Oh now Knebby. You must read what I said. DC is ashamed of the "Image". As far as I know he hasn't distanced himself from the music. Haven't you heard the quote "overdecorated fucking christmas tree" from David? Didn't you see him on Loose Women saying the same thing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93K_kbHJ4HQ We will diverge again. Cringeworthy you said? It would hardly be fair for DC to not sing songs that represent his entire career. It's an opinion. I don't particularly like that song, but that doesn't mean DC should replace it with Medicine Man. During the Coverdale Page interviews DC said the same thing. Because you don't like your image doesn't mean you stop playing the music. Jeff

I couldn't have said it better Indi. You know....David himself over the last 10 years has repeatedly said he's ashamed of the image,,,and ashamed he allowed himself to be caught up in the "corporate" image. It's to his shame but....he did rake in a pile of money. However....David has felt that Plant went beyond the pale with him. It became.....a sick game with Robert. A toy to play with in the sycophantic American media who "didn't do their homework" with DC's career. It always disturbed me that Robert has continued taking shots at DC for 20 years. I must say...the new Whitesnake album "Good to Be Bad" has done remarkably well. Except in the States. Jeff

It's funny....just not "ha ha" funny

One of the funniest things I ever heard was Cozy talking about Coverdale and Ritchie Blackmore getting into a backstage brawl in Germany. Hair pulling? lol

And Knebby....this clip is from that tour you had the vip pass from. RIP Cozy

Here is a clip of Whitesnake doing Ain't Gonna Cry No More in 1980 Here is one of Sweet Talker This is the way I prefer to remember DC

lol....Robert saying he never "preened" like that is hysterical. Limp wrist....chest out...blouse wearing. Every front man preens link a peacock. It's shtick. For those who don't know. The Cal Jam was a HUGE festival that Purple headlined in 1974. Something like 200,000 people packed the Ontario Motor Speedway in California. Here is a clip Great blues song. It's amazing to see how young DC looks. Jeff

The thing is - they were never FRIENDS - and while I do find Robert's public attitude to Coverdale a bit nasty and I can see why it hurts him, it was COVERDALE who stretched the truth. They weren't mates, but yes, they certainly encountered each-other. Peace to you.

Cheers to you Knebby...This is where we diverge because I heard Plant being nothing but complimentary about DC all the way till about 1985. Plant first met DC in 1974 and in fact there's photographic evidence of Plant visiting DP while they were rehearsing with new addition Tommy Bolin in Malibu in mid 75 in the Days May Come, Days May Go cd (released by Purple Records of the Malibu rehearsals with Tommy Bolin for what was to become the Come Taste the Band CD) Glenn Hughes has repeatedly said that Plant and Bonzo were friends of the band and in fact Bohnam wasn't exactly happy the band no longer had Ritchie Blackmore as a guitar player (then he stumbled on stage in 1976 in New York and made public his drunken disdain for Tommy Bolin) Plant went so far as to say in a couple interviews in 1988 that he didn't even KNOW Coverdale which was pantently false and DC knew it. I met Plant in the late 70's. He and Billy Connelly would show up at Whitesnake gigs in the late 70's and early 80's. Does anyone think it's a little "on the nosey" that Plant jammed with Bernie Marsden, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice at the Sunflower Jam in 06? That's half of the best era of Whitesnake. DC has said over and over that he could deal with Plant's "fishwife" type attitude towards him, but the fact that he said he didn't know him hurt him most of all. As we all know Robert has a tendency to...talk shit about people. He took it a wee bit too far in the case of Coverdale. Coverdale maintains that he and Plant were "friends" and that Plant's late tirades were do to the fact that DC was finally outselling him. David said to me once that Plant has blinders on and as he told and inteviewer in 88..."we are all magpies...I suggest that Robert check his own nest before pecking around in mine" I like Robert....I truly do...I think he is a gentleman and deserves both the success he has achieved and the critical praise he has engendered. His influence on modern music is unquestionable. He dissapoints me when it comes to David Coverdale because he took what was legitimate annoyance with David dying his hair blond and singing in his upper register to a vendetta status and frankly carrying it on to an unnessesary level. And please....can we give this "David Coverversion" thing a rest....it's so 80's

Having met both men I think I can put a bit of a different perspective on the relationship between the two.... First off....it amazes me the difference of perspective between European and American views of Coverdale. He's held in MUCH higher regard in England and Europe than he is in the States. My own theory is that plain ignorance of DC's work has led to people thinking he was a Johnny come lately in 1987....when in actuality he had been steadily working for 20 years. Early Whitesnake was a very BRITISH band. Hard for American audiences to get into. Yet, it was the best era of the band and possibly David Coverdale. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wqWaLdjoqo This is the band at their peak in terms of live performances I can say that it came as a HUGE surprise to DC when Plant started taking shots at him in 1987. Coverdale considered Plant a friend and struggled to come to terms with the shots. From Plants perspective he was seeing someone "do him" and it irritated him....however, lets not discount this one thing....Coverdale was outselling Plant by 11 million copies or something (The Whitesnake 1987 album has sold 14 million worldwide....I believe Now and Zen has sold in the neighborhood of 3 million...someone will correct me if I'm wrong) and maybe...just maybe a hint of "I've known this guy for 15 years and now he's outselling me" crept into Plants brain. Who knows? DC himself has said he's tried to bury the hatchet...maybe it will happen soon enough. It irritates me that people in the States only know this BRIEF cartoon version of DC and not the rest of his work...but those are the facts of life. Jeff