mrledhed Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 What's wrong with that solo? Was the guitar not tuned properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Because 1977. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Because heroin. Because Page didn't pick up a fucking guitar for a month before the tour started. Because a lot of things, probably... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stairway is NOT stolen Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Anyone have a Youtube link to it? i don't think I've heard it. EDIT: Never mind. I found it. Wow, Jimmy sounds asleep and drunk when playing Achilles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom kid Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 13 hours ago, Nutrocker said: Because heroin. Because Page didn't pick up a fucking guitar for a month before the tour started. Because a lot of things, probably... I always find that a bit of a cop out 'I didn't pick up a guitar for a month because all of the gear had been shipped to the states'. Surely a millionaire rock star like Page had a huge collection of guitars... As you said he probably spent that month in a smack induced haze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter19877 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Yeah, he was rusty and really high lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 On 1/11/2016 at 3:42 PM, tom kid said: I always find that a bit of a cop out 'I didn't pick up a guitar for a month because all of the gear had been shipped to the states'. Surely a millionaire rock star like Page had a huge collection of guitars... As you said he probably spent that month in a smack induced haze. Absolutely Page's whole excuse for not picking up a guitar is a cop out...and totally unprofessional behaviour for a musician of his stature. I mean, Jesus Christ- was the smack that good, Jimmy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Dounim Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 On 1/11/2016 at 9:28 PM, Sathington Willoughby said: Because 1977. c'mon man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Avenger Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I just listened to this whole gig yesterday. I don't get the impression that Jimmy is out of it; he plays with a drive and attack that suggests he's basically in good shape. His playing isn't particularly sticky. But his leadwork is rusty as hell. He gets away with it on songs like NFBM or TU, where he can just attack. But things which need a more structured approach such as ALS are a disaster. He sounds like he's playing ALS for the first time and hasn't really worked out how to go about it. As anyone who's ever tried to play some of these songs will affirm, you just can't wing it like that. Reminds me of the old Eric Morecambe gag: 'I AM playing all the right notes... just not necessarily in the right order' Jimmy also seems to have a lot of tuning issues too, which I don't think can be put down to a bad tape. He disappears completely for a while in NQ, for example, while he tries to put it right. The real influence of drugs in 1976/77 I think is that nobody seemed to realise this was where the band were heading. Not Jimmy, not Peter Grant, and on this evidence not jimmy's guitar tech either! I wonder what Robert was thinking about it all at that early point. Jimmy's travails aside, 4/3/77 is actually a pretty good gig. Robert sings great throughout, and the drums propel it all with a lot of energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Crimson Avenger said: Jimmy's travails aside, 4/3/77 is actually a pretty good gig. Robert sings great throughout, and the drums propel it all with a lot of energy. Funniest part of the show is when, after Page does his Noise Solo/"Mars Bringer Of War" bit, Bonzo goes right into the "Dazed and Confused" drumming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Avenger Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Just now, Nutrocker said: Funniest part of the show is when, after Page does his Noise Solo/"Mars Bringer Of War" bit, Bonzo goes right into the "Dazed and Confused" drumming Yes, I spotted that too! I got the impression Bonham just wanted to get on with it. Or he just got back onstage and instinctively did a few fills before realising he needed to keep quiet. Maybe he thought Jimmy was just tuning up or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 10 hours ago, Sue Dounim said: c'mon man Yeah, yeah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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