TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 (edited) Now of course we've all heard this song hundreds of times but I've just realised Cummings sounds EXACTLY like Percy here... The whole damn song is song by Robert it even sounds like something Robert would write especially the outro "bye bye bye you know I'm going to leave ya woman" Edited December 2, 2012 by TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charles J. White Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Actually Zeppelin covered the song during a rehearsal for a gig in NY I believe. Randy Bachman has a tape of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishhead Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I have heard Burton in an interview talk about how much he liked Plant as a singer. Burton Cummings in his younger years was a wicked singer..."No Time", "These Eyes", "Undun" , "Running Back to Saskatoon"etc...some great vocals! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MINI_Zoso Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Actually Zeppelin covered the song during a rehearsal for a gig in NY I believe. Randy Bachman has a tape of it. I would love to hear that one!! I expect it would be just brilliant. I can hear Robert singing it, and the emotion he would put into it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charles J. White Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 It sounds fantastic, it's only about 15 seconds but it's great. Randy played it on his radio show Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reggie29 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I saw both bands in 1972 and Burton Cummings never, ever, sounded remotely like Robert Plant. They had similar styles and range but sonically, not even close. No disrespect to Cummings, great performer with a great band (even without Randy Bachman) but equalling Robert Plant? I don't think so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 I saw both bands in 1972 and Burton Cummings never, ever, sounded remotely like Robert Plant. They had similar styles and range but sonically, not even close. No disrespect to Cummings, great performer with a great band (even without Randy Bachman) but equalling Robert Plant? I don't think so. No of course I agree but in this song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pagemeister Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 There were some similarities between the two in the early days. Here's another Plant-like vocal: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PhilRocksinOHIO. Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 (edited) Burton at one time admitted to trying to sound like Plant in this song. Edited December 2, 2012 by PhilRocksinOHIO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheStairwayRemainsTheSame Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 I think he oozes a great likeness to Robert on the first album Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynxwizard Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I saw both bands in 1972 and Burton Cummings never, ever, sounded remotely like Robert Plant. They had similar styles and range but sonically, not even close. No disrespect to Cummings, great performer with a great band (even without Randy Bachman) but equalling Robert Plant? I don't think so. i dont know about that, if he does not equal him he comes damm close, The vocal on 'Hang on to your life' just nails it, for me in the time period the ones who could really bring it home with their voices were Plant, Cummings and Gillan. all classic IMO and with such powerful vocals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reggie29 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 i dont know about that, if he does not equal him he comes damm close, The vocal on 'Hang on to your life' just nails it, for me in the time period the ones who could really bring it home with their voices were Plant, Cummings and Gillan. all classic IMO and with such powerful vocals. Compare Cummings and Gillans body of work to Plant's. No contest. Btw, I like them both too along with Dio and many other fine vocalists. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rock Historian Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Burton Cummings does NOT sound like Robert Plant. Far from exactly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynxwizard Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Compare Cummings and Gillans body of work to Plant's. No contest. Btw, I like them both too along with Dio and many other fine vocalists. Dio was incredible, one thing he had over the others was that he never really lost his power over the years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deborah J Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 The Guess Who were one of the best bands ever IMHO. Cummings does have one fantastic voice. Different than Robert, but still amazing. I think I have all of the albums from 65-75... in fact in my car I have a 6 CD changer and currently with 4 LZ CD's , Beck and The Guess Who. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pagemeister Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 http://youtu.be/JLW3CZUjB6U Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neon Genesis Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 (edited) The Guess Who were one of the best bands ever IMHO. Cummings does have one fantastic voice. Different than Robert, but still amazing. I think I have all of the albums from 65-75... in fact in my car I have a 6 CD changer and currently with 4 LZ CD's , Beck and The Guess Who. Agreed 100% American Woman is an album that should be hanging on the same wall with most of the definitive and essential albums of the 60s\70s era period in the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame. I've heard a lot of cover versions of the title song, the only one that I kinda liked was the one done by Lenny Kravitz.... but STILL I preffer the original! It just sounds soooooo wicked and groovy you could imagine yourself in the 60s partying like crazy at Austin Powers' pad lol Edited December 21, 2012 by Neon Genesis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Little Robert Anthony II Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 There are some similarities to their voices, but a lot of differences. Cummings is more of a baritenor, or arguably a high baritone, whereas Plant is 100% tenor. Plant has also expressed his own admiration for Cummings, saying that if he could sound like any other singer, he'd want to sound like Cummings. And of course, The Guess Who actually predates Led Zeppelin, so it's very possible that Cummings was an influence on Plant before the other way around. It could be like a Beatles/Byrds thing where the Byrds started out aping the Beatles and then at one point the Beatles were actually influenced by the Byrds (like on If I Needed Someone). At any rate, they're both great singers with their own styles, although it's a shame that Plant wasn't able to preserve his voice as well as Cummings. But of course, Plant has a much greater body of work, with all due respect to Cummings who has a nice body of work in his own right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charles J. White Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 This is so silly, Burton Cummings was an international musical superstar long before Robert Plant - 2 different singers with similar areas but different styles, pitch, cadence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charles J. White Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 There were some similarities between the two in the early days. Here's another Plant-like vocal: That is a Canadian classic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deborah J Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 ^ Awesome song like so much of their music. I always loved this scene about The Guess Who in Almost Famous:-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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