Who else thinks Led Zeppelin reunion will SUCK...

webberf1
webberf1 Posts: 160
edited December 2007 in Other Music
or at least be nowhere near as great as the hype? Don't get me wrong, im a huge fan of LZ and love their albums... but surely they will be FAR from their best on the night. For starters, there is no John Bonham, the man who can take huge credit for electrifying the audiences in their earlier days. Robert Plant's voice pales in comparison to what it once was. And considering they havent played live in so long, the Pagey-Jonesy combo will be nowhere near as tight as youd hope to anticipate.

I think it will be ok, but nowhere near worth the loads of $$$ for the tickets.
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  • Matty Boy
    Matty Boy Posts: 421
    Page and Jonesy will be killer but Plant's voice will be fucked on the more hard rocking songs.
  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    BLASPHEMERS!


    oh ye of little faith, cast not thou doubts upon the exaulted tri-head of god, hitherto known as Plant-Jonesy-Page...for thou wilt be smote with the hard resounding thunder of "black dog" pouring forth from the holy one...thou hast been warned.
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  • webberf1
    webberf1 Posts: 160
    Matty Boy wrote:
    Page and Jonesy will be killer but Plant's voice will be fucked on the more hard rocking songs.
    yeah i was kind of thinking the same, the best part will be pagey/jonesy
  • A Surprise Left
    A Surprise Left Posts: 743
    I think it is something you would want to see so you could say you were there, as much as for the concert itself.
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    Where did we go wrong?
  • azwyldcats
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I'm afraid I think this; maybe not suck, but not live up to the hype, the way it was with the police. I am old enough to have seen Zeppelin when they were still together but my parents wouldn't let me. Some things can't be recreated IMO. I hope its good, for those that will be going but I'd rather go see a bunch more young bands that are way cheaper.
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  • Prioronfire22
    Prioronfire22 Posts: 393
    I don't have too much faith for it, but you know there will prob be a Dvd or cd so we will see.
  • Mojopin
    Mojopin Posts: 216
    webberf1 wrote:
    Who else thinks Led Zeppelin reunion will suck...

    Honestly, I would hope not many throughout this world. DO you honestly think anyone else nowadays will even be remembered like they are now 30 years from now? Has anyone even come close to hitting the highs they hit back in the day in the last 30 years or so? I think not...

    So I'll take whatever they are willing to put together at this stage.

    Mojo
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    They are a cover band to me. If I went to this show, would I feel like I saw Led Zeppelin? Not at all. If this was 3 years after Bonham died, then yeah, but they took a 25 year break. 25 years. That is too long.
  • fragileblake
    fragileblake Posts: 716
    I thought they sucked pretty bad the first time around, honestly.
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  • Innocent_Bystander
    Innocent_Bystander Posts: 615
    s'all good
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  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    I didn't think HOB 05 versions of Thank You and Fool in the rain sucked. Why should this?
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  • clarefromscotland
    clarefromscotland Posts: 154
    Well, I didn't have any wish to go but then I was lucky enough to see them in the 70s (I have to put up with being old now, though, lol, so don't be jealous).

    Usually I can't see the point of big band reunions. I suppose one-offs for charity are fair enough but not the big reunion tours....there's seldom any artistic value in it. It's just a kind of rock-star pension plan I suppose.

    I loved Plant's "Mighty ReArranger" album - I thought that was wonderfully creative and exciting and had new things to say. Also the inventive ways he re-jigged old Zep material for his solo shows rather than trying to reproduce the way it was originally done. But this...meh.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I definitely think it'll sound a hell of a lot better than the last reunions.
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    webberf1 wrote:
    or at least be nowhere near as great as the hype? Don't get me wrong, im a huge fan of LZ and love their albums... but surely they will be FAR from their best on the night. For starters, there is no John Bonham, the man who can take huge credit for electrifying the audiences in their earlier days. Robert Plant's voice pales in comparison to what it once was. And considering they havent played live in so long, the Pagey-Jonesy combo will be nowhere near as tight as youd hope to anticipate.

    I think it will be ok, but nowhere near worth the loads of $$$ for the tickets.

    Plants voice kicked ass in 98 when I saw them, and they did 95% Zeppelin. His recordings earlier in the ninety weren't as strong, so I was surprised it absolutely fucking nailed it. Since then I've seen him on Austin City Limits after Dreamland and he was as good as anytime he's ever been recorded. Dreamland and Mighty Rearanger are the best of his solo careers. May be found a way to get his voice back, compared to the 80s and 90s.




    failedpersephone wrote:
    BLASPHEMERS!


    oh ye of little faith, cast not thou doubts upon the exaulted tri-head of god, hitherto known as Plant-Jonesy-Page...for thou wilt be smote with the hard resounding thunder of "black dog" pouring forth from the holy one...thou hast been warned.

    LMAO.... Exactly.... Its like HOLY FUCK, its LED ZEPPELIN!!!!! I'm pumped about it, reading all these threads.
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  • Beck..
    Beck.. Posts: 535
    It sucks i didnt get a ticket!
  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    I think if these guys are bustin their asses to play one show, it will be amazing. If there's gonna be a tour after this, I hope they take proper time between shows. If they don't, it would surely be a disaster. Old guys gotta rest.

    I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think its lookin more and more like there is gonna be a tour. I think they are just waitin to announce it.
  • fragileblake
    fragileblake Posts: 716
    Innocent_Bystander wrote:
    too busy sucking something else during the 70s i presume?

    Thats A. Sophomoric and B. Factually inaccurate as I was not even imagined until 1982. My opinion, their lyrics are awful, often to the point of hilarity. Many of their riffs are lifted from other songs and although they are talented musicians, I feel they are highly overrated.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    failedpersephone wrote:
    BLASPHEMERS!


    oh ye of little faith, cast not thou doubts upon the exaulted tri-head of god, hitherto known as Plant-Jonesy-Page...for thou wilt be smote with the hard resounding thunder of "black dog" pouring forth from the holy one...thou hast been warned.
    You missed the fourth head.
    Guy named Bonham.
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  • Igottago
    Igottago Posts: 483
    It will only be good if Puff Daddy joins Jimmy Page onstage for a live version of that song they did several years back..you know, the one with the Kashmir riff in it...that's the only way this show will live up to the hype.

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