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Smashing Pumpkins - Hummer.
What can I say, In addition to being a Zeppelin fan, I'm also a child of the early 90's.
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and a chibi doodle...the colors suck...
Is this the "Young Zep" bootleg album cover? Thats what it reminds me of anyways.
Nice job.
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lol, I've always wondered how in the piss that guy got into those things
ridiculous.
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Great pictures everyone!! So many of the women on here look like they should be models!
What about some of the guys
lol.Meh, nevermind.
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Alright since nobody seemed to notice my ultra boring picture a few posts up.., here is one of me a few years back sporting the Zeppelin t-shirt.
P.S. never mind the drawings on the table (yes, that is a drawing of a band made up of marijuana smoking devices
, the glass bowl is the lead singer, and the one-hitter, is obviously the lead guitarist) and yes, I understand the fairly large sunglasses are dumb, but it was my 1970's beauty shot. .Anyways, dont laugh @ me.
And heres a trippy picture of me wearing ski goggles and drinking boxed-wine - notice the Zeppelin poster on the wall in the background!
And finally, a normal one from college - please ignore what I'm holding in my hand
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Pretty boring I know, but I hate pictures, so you get what you get.
Nice to meet you...
... and you.
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I mean, I'm just 23, so I can't vouch for much prior to 1985. Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough, or maybe I listen to Zeppelin so fanatically that I don't even realize that others are doing the same thing (be it on a lesser scale - which, in my case, it probably is
)In the end, I guess all that really matters is that I myself have had countless life-changing experiences with Zeppelin, sitting in my room next to my record player, smokin a left-hander, pulling a Zeppelin album of the rack, poppin it on, setting the needle, flippin over the album jacket, and just kickin it. I could care less if they were/are big. They're big to me. So big, that there really is nothing else. Sure Cream or Hendrix will do on occasion.., but nothing remotely close to Zeppelin.
I could only hope (and I'm sure its not a stretch) that there are millions more out there that Zeppelin has touched in this way who share this amazing journey with me.
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Someone said I didn't do research... This is a pretty default claim. In fact, if YOU did research, you would have known that I didn't have to do any research on what is already common knowledge among Zeppelin fans.
I was just telling you what I see in the mid-west United States. I'm 23, so I'm only talking about things that happened from 1985 till present day.
I bet you a huge bulk of the hundred million albums that were sold in the U.S. were sold prior to that timeframe, and probably werent sold in the midwest.
If you ask me, I still stand by my claim that they are not as popular as people think (in the mid-west at least).
None of my friends, nor any of my enemies are into Led Zeppelin. In my lifetime, the people I've met who are worth calling themselves Zeppelin fans (i.e. know more than just Stairway) in the midwest can be counted on two hands.
The primary music tastes here in Michigan are country and southern rock, both of which I hate, and both of which aren't Zeppelin.
Its a real drag, but thats just what I see.
I don't want to start any fights, and I'm not saying that it isn't different elsewhere.
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Plant just has a way with words... nothing particularly groundbreaking, but christ - that dude knew how to be a frontman. Nothing over-the-top, just, a fucking frontman. No-one better.
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I just listened to Southampton '73.., didn't hear any bathroom joke before WLL... so I listened to the beginning and end of each song and still nothing? Did I miss it, or do I have a different version?
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lol @ diana ross being above led zeppelin... i never checked, but this just cant be the case in the U.S.
that is blasphemous
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For starters, I live in the midwest United States.
Here, they may play Zeppelin on the radio a few times, but its the same old songs (Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid and Stairway to Heaven). What a shame! There is one station I've found that still plays whole albums on a certain night of the week, and Zeppelin's been on it a few times, but other than that, NOTHING.
I'm 23, and none of my friends are into them... they recongize that they are "good", but they will never be the ones to pop them into the stereo... its always me. They're more into modern stuff like Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine, etc. (which I think are good too). Its not that they have bad taste in music, its just that I don't think they've really look into the roots of the music that all their favorite bands are playing
Most people I know in the U.S. just know Zeppelin for that one song (yes, Stairway to Heaven, which in my opinion isn't even among their top 25 songs). This is a crying shame.
I got into the Zeppelin when I was about 12 - my mother, yes, my mother, bought the BBC Sessions album, and the first time I heard it played, I stole it from her. I don't even know why she got it, she has never expressed particular interest in Zeppelin or that type of music.. its as if some higher power made her buy it just to introduce me to them. Needless to say, I blew out plenty of sets of speakers with it. Then I got every studio album (one way or another). Then I got the official DVD - the Royal Albert Hall performance on it inspired me to get into more live Zeppelin. Just within the last year I found out about the vasts amounts of bootlegs available, and now, I must have about 50 or so live performances.
For me, Zeppelin shapes my life, but as for the general populus, I don't think they really know Led Zeppelin, and only know them for "that one song".
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My collection is pretty basic. the only thing I have thats any good are albums - 60 boots on disc (free), 3 boots on vinyl (~100 bucks total). I've always wanted to trade and collect, but im a 23 year old broke college student and can't afford some of this shit.
The upside - I found an un-opened Led Zeppelin I vinyl at an old lady's garage sale for 25 bucks... took every ounce of energy not to look too excited when buying it so as she didnt realize what she had and jack up the price on me.. also found a used but playable Presence for 10 bucks... lots of posters too.. her son must've been a Zeppelin fan and moved away or something... Lets just say there was enough Zeppelin and other band memoribilia laying around for me to spend about 30 minutes scrounging through boxes looking for something big like autographed pictures or something. Ended up spending about 50 bucks there and got some neat shit, but nothing groundbreaking.
Other than that, you gotta pay to play... sometimes I contemplate taking out a student loan for some of the Zeppelin gear I come across and can't afford.
Heres hoping someday I stumble across a hidden treasure trove in someones garage someday (when I have money)
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This is from Blueberry Hill?
Can anyone confirm what show this plantation is from?
I can't confirm that, it was a "guess'timation"... I have the boot but its been a while since I gave it a full listen... I'll listen to it tonight just in case no one beats me to the answer.
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I also recal this exchange, though I can't remember which show... I want to say 1970.09.04 LA Forum, but could be wrong.. anyways.
Robert Plant (to audience): "You don't know how difficult it is to tune a guitar in front of thousands of screaming people."
Jimmy Page (to Plant): "You don't, either."
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Oh the Plantations!
Theres always this classic from 1969.01.11
"Are you warm enough to night?
Are you really warm, its so warm in here its not true!...
Has anybody got a Les Paul?
Straight from the national trust of Great Britain.
Oh you've heard about the national trust!? Thats great..
They have one in America too...
Thanks for your patience anyway." [Enter I Can't Quit You]
Also - I have two Plantations in my signature.
The first one is Jonesy's Organ Solo introduction.
The second is part of Plant's classic "I'd like to introduce Led Zeppelin to you" portion of How Many More Times
Love this sort of stuff... keep em coming.
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BBC SESSIONS. HANDS DOWN.
I mean, just listen... raw, vintage zeppelin
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im sort of dissapointed in being so young (im only 22)... ive never had a chance to get any bootleg vinyls... i feel like im running out of time to ever get my hands on any good ones at a reasonable price...
the question i have is are there still any good ones on the market or is it pretty much dead? i have a ton in digital format, but being a collector, i must too have some of the vinyls. ive already ruled out ever getting my hands on a "blueberry hill" or a "dancing avacado supreme" but there has to be some alright performances still out there... right?
are my best chances at a garage sale with some unsuspecting seller who doesnt even know who zeppelin is? ebay? trade shows? underground record shops?
anyone have any input?
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Its also known that Page used reverse-echo... they would record the echo as it happened, then turn the tapes over and play them back so the echo dubbed before the effect rather than after. Page was kind of a pioneer with this in the studio (never really been done).
This probably isn't what you hear for the lyrics in Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (as the lyrics would be inverted). Its more for the instruments, but this will clear up some of the other "weird" sounds they come up with.
Theres plenty of examples of this on nearly every album. More reasons why Page was a studio monster.
P.S., I called satan and he told me that he didn't work with Zeppelin (please do not go wreck your vinyls by playing them backwards).
lol.
, the glass bowl is the lead singer, and the one-hitter, is obviously the lead guitarist) and yes, I understand the fairly large sunglasses are dumb, but it was my 1970's beauty shot. 
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Plantations
in Led Zeppelin Live
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JUST READ MY SIGNATURE FOR CLASSIC PLANTATIONS... MY FAVE IS THE "ON FIVE GALLON HAT JIMMY PAGE@'":""