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jazzbass
The biggest reason there has never been a real Zeppelin reunion tour, is because there is no way Plant could sustain those Zeppelin vocals over the duration of a major tour. He just doesn't have the voice for it anymore. That's also why the one off O2 show worked so well.
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stonehearted
As a solo artist (not including collaborative albums with Page and Krauss), his last U.S. gold record was over 20 years ago--and the same goes for the UK and Canada. His three principal markets just don't buy him as a solo artist and haven't in decades.
so who cares how long ago his last gold album was. he was a gold-platinum selling artist with his projects until the late 90's. and then had one again when he teamed with krauss. you can actually say rejoining page in the 90's is what derailed his solo career
That's what I indicated in my post, that his more successful work post-1993 came in collaboration with other major artists, not as a solo artist. His bland, lackluster debut, Pictures At Eleven, in 1982 only went platinum because the public was hungry for any new Zeppelin-related material, and it did sound kind of like a follow-up to In Through The Outdoor.
Rejoining Page in the nineties derailed his solo career? Really? You can actually say that? As if his solo career will have some kind of lasting legacy?
Or, you can actually say that joining Page to begin with in the late sixties derailed his vitally important, inevitable solo career. Who needs Led Zeppelin anyway? It's kid's stuff. Let's just leave it behind and never listen to it again. We'd rather pay to see singers from great groups rather than the groups that made them great to begin with.
Speaking of leaving the old jukebox behind, let's only listen to and post about SuperHeavy from now on. Because it's more interesting and varied.
And hey, some of us championing in this thread solo careers from great groups in this thread have also been posting in that Kinks thread speculating on a reunion. Who needs it? Ray and Dave are both great solo, so let's just leave it behind.
In fact, let's just leave all rock groups behind. To hell with groups. Behind every great lead singer of every great rock group is a gloriously interesting and varied solo career just waiting to happen.
Yes, let's be honest. We don't want the greatness arising from the sum being more than the parts. Greatness is boring. We want to just settle for the parts.
And who cares about more boring Rolling Stones concerts, when we have SuperHeavy II to look forward to?
If it weren't for these Stones tours, we'd have more solo material from individual members. You can actually say that their rejoining with each other every few years has derailed their solo careers, and has done so for decades.
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Hairball
From what I've read, more than half of Robert Plant's current setlist's consist of Led Zeppelin songs...
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RollingFreak
I just wanted to go up to Robert and be like "listen, you pissed me off for years, but you were right and I was wrong. At least one person knows that."
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Hairball
From what I've read, more than half of Robert Plant's current setlist's consist of Led Zeppelin songs...
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djgab
the concert in New Orleans 2014
http://youtu.be
Setlist:
01 - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
02 - Spoonful
03 - Black Dog
04 - Tin Pan Valley
05 - Going To California
06 - In The Mood
07 - Little Maggie
08 - The Enchanter
09 - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
10 - What Is And What Should Never Be
11 - Fixin' To Die
12 - Seventh Son / Whole Lotta Love
13 - Rock And Roll
Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, April 26, 2014
Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA, USA
"he does 1/2 zeppelin tunes, some covers and some new material. the zeppelin tunes are rearranged a lot though. all of them are played in a folk country style." sounds like a good description
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crholmstrom
Robert Plant's new cd is very good & I've heard some good tapes from gigs. I'll go see him if given the opportunity. I got to meet him once during the tour when Black Crowes opened. He was very nice & down to earth.
I've met a lot of lesser lights who were way less gracious. I really admire how he has followed his muse & held fast on the Zeppelin reunion. It just wouldn't be the same without Bonzo. Sorry, Jason is ok but I've never been overwhelmed by his drumming.
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TheGreek
you cannot live in the past and recreate magic that ended in 1980
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TheGreek
you cannot live in the past and recreate magic that ended in 1980 .
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RollingFreak
Plant is right. It took me 5 years from the show to realize it, but he everything he has said is correct. Put Zeppelin to rest, and he's not grumpy. He's realistic and doesn't understand why others don't get it.
And now that I see his point, I don't get why others don't either. There's nothing new on these Zep CDs. I don't care about alternate takes either. Its not Plant's fault that Page hasn't moved on from Zeppelin in 30 years. Page unnecessarily puts it on Plant to be a dick, but Page is a child. And I love Jimmy Page. But move the @#$%& on.
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Stoneburst
My two cents: Robert Plant is still miles beyond virtually anyone else in the business as a blues-rock singer and frontman. A friend of mine (not a fan at all of Plant's solo work) saw him live recently and was blown away. No, he can't hit the high notes in the way he used to, but there's an age and a maturity in his voice that wasn't there before. To me, the assuredness that comes with middle age is a more important quality in a singer than the technical measure of their vocal range. I'm sure Plant isn't totally against the idea of a Zeppelin reunion tour: he probably just feels (most of the time) that he has more interesting things to do.
The issue with a Zeppelin reunion is not Robert Plant, it's Jimmy Page, who doesn't seem to play guitar much anymore and has little interest in performing live. Doesn't matter how talented you are, you have to use your chops or you'll lose them - and Page has lost them. To me, Zeppelin were all about improvisation, and that was totally absent from the 2007 show because Page was playing guitar solos he'd figured out note-for-note. Don't believe me? Listen to Celebration Day and then listen to the leaked soundboard of the Shepperton dress rehearsal (it's on YouTube).
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Hairball
From what I've read, more than half of Robert Plant's current setlist's consist of Led Zeppelin songs...
I love reading concerts.
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1cdog
I just wish Page had been as active as Plant and JPJ have been over the last 34 years and particularly the last 16 or so.
Page has done nothing musically that I am aware of over the last 16 years except pour over old tapes re-releasing their (Zep) old albums. And that IMO is a real disappointment.
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TheGreek
i am buying them for the bonus material esp. on zeooelin 1 for the live concert from 1969