If you've never read Phil Lesh's account of Altamont from his book Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead, I highly recommend doing so. It's as chilling to read as the Gimme Shelter footage is to watch.

How do you get that it has a "movie theme"? The cover is obviously inspired by Godzilla but beyond that I don't get that impression from any of the song titles. And, as far as I know, "Legendary Child" is the only song from the record that's been released so far.

Thanks for posting, cool stuff.

I'm not sure if it's the case here but in the past Aerosmith have been known to drop in a nod to another band. Can't think of the song now but it seems like they did a few notes from a Cheap Trick tune on one of their early records and Cheap Trick did the same for Aerosmith on one of their albums. Since they've toured together so much over the years I'm sure it was intentional. As for the new song, I want to like it but it sounds a bit like Aerosmith painting by the numbers. Pretty nice try though. In some cases it may just be impossible to go home again...

Glen Hansard (The Swell Season, the Frames) covered this at the tribute to R.E.M. held at Carnegie Hall in 2009. Seems it's since become part of his set. Not sure if he's actually recorded a studio version of it or not but that sure would be nice. http://youtu.be/hP4IPWm-f90

Now streaming here.

Oh, I'm sure I heard it well before J.J. Cale's version since it's a traditional song that goes way back. I should have said that's the first time it ever registered with me in a big way. As for the Page clip, yep, I've definitely seen that. Thanks for the recommendation. To post a clip, you just click the "Share" button on YouTube and then cut and paste the URL which appears just beneath the video (no tags needed). http://youtu.be/j0tAOIQiz-8

In honor of it's 29th anniversary...

It first came onto my radar via J.J. Cale's version from his Shades album that came out in '81.

I'm not a fan of all of Van Halen's covers but I must say they did a mighty fine job with "You Really Got Me". So much so that they sort of made it their own to the extent that it's became just as associated with them as it is the Kinks. As for the songs on Feedback, I would imagine you'd be able to check out most (if not all) of them on YouTube.

Thanks for the reminder of the Raising Sand Revue show at the RBC Center, definitely one of my favorite concerts in recent memory. Also, on this day back in 1983, The Principle of Moments was released.

3 Days With Doc is a documentary which was originally filmed back in 1976 and was aired on the BBC's Omnibus series just a few years ago:

From the All Things Music Plus page on Facebook: ON THIS DATE (29 YEARS AGO) July 11, 1983 - Robert Plant The Principle of Moments is released. # ALL THINGS MUSIC PLUS+ 4.5/5 (ATMP+ RECOMMENDED) # Allmusic 4/5 stars # Rolling Stone (see original review below) The Principle of Moments is the second solo album Robert Plant, released on this date in July 1983. It was Plant's second top 10 album in the United States and United Kingdom. It also gave him his first solo Top 40 hit with "Big Log". The most popular track on album-oriented rock radio in the US was "Other Arms", which reached number one on the Billboard Top Tracks chart. With his debut solo album, 1982's Pictures at Eleven, singer Robert Plant successfully began establishing himself as a solo recording artist apart from his former band, the incomparable Led Zeppelin. Plant wasted no time in issuing a follow-up, The Principle of Moments, which appeared one year after his debut. Following in the musical footsteps of its predecessor, The Principle of Moments shows Plant and his backing band (which included a cameo from Genesis drummer Phil Collins) exploring modern rock sounds. The two best known songs remain the hit singles/videos "Big Log" and "In the Mood," both, especially the former, slow-paced yet highly melodic compositions. Other standouts include the keyboard-infused "Thru With the Two Step," as well as such challenging numbers as "Wreckless Love" and "Messin' With the Mekon." ORIGINAL ROLLING STONE REVIEW The problem with Robert Plant's solo career is that he has been unable to leave Led Zeppelin's thunderous sound completely behind him. Even without the late John Bonham's gorilla thwack spurring him on or Jimmy Page's demon blues licks chasing his tail, Plant sometimes cannot help resorting to his trademark Promethean theatrics, straining at melodies with salacious vocal jibes and full-moon howls. Fortunately, much of The Principle of Moments finds the singer trying to get around that dilemma by toying with weird hard-rock alternatives and singing in a restrained, though powerful, manner. One of Plant's best outings on his second solo album is "Big Log," a ballad that features a vague Latin lilt and a discreet synthesizer gloss that complements the sexy elasticity of Robbie Blunt's guitar. Against his best heavy-metal instincts, Plant resists easy histrionics and opts for a far more effective quiet tension in his bluesy wails and bassy coos. Musically, there are several references to the Zeppelin canon here — the jerky "Black Dog"-like rhythm pattern of "Messin' with the Mekon," Blunt's Middle Eastern "Kashmir" — type motif in "Wreckless Love" — but overall, Plant is taking more outside chances. The experimental half of The Principle of Moments is, in effect, Robert Plant's admission that on his own, he can never improve on Zeppelin's otherworldly he-man fantasies. It is also his declaration of independence from the past — not a denial of it, but just one way of showing there's more to life than "Whole Lotta Love." ~ David Fricke (September 1, 1983) TRACKS: Side One 1. "Other Arms" (Robert Plant, Robbie Blunt) – 4:20 2. "In the Mood" (Plant, Blunt, Paul Martinez) – 5:19 3. "Messin' with the Mekon" (Plant, Blunt, Martinez) – 4:40 4. "Wreckless Love" (Plant, Blunt) – 5:18 Side Two 1. "Thru' with the Two Step" (Plant, Blunt, Martinez) – 5:33 2. "Horizontal Departure" (Plant, Blunt, Martinez, Woodroffe) – 4:19 3. "Stranger Here... Than Over There" – 4:18 4. "Big Log" (Plant, Blunt, Woodroffe) – 5:03 2007 remaster bonus tracks * "In the Mood" (live) – 7:35 * "Thru' with the Two Step" (live) – 11:11 * "Lively Up Yourself" (live) (Bob Marley) – 3:04 * "Turnaround" (Plant, Blunt, Martinez, Woodroffe) – 4:55

The schedule for Hopscotch was announced today. To see a clickable version go here, to download a PDF of the schedule go here

Thanks. Cool to know there's going to be a new Band of Joy album this year. Hopefully it'll include some of those original songs Plant talked about writing with Buddy Miller in an interview he did sometime last year.

Chatham County line at Sadlack's in Raleigh yesterday for the release party (which was put on by Schoolkids Records) for their new live CD/LP/DVD Sight + Sound.

Reminds me of the time I saw a kid in the crowd at a Kiss concert back in '76 trying to imitate Gene Simmons by breathing fire. He didn't know what he was doing and his face went up in flames instead.

The reason it's so expensive here is because it's imported from the UK, plus it's a special issue, which runs a little higher than a standard issue of Uncut.

I mentioned charts because there is at least one that reflects the popularity of "Pop" music. When I was growing up it was referred to as the "Top 40". These days Billboard has something called the "Hot 100" which is the modern day equivalent of the Top 40 charts. Your statement that the only music that goes down in history is "blues based guitar music" is pretty misinformed.

Love to see the whole documentary someday but for now here's the opening sequence:

So music that crosses over onto the Pop charts doesn't go down in history? You do know that some band named Led Zeppelin also got played on Top 40 stations on AM (and FM) radio back in the day don't you? Your opinion that only "blues based guitar music" goes down in history is one that I disagree with very strongly. Like I said, I'm not particularly a fan of Billy Idol's music or that of A Flock of Seagulls' but if their music wasn't somehow significant, we wouldn't be having this conversation. And U2, whether you like them or not, have already gone down history based on their output from the 1980's alone. There's much more to the world of music than blues based guitar rock. That may be your own personal taste but it's not an indicator of what others consider historically significant.