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Why didn´t they play an acoustic set at the O2 ?


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I think after all the hype over Zeppelin getting together they thought lets play

a straight away set of rock and roll and being older showing we still have it.

Critics really gave zeppelin the nails into the box knocking their acoustic

music and per live set so I'm sure they thought of this. Many zep numbers

are long so adding Achilles was going to take up the 2 hour clock they had

to work with. One of there longest sets were Boston Tea Party and a seattle

show in Seattle where they played 4 hours and 12 minutes long. The bootlegs

have never covered the 50s tracks they played and played rock and roll 2 times

in the first show. I attended both and were just amazing nights they played.

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I think if 'Unledded' hadn't occurred, we probably would have seen an acoustic set. Even though it was a generation ago, that angle was pretty much fully explored by that project. It's not like anyone wanted to hear Jonesy sing ''Battle of Evermore", and the Unledded version is the definitive one. "Going to California" has been done in many forms on every Plant tour for years....hardly a rare performance. I think they made the right decision by keeping it totally electric. It's a Zeppelin assault, and that's what they were looking for.

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stairway to heaven done on a double neck ovation guitar would have been interesting. it would have been like an acoustic set in a way. when jimmy page just played blues anthem in 88 and page and plant, hey hey what can i do 98, as stand alone acoustic guitar numbers, it really worked well in context of the show.

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