Everybody needs the light Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I know they could not play everything but there as was enough time for "Battle of evermore" and "Going to California."Any idear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrophile Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Maybe because they didn't want to? Sounds like a good explanation to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ro_a Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Why didn't they play Sabra Cadabra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Why didn't they play Sabra Cadabra? They should have played The Boys Are Back In Town. The only reason why they didn't play acoustic stuff was certainly they wanted to do something energic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkchop Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 If sticky fingers had made an appearance, the effects would've been magnified. There's not alot of fudging that's masked acoustically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea for Tanja Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I thought the 02 was the best gig I saw of them-scince 77.An acoustic set could have made it a perfect night for me.- Don´t agree that acoustics can not bring the same energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZosoLuke Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I thought an acoustic set would have been fantastic and the true Zepp fans there would have loved it. I think it was an Irish Bootleg of a Page & Plant show I was listening to once, and the fans reaction when Jimmy picked up his acoustic to play California was unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Then again I can't think of an acoustic set they could do without Robert having to do high pitches in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDog71 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I do think they didn't do the acoustic set because they wanted the show to be fast paced and rocking. I would have loved to see them do the acoustic set personally, but that's just nit picking. Overall I thought the show went well without it. Of course I have only seen footage. It would have been interesting to see where they would have placed it, how many songs, and what songs they would have chosen for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBgoode Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Perhaps there just wasn't enough time to get set up for the acoustic set and then back to electric. They had a list of songs that they for sure wanted to play so I assume they just said lets do the ones that we can do that the people will love without going on too long because we are not in our twenties anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryder1978 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I was also informed that the O2 has a noise curfew involved with performances. If true, that would explain why there was no time to set up for the acoustic set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagittarius Rising Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 It would have been great if they did a acoustic set, especially if they pulled out tunes they never played live such as Hey Hey What Can I Do and Poor Tom. Possibly a BOE as well with a guest vocalist (Alison Krauss?) playing the part of response. JPJ singing response like he did in 77' was simply horrible, he sounded like a neutered squirrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Historian Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 JPJ singing response like he did in 77' was simply horrible, he sounded like a neutered squirrel. Why shit borne', I heard of spay/neuterin' ya dog n' cats..but never squirrles. ...Interesting.... What vet ya' go too? Bet they'd give Alvin an' dem Chipmunks a run fa' da money..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagittarius Rising Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Why shit borne', I heard of spay/neuterin' ya dog n' cats..but never squirrles. ...Interesting.... What vet ya' go too? Bet they'd give Alvin an' dem Chipmunks a run fa' da money..... Good point, you know what happened when they tried that to Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-o-S-o Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I am actually really laughing about the squirrel remark. No "LOL" while I'm just grinnin', you really made me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmie ray Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I've heard too many times that an acoustic set can never match the energy level of electrified. For an accomplished group of musicians, it couldn't be more the opposite. This performance, however, was not the right setting and preparation for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeldd Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 It would of been nice, but hey just having them back for one night playing kazoo would have been more than we could wish for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docron Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 [@2:22], [this is intense and very necessary] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingzepp Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I know they could not play everything but there as was enough time for "Battle of evermore" and "Going to California."Any idear? Is getting you're post count up really that important here? Pointless thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Is getting you're post count up really that important here? Pointless thread. Apparently it's quite important to a number of people here. I never have understood the fascination with having a high post count myself. Mine's high simply because I've been posting here since the board went official around the time of the 02 show (as well as at the previous incarnation of the board) but I honestly don't pay any attention to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Dounim Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Me neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea for Tanja Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 could not get the count discussion.... I think this topic is intresting cause Zep got a lot of acoustic influences and people love this onstage. Not only the heavy stuff. in the meantime i found another explaination. when listening to an Interview of Page and Plant Jimmy said that when selecting the material they could not get the old feeling of Bron Yr Aur anymore, though this song worked great in Zeppelin days. So maybe it´s just the acoustic set that did not seem to work for this 02 night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles J. White Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Limited time, wanted to get as much electric stuff out there. And vibe of the gig - that gig did not really lend itself to acoustic stuff because of the type of international coverage and pressure involved perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawler of Brawth Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 as an attendee it was the one thing i missed at the O2 show. given the attention of the world's press i felt they missed a trick in not evoking their acoustic legacy. there were doubtless other factors involved and im sure it wouldve been discussed and presumably rehearsed, as the guys were very proud of the diversity in their catalogue. so may be it just wasnt coming together in the rehearsals for those numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenticus Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 it would have been easy to set up, just pull out some stools and hand page an acoustic and jonesy whatever toys he need and let er rip.......probably had to do with they came up with their song list and given the length of the show they were planning on playing, and what they felt they had to play, there weren't any real spots in there to put in acoustic songs. Now I tend to disagree, I feel like there's time in there to pull out something like going to california, plus it would give a shot at just the three surviving members playing together, not even having little bonzo involved. alas, no acoustic songs but a great gig indeed it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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