Pagefan55 Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 He should hold out for a lordship. Absolutely. It's ludicrous that he's not a "sir", yet. He's one of the finest artists (not merely musicians) whom Britain has ever produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 IMO, it's beneath Page's dignity for his managers and fans to openly court a knighthood for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Same here, if Mick Jagger has it, why not Jimmy? +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journeytoroom101 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 In the year 2014 we find people promoting, parlaying, and (worst of all) accepting royal titulary...frightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew r Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 In the year 2014 we find people promoting, parlaying, and (worst of all) accepting royal titulary...frightening. 100% correct Zeppelin was anti establishment music that put two fingers up to normal society. After the upheavals of the 60's we shouldn't even be having this conversation Rebels should never conform! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Absolutely. It's ludicrous that he's not a "sir", yet. He's one of the finest artists (not merely musicians) whom Britain has ever produced. It's not ludicrous at all. Page is only one of the finest artists Britain has produced in the eyes of the Led Zeppelin fan. Considering he has not done anything of note for thirty years or more, so there is not really any chance of him getting a knighthood. It is just not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagefan55 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 It's not ludicrous at all. Page is only one of the finest artists Britain has produced in the eyes of the Led Zeppelin fan. Considering he has not done anything of note for thirty years or more, so there is not really any chance of him getting a knighthood. It is just not going to happen. I disagree. One prominent critic in the 1970's (Tony Palmer, who has gone on to become an award winning director and producer of classical music films) once said the following about Zep's music, "there is no theater like it...Led Zeppelin has propelled rock and roll into the forefront of artistic achievement in the mid-1970's." Palmer wasn't just talking about music, he was talking about genuine artistic achievement. And he was talking primarily about Jimmy Page. And Palmer was right. The fact that Page hasn't (arguably) been as productive in the past 30 years means nothing. (If Mozart had stopped composing at age 32, would that have detracted at all from his existing work? The answer is "no.") By 1980, Page had earned the right to do anything he wanted to do for the rest of his life: teach, paint, or simply relax and have fun. He deserves a knighthood, and the British establishment has embarrassed itself by not offering him one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 100% correct Zeppelin was anti establishment music that put two fingers up to normal society. After the upheavals of the 60's we shouldn't even be having this conversation Rebels should never conform! Rebels often mellow out as they grow older. Still, your point about Zeppelin being anti-Establishment is well taken. Page himself certainly didn't conform to society's mores when he was a young man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagefan55 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Weren't most accomplished artists and writers anti-establishment when they were young? Likewise, many of them didn't completely conform to society's mores or standards when they were young men (or women) either. Look at Tolstoy, for example. Are "War and Peace" and "Anna Karinina" somehow lesser works of art because Tolstoy "certainly didn't conform to society's mores when he was a young man?" Should Tolstoy today be any less venerated or honored? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew r Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Weren't most accomplished artists and writers anti-establishment when they were young? Likewise, many of them didn't completely conform to society's mores or standards when they were young men (or women) either. Look at Tolstoy, for example. Are "War and Peace" and "Anna Karinina" somehow lesser works of art because Tolstoy "certainly didn't conform to society's mores when he was a young man?" Should Tolstoy today be any less venerated or honored? Why does Jimmy Page need a spurious honour from an outdated system that celebrates the defunct empire of a marginalised worn out island? A more fitting honour would be a music diploma or an award that carried his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journeytoroom101 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Why does Jimmy Page need a spurious honour from an outdated system that celebrates the defunct empire of a marginalised worn out island? A more fitting honour would be a music diploma or an award that carried his name. When humor and the truth weave into a double rainbow of goodness...well that's heaven to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Who cares? Jimmy has written, played & produced some of the greatest music ever made, has millions of fans the World over & is a minor deity to many of us. What difference to some daft honour from an outdated monarch make? Leave crap like this to Cliff Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksgemini Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 My guess is the age of some of his previous girlfriends...one in particular... may result in a knighthood becoming controversial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpage Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I have a "Knighthood for Jimmy Page please" page on Facebook if anyone would like to join. It already has 640+ members, so the more the merrier I say! June Page (no relation BTW)!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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