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He looks interesting and very good for his age. I could go out with a guy that looks like him!><Quote
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babyblue
The other day I saw a pic of Plant and he looks like hell.
Classic case of "eye of the beholder."
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desertblues68He looks interesting and very good for his age. I could go out with a guy that looks like him!><Quote
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babyblue
The other day I saw a pic of Plant and he looks like hell.
Classic case of "eye of the beholder."
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desertblues68He looks interesting and very good for his age. I could go out with a guy that looks like him!><Quote
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babyblue
The other day I saw a pic of Plant and he looks like hell.
Classic case of "eye of the beholder."
You need coolin'...
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http://forums.ledzeppelin.com/index.php?/topic/21658-do-stoness-fans-hate-zeppelin/
Just throwing it out there!
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shawnriffhard1
Here's what I could find :
The single
The single was planned in advance by Phil Carson from the London office of Atlantic Records. The manager of Led Zeppelin, Peter Grant, was unaware of what was about to transpire until Grant received word that over 500 singles had been pressed and had been shipped to Manchester for distribution. Grant had stipulated to Carson that under the contract Led Zeppelin had signed with Atlantic Records, the band had the final say whether singles would be released or not. With confirmation with Ahmet Ertegun, Carson had to recall all copies of the UK single and had to have them destroyed.[9]
The situation was different in the US where the single was released despite the band's wishes. The track had been edited down to 3 minutes 10 seconds, with the fantasy section cut completely, to make it of suitable length for US AM radio airplay, on 7 November 1969 (Atlantic #45-2690). Grant believed this was a mistake as it infringed upon the artistic integrity of the song and breached their contract, but it was released by Atlantic Records anyway. It reached Number 4 on the US Billboard charts in January 1970, and was also released as a single in the France, Germany (reached number one), Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Japan. All countries where the band had less control, until Atlantic Records was finally pressured to withdraw the edited single version.[10]
In 1997 Atlantic Records finally released an approved CD-single of 'Whole Lotta Love' where it reached Number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.[11]
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Cristiano Radtke
It was fun to read this.
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dcba
the dinosaur could never survive when times changed.
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BluzDude
We could always speculate with "What if's......"
...but regarding LZ and 1980....and being someone that has seen the band 18 times between March 1970 & June 1977, and has listened to all of the Boots of their 1980 European shows, I was not impressed with what I heard. My initial reactions were: The overall show was trimmed down by playing shorter versions of some songs (which is a good thing), but some songs appeared to be sped up a bit. Also I did not like Jones Keyboard sound. It appeared as if he left his full rig at home and took a lightweight all-in-one keyboard on tour with him. At first I just questioned the quality of the recordings (which obviously were not that great) but it was obviouly more than that.
...But IMHO the band was doomed by Bonham's passing. Many bands that have been around a long time started out great, got sloppy (often connected to drug abuse), came back later (maybe sobriety) and sounded great again....I am referring to live performances mainly.
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dcba
the dinosaur could never survive when times changed.
Bonham died. That's what happened,
I saw them many, many times. Even followed a tour through the East Coast, was at the famous Tampa riot show where they played 3 songs and they left because of a rain shower than lasted only 10 minutes . Honestly they were not very good and disrespected their audience by being wasted most of the time. I saw The Who when I returned and their concert was miles ahead of what I'd seen from Zep. We'd listen to boots of "White Summer" and laugh our ass off.Quote
Father Ted
As someone who never knew Zep as a living band, I'm really surprised they lasted as long as they did and managed to produce such a run of spectacular albums, With the benefit of hindsight, it was probably a wise move to call it quits when John Bonham died and go out on a relatively high note. A reformed Zep limping through the 80s would not have been a pretty sight.
I was 17, it was history and following a tour did not begin with The Grateful Dead. There were moments of sheer brilliance and power, it was of course LZ but they were inconsistent. Still it was a great party we went to Disney World was recognized by Plant and we got passed the lines. Sang "Immigrant Song" riding Space Mountain with JPJ in front of car.... Still The Who were better although I never met them, thought they were macho tough guys and Zep was fem, Got that wrong...Quote
Aquamarine
Why did you follow a whole tour if they weren't any good?
Also, with regard to not adapting to the times, it's only necessary to listen to the progression of their albums, from the blues band of the late 60s to the synth innovations (which I didn't like, either) of ITTOD (which did, however, have some amazing songs on it). To say they never changed is just incorrect, IMO. Plant then went on to incorporate just about every new genre into his solo career, while JPJ has had about the most varied musical career of anyone imaginable, so it also seems unlikely that they wouldn't have evolved further as a band. But, just as well to leave Zep where it was.
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DoomandGloomI saw them many, many times. Even followed a tour through the East Coast, was at the famous Tampa riot show where they played 3 songs and they left because of a rain shower than lasted only 10 minutes . Honestly they were not very good and disrespected their audience by being wasted most of the time. I saw The Who when I returned and their concert was miles ahead of what I'd seen from Zep. We'd listen to boots of "White Summer" and laugh our ass off.Quote
Father Ted
As someone who never knew Zep as a living band, I'm really surprised they lasted as long as they did and managed to produce such a run of spectacular albums, With the benefit of hindsight, it was probably a wise move to call it quits when John Bonham died and go out on a relatively high note. A reformed Zep limping through the 80s would not have been a pretty sight.
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whitem8
I think it has always rankled Jimmy Page that In Through the Out Door was their final album... not a great album by any stretch, and was the product of John Paul Jones and Plant, as Jimmy was missing in action due to his massive heroine addiction. He has stated in interviews it is his least favorite of their albums, and really was a departure with more pop sounding songs and some horrid 80s synth crap. It is a shame they didn't reform after the 02 concert and record a new album.
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Hairball
Led Zeppelin announce second wave of reissues
The tracklisting is:
Led Zeppelin IV
Companion Audio Disc
“Black Dog” – Basic Track With Guitar Overdubs
“Rock And Roll” – Alternate Mix
“The Battle Of Evermore” – Mandolin/Guitar Mix From Headley Grange
“Stairway To Heaven” – Sunset Sound Mix
“Misty Mountain Hop” – Alternate Mix
“Four Sticks” – Alternate Mix
“Going To California” – Mandolin/Guitar Mix
“When The Levee Breaks” – Alternate UK Mix
Houses Of The Holy
Companion Audio Disc
“The Song Remains The Same” – Guitar Overdub Reference Mix
“The Rain Song” – Mix Minus Piano
“Over The Hills And Far Away” – Guitar Mix Backing Track
“The Crunge” – Rough Mix - Keys Up
"Dancing Days” – Rough Mix With Vocal
“No Quarter” – Rough Mix With JPJ Keyboard Overdubs - No Vocal
“The Ocean” – Working Mix