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Disco Duck

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  1. Yes, Journey could be a bit cheesy at times but, sometimes I want cheese. I attended one of their concerts back in 1983. Steve Perry's singing was on point and he was backed by a solid, and tight band. Together they put on a damn fine show. What more could I ask?
  2. I went to see Fences yesterday. It is a terrific film based on the August Wilson play of the same title. The acting was excellent across the board, but Denzel Washington is amazing in the lead role. IMO, he does his best acting when he portrays "not so nice" characters.
  3. Turkey tetrazzini. I made it for dinner yesterday using the rest of the leftover Thanksgiving Day turkey.
  4. Given Malofiy's professional reputation, I'm surprised that Michael Skidmore and the Randy California Trust hired him. Was he the only attorney they could find who was willing to take on this lawsuit?
  5. IMO, you're assuming a great deal: 1) Page would hire and retain an incompetent lawyer for such an important case when he can afford the best lawyers money can buy and with so much at stake. 2) Page is the band member calling the shots during this trial. From what I've read Plant stopping dancing to Page's tune in 1980 if not earlier. 3) Plant would put up with an incompetent lawyer on their legal team.
  6. I'm three years late responding to this thread but, maybe Audrey Hamilton meant that it was a big 'no no" to the Zep band members and the one rule groupies were warned not to break.
  7. I have fond memories of slow dancing to this song at house parties when I was a teenager. Thanks for the music Mr. Paul and may you sing with the angels.
  8. Plant and Page aren't stupid. I assume they hired the best legal team money can buy. The plaintiffs' attorneys have six expert witnesses lined up to testify but, I think the burden of proof is on them.
  9. The plaintiff must be spending a lot of money on the legal fees and experts. Did their lawyers take the case on contingency or has someone donated money for the legal expenses? Does anyone know?
  10. Sometimes you have to draw a line in the sand. Stairway To Heaven is the most famous song in Zep's catalog. Plant maybe tired of singing it but, he knows it is the song people most identify with him. For he and Page to admit that they plagiarized it would be tantamount to Deep Purple admitting they plagiarized Smoke on the Water or Queen admitting they plagiarized Bohemian Rhapsody. Maybe they're rolling the dice and hoping that a victory in this lawsuit will put the matter to rest once and for all. I also find it interesting that many posters assume that Page is driving the bus for Team Zep. I wouldn't assume this. He may have been the band's leader from 1968-1980, but nowadays Plant appears to be the more dynamic and focused of the two men.
  11. I read a Page interview during which the interviewer asked him about a single he recorded during his session musician days, She Just Satisfies. Page laughed and said the record was best forgotten. I got the impression that he doesn't have any illusions about his singing ability. Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore are two other great rock guitarists from that era who can't (or won't) sing. By the way, has anyone here ever listened to She Just Satisfies?
  12. Wouldn't the above be considered "heresay"? Is heresay admissible in civil trials? Randy California is dead so Zep's lawyers can't take his deposition or cross examine him.
  13. What gets me about the photo on the right is how much you can see the man in the boy. The mischievous smile and sideways glance were already there. He appears to be wearing a school blazer so I'm guessing that he had already entered grammar school when he sat for this photo.
  14. I was around seven years old the first time I heard The Who on the radio. The song in question was I Can See For Miles. I've been a fan of their music every since. One of my biggest regrets is that I didn't see them live while Keith Moon was sill living. In addition to all of the great music, I admire the way Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend seem to have made their peace with one another.
  15. I didn't realize Jackson Brown and Glenn Frey fell out. Surely not over Take It Easy because because didn't The Eagles always give Brown partial songwriting credit for that song?
  16. The phrase we use in my neck of the woods is "a real piece of work". Such folk are always good for the entertainment value if nothing else.
  17. I never would have guessed you were a Vanity 6 fan. However, you are right, 57 is much too young. From what I've read, she had struggled with serious health problems for years. RIP.
  18. IMO, the rock critics who knocked The Eagles for being derivative missed the more important point: they were very good at what they did do. They were very skilled musicians who wrote catchy songs and performed them really well. That counts for a lot in my book. I attend concerts to be entertained and The Eagles delivered. I always loved the way they employed vocal harmony in most of their songs. Remember the final section of New Kid in Town? The way the various band members wove in and out around Glenn Frey's lead vocals? It always sounded like a mini fugue to my ears.
  19. I thought politics and religion were banned topics at these forums?
  20. Below, I've copied and pasted a comment Knebby, a former poster, made several years ago on another thread. The italics are mine. Oh and I can say the first time I heard Plant "taking shots at " Coverdale was in 1981 - when Coverdale could only dream of the kind of success Plant had seen. Edited 28 May 2008 by Knebby Disco Duck here again: Coverdale and Whitesnake were still doing their blues rock thing and he still had brown hair in 1981. No one could have accused him of imitating Plant during this period. Who knows why Plant had a bee in his bonnet about the guy.
  21. Disco Duck

    Boleskine

    Judging by old photos, I don't think Boleskine House was ugly. I liked its symmetrical facade, pale stucco exterior and relatively small size. It's proximity to Loch Ness was a a plus, but it's spooky history would have given me pause if I were in the market for a Scottish country house.
  22. Okay, I'm missing something here. Jimmy Page took the necessary steps to insure that his guitar playing during the Coverdale/Page tour lived up to his legend. Why is it disrespectful to state the obvious?
  23. Love It Or List It, HGTV is my guilty pleasure. House porn at its finest!
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