Cat Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Led Zeppelin, tabbed a supergroup by many rock critics, proved itself only to be loud, boisterous and very deafening at their first Bay Area appearance in over a year last week. Filling the Berkeley Community Theater with some 40 amplifiers and speakers.The concert, which started 20 minutes late, began with the barely recognizable 'Immigrant Song," with Page improvising to the hilt throughout the number and Plant dancing around onstage spastic- ally to the tune. "Since I've Been Loving You," was moving, dramatic and gutsy, but absolutely too loud and so was "Black Dog,"' judged its sound projection because its effect was almost unbelievable, and often unbearable. It is well known that Led Zeppelin is a talented group. Jimmy Page is without a doubt one of the best guitarists in the musical world, John B o n h am is a great drummer, bassist John Paul Jones is an above-average performer and Robert Plant, well, he has been called a male Janis Joplin. Their mystic and haunting "Dazed and Confuted." was improved by Page and his guitar. Zeppelins ''Celebration Day," a hard, driving number that was unbelievably loud, shook the auditorium and the people in it. A quiet and peaceful interlude where the group sat down and performed a couple of tunes including the lyrical and soothing (to the ear) "Going to California." almost saved the evening. The played acoustic guitar, but even that was plugged in. John Bonham, the drummer in the group, presented one of the most phenomenal drum solos this reporter has ever witnessed. The half-hour solo had the crowd in a frenzy and they roared its approval until his conclusion. From then on. the crowd stood until the end of the performance, apparently hypnotized by the music, and d a n c e d to "Whole Lotta Love.". It was a fast moving tune, interspersed with o l d i e s but goodies like Rick Nelson's old hit, "Hello Mary Lou." When called back for an encore, they went into "Been a Long Time," also from their upcoming album and again blasted the audience out of the auditorium, ears ringing with the tunes of Led Zeppelin, probably the loudest group to come out of England. — Doris G. Worsham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Great discovery, Cat. Robert Plant as the male Janis Joplin?! One gets the sense of just how loud a group they were even as far back as 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatbo Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 When called back for an encore, they went into "Been a Long Time," also from their upcoming album and again blasted the audience out of the auditorium rock 'n'roll before the 4th album release....sounds like an awesome show. i've never seen the boot for it though, does anyone know of it's existence? i know the "walk don't run" forum shows, but i'd like to hear this one.... awesome, cat... steve, you must be in heaven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*I*LOVE*JIMMY!! Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Led Zeppelin, tabbed a supergroup by many rock critics, proved itself only to be loud, boisterous and very deafening at their first Bay Area appearance in over a year last week. Filling the Berkeley Community Theater with some 40 amplifiers and speakers.The concert, which started 20 minutes late, began with the barely recognizable 'Immigrant Song," with Page improvising to the hilt throughout the number and Plant dancing around onstage spastic- ally to the tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAJones Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 awesome, cat... steve, you must be in heaven! Cat holds a special place in my heart for all her contributions here and to my archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Cat holds a special place in my heart for all her contributions here and to my archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*I*LOVE*JIMMY!! Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Led Zeppelin, tabbed a supergroup by many rock critics, proved itself only to be loud, boisterous and very deafening at their first Bay Area appearance in over a year last week. Filling the Berkeley Community Theater with some 40 amplifiers and speakers.The concert, which started 20 minutes late, began with the barely recognizable 'Immigrant Song," with Page improvising to the hilt throughout the number and Plant dancing around onstage spastic- ally to the tune.That was a bit harsh. You can tell Doris is not a fan. This is really strange. This is not at all what I posted, what I posted was......I have to disagree on the live recordings. I love the live music so much more than studio. So do the guys. They are able to play to their fullest extent. To hear the audiance clapping and yelling puts you right there. To hear the songs the way LZ wanted you to hear them. Not the boxy short version on studio recordings. I love my bootlegs, they are fantastic. To hear every note Jimmy hits is orgasmic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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