Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Zeppelin

Collarspace Discussion Forums

Home Login Search

Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Zeppelin

View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest

All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Zeppelin

Page: [1] 2 next > >>

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Zeppelin - 1/8/2011 11:33:57 PM

GreedyTop

Posts: 52100
Joined: 5/2/2007
From: Savannah, GA
Status: offline

*haz a sad*
http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/07/robert-plant-led-zeppelin-reunion/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk2%7C194158

_____________________________

polysnortatious
Supreme Goddess of Snark
CHARTER MEMBER: Lance's Fag Hags!
Waiting for my madman in a Blue Box.

Profile

Post #: 1

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/8/2011 11:45:00 PM

Hippiekinkster

Posts: 5512
Joined: 11/20/2007
From: Liechtenstein
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

*haz a sad*
http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/07/robert-plant-led-zeppelin-reunion/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk2%7C194158

Saw Plant with a killer band on Trio or whatever about 12 years back... killer

Check this out - Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scotts (this is only one of many songs he did that gig - seriously worth searching them out. He doesn't use a pick - just his fingers. I had a friend copy the whole show for me. Just amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuXcGHjBeac&playnext=1&list=PL283580888550BFCE&index=55

That's Vinnie Colaiuta on drums - once played w/Zappa - he's my HERO.

< Message edited by Hippiekinkster -- 1/8/2011 11:48:32 PM >

_____________________________

"We are convinced that freedom w/o Socialism is privilege and injustice, and that Socialism w/o freedom is slavery and brutality." Bakunin

“Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.” Reinhold Ne

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 2

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/8/2011 11:50:07 PM

GreedyTop

Posts: 52100
Joined: 5/2/2007
From: Savannah, GA
Status: offline

that was GREAT!!

_____________________________

polysnortatious
Supreme Goddess of Snark
CHARTER MEMBER: Lance's Fag Hags!
Waiting for my madman in a Blue Box.

(in reply to Hippiekinkster)

Profile

Post #: 3

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/8/2011 11:57:19 PM

Hippiekinkster

Posts: 5512
Joined: 11/20/2007
From: Liechtenstein
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

that was GREAT!!

He did duets with both Page and Clapton at Ronnie Scotts. Seriously, some of the finest stuff I've ever heard, and I'm jaded. Look for them.

_____________________________

"We are convinced that freedom w/o Socialism is privilege and injustice, and that Socialism w/o freedom is slavery and brutality." Bakunin

“Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.” Reinhold Ne

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 4

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/9/2011 12:36:18 AM

popeye1250

Posts: 18104
Joined: 1/27/2006
From: New Hampshire
Status: offline

I saw Led Zeppelin at their very first show in the U.S. in Boston in 1968 or 9 I think at a place called "The Boston Tea Party" an old converted church on Berkely st.
I'd be lying if I said there were 100 people there.

_____________________________

"But Your Honor, this is not a Jury of my Peers, these people are all decent, honest, law-abiding citizens!"

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 5

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/9/2011 4:42:46 AM

CherryNeko

Posts: 330
Joined: 12/29/2010
From: Mexico City
Status: offline

Shouldn't that be against the law...?

_____________________________

How many mornings do we have
Before this night ends?
I'm dying surrounded by white flowers
Which scatter in the sky...

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 6

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/9/2011 5:11:41 AM

kalikshama

Posts: 14805
Joined: 8/8/2010
Status: offline

Sounds like the headline might be a bit out of context.

Here's part of the original Rolling Stone article: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/robert-plant-opens-up-about-led-zeppelin-reunion-failed-follow-up-with-alison-krauss-20110106

Unfortunately, the whole article is only available by subscription.

I saw Robert Plant and the Band of Joy last summer in Miami. I have pics at work if anyone is interested.

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 7

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/9/2011 5:20:02 AM

kalikshama

Posts: 14805
Joined: 8/8/2010
Status: offline

/Sends GT a hug/

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/10/19/funny-pictures-kitten-hugs-cat/

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 8

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/9/2011 7:09:50 AM

pahunkboy

Posts: 33061
Joined: 2/26/2006
From: Central Pennsylvania
Status: offline

I thought that guy was dead.

(in reply to kalikshama)

Profile

Post #: 9

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/10/2011 5:53:16 AM

DesFIP

Posts: 25191
Joined: 11/25/2007
From: Apple County NY
Status: offline

Considering some of the music he did is now over 40 years old, I'd be surprised if it did still mean a lot. Hopefully he's done other things with his life that mean more. I remember having my first crush that many years ago. At the time, it seemed like heartbreak. Now? I can barely remember his name or why I thought he was so great.

_____________________________

Slave to laundry

Cynical and proud of it!

(in reply to pahunkboy)

Profile

Post #: 10

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/10/2011 6:02:26 AM

GreedyTop

Posts: 52100
Joined: 5/2/2007
From: Savannah, GA
Status: offline

Kali.. thanks! What an adorable pic!!
I wish I had seen Band of Joy.. couldnt make it though.. but it really was (despite the name) a break with what LZ had done.

My understanding was that Robert wouldnt reject the idea of working with Jimmy et al again.. just not so much AS a Led Zep thing.

Celeste..for Led Zeppelin fans. the music is ALWAYS relevent ( personally, I find their stuff timeless in lyrics and music)

_____________________________

polysnortatious
Supreme Goddess of Snark
CHARTER MEMBER: Lance's Fag Hags!
Waiting for my madman in a Blue Box.

(in reply to DesFIP)

Profile

Post #: 11

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/10/2011 10:26:39 AM

AlwaysLisa

Posts: 1088
Joined: 10/6/2006
From: Washington State
Status: offline

It's a very sad day....even Robert Plant grows old. I can applaud his decision though, have you ever seen great performers who try to relive their glory days? It's hard to watch the icons, attempting to find notes they used to hit with ease. Frank Sinatra comes to mind.

Ok, now Im depressed, I grew up listening to Zepplin! If they got old...that means I did too!

Lisa

< Message edited by AlwaysLisa -- 1/10/2011 10:28:10 AM >

_____________________________

Just an old flower child, trying to survive in today's chaos and confusion.

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 12

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/10/2011 10:32:03 AM

WestBaySlave

Posts: 501
Joined: 9/24/2008
Status: offline

I'm not the same person I was five years ago - at all. I would be surprised if in another five years this time period seems equally alien. Given that, I'm not at all surprised an artist can't relate to what they did forty years ago. From what I've seen, artists either grow and change or stagnate and rehash embers of their glory days. Better to be a different person altogether than a ghost of what was.

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 13

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/10/2011 3:45:53 PM

blacksword404

Posts: 2068
Joined: 1/4/2008
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

*haz a sad*
http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/07/robert-plant-led-zeppelin-reunion/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk2%7C194158

I have never been to a concert before but i would've paid good money to see them play. The level displayed on some of their songs would be hard even for some of these younger artist to replicate.

_____________________________

Don't fight him. Embrace your inner asshole.

Tu fellas magnus penum meum...iterum

Genuine catnip/kryptonite.
Ego sum erus.

The capacity to learn is a gift, the ability to learn a skill, the willingness to learn a choice. Dune HH

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 14

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/10/2011 3:59:20 PM

Termyn8or

Posts: 18681
Joined: 11/12/2005
Status: offline

Well you can have some hugzz, but this is not the end of the world. He has changed, who doesn't ? I was sick of Zepplin for a number of years, but not now. Thing is, no matter what I don't listen to the same music I did twenty years ago. I don't play the same music either. My taste has changed.

It's not a death, it's a growth. That remark about soon needing help across the street means nothing. But think how old he is now.

I liked music, later I find that rock is alot more international than I ever thought. Then I find out that hey, I was 14, this guy was living in limos and had really made it at the time. He was an accomplished enough musician to really make it before I even drove or screwed. Doing the math, I'm 50 now, how many is that ?

IIRC Alex Harvey was 53 when he died. I guess you could say that was untimely, but back then I was surprised at how old he was. I think Page is older than that. Really, this might be uncomfortable, but it is not a bad thing. Let him do what he wants, play elevator music, retire, whatever.

Time passes.

T

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 15

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/10/2011 4:09:32 PM

Cuffkinks

Posts: 1780
Joined: 5/5/2004
Status: offline

Plant is smart. He knows he just can't sing that stuff anymore. He's letting the legend live on intact rather than ruin it in an attempt to make a few bucks. I applaud him for that. He is/was the greatest rock singer of all time. (IMO) He wrote the book on how it's done. No one can take that from him.

_____________________________

Resident "11"

"I love you, Sir. You make my heart sing and my panties wet. What more could a girl ask for?" - hejira92

"And that's why it's good to be...Me." - Gene $immons

(in reply to Termyn8or)

Profile

Post #: 16

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/10/2011 4:28:13 PM

rulemylife

Posts: 14614
Joined: 8/23/2004
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

Celeste..for Led Zeppelin fans. the music is ALWAYS relevent ( personally, I find their stuff timeless in lyrics and music)

Did you know that if you put Robert Plant on a Ferris wheel and spin it backwards he will corrupt your mind by singing evil Satanic verses?

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 17

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/10/2011 9:00:57 PM

ThatDamnedPanda

Posts: 6060
Joined: 1/26/2009
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster

quote:

ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

that was GREAT!!

He did duets with both Page and Clapton at Ronnie Scotts. Seriously, some of the finest stuff I've ever heard, and I'm jaded. Look for them.

If there's another artist from that era who's been involved with as many stellar and just downright fascinating side projects as Plant over the last 30 years, I'd sure like to know who it would be. They could make a documentary about everything he's had a hand in since Zeppelin crashed and burned.

I just hope the sonofabitch finds enough time to get back to "Honeydrippers, Volume Two" one of these days, damn it. I've been waiting 26 years, and none of those fuckers are getting any younger, ya know.

_____________________________

Panda, panda, burning bright
In the forest of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Made you all black and white and roly-poly like that?

(in reply to Hippiekinkster)

Profile

Post #: 18

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/10/2011 10:33:17 PM

GreedyTop

Posts: 52100
Joined: 5/2/2007
From: Savannah, GA
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: rulemylife

quote:

ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

Celeste..for Led Zeppelin fans. the music is ALWAYS relevent ( personally, I find their stuff timeless in lyrics and music)

Did you know that if you put Robert Plant on a Ferris wheel and spin it backwards he will corrupt your mind by singing evil Satanic verses?

dammit, that should have come with a "put your drink down" warning!!

CUFF!! *hugs* love to you both!

_____________________________

polysnortatious
Supreme Goddess of Snark
CHARTER MEMBER: Lance's Fag Hags!
Waiting for my madman in a Blue Box.

(in reply to rulemylife)

Profile

Post #: 19

RE: Robert Plant says he can no longer relate to Led Ze... - 1/11/2011 1:27:06 AM

TheRaptorJesus

Posts: 640
Joined: 6/3/2010
Status: offline

As long as Roger Waters tours The Wall again I will not shed a tear.

/barely relevant.

_____________________________

What if your God... were a motherfucking DINOSAUR?!

(in reply to GreedyTop)

Profile

Post #: 20