Stairway is NOT stolen
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Not really un happy, but I thought I came up with a cool riff, but listening to it, it sounded EXACTLY like the riff from 'Houses of the Holy' by Led Zeppelin.
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Achilles last stand - 17/7/77 (Audience Recording)
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I don't care if it's edited in studio by Jimmy, I still have a big soft spot for TSRTS. It's the album that got me interested in Live Zeppelin.
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Powell: I got a phone call from Jimmy Page, asking if Hipgnosis was interested in designing a cover for Houses of The Holy
I agreed, and asked to hear the music and see the lyrics. He said, "No, just turn up in a few weeks with some ideas."
'The Dark Side of the Moon' sold 65 million copies. A billion people have probably seen that image.
When we showed up, Storm and I basically just had a sketch on a napkin. That’s how we did things in those days. Not very high-tech.
The sketch was from an idea that came from science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke’s novel At Childhood’s End. At the end of the book,
all the kids in the world go up into space in an enormous column of gold fire. I drew that on a napkin and Jimmy Page loved the idea.
Then Robert Plant suggested we find some "interesting rocks," and I said, "How about we go to the Giant’s Causeway in Ireland?"
They gave us carte blanche to shoot there for as long as we wanted, even though it would be expensive. At that time,
bands had all the creative power—more power than record companies.
We went with a family—three adults, two kids, up on the rocks—and it poured rain for five days. It was absolutely miserable.
I needed to make this cover extraordinary, but there was no chance of sunshine. The photos we took were in black and white,
in the pouring rain. Each album cover had a totally unique design process.
Finally, I decided to cut each individual child out from the various black and white photographs and created a montage.
I hand-tinted it in bright orange and gold and red, rich colors, with 11 gorgeous children running up these octagonal rocks.
The image is completely made up. That’s the cover you buy in record stores. I put the original black-and-white photos in this book
because no one's ever seen them before. I’ll always remember when I showed the final cover to Jimmy Page in the parking lot of a train station
in England as he was returning home from tour. I opened up the car trunk, and there was the artwork.
He said, "That looks incredible—that thing will gather a crowd." Within 10 minutes, 200 people were gathered round, looking in the car trunk
and at Jimmy Page, dressed in all his finery with long hair and a lot of jewelry.
I love hearing stories like that.
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Currently listening to 'Toad' by Cream. There is only one word I would use to describe this, and that is - Boring. Moby dick is more interesting. All Baker is doing is repeating everything over and over again.
Bonham is doing all sorts of things in Moby dick, and it's all different
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Listening to more Iron Maiden, I am now really interested in them. I originally avoided them because of the Album covers, thinking they would be the heaviest band ever.
How wrong I was when I finally heard them for the first time.
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Tea For One.
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Led ZeppelinGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro,North CarolinaJanuary 29,1975Audience recording1st genSet ListDisc oneRock N RollSick AgainOver The Hills And Far AwayIn My Time Of DyingThe Song Remains The SameThe Rain SongKashmirNo QuarterDisc TwoTrampled UnderfootMoby DickHow Many More TimesStairway To HeavenWhole Lotta Love(intro)Black DogCommunication Breakdown
Is that the famous 'Worst Zeppelin show ever' Performance?
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The Rain Song. My 3rd Favorite Led Zeppelin song (Though I prefer it live)
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Just listen at 11:29.
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Steel Panther - I want it that way (Backstreet Boys Cover)
Basically Pop song turned Glam Metal
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Bought the Physical Graffiti Box Set. Gonna put it away for my Birthday.
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What Are You Listening To At This Moment?
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