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  1. They certainly are not underrated. When you sell that many albums you only can be overrated
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    Oh CANADA!

    Congratulations Canada Sarah Palin falls victim to pranksters after accepting an on-air invitation to hunt baby seals from 'President Sarkozy'By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 10:41 AM on 03rd November 2008 Comments (57) Add to My Stories Sarah Palin fell prey to a radio prankster when he pretended to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy and talked her into accepting an invitation to hunt baby seals. An apparently oblivious Mrs Palin told the caller, a Canadian comedian using an over-the-top French accent, she thought the hunting expedition would be fun. The prankster also got Mrs Palin to reveal she may one day go for the top job in Washington. Trick shot: Sarah Palin told Canadian pranksters impersonating French President Nicolas Sarkozy they could have a lot of fun on a helicopter hunting trip The Alaskan governor and Republican running mate of Senator John McCain talked for nearly six minutes. The conversation touched on topics such as a Hustler porn video made about her, Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting ability, Mr Sarkozy's ' beautiful wife' and how the French leader could 'see Belgium' from his house. Scroll down to read the full transcript of the conversation between Sarah Palin and the pranksters Asked if she would like to eventually become president, Mrs Palin responded, 'Well, maybe in eight years.' She was called by a member of the Quebec comedy duo The Masked Avengers who have tricked other celebrities and politicians - including Mr Sarkozy himself.
  3. euro

    Oh CANADA!

    If he would just have a cigar instead of an election i would say hats off to harper
  4. euro

    Oh CANADA!

    Have you heard of Oil? You also have a current account deficit with Canada so obviously there are things that Canada has that you dont have
  5. A duet by Laura Pausini and Bocelli "Dare to Live"
  6. Thankyou for sharing your input and perspective. The only thing I would add that from what i recall Zeppelin back-catalog is stronger than the numbers would suggest. Zep I 11 and IV are always chart on catalog seller charts( I think they are called mid-price charts in France if memory serves me correctly)
  7. I am using album sales as a measure and I understand that over 50% of those sales are greatest Hits packages but that is the UK market for you. The gap is too big to ignore "We will rock You" also helped Queen alot too in the UK. It really helps when people are trying to sell you a cd while your watching a stage performance.
  8. Just to Stir the pot a litte more, I will rate Floyd,Queen and Zeppelin,interspersed with some other bands in terms of popuarity by country USA and Canada 1)Zeppelin by miles 2 Floyd 3)Queen( a distant,distant third Australia 1)Led Zeppelin 2)Queen 3)Pink Floyd This is very debatable. I wonder where AC/DC ranks on this list? New Zealand 1)Pink Floyd 2)Queen 3)Led Zeppelin 2 and 3 may be debatable UK 1)Queen by miles 2)Pink Floyd 3) Zeppelin Germany(Austrian market too?) 1)Queen 2)Pink Floyd 3)Deep Purple 4)Led Zeppelin Italy, France, Greece 1) Pink Floyd by miles 2)Led Zeppelin 3)Queen Latin America 1)Queen 2)Led Zeppelin 3)Pink Floyd Japan 1)Queen 2)Led Zeppelin 3)Pink Floyd Finland/Noway/Sweden/Holland 1)Pink Floyd 2)Queen 3)Led Zeppelin Between countries Floyd and Queen may exchange 1 and 2 Looking forward to any input from people with respect to country they live in?
  9. Their music is more well known and from the scant info on sales they appear to have sold more records there(which is not saying much since a country like Canada can sell more records for some rock releases than the entire South American Continent. Records are very expensive there. That is the impression i get when you speak to people from the continent. Maybe some forum members from the region can add their perspective?
  10. Chart History of their albums in Germany is extradordinary. I use to have the info at hand not anymore
  11. Popular in Latin America for english rock band,but probably not as popular as Queen. Asia: Japan-again popular for english rock group but not as popular as say Madonna,Abba and of course domestic acts
  12. Deep Purple were huge in Germany,great chart runs on their albums but that was not representative of the continent
  13. Some Austrian Chart positions Zeppelin Early Days - The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volume One 09.01.2000 23 8 Peak Weeks Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy 1973 15.05.1973 3 1 2 Led Zeppelin How The West Was Won 08.06.2003 1 7 6 Led Zeppelin In Through The Outdoor 1979 15.10.1979 20 4 Led Zeppelin Mothership 2007 23.11.2007 4 13 Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti 1975 15.04.1975 2 12 Led Zeppelin Remasters 1990 13.01.1991 19 10 Not bad performance for a band that apparently is never played in Austria. If Mothership could peak at #4 in Austrian without any airplay that is an accomplishment PG peaked at #2,Houses of the Holy#3 and Mothership #4. In through the out door to #20,(pretty dismal performance of the album right across Europe) even in UK while it made #1 its stint in the Top Ten was very short. In Canada,on the other hand. In through the out door was in Top 10 for nearly 6 months! In the USA a similar chart performance
  14. With respect to Australia and New Zealand, my sense is that Zeppelin are very popular there,though not anymore than Queen,AC/DC or Pink Floyd. Perhaps some of our friends from those countries shed some light on this topic.
  15. You nailed it right on. The reason Zeppelin were so huge in USA and Canada was the availability on AOR radio in the 70s.This was not the case in Continental Europe and even the UK which was dominated by BBC(who like to keep a tight rein on what was played on radio).
  16. I think if you were to do some research on US sales you would come to different conclusion. When you sell a 100 million album plus in one country it certaintly not only because of that " one song"
  17. USA and Canada: massive. I dont think a rock group can get any bigger(with the exception of the Beatles) UK. Popular but not of the stature as in North America and nowhere near as popular as in North America. Oaisis and Queen are much bigger in UK among other groups Contintental Europe;respectable following but not as big as say Queen or Pink Floyd.They dont receive saturation radio play there in key markets like France,Germany,Italy like they do in North America Latin America; popular for english rock group but not as popular as say Queen and nothing compared to domestic acts Japan;popular for english rock group but nothing in comparison to domestic acts.
  18. Funny, I have been to so many places in Greece but Halkdiki is not one of them. I hear it is beautiful though
  19. Greg Lake made a great contribution n the first King Crimson Album In the Court of the Crimson King
  20. ELP tends to play their instruments too quickly and often forget that passion in music is more important than technical virtuousity
  21. My favourite Rush live album is the Live in Rio DVD
  22. One of the great live albums of all time
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