Strider Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 (edited) March 21, 1975 Seattle. Happy 40th Birthday 207.19 and 214! This concludes the best 4-show run of the 1975 U.S. tour. Better than the LA Forum run 3.24-27. Better than the San Diego-Long Beach run 3.10-14. Better than the MSG-Nassau-St. Louis run 2.12-16. nick2632, you're confusing your definitions of 'tired'. It's not that he didn't want to play the song that caused his performance of 3.20 Heartbreaker to be so off. It was the fact that he literally was physically exhausted. That's what Sue was alluding to...not that he was tired of the song, but that he was too tired to play. That's why some of the 1975 Heartbreakers are so rough...they were always at the end of the show, the second encore, after three hours of playing. It's a wonder they could stand up let alone play another song. No matter what song they played at the end, chances are it would have been ragged. Except for 3.12 Long Beach...that's an excellent Heartbreaker!!! Edited March 22, 2015 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Except for 3.12 Long Beach...that's an excellent Heartbreaker!!! A gratuitous self-plug if I may: yesterday I uploaded the alternate source for the MSG 13-6-77 show over at dime...it's one of the few nights on the '77 tour where they deigned to play "Heartbreaker" after Bonham's drum solo. It's not a bad performance of the song (one of the highlights of that particular gig IMO) and it made me wish that Zeppelin had made "Heartbreaker" a permanent part of the 1977 setlist for that point in the show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stairway is NOT stolen Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 ^I've got some interesting things to say about this performance. First of all, I actually think it's the entire band who are off, even Jonesy. I mean, it's hard to tell because of the bad recording, but to my ears, even JPJ sounds like there's something wrong. On the plus side, I do like the slow intro to the song, but after that it just goes downhill, FAST. Poor Page got hit by an effect that shouldn't have gone off. Shame Mike never got around to recording this show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Dounim Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 On the plus side, I do like the slow intro to the song, but after that it just goes downhill, FAST. I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes that intro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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badgeholder Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Re-living my first Zeppelin concert. Forty years ago today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Strider Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) March 24, 1975 Fabulous Forum of Inglewood. Reliving my 7th Led Zeppelin concert. There's no question that the 1975 tour was dark and moody Zeppelin compared to the 1972, '73, and '77 tours. Very little levity apart from some of the Plantations. Nearly every song is 8 minutes or longer. In My Time of Dying...Kashmir...No Quarter...Trampled Under Foot...Moby Dick for a half hour...Dazed and Confused for a half hour. Really, apart from the opening two songs, it's not until the encore that the band lightens the mood and plays something less than 5 minutes. The Crunge and the Theremin duel prove to be one of the fun and energetic high points of the concert. As usual the concert was accompanied by the firecracker brigade and there was so much marijuana smoke in the Forum, you got a contact high without even trying. Edited March 25, 2015 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sathington Willoughby Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y078n95ApA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ffBRhtWjEQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) . Edited March 26, 2015 by Patrycja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Dounim Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 . ah yes, ., my favorite Zep concert ever! Anyone who doesn't think that . was the pinnacle of Zep's live career is a complete buffoon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 . ah yes, ., my favorite Zep concert ever! Anyone who doesn't think that . was the pinnacle of Zep's live career is a complete buffoon! You got that right, Sue...the fuckin' band was on fire that night!!! Absolutely the hands down best version of...whatchamacallit (you know, the song with the riff and the crazy drumming) they ever played! :lol: (sorry, Patrycja...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 March 25, 1975 The Forum. 40 years ago tonight. Once more into the breach. Same set list, except one less encore so no Heartbreaker. School was out for Easter break, which made it possible to see these shows. The Forum shows fell on Monday, Tuesday,and Thursday nights. By sheer luck, Easter was on March 30 that year. I think I can count on one hand the number of times Easter has been in March during my lifetime. Otherwise I would have been fucked. Patrycja, what happened to your post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick2632 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I don't think he was tired of it or they wouldn't have played it at all. I don't think there's any Zep songs Jimmy was tired of actually. Some songs besides Heartbreaker and Communication Breakdown would have been welcome. Maybe re-introducing The Wanton Song as an encore could have worked. It's a shame they dropped The Ocean after 1973, considering how often people in the crowd would shout for it. Oh my gosh, how did I forget The Ocean! That really is the 1 song they should've played as an encore some shows after '73. That would have been the perfect encore on any night. The Wanton Song would've been a great one too. And Strider, that makes sence. I always wonder how the heck Jimmy would even be able to stand after holding and playing guitar for 3+ hours, well he would've definitely built a lot of strength after doing it as much as they performed, but still would get exhausting some nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo_fan Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 March 27, 1975 - Los Angeles on its 40th anniversary, one of my favorites... "'Has anybody seen the bridge?' 'NOOOOO!!'" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 March 27, 1975 Fabulous Forum of Inglewood. 40th Anniversary of Night #3 at the Forum. LZ concert #9. My 1975 Led Zeppelin orgy concluded with this marathon show, the last of the 1975 U.S. tour. Not that I had any rest during the band's break on March 26...for me and some friends went to see Blue Oyster Cult that night at the Shrine Auditorium. Blue Oyster Cult was hot, second act Kansas was not, but the unexpected part of the show was Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and Linda Lovelace? appearing onstage to introduce the opening band, The Pretty Things. Tix were $6. Fast forward to Thursday night, March 27...and there's Linda Lovelace again, this time introducing Led Zeppelin. I of course was too young to have seen "Deep Throat", so all I knew about her was what I read in the newspapers about the "Deep Throat" craze and the ads for the movie that ran in the LA Times movie section. Yes, Virginia, there really was a porn movie section in a family newspaper. "No Quarter" was once again a highlight...this version may be one of my favourites of the entire tour. The Whole Lotta Love "theremin battle" is another highlight...one of the longest of the tour...incredible stage theatrics by Page and Plant. Once again, only one encore but they did add "Since I've Been Loving You" to the main set, so it felt like we got something special for the last night. As usual for the 1975 shows, the mood was one of incredible, unrelenting spacy heaviness. The long, hypnotic riffs of "In My Time of Dying" and "Kashmir" and "No Quarter" and "Trampled Under Foot" put you in a trance. Not to mention the laser lights and smoke during Jimmy's bow solo in "Dazed and Confused". You sort of lost all sense of time and equilibrium. No one suspected at the time that it would be another two years before we would see Led Zeppelin on stage again...and in vastly different physical circumstances. No, as the 1975 U.S. Tour came to a close, Led Zeppelin seemed in firm grip of their destiny...their reign over Rock's Mount Olympus secure and unthreatened. Maybe just shorten the drum solo a bit, eh fellas...if not get rid of it altogether? It was well after midnight when the concert finally ended. All I did the next day was sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MightyLedZeppelin Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Cleaning on this snowy Saturday morn listening to 5/22/77, currently on No Quarrter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Nutrocker - haha it's all good. I love to laugh and that was a good one Sorry, Strider, I decided to delete it thinking that my expression of friendly jealousy over your having seen Zep live SEVEN times was not really contributing anything to the thread. Overthought it a bit, as usual. Now the explanation is longer than the original thought, and it's still not contributing anything to the thread lol. Anyway, no offense meant, Strider, and I hope none was taken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Nutrocker - haha it's all good. I love to laugh and that was a good one Sorry, Strider, I decided to delete it thinking that my expression of friendly jealousy over your having seen Zep live SEVEN times was not really contributing anything to the thread. Overthought it a bit, as usual. Now the explanation is longer than the original thought, and it's still not contributing anything to the thread lol. Anyway, no offense meant, Strider, and I hope none was taken You never have to worry about offending me, Patrycja. I don't see how I could possibly take offense to anything you or anyone else says on the internet. We're all adults here and I have no problem rolling with the punches. So feel free to say whatever is on your mind to me. I just feel bad about that jealousy you're carrying around, hehehe...and that's after only 7 shows. What are you going to feel when I tell you about the 1977 tour...Led Zeppelin concerts #10-14? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowfoot Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 It brings home Zeppelins absence from the uk that you saw them as many times in 1977 as they played uk gigs post 1973. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowfoot Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Whoops can't count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 It brings home Zeppelins absence from the uk that you saw them as many times in 1977 as they played uk gigs post 1973. Whoops can't count You know, I never thought of it like that before...and your math may not be that off after all. Let's see, Led Zeppelin played 5 Earls Court gigs in 1975 and 2 Knebworth shows in 1979 for a total of 7 UK concerts post-1973. I saw Led Zeppelin 4 times in 1975 (March 12, 24, 25, 27) and 5 times in 1977 (June 21, 23, 25, 26, 27) for a total of 9 post-73 concerts. So yeah, you're right...Led Zeppelin played Los Angeles alone more times post-73 than they did the entire UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowfoot Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Sadly true. They became tax exiles which is the background to some of the comments at the Earls Court gigs. thismeant that they could only spend so many days in the uk without having to pay uk tax and explains the dramatic flight from the uk after the car crash. Meanwhile back on thread - Baton Rouge 28 Feb 1975. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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