sometimes I'd hear three sound systems all playing different things. I always love that, along with Indian orchestras. I said to Mick, ‘How could we make a fusion?' We were talking about an experiment, and then we started talking about voices. It was all born from that conversation." Jagger loved the idea, and after lots of brainstorming and phone calls around the world, they settled on Stone, A.R. Rahman and Marley - whose rhythm section helped flesh out the band. "We wanted a convergence of different musical styles," says Jagger. "We were always overlapping styles, but they were nevertheless separate." About 18 months ago, the band gathered in a Los Angeles studio. None of them had prepared any music. "We didn't know what the hell we were doing," says Stewart. "We were just jamming and making a noise. It was like when a band first starts up in your garage. Sometimes Damien would kick it off and then Joss would sing something on top of it. We might have a 22 minute jam, and it would become a six minute song." The loose method was inspiring for Jagger. "One of the beauties is that, just speaking as a vocalist, I did other things," Jagger says. "I played guitar and harmonica, but there's four vocalist on the album. Not everything was reliant on me.” The band’s name came from some improvised vocals by Marley. "He was just singing 'Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy, super heavy,'" says Stewart. "We thought that sounded good and it sort of stuck with us." Jagger is confident that Stones fans will embrace the group. "It is a different kind of record that what people would expect," he says. "It's not all weird and strange though. I think Stones fans will think it's a bit odd, but they'll find most of it accessible. They've heard me play harmonica before and a lot of it is pretty high energy." As of now, there are no plans to bring Super Heavy on the road. "We're experimenting at the moment and just taking it day by day," says Stewart. "I think if we're rehearsing and it sounds great and people love the idea then nobody would rule out the possibility of it." Might Jagger's other group be hitting the road at some point in the future? In an interview with USA Today, Keith Richards said he was optimistic. "Something's blowing in the wind," he said. "The idea's there. We kind of know we should do it, but nobody's put their finger on the moment yet. This is what we want to ask each other: Do we want to go out in a blaze of glory? We can, if Mick and Charlie feel like I do, that we can still turn people on. We don't have to prove nothing anymore. I just love playing, and I miss the crowd." When asked if the Stones are going to tour next year, Jagger just chuckles. "I don't have any announcement to make at the moment," he says. "I'm just, uh, ya know...just doing this right now."

From NoDepression.com: by Kim Ruehl As luck would have it, I'm in New York City this week for a number of reasons. But, today, it just so happened that the Americana Music Association was holding an event at the Gibson Showroom uptown, just west of the south end of Central Park, to announce the nominees for its 2011 Americana Music Awards. The event was really fantastic. In case you didn't have a chance to watch the live stream (which Kyla posted here earlier), it was just a small gathering of industry folks in a recording studio uptown. T Bone Burnett swung by to accept an overdo award. Levon Helm sat in with an all-star band of past Americana Music Award winners. Benmont Tench accompanied on piano, Jim Lauderdale did some tunes on guitar, and Rosanne Cash delivered a terrific rendition of "Long Black Veil" from her 2010 AMA Award-Winning album The List. The Civil Wars were also on hand to play a song, although I was running late and unfortunately arrived just as they were finishing up. Then, all the artists got together to perform "The Weight." This was, no doubt, the most incredible moment of the event, with Helm dropping his natural soul on one of the verses, before handing the next one to Cash. Once the nominees were announced, everyone gathered for cornbread and drinks in the control room, while the artists posed for a photo op. In all, a wonderful kickoff event to what will, no doubt, be an even more memorable week this fall in Nashville. The 2011 Americana Music Honors & Awards will be handed out during the Americana Music Festival and Conference this Oct. 12-15 in Nashville Tenn. For more information, visit the AMA Website. Now, without further ado, this year's nominees: ALBUM OF THE YEAR Band of Joy Robert Plant Welder Elizabeth Cook Harlem River Blues Justin Townes Earle Blessed Lucinda Williams ARTIST OF THE YEAR Buddy Miller Elizabeth Cook Hayes Carll Robert Plant NEW/EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR The Civil Wars Mumford & Sons Secret Sisters Jessica Lea Mayfield SONG OF THE YEAR "Down by the Water" - The Decemberists "El Camino" - Elizabeth Cook "KMAG YOYO" - Hayes Carll "Harlem River Blues" - Justin Townes Earle INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR Buddy Miller Gurf Morlix Kenny Vaughan Sarah Jarosz Will Kimbrough DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR The Avett Brothers The Civil Wars Mumford & Sons Robert Plant & the Band of Joy

Saw these guys perform at Music In the Park during Artsplosure in Raleigh, NC yesterday. Can't say I was ever a fan of theirs back in the day but they certainly brought it last night. This is a fan shot video from 2008 of the version of the band I saw last night:

If this does come to pass I also hope he sees fit to release new music on vinyl and/or CD. I find it particularly odd that he would go the download route when he was one of the most outspoken opponents of making Zeppelin's music available via iTunes.

...and the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aACFbC5dF7w

http://youtu.be/C3-YuGEW59c

I'm be starting a thread in the Polls section on how long it takes before this thread is locked. Please, no wagering this is an exhibition not a competition.

Sometimes that may have something to do with it. I know that lots of folks think the flame cover of Skynyrd's Street Survivors is worth a lot of money and in some cases it is. Prior to eBay where you could drive the bids up, it was worth $35 at most and that was a copy that was in mint condition. I was listening to a radio show a few years ago when they had a memorabilia expert on and he said that copies of Street Survivors on 8-track are actually worth more since vinyl copies are much easier to come by because so many were pressed up on vinyl.

Goes to show you that even something you'd think would be considered a collector's item doesn't even bring that much. Now, if I were to sell it on eBay that would be a different story but I don't plan on parting with it.

I found it in the used section of Schoolkids Records in Raleigh a few years ago. It was only $2-3. They have a copy of Alice Cooper's Muscle of Love on vinyl on sale for something like $15 that's also completely intact. For some reason I threw away the cardboard packaging my original copy came in many years ago. It also comes with a poster I'd totally forgotten about.

"Because the Night" was a co-write by Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen.

I imagine several people kept the rolling paper, if only has a collector's item: