Led Zeppelin reunion - Page hints at new material
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http://www.torontosun.com/Entertainment/2007/10/16/4581146-torsun.html
interesting read, although i'm sure Plant will come out in the next week and rule it out!
interesting read, although i'm sure Plant will come out in the next week and rule it out!
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17 October 2007
07:33
Reuters News
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(c) 2007 Reuters Limited
By Mike Collett-White
LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters Life!) - British rock legends Led Zeppelin have performed only a handful of times since splitting in 1980 after the shock death of drummer John Bonham, and by their own admission each occasion was a "shambles".
A reunion concert on Nov. 26 offers the surviving members of one of pop music's most successful and influential acts an opportunity to remind the world what they can do. Bass guitarist John Paul Jones and guitarist Jimmy Page said they, together with singer Robert Plant and Bonham's son Jason, got together for a secret session earlier this year to determine whether they should go ahead with the London gig.
"It sounded like we've played this every night for the last three weeks," Jones, 61, said. "If that's the starting point, this is going to be great.
"I want not just to be able to play it and play it well, I want to be able to give a really good performance."
The silver-haired Page, 63, added: "The fact is that to actually be able to play and make this thing pulse, as it sort of did straight away on the first day we got together, that's really something to look forward to in every respect."
A far cry from the rock'n'roll hellraisers of their 1970s heyday, the softly-spoken musicians sought to play down the hype surrounding their reunion.
They also sidestepped questions about whether the show, a charity tribute to Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun who died last year, was a stepping stone to a full comeback tour.
"We're just concentrating on this show," Jones said.
When the concert was announced in September, the ticket Web site crashed several times as millions of fans scrambled for tickets, testament to the lasting appeal of the music.
The creators of hits like "Stairway to Heaven", "Whole Lotta Love", "Communication Breakdown" and "Kashmir" shot to superstardom shortly after forming in 1968, and went on to sell an estimated 300 million albums.
"I suppose the scale of (the reaction) has been somewhat overwhelming," Jones said.
DIGITAL OUTREACH
In addition to the concert, where Led Zeppelin plan to play a 90-minute set, the band recently announced it would release its music online for the first time next month and has entered into a mobile phone deal.
Asked why Led Zeppelin was one of the last "supergroups" to release its catalogue digitally, Page replied: "I think we were too busy to think about it. The time was right."
Reflecting on the way the Internet has revolutionised music since the 1970s, Jones said record labels had missed a golden opportunity to harness new technology.
"I think the record companies...just dragged their feet and wasted so much time, energy and money going down a prohibition-type alley where they could have...put all this effort into finding new business models and been at the spearhead of revolution themselves."
Jones said he was braced for inevitable media interest in longstanding reports of a rift between himself and Plant.
"I was probably reluctant to do this for that same reason -- it's all going to start again," he said. "It's got nothing to do with the music. The music is what it was all about."
Page recalled an interview he gave to promote a solo album in which the journalist asked repeated questions on what Plant had reportedly said about other band members.
"After about the sixth time, I said: 'Could you tell Robert to shut up so I can get on with my own interview?' We haven't just had a few months of this. This has been years."
Page has always been about a reunion. He hinted about a reunion, when the live cd and dvd were released a few years ago.
Now that they have made up with JPJ again it seems he wants to rock again, showing up at bonaroo and jammin some Zep with Ben Harper, and , if I am not mistaking, playin several if not every song with govt mule.
I have said thist tons, but they should get somebody that worships at the feet of Bonzo, but I suppose at least it will be 7/8 Zep.
Now there's Planty. He has a very vague way of saying things. Always has in interviews. He has made a complete denial, but I think its just a safety net, if the reunion show sucks bag. He has more to lose, and the least to gain, right now, but no matter what he says, when he looks over his left shoulder and sees Pagey, his face lights up.
This is prolly the absolute last chance, plus they are rereleasing TSRTS and their goin digital. I was 50/50 to start, but I up to 80/20.
I would just like to say that Axl Rose appearing onstage as part of Led Zeppelin and infecting their music with his revolting yelping would be just about the only thing that would wreck my memories of seeing them in their prime.
Plant was certainly no poet, but then lyrics were never really the point with Zeppelin, were they?
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No shit. How bout givin the guy credit for helping to create the rock and roll front man persona, and helpin make some kickass music, in the process. Don't forget, with writing lyrics, come writing vocal melodies, and Plant was and still is a genius at that.
He's no Bob Dylan but Stairway has pretty solid lyrics, as does Goin' to Claifornia, Kashmir, and a handful of others.
Indeed. I've always been a huge Plant fan despite not liking his lyrics all that much. It was actually Axl Rose I was being rude about.
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There is nothing wrong with that, come on look where he is from. In the sixties just imagine how his mind expanded.
Axl's a far better singer, frontman, and songwriter than Robert Plant is.
Oh, I know. I was backin you up, and pointin out that the musical aspect of Plant's job was covered 10fold, but sometimes, mainly early on, his lyrics werent up to snuff with what they were doin musically.
Let's see, less range, inconsistent as fuck, took forever to record his parts. I dunno how that makes him a better singer. And like em or not, but there are 3 front men that can never be topped. Jagger, Daltrey, or Plant invented every front man move.
Lyrically, itsa closer race, but alotta GnR lyrics are seriously cheesy, even on some seriously kickass songs.
if it goes really well the offers will pour in
if the guys are happy with the performance, the tour might happen
keeping my fingers crossed althought Im certain this would be the first $500 (not counting barbara) ticket should they tour and for that I would probably pass
I am sure Coverdale would be right there if they sacked Plant.
What happened to the rumours that Page's hands were so bad he couldn't even play a whole set nowadays? Or did he cut another deal with the Devil?
I wouldn't mind seeing them if they did the complete tour. But if I didn't get tix fair and square, I sure wouldn't be paying through the nose for em.
On the Zep radio play. Does anybody ever hear anything on their local station off of Presence? There is a station here in Toronto and they are coined by some people as "Q1O- Zeppelin" and even they don't play anything off of that album.
Opinions are opinions, but that's just down right pushing it!!!
I think Coverdale and Page had a falling out.
It's Page's back, not his hands. I know b/c I was a victim of it, yes he prolly cut another deal with the devil. Esp if the reunion follows.
Presence? Once in awhile KSHE plays Nobody's Fault......, how bout some ALS, Tea For One, For Your Life, mm mm mm, tasty licks.
I love Axl but this is a bit much.
Axl doesn't have close to the range of Plant, they are equal frontman and Page-Plant are one of the best songwriting duos of all time.
Sure Plant's solo CD's have been mediocre, but Axl's solo CD has taken 13 years to make.
6/7/2003 (***1/2)
7/9/2006 (****1/2)
7/13/2006 (**** )
4/10/2008 EV Solo (****1/2)
6/25/2008 MSG II (*****)
10/1/2009 LA II (****)
10/6/2009 LA III (***** Cornell!!!)
Plant's last few solo cd's were much better than mediocre. I love GnR, but Axl doesn't hold a candle to Plant.
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The local station here plays everyting in their entire catalouge.
Axl Rose is a horrible horrible singer. It sounds like someone is stepping on his balls.
Sounds like a circular saw cutting through plywood. Axl and Corrin Tucker should do a duet of Fortunate Son. I think birds would fall out of the sky.
Appetite is a great album, but they don't cover much musical ground. The UYI albums are better and still aren't in the same league as most Zeppelin albums.
Haha, true.