And while Pete may be jealous of Zep’s commercial success — which was indeed vastly greater than the Who’s — it was Page who (ALLEGEDLY) faked a back injury to get out of opening for the Who in 2000 (when he was touring with the Black Crowes).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 4 June 2022 21:10 (two years ago) link
Now I want to hear 1970 Zep perform an eight-minute plodding blues shuffle about furry donkeys.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 4 June 2022 21:16 (two years ago) link
We’re gonna grove is so good, not sure there’s a need for anything else
― calstars, Saturday, 4 June 2022 21:24 (two years ago) link
I like to imagine zeppelin trying to capture the stones shambolic rhythm on something like “under my thumb” . maybe “Dancing days” is the closest they camemisty mountain hop
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 4 June 2022 21:41 (two years ago) link
Hearing stories about Jimmy Miller teaching Watts to play this part or playing that part himself makes me think the Stones were a bit of a shambles too
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 June 2022 22:00 (two years ago) link
For whatever reason, Watts sometimes had trouble dealing with phrasing that was on an off-beat. Here it takes him a solid two minutes to find the one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSGk3LeM56E
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 4 June 2022 22:16 (two years ago) link
Townshend didn't like Zeppelin either: “I don't like a single thing that they have done, I hate the fact that I'm ever even slightly compared to them.” He continued, through gritted teeth and an angered perspective: “I just never ever liked them."
― Halfway there but for you
you think he hates zep, you should hear how he feels about roger daltrey
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 5 June 2022 01:04 (two years ago) link
Was at a bar last night and either because it was a slow night or the end of a long night, the bartender was getting a little goofy with the music selection. Deltron to Smiths to Joe Walsh to Beastie Boys to Misfits to Gary Numan to the Who. Out of nowhere he leans over to my buddy and I and says "OK, ready for a challenge?" We say sure. He says "if either of you can guess the next song, you get a pint on me." We say sounds good, hit it! He starts the track and it's just a drum groove. But after a second we both go "well, it's John Bonham ..." and I add "... from 'Coda.'" And the guy just lights up! "'Bonzo's Montreux'! You're the first ones to get it in the three years I've been working here." He takes out two pint glasses. "What'll you have?"
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
kind of stunned this isn’t a story from 1995.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:23 (two years ago) link
You can tell it was contemporary because the bartender was wearing a Britney Spears shirt.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link
Wait idgi what screams "1995" about that story?
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:57 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv89klR8u8Q
― calstars, Sunday, 17 July 2022 22:05 (two years ago) link
“It’s quite an amazing feeling to be awake in the daytime”
― calstars, Sunday, 17 July 2022 22:06 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g8Dq45nZOI
This homemade doc is a little all over the place but still enjoyable
― calstars, Tuesday, 23 August 2022 00:04 (two years ago) link
Speaking of King Crimson, whatever happened to the official LZ doc?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 13:21 (two years ago) link
One thing this post breakup docu series is that jimmy and Robert should have retired when LZ ended
― calstars, Friday, 2 December 2022 23:45 (one year ago) link
Ugh … one thing it makes clear
― calstars, Friday, 2 December 2022 23:46 (one year ago) link
I remember he had similar things to say about The Jam.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 2 December 2022 23:47 (one year ago) link
What series?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 2 December 2022 23:50 (one year ago) link
Jcm on YouTube
― calstars, Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:04 (one year ago) link
That long shot of Bobby on the game show…for real
― calstars, Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:05 (one year ago) link
xxxp That's weird because Paul Weller was invited as a guest to their 2000 Royal Albert benefit show and both he and Townshend basically played an acoustic duet together with no one else.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link
I suppose money time heals all wounds, I don't know.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
Ugh who gives a shit about the who take it to the who thread
― calstars, Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:14 (one year ago) link
Who are you?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:15 (one year ago) link
Who who
― birdistheword, Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:16 (one year ago) link
Lol
― calstars, Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:16 (one year ago) link
I really wanna know
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 3 December 2022 00:17 (one year ago) link
Plant has had a great career
Page really hasn't done much music
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:34 (one year ago) link
it's crazy how little jimmy has done. one studio LP and one live LP with plant, coverdale/page, death wish II, outrider.
― omar little, Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:42 (one year ago) link
Two LPs with The Firm, the live double with the Black Crowes
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:46 (one year ago) link
Good for him It’s not like he’s going to write another middle section from in the light
― calstars, Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:46 (one year ago) link
Jimmy's ready for Spinal Tap here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3973tfsllqw
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:48 (one year ago) link
Shit I meat 1O years gone
― calstars, Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:48 (one year ago) link
Jimmy's ready for Spinal Tap here:📹
― calstars, Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:49 (one year ago) link
I was gonna say, I think the years of drink and drugs took their toll.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:51 (one year ago) link
idk i feel like percy's done pretty well? nothing earth-shattering, but nothing embarrassing. heard stories that he's a nice guy
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:56 (one year ago) link
He and Jones have come through it much better.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:57 (one year ago) link
Page was pretty busy in the '80s...in addition to the aforementioned stuff, the was the Honeydrippers EP, not to mention this meeting of the minds...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpL-eVpgJpY
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 December 2022 01:57 (one year ago) link
Shoulda retired
― calstars, Saturday, 3 December 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link
Courtesy of Gioia's honorable mention EOY list, this is a pretty creditable cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNgQtP4zk5E
― o. nate, Saturday, 3 December 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link
Fucking honeydrippers … who wants to listen to that shit
This song is the real coda to the Led Zeppelin project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD5HQexvCfs
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 3 December 2022 02:14 (one year ago) link
Ugh no
― calstars, Saturday, 3 December 2022 02:17 (one year ago) link
I remember he had similar things to say about The Jam.In the famous 1980 Melody Maker joint interview “The Punk and the Godfather,” Weller said he didn’t like the Who much, and Townshend said he didn’t like the Jam. Weller was (arguably) at the peak of his career, and Townshend was in the worst shape of his life, addicted to heroin, cocaine, and alcohol. So yeah, both of them revising their opinions 20 years later isn’t inexplicable.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 3 December 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
The Rolling Stones hated LZ too iirc.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 3 December 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
Weller was obviously lying.
― Oh wouldn't it be rubbery? (Tom D.), Saturday, 3 December 2022 14:26 (one year ago) link
it's crazy how little jimmy has done
Don't forget his guitar solo cameo on "Heaven Knows" and vox and guitar on this gem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka_ALgG9hqY
Or maybe I meant ... this gem?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFFTllc7nJ8
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 December 2022 14:32 (one year ago) link
Of course this doesn’t mean they loved each other’s work at the time, but really..
https://janettebeckman.com/uk-punk/weller-townshend/
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 3 December 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
I distinctly remember Townshend in RS saying that Weller had no sense of humor. Not really harsh criticism, just kind of bitchy.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 3 December 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link