dazedcat Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Well I never saw this one..............interesting..........Pete shoulda smashed his guitar just to make a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Led Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Hey can somebody tell me what Ted Nugent(Fuckin' Conservative!) said about Jimmy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Hey can somebody tell me what Ted Nugent(Fuckin' Conservative!) said about Jimmy? I have no idea. The person that originally posted that hasn't posted here in a quite a while so I kind of doubt she'll be chiming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedcat Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 http://www.getreadyt.../ted_nugent.htm "My guitar is my own personal primal scream, it's the same thing that influenced people like Bo Diddley and all those black r&b people that Jimmy Page later milked for Led Zeppelin." I'm not sure if that's the specific quote the other poster was talking about but I did a google search and found the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 That's not the specific quote the other poster was referring to...but it'll do. If memory serves, the Nugent quote the other person was referencing was something Ted said about meeting Jimmy and he was all drugged out and had cold, clammy hands. I can't search for it now...but I believe if you check the "what other people say about Zeppelin" thread in the Master Forum, you'll find Ted Nugent's quote discussed at length. As for the thread topic...I loved the Who when I was a kid, but as they went on and on after Keith Moon died and put out multiple greatest hits collections and seemingly had more farewell tours than Kiss, I grew weary of them. By the 90s, I was sick of them...especially when Pete decided to shove Tommy down the world's throat in all available media formats. When the Ox died and they STILL carried on...well, I can't say I was surprised. But it was still sad. One advantage Led Zeppelin will always have over the Who, to me, are their albums. Zeppelin was simply more consistently better in the studio than the Who. The Who were a great singles band in their early years, but their albums were full of filler. The only Who albums I can listen to without wanting to skip ahead are "The Who Sell Out" and "Who's Next". Ironically, the one advantage I felt the Who had over Zeppelin when I was growing up(the lyrics), doesn't mean as much to me now. I just don't care anymore about the whole silly Mods versus Rockers thing. Obviously, their live reputation rivals, and perhaps exceeds Led Zeppelin's. I only saw the Keith Moon-era Who twice: in 1973 and 1976. They were certainly LOUD but while good, I never felt chills like I did at Zeppelin shows. It probably didn't help that at both shows(LA Forum 73 and Anaheim Stadium 76) Keith looked majorly wasted. SAJ is right, though: Pete Townsend gives great interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedcat Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I think the mod/rockers thing was used as a backdrop for Quadrophenia, a couple tunes mentioned them directly but I always thought it was just a thematic thing to write songs around the concept. Lyrically it might be the best teen angst album ever written about having to grow up and finding yourself as a person in life. But hey, I always thought LOTR was the backdrop for Led IV so................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Zep Girl Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I don't love The Who, but I certainly don't hate them either. I saw Roger live in 2010 & I was actually quite impressed. His singing isn't what it used to be (kind of like somebody we know...RP) but overall, he's a good entertainer. He opened for Eric Clapton & I was blown away by his wise cracks he was making. Definitely a crowd pleaser. Pete Townshend, is another story. I saw some interviews with him and he was talking about something related to Zeppelin. Really ticked me off & I sort of lost respect for him. I understand that not everybody is going to like the same people I like. That's okay. It's just they way he said it. I believe you can find some interviews of him on the "What the famous think of Zeppelin" or something like that. I think it's sort of interesting that Roger dreams of working with Jimmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I've never been a huge fan of the Who either but growing up on album radio in the 70s and 80s, their music obviously made up a huge amount of the playlists. Even though I always kind of admired them from afar, it wasn't until years later that I became a full fledged fan. That said, I still don't have a lot of their works on CD or vinyl (still need to fix that). When they came through NC on the Quadrophenia anniversary tour in the mid-90s I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to see them, even without Keith Moon. With all due respect to Mr. Moon, Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey did a very admirable job filling in for him on drums. Plus, I got to see one of Townshend's infamous windmills up close and personal, something he said he wouldn't be doing any more (this was also around the time that his tinnitus was bothering him worse than ever before). I'm not so sure I'd have very much interest in seeing them these days but I'm sure glad I went back then. After they finished Quadrophenia, the latter portion of the set was more of greatest hits outing but it was all very enjoyable, nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazedcat Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Pete Townshend is selling his back catalogue for lots of cash...........The Who Sell Out for sure....massively. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-who-sell-out-pete-townshend-gets-millions-for-back-catalog-20120217#ixzz1mlg5v92F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I saw them from the 4th row at Tampa stadium back in '89 and it was an amazing show! Definitely the loudest show I have attended. Then I took the wife, who was not a fan of theirs, to the show that Jahfin was referencing and it was terrific as well - plus she then became a fan. It is sad to see what has become of them since the great Ox passed away, but I have great memories of them. Too bad I wasn't old enough to have caught them when Kieth was alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjin-san Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 The Who make 1970s ticket offer http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18921486 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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