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Just viewing the improved audio of the much maligned Seattle Kingdom show and must say that Kashmir is fantastic. They really started to warm up in this show. Roberts vocals are flat in the audio but he still sounds real good. Powerful performance especially from Bonham. It’s sucks that every great Bonzo fill is NOT captured on camera. Bummer. Typical LZ stuff.
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Favorite live performances of "In the Evening"...
Blaize86 replied to paul carruthers's topic in Led Zeppelin Live
Copenhagen versions 79 are terrific. Real heavy. -
SteveZ98's Earl's Court remaster......... a masterpiece!
Blaize86 replied to pageluvva's topic in Led Zeppelin Live
I just love this part of DAC on 5/24. Jimmy is all over the place infusing so many different styles and Bonzo just sounds fantastic with this shuffle type of beat behind him. I want to see video with this audio. 5/25 is synced very well but I like this show better. -
Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary & American Epic (Quick Update)
Blaize86 replied to sam_webmaster's topic in News
It’s impossible to doa good LZ doc. Period. Footage is as sparse as Bigfoot video. Interviews would be almost nil. Concert and backstage footage is almost zero. I’m talking non SRTS and EC footage. . That’s what you get when you shun the media most of your career. LZ are the biggest unknown band in the world….and I love it. -
I love the show. I loved Jimmy’s heavy distorted tone and I wish he used that in 1973 and 1985 shows. Robert was great also. Jonsey is Jonsey. However, I just didn’t like Jason snare sound. It didn’t sound meaty. I loved his fathers snare and drum tone in 1975 especially Earls Court. Just listen the the great sound in MD on 5/25. Jason’s sound was like Alex Van Halen like. It was a bit tin like and thin. Maybe it’s me ..who knows.
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I read ..or saw on You Tube..a Bonham fan..Bonhamology…and fine drummer stating that they used high hat overdubs on Over the Hills and Far Away and South Bound Suarez. I’m surprised Bonzo would even entertain the thought. Anyone confirm that?
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John Paul Jones...No Writing Credit...Kashmir
Blaize86 replied to Paulus's topic in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
Arranging instrumentation does not garner a writing credit. They thru Bonzo a bone here. It was Jimmy’s riff and Roberts lyrics and phrasing. -
I think an underrated gem from Robert is Night Flight. I still to this day believe Robert is underrated. As a singer myself I can see most people just think of his early range. Robert can get very low in the voice..Elvis baritone low, if he chooses. His blues phrasing and texture is simply wonderful. He has an energy to his singing where you think it’s ready to explode. There is a tension there. He lets it loose at the right moments. He can alter his voice, delivery, tone and texture to suit Jimmy’s tone and ideas for the song. McCartney and Lennon did this so well also. He’s on-a different planet than the 80s so called wanna be’s. I just saw him live in NYC at the Beacon. Simply astonishing as his voice matures with him. As it always has.
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It is true. Bonham, had a hard time playing the tempo against Jimmy. He got frustrated at one point and started playing “ Keep a Knocking” by Little Richard. That’s where Rock n Roll was created. He did use 2 sticks in each hand. There is a killer live version in 1971 in Copenhagen. The entire band is firing away here. I think it’s the only version hence the difficulty especially from Plant standpoint. To get that vocally high every show would be tremendous task.
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Down By The Seaside... The story behind this song?
Blaize86 replied to IzzyBlues's topic in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
Robert's ode to Neil Young. -
What happened to Plant's voice in 1972 ?
Blaize86 replied to SolitudeIsBliss's topic in Led Zeppelin Live
I don’t listen to HTWWW because of the way Robert sounds. There is no soul, no tone, no thickness. What he is doing is compensating his voice and almost going full falsetto which is like a screaming cat at times. I bet us he hates it too. I always felt that Jimmy knew that but left it in. Imagine singing like that from 1967 thru 1972 at that level even pre Zep. Unless you train your voice daily, it’s going to falter. I am a singer and I love Robert as a singer. His phrasing, delivery and post 1972 tone I prefer the most. -
RIP Bonzo - 31 May 1948 - 25 September 1980
Blaize86 replied to The Only Way To Fly's topic in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
I was just graduating from Kiss to Led Zeppelin. I was hearing the music of LZ in the background radio from my sisters room and in the neighborhood school yards. I was also listening to Physical Graffiti borrowed from my neighbor. I was heading to religion class after school about 430 pm when my heavy metal long haired neighbor came walking down the street saying “ Bonham’s dead..Bonham’s dead “..head down shoulders slumped ..,he kept walking. Never stopped. The next day I heard Carol Miller on NYC WNEW play The Rover , Stairway and Ten Years Gone..in that order. I knew at that moment I was in for the long run. I’m still here. -
Hoodie girl from The Song Remains the Same film
Blaize86 replied to Ana Pearce's topic in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
Wow that hoodie is like the Shroud of Turin for Zep fans. -
In Through The Out Door Documentary
Blaize86 replied to tmgeneral's topic in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
I thought it was great. What surprised me the most was that last bit he put together using a drum piece Bonham never used . I was expecting something cringey but man he added a riff to the beat and it was quite freakin good. -
Any Japan 1971 show. Osaka..jeez. Just listen to the added solo at the end of Immigrant Song and Celebration Day. Any Euro 1973 show. The best and fastest I’ve ever heard Jimmy play. Pick one. However, the ultra shredding moment for Jimmy was SRTS after the bowing. He just comes in like a madman. Then it just comes to a sudden halt leaving the audience breathless.