Trey
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lol I didn't mean to make you paranoid about that Trey! I was mostly referring to the Hendrix stuff.
Not remotely paranoid- just being careful as got the impression from this forum that posting any youtube links were often taken down. Thanks good to know that's not the case it's only the Hendrix copy police haha
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I take it to mean Plant feels Page's comfort with living in the past (as a musician) resulted in predictable music with The Firm and had kept (and still keeps) Page from seeking new ground artistically, and as such he is no longer contemporary.
Yes Page is nostalgic when it comes to Zep. On another but similar line of thought I came across a recently uploaded press conference on youtube of Page and Plant '94 in Japan and the gist of it is Robert says his heart wasn't really in Zep but that his heart is in the Unledded project and you can see Jimmy is visibly upset and taken back by this and a few mins later Jimmy obviously feels the needs to address this and says his heart has always been in the music right the way from Zep to the present (at the time ) and has never wavered from the beginnign to Unledded. I feel both had two entirely different experiences in Zep. I feel for Jimmy it meant everything to him and he was much older and more experienced wheras for Robert he was a kid when he was in Zep and still searching and didn't find himself til later. It's kind of sad. Youtube it as I don't want copyrightist to take it down!
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I just listened to this interview. IMO, Plant was saying that Page needed to find better outlets than The Firm. He thinks he is a brilliant and very original guitarist with a knack for coming in at odd and interesting angles. He thought Page's playing was great in The Firm concert he attended, but the music itself was unoriginal. He thinks that Page should care more how others view him and his music but added that he never really has. He also wondered if Page would be able to play the music that he (Plant) was doing in his solo albums because this music was more precise in regards to time signature and key while Page's playing tended to be "rambling and Wagnerian".
This was a very illuminating interview, imo. Plant put into words what so many rock fans find special and unique about Page's guitar playing. The "come into a song at odd angles" is the best description of Page's playing that I've read. It also gives us some insight into Page's post-Zeppelin career. Page's guitar ramblings and tendency to come in at odd angles during a song may make it harder for him to find singers and other musicians who are a good fit.
Great insights and especially the come in at odd angles is illuminating indeed. Thanks but I understood all that then actually. I guess I was looking for more of a hidden meaning in what Robert was saying haha but it seems he was being more straightforward than I thought! Robert was saying that his cavalier attitude brings him a lack of freedom I thought and I couldn't really follow what he was trying to say. This lack of freedom of Jimmys that Robert talks about is intriguing and I thought maybe someone could expand on it on what they think he means?
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There's a really interesting interview with Plant on Swedish radio from 1985. He's promoting Shaken ''n' Stirred. Anyway, he's very open about Jimmy when the interviewer asks him about collaborating again. Plant basically says that his music was very precise and he didn't think it would suit Page's Wagnerian, cavalier approach. He also talks about how he went to see Page play with the Firm and cried, because it was the first time he had watched him as a punter. He said he didn't really like The Firm and preferred the stuff Page did for Death Wish 2. He seemed genuinely happy that Page was out playing and in a band again. here it is if you wanna listen:
Great interview never heard before t4p. Interesting views on Jimmy starting At 20.34 mins Robert says that Jimmy doesn't see an importance to promote own songs, handle own affairs, manage own career so Jimmy doesn't have that freedom that Robert. He says that Jimmy has a cavalier attitude and that his awareness needs to be sharpened so he can see how he's being seen. What is he saying exactly? That Jimmy doesn't handle what affairs and what was Jimmy doing that caused him to have a lack of freedom? Was he saying Jimmy needed to create a better image in the public eye?
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Cool stuff Trey, thanks for sharing.
I agree Jimi had regained his 'spark' towards the end, the Maui/Rainbow Bridge footage is some of my favorite. Cracking stuff. I would post something from it but the Hendrix copyright police are pretty hardcore, every video I've posted here has been removed.
Yeh Jimi on his 1970 last tour especially in Berlin, Norman and a bit earlier in Baltimore were incredible and to think he played like that when he was exhausted and sick with a cold. His best music was ahead of him I'm convinced. He trusted the wrong people, he was a vulnerable and reckless guy in his last days hanging out in London and mixing pills. I Didn't know I couldn't post vid otherwise at chance of being removed wouldn't have done it but it won't let me edit and remove it. Where has the edit button gone? haha
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The question of what might have been for Hendrix is incredible. I think if he had made that session with Gil Evans he would have had a great mentor for Jimi. He could have taught him to write and arrange and once he studied this imagine where he could have taken the form. Jimi was a game changer like Miles and Coltrane and I think he would've been the leading person in the 70s. It's the biggest loss in music and I think if had overcome his problems with management and stress etc.. he would have possibly been the greatest of all time. He was that good.
This was one of his last performances and he was playing on another level in that last year. At 8.30mins it's like a trapped beast and then that monstrous sound at 8.50. Most intense note ever played!
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Huge fan of Hendrix. My dad had tickets to his last tour of Britain but then it was cancelled due to Billy Cox's breakdown. My Dad saw Led Zep at University and said they were incredible. remembers Whole lotta love as the best song of the night!
It's interesting to watch Led zep interview on September 19th and Jimmy's first response on hearing death of Jimi was it's a tragedy. For having not seen him live he certainly knew that he was incredible and really loved Jimi. He called him the best in later interviews. I often feel they were kindred spirits in the studio and the love of improvising live.
Has anyone hear seen Hendrix live? What was the main impression you got?
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I love the way Jimmy takes public transport and leads a relatively normal life outside of music!
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