ZepFanatic Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Fucking awful...listening to Knebworth 8/11/79 and in Misty Mountain Hop it sounds like a cartoon robot voice! It also sounds pretty bad in the 1977 versions of Battle of Evermore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieshoes Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Fucking awful...listening to Knebworth 8/11/79 and in Misty Mountain Hop it sounds like a cartoon robot voice! It also sounds pretty bad in the 1977 versions of Battle of Evermore... Well, obviously it's a matter of taste. Listen to enough shows and you take it for what it was. Hard to listen to a 77 show now without expecting to hear that harmonizer. Personally, I don't mind it so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepFanatic Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Well yeah, I know it'll be there and to expect it...and I understand it was the technology of the time, but wow was it bad... Also, how bad did Stairway and Since I've Been Loving You sound when JPJ started playing piano exclusively for the live versions circa 1979-1980? Really bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Well yeah, I know it'll be there and to expect it...and I understand it was the technology of the time, but wow was it bad... Also, how bad did Stairway and Since I've Been Loving You sound when JPJ started playing piano exclusively for the live versions circa 1979-1980? Really bad... You really don't dig the later tours, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 The problem with the harmonizer is it was really more of a pitch shifter than a harmonizer so it didn't follow any key. So you wound up with some out-of-key notes that didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMcLov1n Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Well yeah, I know it'll be there and to expect it...and I understand it was the technology of the time, but wow was it bad... Also, how bad did Stairway and Since I've Been Loving You sound when JPJ started playing piano exclusively for the live versions circa 1979-1980? Really bad... I don't think he used piano on Stairway, at least I didn't hear it. I only heard it on Since I've Been Loving You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Fucking awful...listening to Knebworth 8/11/79 and in Misty Mountain Hop it sounds like a cartoon robot voice! It also sounds pretty bad in the 1977 versions of Battle of Evermore... I think the harmonizer is actually one of the reasons I'm partial to the '77 shows. But I have to admit, it didn't work so well on 'Misty Mountain Hop'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzepfan Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Just listened to misty. you're right. it just doesn't work very well. at least on that song. At least he kept it to a minimum! I can picture it working on dazed...maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibh23 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I don't think he used piano on Stairway, at least I didn't hear it. I only heard it on Since I've Been Loving You. He used it in 79 and 1980. As for the vocal harmonizer, It initially bored me a lot, then I started taking it more lightly, it was a necessary step toward producing the harmonies on The Battle Of Evermore, do you remember how bad Misty Mountain Hop sounds live without harmonization on the vocals?, well I can also safely say that the worst ever use of the harmonizer was at the second Knebworth show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepFanatic Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 You really don't dig the later tours, do you? Actually, despite them not being nearly as good as earlier tours, I do love the later ones...1977 in particular, but also 1979 (well, 4 shows aren't a tour!) and 1980. I just feel they lost some of the awesome live sound by switching technology (most notably JPJ's horrid synth, losing the Mellotron, and too much piano in Stairway and SIBLY)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I'm no fan of the harmonizer either. In general, their sound got less good in the end of the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepFanatic Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 I'm no fan of the harmonizer either. In general, their sound got less good in the end of the 70's. I think Jimmy's tone in 1979/1980 got beefier after the razor thinness of 1977...but Jones' keyboard got worse sounding...up through 1977 they still had that great late 1960s sound/vibe but by the end it had plunged into full on 1980s cheese... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgeholder Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Whene Robert stands too close to the drums and the harmonizer is going, owww, cymbals thru the harmonizer is one awful sound-see Cleveland '77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I can't remember if it's during "No Quarter" or "Misty Mountain Hop", but you can actually see Robert cringe because of the bad effect at Knebworth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepFanatic Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 I can't remember if it's during "No Quarter" or "Misty Mountain Hop", but you can actually see Robert cringe because of the bad effect at Knebworth. It must have been MMH...God that was bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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