Robert Plant is Done With Led Zepp'

[Bloodshot Scott]

I'd say I like the band, I don't love them. Kind of sad news though as an era comes to an end. I have a couple of their joints on vinyl and I have a couple on disc.

Do you guys think old rockers like Jagger, McCartney, and Dylan should be doing this stuff anymore? I sometimes have my doubts about really older cats playing, although I do like me some David Gilmour because he's just a genius with the five string. Of course Plant is doing solo stuff and he will continue.

Sorry, Led Zeppelin fans. Robert Plant says the legendary hard rock band's 2007 reunion concert was his final bow with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones.

"It was an amazing evening," Plant told Rolling Stone of that memorable December '07 London gig. "The preparations for it were fraught and intense, but the last rehearsal was really, really good, for all that it represented and all that we were trying to capture. But I've gone so far somewhere else that I almost can't relate to it."

"It's a bit of a pain in the pisser to be honest," he continued. "Who cares? I know people care, but think about it from my angle -- soon, I'm going to need help crossing the street."

Aging aside, Plant has relived some of his fond Zeppelin memories recently and flew to Morocco to retrace the steps he took with Page in 1978 when the pair wrote 'Kashmir.' "I wanted to go back and take that road," Plant said. "It just heads all the way down the coast. It was f---ing amazing."

http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/07/r...reunion/?icid=maing|main5|dl2|sec2_lnk2|35240

 

[LaLiLuLeLohan]

Come to an end? Uh, yeah, a long long time ago. I do love Zeppelin. I'm a huge fan and have been since I started listening to music, but seeing Plant perform these days is just really fucking sad.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Come to an end? Uh, yeah, a long long time ago. I do love Zeppelin. I'm a huge fan and have been since I started listening to music, but seeing Plant perform these days is just really fucking sad.

No doubt, It's kind of sad to see Plant sometimes on the stage. But my list for me would go something like this:

1 Beatles
2 Dylan
3 Pink Floyd
4 Stones
5 Led Zepp'

At least, that's the way I would rank them, personally. All a bunch of prunes, except for maybe PF. :2 cents:

 

[meesterperfect]

Kashmir was from Physical Graffiti, 1975.

the way i see it if they still can do it, do it.
sometimes its really bad, sometimes its good.
like the eagles, sitting on stools, playing the same old songs, to me that was bad.
Also if they can still write a good song keep going.
Stones last album was pretty good
groups like Dinosaur Jr still got it too, comeback album of the decade to me.
but then again their in their 40's, not pushing 70.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfSaHanm9tM&feature=relmfu

 

[Kittymeow]

If you keep selling out arenas............ why not? I know I would keep going!

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

If you keep selling out arenas............ why not? I know I would keep going!

I guess, maybe. I've seen Dylan probably about 10 times, Al Green (was awesome), Phil Lesh, Paul Simon and of course that pothead Willie Nelson. I've also seen Richie Havens and some other older artists as well with my oldest cousin who is a hippy.

Some of it was good, some of it was shit. :2 cents: One Dylan show, when he opened for Lesh, was one of the best shows I've ever seen as he got an ovation after every song. I'm pretty sure every last one of those Dead Heads were hopped up on some hallucinogens, but they were a steller crowd. :hatsoff:

 

[PirateKing]

I'm content with listening to Zepp mp3's. Their reunion concerts are overpriced and overrated.

 

[LaLiLuLeLohan]

No doubt, It's kind of sad to see Plant sometimes on the stage. But my list for me would go something like this:

1 Beatles
2 Dylan
3 Pink Floyd
4 Stones
5 Led Zepp'

At least, that's the way I would rank them, personally. All a bunch of prunes, except for maybe PF. :2 cents:

Ah, a list. Now this is a true Freeones thread!

Never cared much for Dylan. The Stones are great, but they never interested me. I recognize their talent and impact, but just have no interest.

Definitely Zep on the top. Then Floyd and then The Beetles. Beetles are love hate with me. Really, they're the only band that produced songs that I either love to death or want to punch in the face.

Anyway, if anybody wants to be bummed out by old age and decades of drugs and endless praise, feast yer eyes on this!

 

[mrtrebus]

When rock stars reach 60 they should be shot. Apart from Lemmy.

 

[hedonis]

When rock stars reach 60 they should be shot. Apart from Lemmy.

Come on. Then we wouldn't have had the pleasure of watching Mick Jagger look more and more like Don Knotts every year.


Weird, because I was done with Led Zeppelin when douchebag Robert Plant and Douchebag Jimmy Page didn't include John Paul Jones in their LZ reunion several years ago.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Ah, a list. Now this is a true Freeones thread!

Never cared much for Dylan. The Stones are great, but they never interested me. I recognize their talent and impact, but just have no interest.

Definitely Zep on the top. Then Floyd and then The Beetles. Beetles are love hate with me. Really, they're the only band that produced songs that I either love to death or want to punch in the face.

Anyway, if anybody wants to be bummed out by old age and decades of drugs and endless praise, feast yer eyes on this!

Beatles can be hit or miss. Their best album, IMO, is Sgt. Peppers and then I believe Harrison's - All Things Must Pass. Zep never had an album that blew me away, but I don't know anyone who doesn't like 'Stairway.' Even Cypress Hill said they smoke the "green medicine" while listening to Zepplin.

Dylan is really an acquired taste as well, and even though I have 28 of his CDs (and all the Traveling Wilburys albums), he can be annoying as hell if you aren't in the right frame of mind. In fact I haven't listened to any of his stuff really intensely in quite some time.

Come on. Then we wouldn't have had the pleasure of watching Mick Jagger look more and more like Don Knotts every year.
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Jagger is quite a piece of work. Another band that didn't quite blow me away with any of their albums, although 'Sticky Fingers" is indeed solid. The bottom line for me is quite a bit of the stuff PF has done has blown me away, starting with Division Bell and of course Wish You Were Here, and quite a bit of the solo stuff has been superb as well.

 

[LukeEl]

Good this sets up plenty of time for a Coverdale/Page reunion tour!

 

[titsrock]

I've never heard anyone refer to a Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles album as a "joint."

I think all public entertainers need to learn when it's time to turn the spotlight over to the next gen.

 

[CunningStunts]

I think all public entertainers need to learn when it's time to turn the spotlight over to the next gen.

Well said and I agree. Knowing when to quit is important IMHO to secure the long term legacy/reputation. It's sand when people just hang around and don't have "it" anymore...

 

[ravenheart]

Good this sets up plenty of time for a Coverdale/Page reunion tour!

oh god lets hope that never happens!

 

[L3ggy]

I think David is busy with Whitesnake.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

The fact is, some things are best left as a memory, or fantasy of what it was or could have been. I think Led Zeppelin is a great band, but for as many great songs they have...they have that many that aren't really that great. I also can't see John Bonham EVER being replaced...not even by his own son. In fact, some band members just aren't replaceable. I find it hard to believe that Paul and Ringo, at the time George was alive, would have called for a reunion tour, and found a replacement for John. Now I'm certainly not willing to say that about all bands...but a very few exclusive ones, fall into that category. I never saw Zeppelin, or many others I like in concert, but I truly believe, if I did, and it wasn't during their heyday, I would probably be disappointed.

 

[Rane1071]

No doubt, It's kind of sad to see Plant sometimes on the stage. But my list for me would go something like this:

1 Beatles
2 Dylan
3 Pink Floyd
4 Stones
5 Led Zepp'

At least, that's the way I would rank them, personally. All a bunch of prunes, except for maybe PF. :2 cents:

Good list, I like LZ but not fanatical about them.The Beatles the same thing. But you know what's sadder than a wrinkled old rock star? When your at work and these youngsters say "who's Bob Dylan" and "who"s Pink Floyd"?? Now that's sad. ... and I have to agree with PirateKing, I don't bother with concerts anymore I just get it on vid or mp3.

 

[WTC7WasPulled]

When rock stars reach 60 they should be shot. Apart from Lemmy.

So should you.

 

[Elwood70]

When rock stars reach 60 they should be shot. Apart from Lemmy.

Believe it or not,I somewhat agree with you.

......mainly because Keith Richards would survive that,too.

Seriously,if they still want to play,and people still want to see them,where's the problem?

Chuck Berry recently collapsed onstage during a gig.....15 minutes later,he came back out and finished the show.

In my opinion,some should,and some shouldn't. Good for Robert,now let's see what Jimmy will do-or,more likely, hint at doing.