tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243628294699976063.post2070314738833894987..comments2023-06-13T08:32:54.025-04:00Comments on 1600: 20,000,000 Led Zep Fans Can't Be Wrong...Or Can They?1600http://www.blogger.com/profile/10807851377967747036noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243628294699976063.post-72540375360954587202008-01-17T13:05:00.000-05:002008-01-17T13:05:00.000-05:00No "John Henry Looney Two Shoes Badgeholder Bonham...No "John Henry Looney Two Shoes Badgeholder Bonham"...No Zep...sorry...<BR/><BR/>Will I go see a reunion show...not if the tix are the price of the Cream reunion...<BR/><BR/>Reunion tours are rehashed hits played for all the losers who didn't go see the bands back when they were good. <BR/><BR/>The only exception to the is KISS who are still great. Ace would mop the floor with Jimmy Page and his stupid violin bow bullshit. <BR/><BR/>You know why Page takes 20 minutes to play a solo? Because he is trying to figure out what his heroin crippled mind can still play.<BR/><BR/>And Robert Plant with his frilly dilly shirt open and his dick poking out of his Dwight Yokum tight jeans. Yeah I'm drawn to that look. His vocals sound like a chick's scream in the audience of a Friday the 13th movie. <BR/><BR/>And those lyrics, "Baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby squeeze my lemon baby baby baby baby baby baby baby baby every inch of my love baby baby baby baby baby baby baby."<BR/><BR/>And wasn't John Paul Jones one of those founding father dudes.<BR/><BR/>I'd sooner listen to "Mr Roboto" than "Stairway to Heaven".<BR/>--Steve<BR/><BR/>Hey Bob...think that one will piss the guy off?sTEVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924666880555436750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243628294699976063.post-45687194542662922192008-01-17T00:56:00.000-05:002008-01-17T00:56:00.000-05:00Well, gee, I was gonna update this and say somethi...Well, gee, I was gonna update this and say something kind and out of character about the show (which I had on disc about 2 weeks later) when I noticed your barrage. First of all, the performance was pretty good, in fact, a whole lot better than I expected. Yes, Mr. Ertegun was a visionary in the music business, springboarding musicians like Ray Charles, John Coltrane, and CSNY to greatness. <BR/><BR/>But I'm an idiot, so what do I know? <BR/><BR/>Guess I can't say that, even if it's true. So how about this: was it worth the obscene money being paid for a ticket, upwards of $20,000? <BR/>Sorry, bud- gotta stand by my original statement. It was doubtless filled with over the hill poseurs and one dimensional, brain dead, mouth breathing dilettantes who probably haven't bought a new album since Bonzo died (well, maybe they picked up Coda, and How the West Was Won), and think anything since the 70's sucks. <BR/><BR/>"The greatest rock band to ever live?" PLEASE! Not even close. Ever heard of the Beatles? The Rolling Stones? The Who? Hey, there's lots of people that believe everything after Elvis was second rate. Don't like my opinion? Check and see who put out the most music, sold the most records, or still has the most successful tours to this day. Without any criteria for making such a blatantly arbitrary and over the top statement, give me some kind of assessment as to why they were the greatest (besides your repeated claims that they are, which don't have any cred with me).<BR/><BR/>For guitar, I'll take Page with the Yardbirds (and Beck before him!) And they ripped off half their songs from every black blues player that ever lived, from Robert Johnson to Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson, Blind Willie Johnson, and even Richie Valens, for crying out loud, and are only now, 30 years after disbanding, getting around to giving credit where it was due (the acknowledgments to weren't on the original pressings, and I don't think before Y2K- get your 8 tracks out and check 'em if ya don't believe me!) <BR/><BR/>The reunion is about "respect"? It doesn't have anything to do with MONEY? Actually, you're probably right about that one, ace. They should have gobs of it by now from the Cadillac commercials, and all the other products they've been pimping with their catalogue. Still, the American semi-tour will happen, because they want to retire with MORE. And with the dollar so far in the hole that the Canadian dollar is now worth more, expect the face value to be closer to $350 apiece with scalpers getting over 100 times that. Sorry, I don't make that much. If I did, I'd pay off a year of my mortgage ahead of time. You've got the money and wanna go so bad, have a blast. Go twice! <BR/><BR/>And me, anonymous? <BR/>Hello, numbnuts! <BR/>If you can't find me then please have your nurse at the mental hospital show you how to work the mouse, or turn on channel 10 for you (here's a hint: I'm the ugly one)! On the other hand, I really like Plant and Alison Krauss' new record, Raising Sand, because it doesn't seem obliged to show off on every song, and is a pleasant, uncomplicated and enjoyable work- unique and not tired and played out like sooooooo many rock bands that still survive from that era, giving only diminishing returns at the end of their careers. <BR/><BR/>The Zep reunion was not that, and they really sounded pretty good, better than in their prime, in some cases, because they didn't try to duplicate what they did 30 years ago, but played off of it.<BR/>But I wouldn't have gone there, because of the likelihood of running into knucklescrapers who thought the sun rose and set on them, and still worship this band with obsessive zeal. Being in the middle of THAT would have sucked. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your opinion, anyhow, even if I disagree. That's what keeps it interesting.1600https://www.blogger.com/profile/10807851377967747036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243628294699976063.post-91015668175767562872008-01-03T13:23:00.000-05:002008-01-03T13:23:00.000-05:00It must be fun in your little anonymous world. Jud...It must be fun in your little anonymous world. Judging the greatest Rock bands to ever live while you sit behind a monitor with a keyboard and a box of twinkies.<BR/><BR/>Your review about Zep could not have been more off the money. Regardless of where you stand as a fan - there is no questioning the staus of Led Zeppelin. They are without say the greatest, most successful rock band of all time.<BR/><BR/>As far as their reunion performances not being "up to par" - who freakin cares. No one expects them to be as good as they once were...who can compare a 20 year old performer to a 60 year old performer - even if it's themself.<BR/><BR/>The shows are about respect and class. You should try showing some in your review instead of openning your stink hole to show how much of an idiot you are.<BR/><BR/>The O2 reunion show is about the respect of a great business man, and the respect of the greatest rock band to ever live. The band that gave any and every reason for your other bands to even put their pants on in the morning.<BR/><BR/>Opinions are like faces - everyone has their own, but if your's is going to make you look like an idiot - you should consider getting a new one.The Boys of Planning Yesterdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110785701851662102noreply@blogger.com