Led Zeppelin: Classic Or Dud?

good point re: socially conscious currents in music vs. escapist/fantasy/horror. I think once everyone started doing acid one quickly led to the other.

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I see what your saying - but I think the ageing baby boom is changing the old person in "pop" music narrative

The best possible thing I could conceive of for Page to do at this age would be a whole album of witchy UK instrumental folk in the vein of Bert Jansch, Incredible String Band etc.... He's never really explored that side of Zeppelin...

but with paul rodgers singing

Agree that it'd be a great use of Page's talents, but is Jimmy Page the type of guy to take on projects because they'd be interesting to him and artistically rewarding, but ultimately be "minor"? Legitimately asking; I know way less about Zep than most people here.

Yeah he won't do it... Esp as an instrumental record

still a good idea

would prefer a reunion of screamin lord sutch's heavy friends with plant singing

Not that he was ever Richard Thompson but who knows if he has even kept up his chops?
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Plant is the only boomer with an unembarrassing and often surprising solo career.

He's very cool and principled these days. But that wasn't always the case…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95JLrrgQpjo

Jimmy Page raps on that track. Add that to his list of accomplishments.

listening to lucifer rising again

goddamn this gives me the willies

I need to admit something: I have never heard it. Clearly, this must be remedied.

Man, I totally forgot both Toni Halliday and Kirsty MacColl sing on "Now and Zen."

one of the unreleased instrumentals "La La" to be included on the LZ II expanded edition

this is pretty awesome!!
http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/77597

love it, very Who-like....now I'm gonna have to buy these records again--argh

It's so...cheery!

pretty groovy - yeah, dead ringer for the who in a few parts (and then not so much as the song goes on). this has never been bootlegged?

whoah! awesome

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You know, I have some 11-disc set of outtakes. It'll be amazing if this stuff goes beyond that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caOYoljx1ZY

great song! it's like a Led Zep demo reel of all the cool shit they can do.

the bass drum fill at 3:13 on that new outtake

I didn't get a Who vibe initially, but wow, it's a total dead ringer for "Overture."

(in sound, arrangement, and structure, not in melody or chord changes)

the bass drum fill at 3:13 on that new outtake

Love that. Fucking genius.

I guess I'm the only one who thinks the instrumental is terrible. Led Zeppelin's best stuff is timeless, because they created an entirely new sound. This thing, on the other hand, screams "1969." That fucking organ, are you kidding me? If this is what's gonna be on the deluxe reissues, I'm gonna stick with my 1994 box.

the first theme is very rotten then it gets into classic territory!

I like the cheesy triumphant vintage wheaties commercial theme at the beginning!

I didn't get a Who vibe initially, but wow, it's a total dead ringer for "Overture."

Someone should sue!

I can't imagine anything in the world that would enrage Jimmy Page more than being forced to add "inspired by Pete Townshend" to a writing credit.

lol

Maybe they just thought "Overture" was a traditional tune and added their stamp?

Yeah I mean "overture" wasn't that originally a Mozart joint? That shit was over 200 yrs ago so surely public domain by now, I mean really

Nice to open this thread and see some music posted instead of whining about influence

tbf Led Zeppelin has not been the most productive dormant for 35 years act.

Jimmy Page on the new reissues

https://soundcloud.com/anon_24/jimmy-page-bbc-radio-1-rock-show-interview-27052014

and he namedrops YES ! o_O

I would be up for Jimmy Page joining the current YES lineup.

Oh for a second I thought YES and YELLOW and I was like "oh cool!".

You know what's really good? Plant's "Mighty Rearranger." I saw him on the band/tour opening (sort of) for Pearl Jam at a benefit, and he and PJ played "Fool in the Rain" for apparently the first time ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqJJMiMzkks

I don't know if I can bear to listen to Vedder's hacks stumble all over that saunter of a tune with their two left feet…

ah they sound OK, but despite his posturing otherwise, Vedder's inert singing shows he's got a clear channel soul

plant sounds great though.

"whether it was YES or whoever . . . that's great, because you're passing it on"

awesome. really a shame XYZ never got off the ground. chris squire and jimmy page would have been something else together

Vedder's hacks

zzzzzzzzzz

*deep breaths*

La La is great!