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1 hour ago, ThreeSticks said:
You're completely and totally missing my point. I already know those details. Most serious Zep fans do as well. I don't care what wikipedia says. I don't care what some wikipedia writer picked out of Stephen Davis' book. And frankly, I don't even care what Jimmy Page had to say about Presence back in 1976 or even ten years ago. I want the surviving band members and the surviving band members only to be writing the text from their contemporary perspective in this new book. They have never told it from their perspective and their perspective only. All three guys. It is really important, as Jimmy implied in his presser, that the guys tell it from their perspective because they've been misrepresented so many times in unauthorized bios and even in interviews. My worry is that this is just going to be another book of photographs with text along the lines of John Paul Jones saying: "Gees, I couldn't believe my hair style back then." This band is too important for that. Remembrances of every song and every album should be covered in detail, etc. Same with key concerts. Again, from their perspective now. Artists often do not have a good take on their work until they have decades of time to look back on it. I don't care what Plant thought about the Led Zep post-Live Aid rehearsals when he was promoting his late 80's "Now And Zen" solo album. Been there, done that. Not that it's a part of the band's history I wish to hear a great deal about.
You're going to be waiting a very long time I'm afraid.
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Really enjoying these videos & I've PM'd you a couple of suggestions, Porgie.
Cheers & keep 'em coming.
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They're absolutely amazing.
My life would be complete if a recording of this was to ever come out.
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1 hour ago, Brigante said:
I used to lift weights to Coltrane's Interstellar Space - first, it made me want to kill somebody, then it made me want to rip my face off, then it made me want to break my teeth.
In a good way!
And it always helped me to hit the numbers.
My puny frame -v- John Coltrane?
Only ever one winner - and it wasn't me!I've been slowly dipping my toe into Coltrane's 'free' later period, I'm currently somewhere in between A Love Supreme & Ascension, haven't got as far as Interstellar Space yet.
My current favourite albums are Eric Dolphy's Outward Bound, Coltrane's Sun Ship & Circle in the Round, which is a Miles Davis odds & sods release.
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The 1971 Black Dog from Japan that Steve posted up on here a few days back sounded great (although it was only a YouTube clip).
The gossip I'm reading would suggest we're getting 1968 stuff this year rather than a Japan release however.
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Well he wasn't famous in 1967 & the only other pictures I've seen from 1967 are the Band of Joy ones (see below). It's quite possible that he went two or three months without many pictures being taken of him (after having his hair curled). Someone would probably have to ask Pat Bonham if it was a wig although as per my earlier post, there is mention of a Hendrix-inspired afro in the John Bonham books (Thunder of Drums or Mick Bonham's book), I'll need to check.
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By the way, I don't think it's a wig. There's definitely mention of an (Hendrix inspired) afro in one of my John Bonham books by one of his acquaintances.
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20 hours ago, blindwillie127 said:
Nailed it! Did anyone notice at around 2 mins into the interview Plant makes a snickering comment about Hermans Hermits? Is he still taking shots at JPJ after all these years? I also like how the interviewer tells Plant that his "solo career has proven over and over again that he's not a one trick pony" and then gently asks if he'd "ever record with Page again", and Plant responds with his convoluted sarcasm (that only he gets) and more snickering. Not cool...
I get his sarcasm & generally find his sense of humour to be right up my street.
After 40 years of being asked the same questions, laughing at the interviewers would probably be my response too.
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No moustache & an afro?
If this is all I get for the 50th anniversary then I'll be happy with that.
If a picture of John Bonham playing drums in 1967 emerges then you can just stick a fork in me.
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Yeah, him saying that he won't do a reunion tour for the last 30 odd years does sound pretty conflicted.
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I absolutely love River & Seed of Memory.
Rich Kid Blues & May Fly from his eponymous 1969 LP are also great tracks...
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4 hours ago, chillumpuffer said:
Not surprised as he is slightly portly. Plain or Milk?
Milk chocolate hob nobs.
He's not a pervert.
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My source is the kettle at this reunion rehearsal, keep this under your hat but he said that Robert loves a lemon tea & Jason ate a whole packet of chocolate Hob Nobs in one sitting.
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Urozep's 'serious source' pictured yesterday...
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The Keith Richards quote isn't from the late 60s though is it, is it not a 70s quote which he made after Led Zeppelin were established as one of the biggest bands in the World?
I can see what you're saying though, fair enough.
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13 minutes ago, Crimson Avenger said:
As a pretty unhip session man perhaps!
An unhip session man who had been doing string arrangements for The Stones & playing bass on Beck's Bolero?
I think Page & Jones were pretty much part of the swinging London scene, clearly Plant & Bonham were not.
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2 hours ago, Crimson Avenger said:
Interesting that Blackmore started out as a session man; maybe it gave him a similar appreciation/understanding to Page.
Many of Zep's early critics such as the Stones, Cream, the Who, were from that tightly drawn area of London/Surrey. Quite cliquey. They spent all their time playing with each other in pubs and clubs in that area. Inasmuch as they thought of Page at all by 68/69, he would have been a former session man who dropped out and then took a wage as the bass player in the Yardbirds, not a rated band at all by all the grandees. They wouldn't have heard Page play much if at all, and the other three members would have been wholly unknown to them. So they viewed Zep a bit like we might view One Direction now.
It was a widely-shared view at the start, not just in the music business, see Germaine Greer's article here from a while back:
She soon changed her mind!
I'm not sure all that is entirely correct, John Paul Jones was pretty well know around London by the time Led Zeppelin kicked off & I think The Yardbirds were rated quite highly by a lot of musicians in the 60s.
I think a lot of the jealousy came from the deal Zeppelin got with Atlantic rather than any genuine disrespect for their playing abilities.
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12 hours ago, Strider said:
He is a major part of one of the greatest rock and roll bands ever, and has written innumerable classic songs and riffs. He's earned the right to an opinion.
Agreed.
I'm entitled to my opinion too though & I think he's a bad tit.
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Keith Richards is a bad tit.
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I think Tea For One is one of the best things Led Zeppelin ever done.
The whole LP is great really, it's probably the studio album I play the most in the house these days.
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Any news on this California Jam '74 album coming out?
It's out in a couple of weeks but there's no cover image or track listing on Amazon...
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Possibly the most underrated song of all time...
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I love Aretha.
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On 06/11/2017 at 2:51 AM, Xolo1974 said:
I’m the same mate. Wish I had bootleg ears, but I just don’t.
Me neither, I love Led Zeppelin but the idea of spending hours & hours listening to audience recordings of them sounds pretty grim to me. I think I bought about two bootlegs at record fares before I gave up & I stick with the official stuff & the odd soundboard these days.
I absolutely love HTWWW & have done since the day it came out.
LED ZEPPELIN'S 50th ANNIVERSARY PLANS?
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Some people just want to see negativity wherever Robert Plant is concerned for some reason.
In reality, he's the one who has ensured that the Led Zeppelin legacy has remained intact.