Paganini
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Sorry ..but no one will ever convince me Hot Dog and All My Love are anything other then at best very poor tracks that should have been dropped from ITTOD and replaced with Either/or Darlene, Ozone Baby or Wearing & Tearing.
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33 minutes ago, Christopher Lees said:
This album has grown on me over time. For many years, I hated Hot Dog! I used to wait up every night until 10:00 so I could hear the local radio station play Get The Led Out, three Zeppelin tunes back to back to back. I didn't have all the tapes back then (not yet) so I had a blank in the radio with my finger on the button in case they played a song I didn't have yet. I can't tell you how many times they played HOT DOG! I used to get so pissed off about it. Then, years later when I saw them perform it on the Knebworth gig, I had a different feeling about it. Then it got stuck in my head and I listened to it 1000 times in a row. Go figure. I think All of my Love is a great song. I love Jimmy's wimpy bends in the verses and I love the guitar tracks throughout. I think Plant's vocals are great too. The keyboard fits right in with the times that the album was made in.
I'm gonna crawl has one of my favorite Page solos. I think it's a masterpiece and we're lucky he pulled it off in the state he was in. Fool in the Rain I think is a great tune! It's so happy and it always lifts me up. The solo is pure genius. To this day, I can't tell if it's great or terrible! Of course, In the Evening has the old Zeppelin magic all over it and South Bound Sourez was developed out of those piano jams during No Quarter in 1977.
For me, the two worst songs are Wearing and Tearing and Candy Store Rock.Your first instinct to hate Hot Dog was correct, it’s a joke song that used to cause me immense embarrassment as a Zep fan back in ‘79 amongst my other rock loving mates. All My Love is just plain awful -so bad in fact Jimmy didn’t even put his name to it .....so bad that my wife -who can’t stand Zep -actually likes it!
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Another gripe of mine is ITTOD —Christ what a mess of an album that is!! The vocals are buried in the mix so far down they need to be fracked out. Why the hell Hot Dog and All My Love -simply the two worst ever Zep tracks were included and cracking tracks Darlene, Ozone Baby and Wearing & Tearing were left off simply baffles me! In fact if I ever get to meet Jimmy that would be my number one question -apart from why didn’t he just bin Plant after the O2 gig and find somebody who was interested.
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23 hours ago, PeaceFrogYum said:
I am sure he does still play, unfortunately it is only around the house and most likely acoustic only due to his worry about causing damage to his house.
Sadly, I believe Jimmy is retired as a player in public. He just wants to cement the Zeppelin legacy at this point and that is truly a shame. Oh well.
IMO Jimmy should get a silly wig, some Renaissance clothes, and join Ritchie Blackmore. It could be called Blackmore's Page 🙂
Trouble is Jimmy is teatotal these days so wouldn’t be too keen on sitting around with Ritchie drinking his home brew😁
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I’m beginning to suspect Jimmy doesn’t even play any more, anyone know when he last played live,? He’s obviously posed a few times with guitars -most recently with the telecaster releases but I’m not convinced he is actually playing now. There was a rumour going around he had arthritis in his hands, anyone know anything at all?
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For me Zeppelin stood or fell depending on how Jimmy was playing at that particular time. In my opinion he peaked somewhere around 73 with the MSG gigs the very pinnacle of his uniquely flowing “edge of the precipice”style. I only saw them play live twice – at both Knebworth gigs – and my overriding emotion at the time was one of disappointment that Jimmy sounded nothing like he did on TSRTS. A combination of heroin, nerves and lack of practice badly hampered his performances from 75 onwards, in fact I can’t listen to anything from the 77 tour at all without grimacing.
Also on a different point I find Plant’s weak, nasal, whiny voice he has NOW is unbearable-in fact Plant these days just full on irritates the hell out of me!
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So are there any decent modern rock bands at all?
My new years resolution was to start listening to something from more recent than 1979. Can I have any younger chaps point me in the right direction please, my wife and daughter despair at me only ever listening to Zeppelin and the Stones !
PS if anyone says Greta Van Shit I’m going to put a contract out on them 😉
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14 hours ago, gibsonfan159 said:
Of all the releases I'd actually love to hear get remastered, No Quarter/Unledded is one, both the album and video. The sound isn't bad on the original but there's not much instrument separation, and the vocals sit way higher than everything else. Considering the use of the orchestra, this could really be an amazing reissue. I'd love to have a BluRay with some extra footage added, maybe including the "making of".
..give it time and there certainly will be 😉
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12 hours ago, 76229 said:
Dunno about that but the kid on the left of the pic was sired by some synthpop bloke in the 80s.
Haha ..yes ..maybe OMD or Depech Mode.😱. ..probably first -and last-time -those “bands” ever mentioned on this forum !
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Now this kid in the audience from UK Channel 4 News last night -HAS to be related to Jimmy ?? See his 1960 (ish) pic below.
(sorry I posted this previously in the wrong place —maybe this is still not it)
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To be honest most of the current crop of books are just a rehash of older stuff ..my favourite is Heaven and Hell from ‘91
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https://reverb.com/uk/item/14922235-gibson-les-paul-standard-burst-1958-sunburst
now I just need those lotto no’s to come up this weekend !
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Simply awesome stuff !
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On 1/4/2019 at 2:47 PM, TheStairwayRemainsTheSame said:
I fooled die-hards blind testing them making them think Sakurai IS Page.
Sorry but you're wrong here..
Watch this and tell me he doesn't have everything COMPLETELY downpat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CONhsNGLvnY
The dude literally is Saturn's incarnation of Jimmy and we are borrowing him for a bit IMO.
Absolutely agree with you on this- Sakurai is phenomenally good at not just the technical stuff but also the look and the moves. I would like to see him put the odd bum note in tho-just to be totally authentic 😉
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The closest you’ll ever see to the real thing...come to the U.K. !
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As someone once said ..”disappointment I can live with ...it’s the hoping that kills ..”
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On 11/6/2018 at 2:50 AM, SteveAJones said:
Book: Mr Jimmy: The Man Who Would Be Jimmy Page (Japan)
Jimmy Sakurai biography
Love Jimmy Sakurai—where is this available?
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Here’s what Jimmy said about potential releases in the future:
“We have discussed it. And as far as what’s coming out, well I know that that’s coming out – I know the book’s out, actually. That’s the one thing that’s coming out that I know, that I can confirm.”
“That’s it?!” the host replied to Page’s comment.
“Well, for the minute. As of today. As of today, yes. I think so. I mean, as far as I know, that’s what’s there today.”
“I’ve always got things in mind and I always think of things as a sort of schedule of releases over a period of time. I’ve never been, actually, any different. And, obviously, I would have ideas of things or projects which could go ahead, but, you know, it all takes time.”
“So, at the moment, we’ve got this out, so that’s really brilliant. And who knows what may come further on down the line? I’ll leave it … I don’t know. So I can’t really say at this point.”
So in a nutshell —nothing to see here, the cupboard is empty and the cellar has run dry. Happy 50th Anniversary folks —its over !!
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On 11/29/2018 at 3:49 PM, TheStairwayRemainsTheSame said:
The silver fox ...looking cool JP !
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20 hours ago, TheStairwayRemainsTheSame said:
Let them say what they will...
...will your tongue wag so much when I send you to Hell .....
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This thread ..seriously?!
Does anyone have any controversial opinions about Zep?
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Well said ..good post !