LedZeppelinHK Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) Hi,I want to discuss the concept behind the Chinese dragon on his suit which he used to wear a lot during the 70's Led Zeppelin live concerts . I was told that the dragon was to represent his own Zodiac.but it seems that out of all the Zodiac versions (Babylonian, Hindu, Chinese and Maya) ) only the Chinese version of Zodiac has the dragon involved.and it's quite obvious that it's a Chinese dragon on his suit rather than a Western one. traditional Chinese dragon A typical Western dragon (besides,there's no dragon involved in the western or other astrology/zodiacs) But one thing is that his year in Chinese zodiac should be the monkey(1944) rather than the dragon reference: http://en.wikipedia..../Chinese_zodiac Could it be the dragon looked cooler to him so he adopted the dragon instead?(even if it does not match his year in Chinese Zodiac) Also,there's rumor saying that Jimmy has Chinese ancestry from his maternal side. could there be some connection between his choice of adopting the dragon and his rumored chinese ancestry? Also,he performed for the closing ceremony of China Olympic in 2008. Edited January 2, 2012 by LedZeppelinHK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrybonzo Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) it was the concept of looking BAD-ASS Edited January 3, 2012 by henrybonzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedcat Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 It was the decade of the 1970's and people actually wore stuff like that. I don't think you have to overthink it, I just blame the 70's like I do for a lot of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Yeah, you're overthinking this...it just looked cool to him. ...I just blame the 70's like I do for a lot of things. Ha, you should THANK the 70s for Jimmy's Dragon suit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybrown1976 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I just thought it was a kick-ass outfit - nothing to get academic about, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 the Dragon suit was designed because it was the chinese year of the dragon in 76. JP wanted the suit to reflect this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezer Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Jimmy Page's infamous dragon suit Why infamous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snappy Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I think he found the Zoso symbol in Le Dragon Rouge, hence the red dragon on the suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickybomb Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 On 6/30/2021 at 1:18 PM, Snappy said: I think he found the Zoso symbol in Le Dragon Rouge, hence the red dragon on the suit. Here’s a picture of the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Zeppelin Restores Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 28 minutes ago, Snickybomb said: Here’s a picture of the book. thats def it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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