This thread is fascinating...incredible...unbelievable. Mrs. Parker is the epitome of a true Southern lady--she's every bit as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside--supremely kind, gracious, intelligent and talented.

My girlfriend is a big fan of Jewel, the singer, and Jewel's song "Foolish Games" has been stuck in my head for weeks.

Richmond, Virginia.

The three things that make me the saddest Led Zeppelin didn't do: 1) That a re-invigorated Led Zeppelin didn't have the opportunity to continue making music and touring during the 80's and beyond. 2) That Led Zeppelin didn't have the opportunity to continue touring throughout the rest of '75. Their plans included tours through North America, Scandinavia, and (probably) South America. During their South American tour, they most likely would have played (at least) one gig in a gigantic soccer stadium, probably in front of 100,000--180,000 people. 3) That Led Zeppelin didn't have the opportunity to complete the '77 North American tour. Around 250,000 tickets had already been sold to just three of the cancelled gigs.

It would be interesting to know how many superfans followed Zep around from city to city--Grateful Dead style--during the band's tours in the late 60's/70's. There must have been some fans who followed the band around on tour.

No, he didn't.

I agree --Zep was all about the music

Live.

I'm 5' 11"

I'm a Capricorn.

Hi Otto Masson. Back in 2001 I spent two weeks in Iceland and had a great time. I know next to nothing about the Icelandic music scene, but when I was in Reykijavic I visited and hung-out in a bar where an Icelandic band--playing only American country music--was performing. They were good. The band members were each dressed for the part--two were wearing cowboy hats--and another guy standing near the stage was waving around a Confederate flag. It was great fun.

I completely agree with The Dark Lord. It's wise to never underestimate the prevalence--and power--of envy and jealousy amongst the weak and insecure.

Page and Hendrix stand alone at the top--Page is 1a and Hendrix is 1b.

The Rain Song.

TSRTS has so many great moments that it's impossible to choose which one is best.

During a visit to Inverness in '97 I spent some time near Boleskine House exploring the nearby graveyard and woods. I found the area to be very still and beautiful, but didn't sense anything mysterious. An interesting anecdote: When I was in Inverness I spoke to a local tour guide who told me that when he was leading tours back in the 70's and 80's he would make stops outside of Boleskine House if a member of one of his tour groups requested it. He told me that on two separate occasions young women in his (van driven) tour groups requested that he stop at Boleskine House. He agreed, pulled his van over, the girls jumped out, ran up onto the Boleskine property, and never returned. The guide tried to find both girls, was unsuccessful, and reluctantly returned to Inverness with the rest of his tour group. A second interesting anecdote: During a visit to a pub located near Boleskine House, I spoke to a pub employee who told me that Page would sometimes visit the pub to have a beer or two back during the 70's and 80's. According to this employee, the pub's owner--noticing Page's repeated visits--eventually screwed a metal placard engraved with the words "Jimmy Page" into the floor beneath Page's usual barstool. The placard was later removed after Page sold Boleskine House. Whether this employee's story had any credibility or not, I don't know.

That's interesting. When I was in HS (mid 80's) almost everybody liked Zeppelin--even the kids who preferred the Stones liked Zeppelin. At every HS party you'd hear the same music: Zeppelin, Stones, AC/DC, Van Halen, Def Leppard, U2, etc, etc.

My older brother gave me LZ1 as a birthday present when I was 15. Then I watched TSRTS with two friends when I was 17.

I'm going with '73, even though '75 is very close.

Many of my favorite D and C's are from the ' 73 European and American tours. The TSRTS one belongs right at the top.

I'm most like JPJ in terms of my personality and temperament. I'm also a Capricorn (like JPJ and JP). Quite a few Zeppelin fans who I've known over the years have also been Capricorns.

I feel encouraged by what I've read on this thread. Today's young people seem to have all but completely forgotten about bands like the Stones and The Who, but there still seems to be a small, dedicated contingent of young Zeppelin fans out there. It seems like in some places it's even become "cool" to like Zeppelin. When one considers that the great majority of Zeppelin fans are now in their 50's and 60's, this is good news.

I enjoyed it too Virginia--thanks.

I've known a lot of people who felt indifferent to Zep--neither hated nor loved them--just had different tastes in music. I've run across 4 true Zeppelin haters in my life: 3 of them were total losers--guys who were angry, bitter, miserable, unhappy, and pathetic. To quote someone in another post on this thread, "their hatred of Led Zeppelin was the least of their problems." One of these guys had a strong contrarian streak : He seemed to hate Zeppelin simply because everyone else liked them so much. The 4th true Zeppelin hater I knew was--believe it or not--one of my best friends in HS and college. He (Jim) was a great guy in every respect and the two of us agreed about virtually everything--except Zeppelin. Jim's problem was that he was a fanatical fan of The Who, and he DEEPLY resented Zeppelin for being more popular and successful. We agreed to never discuss the issue--why ruin a good friendship--but sometimes I would hear him moaning aloud to other people, "Why does everyone love Zeppelin so much? Why are they so popular? The Who is a lot better." LOL.

I'm a fan of the Dave Lewis books--and I liked WGWTE. I also liked Heaven and Hell. (This book's introduction--where the writer talks about the sheer volume of crowd noise in Tampa stadium prior to Zep's '77 show--is memorable. He describes how Zep's audience in Tampa is far louder than the audiences for other major bands of the era who played Tampa-- MUCH louder than The Who's audience, for example.) I know that HOTG's is much criticized for being embellished and inaccurate--this seems true--but I still thought it was a good read.