***Official Led Zeppelin Thread***

Newch91

kellanazzie wrote:

Excellent FB page for full concerts & hidden gems.
http://www.facebook.com/LedZeppelinRadio

Thanks for sharing!

kellanazzie

Newch91 wrote:

kellanazzie wrote:

Excellent FB page for full concerts & hidden gems.
http://www.facebook.com/LedZeppelinRadio

Thanks for sharing!

Your welcome! Love that Page.

Newch91

I've already gone through their catalog and now listening to "Celebration Day" for a third time. I freakin' love this album!!!

bluegrace

Ordered Celebration Day only yesterday and it's already on its way! Cant wait.

musicismylife78

I dont see Zep as having a defacto leader. What made them the 2nd greatest band of all time, is the virtuosity of every single member of the band, every one of them has a claim as the greatest musician ever at their instrument, including Plant who didnt play an instrument. Seems to me all 4 came to the table with ideas and things to bring to the songs and albums and contributed equally. I dont get the feeling Bonzo, or JPJ were shy about bringing in riffs or musical ideas, and i think plant and page knew the absurd amount of talent they possessed, individually and as a band.

Its kind of like arguing which Beatle is better. We all have our personal favorite, but what made both bands so deadly and untouchable was how beyond brilliant each individual member was. I find it hard to say which Zep band member I like best. With the caliber of musicianship they assembled its like the ultimate band. They couldnt have been more talented and they couldnt have assembled a more talented band.

Whoever posted prior to me saying people overlook certain Zep band members, I think thats an absolutely insane statement to make. The band was literally perfect. Couldnt have been improved. They sold 300 million plus albums, are in my view the 2nd greatest band of all time, and are revered as the heroes they deserve to be. Could they recieve more credit and awards, yeah they could. But in my view Zep is viewed correctly, and are given the right amount of credit and acclaim and legendary status. For all intents and purposes Plant was a golden haired God and still is, and I dont know any drummer, bassist, or guitarist who doesnt worship bonzo, JPJ, and page respectively.

What they achieved in their careers as a band is sickening and staggering to even consider.

DewieCox

musicismylife78 wrote:

I dont see Zep as having a defacto leader. What made them the 2nd greatest band of all time, is the virtuosity of every single member of the band, every one of them has a claim as the greatest musician ever at their instrument, including Plant who didnt play an instrument. Seems to me all 4 came to the table with ideas and things to bring to the songs and albums and contributed equally. I dont get the feeling Bonzo, or JPJ were shy about bringing in riffs or musical ideas, and i think plant and page knew the absurd amount of talent they possessed, individually and as a band.

Its kind of like arguing which Beatle is better. We all have our personal favorite, but what made both bands so deadly and untouchable was how beyond brilliant each individual member was. I find it hard to say which Zep band member I like best. With the caliber of musicianship they assembled its like the ultimate band. They couldnt have been more talented and they couldnt have assembled a more talented band.

Whoever posted prior to me saying people overlook certain Zep band members, I think thats an absolutely insane statement to make. The band was literally perfect. Couldnt have been improved. They sold 300 million plus albums, are in my view the 2nd greatest band of all time, and are revered as the heroes they deserve to be. Could they recieve more credit and awards, yeah they could. But in my view Zep is viewed correctly, and are given the right amount of credit and acclaim and legendary status. For all intents and purposes Plant was a golden haired God and still is, and I dont know any drummer, bassist, or guitarist who doesnt worship bonzo, JPJ, and page respectively.

What they achieved in their careers as a band is sickening and staggering to even consider.

I agree with absolutely everything, except that I think Page was the leader, but not a dictator. He knew what he wanted for his band and assembled the perfect personnel to achieve it and the band as a whole allowed each member the room to get their personal stamp in. That's not to take credit away from any members' contributions, whatsoever. All great at their craft and likely would've found success on their own, but there's a reason Page produced every album and would never use the same co-producer twice. He was the architect of their sound.

Also like to add, they had probably the first great manager in rock as well. Ruthless but got the job done.

Newch91

Imagine if this band had happened: Page, Beck, Moon, Entwistle, plus a singer. Do you think there would have been a Zeppelin?

Newch91

DewieCox wrote:

musicismylife78 wrote:

I dont see Zep as having a defacto leader. What made them the 2nd greatest band of all time, is the virtuosity of every single member of the band, every one of them has a claim as the greatest musician ever at their instrument, including Plant who didnt play an instrument. Seems to me all 4 came to the table with ideas and things to bring to the songs and albums and contributed equally. I dont get the feeling Bonzo, or JPJ were shy about bringing in riffs or musical ideas, and i think plant and page knew the absurd amount of talent they possessed, individually and as a band.

Its kind of like arguing which Beatle is better. We all have our personal favorite, but what made both bands so deadly and untouchable was how beyond brilliant each individual member was. I find it hard to say which Zep band member I like best. With the caliber of musicianship they assembled its like the ultimate band. They couldnt have been more talented and they couldnt have assembled a more talented band.

Whoever posted prior to me saying people overlook certain Zep band members, I think thats an absolutely insane statement to make. The band was literally perfect. Couldnt have been improved. They sold 300 million plus albums, are in my view the 2nd greatest band of all time, and are revered as the heroes they deserve to be. Could they recieve more credit and awards, yeah they could. But in my view Zep is viewed correctly, and are given the right amount of credit and acclaim and legendary status. For all intents and purposes Plant was a golden haired God and still is, and I dont know any drummer, bassist, or guitarist who doesnt worship bonzo, JPJ, and page respectively.

What they achieved in their careers as a band is sickening and staggering to even consider.

I agree with absolutely everything, except that I think Page was the leader, but not a dictator. He knew what he wanted for his band and assembled the perfect personnel to achieve it and the band as a whole allowed each member the room to get their personal stamp in. That's not to take credit away from any members' contributions, whatsoever. All great at their craft and likely would've found success on their own, but there's a reason Page produced every album and would never use the same co-producer twice. He was the architect of their sound.

Also like to add, they had probably the first great manager in rock as well. Ruthless but got the job done.

What about Brian Epstein?

DewieCox

Newch91 wrote:

DewieCox wrote:

musicismylife78 wrote:

I dont see Zep as having a defacto leader. What made them the 2nd greatest band of all time, is the virtuosity of every single member of the band, every one of them has a claim as the greatest musician ever at their instrument, including Plant who didnt play an instrument. Seems to me all 4 came to the table with ideas and things to bring to the songs and albums and contributed equally. I dont get the feeling Bonzo, or JPJ were shy about bringing in riffs or musical ideas, and i think plant and page knew the absurd amount of talent they possessed, individually and as a band.

Its kind of like arguing which Beatle is better. We all have our personal favorite, but what made both bands so deadly and untouchable was how beyond brilliant each individual member was. I find it hard to say which Zep band member I like best. With the caliber of musicianship they assembled its like the ultimate band. They couldnt have been more talented and they couldnt have assembled a more talented band.

Whoever posted prior to me saying people overlook certain Zep band members, I think thats an absolutely insane statement to make. The band was literally perfect. Couldnt have been improved. They sold 300 million plus albums, are in my view the 2nd greatest band of all time, and are revered as the heroes they deserve to be. Could they recieve more credit and awards, yeah they could. But in my view Zep is viewed correctly, and are given the right amount of credit and acclaim and legendary status. For all intents and purposes Plant was a golden haired God and still is, and I dont know any drummer, bassist, or guitarist who doesnt worship bonzo, JPJ, and page respectively.

What they achieved in their careers as a band is sickening and staggering to even consider.

I agree with absolutely everything, except that I think Page was the leader, but not a dictator. He knew what he wanted for his band and assembled the perfect personnel to achieve it and the band as a whole allowed each member the room to get their personal stamp in. That's not to take credit away from any members' contributions, whatsoever. All great at their craft and likely would've found success on their own, but there's a reason Page produced every album and would never use the same co-producer twice. He was the architect of their sound.

Also like to add, they had probably the first great manager in rock as well. Ruthless but got the job done.

What about Brian Epstein?

I guess I'm just not as familiar with him. I know Grant had a huge hand in Zeppelin having total creative control in a time where that was pretty unheard of for unproven acts and the 90/10 splits promoter would have to take. To my understanding Peter Grant changed the way the game was played.

Newch91

Not to mention Grant could probably kill a guy if they disagreed with him.

peacefrompaul

Tool's cover of "No Quarter"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNUq-JSXvS4

DewieCox

peacefrompaul wrote:

Tool's cover of "No Quarter"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNUq-JSXvS4

I prefer it to Zep's studio version, but it doesn't touch a good live take of it. No Quarter from TSRTS might be my absolute favorite Zep track.

norm

John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin will appear on the December 3rd (Monday) episode of The Late Show with David Letterman. The show is part of a series of Letterman episodes being taped in Washington D.C., where the Zep fellas will be among those receiving Kennedy Center Honors.
http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrac ... letterman/

Newch91

norm wrote:

John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin will appear on the December 3rd (Monday) episode of The Late Show with David Letterman. The show is part of a series of Letterman episodes being taped in Washington D.C., where the Zep fellas will be among those receiving Kennedy Center Honors.
http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrac ... letterman/

That's going to be incredible.

pjradio

Billboard says "Interview only, NO performance"

http://www.billboard.com/news/led-zeppe ... 3392.story

igotid88

http://news.yahoo.com/letterman-hoffman ... 42953.html

By the end of the night, the Foo Fighters, Kid Rock and Lenny Kravitz got the crowd moving to some of Zeppelin's hits at the Kennedy Center.
Jack Black declared Zeppelin the "greatest rock and roll band of all time."
"That's right. Better than the Beatles. Better than the Stones. Even better than Tenacious D," he said. "And that's not opinion — that's fact."
For the finale, Heart's Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson sang "Stairway to Heaven," accompanied by a full choir and Jason Bonham, son of the late Zeppelin drummer John Bonham.
Zeppelin front man Robert Plant and his bandmates John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page seemed moved by the show.

Newch91

Kid Rock? Really? That was the best they could get?

youngster

Newch91 wrote:

Kid Rock? Really? That was the best they could get?

Ah come on. Kid Rock is a very talented and multi dimensional musician. He can play almost every instrument out there and has a broad range of musical abilities and genres. He gets a bad rap from people because of his rap/rock beginnings, but I think he is a really talented guy. His interview on Howard a few weeks ago was really good too

samjam

norm wrote:

John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin will appear on the December 3rd (Monday) episode of The Late Show with David Letterman. The show is part of a series of Letterman episodes being taped in Washington D.C., where the Zep fellas will be among those receiving Kennedy Center Honors.
http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrac ... letterman/

I totally shoulda taken a walk around the Kennedy Center area yesterday

Zoso

igotid88 wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/letterman-hoffman-zeppelin-honored-obama-004142953.html

By the end of the night, the Foo Fighters, Kid Rock and Lenny Kravitz got the crowd moving to some of Zeppelin's hits at the Kennedy Center.
Jack Black declared Zeppelin the "greatest rock and roll band of all time."
"That's right. Better than the Beatles. Better than the Stones. Even better than Tenacious D," he said. "And that's not opinion — that's fact."
For the finale, Heart's Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson sang "Stairway to Heaven," accompanied by a full choir and Jason Bonham, son of the late Zeppelin drummer John Bonham.
Zeppelin front man Robert Plant and his bandmates John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page seemed moved by the show.

wow when is this on TV?