You ever check Sid Vicious doing that song in the Great Rock And Roll Swindle? It's probably not for everyone, but it always makes me laugh. The video of it, I mean...

I checked your profile to see your age, and sure enough you're right around there with me - I'm 44. I'm sure you understand what I was saying about Jane's emotional connection with some of our generation. The weird thing about Jane's music is that I can't listen to it very often now - not because I don't appreciate it now, because if anything I appreciate it more - but it brings me right back to that time, which was a time of incredible emotional tumult...and Jane's Addiction was the soundtrack to that. I don't want to revisit that too often, or with the intensity that the music is capable of adding. Don't mean to get maudlin - and I gotta run in a minute, anyway, so I promise I won't subject you to tales of young adult angst. But I really do think Jane's was the only band that ever picked up Led Zeppelin's torch in any major way.

Yeah, I stand corrected, too. I remember the "actors" you're referring to on the first Porno For Pyros tour. I loved that debut album, but the show had a very dark vibe, as I recall, in part due to the actors. I seem to remember a kind of simulated self-mutilation segment and it kind of bothered me. But then I saw the next tour, too - God's Good Urge, right? - and it was such a beautiful positive vibe. I totally understand that some people find Perry annoying, but I really believe he has a rare magic about him

I thought Wolfman said it very well in the beginning - that the original Jane's in concert was a "mind-blowing, unearthly experience." I saw them at the first Lollapalooza in '91. The whole show was amazing, but I remember Mountain Song in particular. It was transcendental. Jane's was such an important band to so many people who were young adults at the time...they made a very emotional connection with artists, especially...they hit on something about the nature of beauty and pain. I was hesitant to pick up a long-dormant thread, but Wes bravely stepped forward to do the honors.

In My Time of Dying from March 25, 1975. Amazing show in my opinion, and what a great recording! Can't wait to hear the new Landover soundboards.

I can understand some of the gripes here...but all I can say is that the DVD whipped me up to a level of Zep fanaticism that I haven't been at in a while. I've always been an obsessive Zep fan, but I was kind of in one of those subdued phases (maybe you guys know what I mean)...one of those phases where LZ is still unquestionably your favorite band, but you're spending time investigating other music and not listening to them as much and not really being CRAZY obsessive. It's a good thing, I suppose, but it's always fun to come back...and after seeing the DVD, I really came back. I joined this Forum (HI!), dropped the cash on "Double Shot,"and I've been listening to bootlegs and reading LZ books non-stop. I thought the O2 show was so impressive...I thought they all sounded magnificent, they were incredibly tight, and I couldn't believe how good Jason was. He was playing drums with Jimmy when I caught the Outrider tour in 1988 - it still stands as my favorite concert ever, but man, Jason has come LIGHT YEARS from that time. To be honest, I didn't expect the O2 show to be that great, but I now really think it was a magical show.