Led Zeppelin at 50: Good Times Bad Times

[David48atTD]

“They had the poser frontman, the ultra-cool lead guitarist, the heavy nutcase drummer – all the cliches,” Slade’s Noddy Holder once said.
The thing is, the band he was talking about, Led Zeppelin, created the cliches themselves.

Trashed hotel rooms, orgies, booze binges, drugs, a reputation for violence, underage inamoratas, groupies, heavy metal, headbanging, stadium rock, Tolkien references, godlike status, dabbling with the occult... oh, and how to go from rock to staggering riches.

Led Zeppelin did it all, and then some. Half a century ago.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-a8522631.html

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I never saw them.

Any memories out there?

Does the song remain the same?

[Looper]

^quite good but not as good as the Goldbug cover from 1996 with the Pearl and Dean sample

[taxexile]

here, some teak door members give their opinions to the music of led zeppelin.

[taxexile]

here is the full reunion concert at the o2 arena in london in 2007.

its a phenomenal performance, and jimmy page is simply out of this world.


Intro
01.44 - Good Times Bad Times
04.53 - Ramble On
10.37 - Black Dog
16.30 - In My Time Of Dying
28.20 - For Your Life
35.17 - Trampled Under Foot
42.17 - Nobody's Fault But Mine
49.13 - No Quarter
58.40 - Since I've Been Loving You
1.07.03 - Dazed And Confused
1.18.57 - Stairway To Heaven
1.27.47 - The Song Remains The Same
1.34.24 - Misty Mountain Hop
1.39.32 - Kashmir
1.49.38 - Whole Lotta Love
1.58.00 - Rock N Roll

enjoy.

[Lantern]

Saw them at Knebworth on Aug 4th 1979.

[Cujo]

LOVE this one.
Much better than the original.

[cyrille]

Never liked that phoney US accent Plant speaks and sings with.

Undoubtedly very talented musicians, though.

[Cujo]

When the levee breaks original

[Cujo]

The very first Led Zep song I heard. I was sold immediately.

[Cujo]

[Headworx]

Zep, Stones, Floyd. Every time I save a new playlist to Flashdrive for the car these 3 bands make up at least 50% of the folder. Kanye West consistently gets 0%.

[bsnub]

Kanye West consistently gets 0%.

Good man.

[kmart]

Bonham was the man. Other drummers all rate him as rock's best ever sticksman.

[OhOh]

Drove a Ford Pickup over the Rockies one summers night in '77 to see them in Seattle. Hairy drives, we were stoned then, the next day and for the return daylight crossing.



The Bonham boy beats the skins as well as his dad, RIP.

An apt report of the evening:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...ck.ledzeppelin

[Crestofawave]

I remember putting Led Zep 1 on my Dad's stereo in his study, ( he had some nice big speakers for the time). ''Son, you'll soon grow out of this and develop a love for classical music, '' he assured me.
Sorry Dad, you were so wrong on that. 50 years later it still sends the blood coursing through my veins like I'm still 13.
A classic album.

[Loy Toy]

Bonham was the man. Other drummers all rate him as rock's best ever sticksman.

I can honestly say I have been trying to play this beat for the last 30 years and still cannot play it perfectly.

Bonzo is a legend and nobody has ever played the drums like him.

[crackerjack101]

Interesting breakdown by rolling stone of the best drummers ever;


www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-drummers-of-all-time-77933/keith-moon-2-145194/

[crackerjack101]

Bonham was brilliant but Baker wasn't half bad;

[cyrille]

The Bonham boy beats the skins as well as his dad

That would be the minority view, with no disrespect to him.

[crackerjack101]

Ginger does his thing;

[cyrille]

They have comedy clips on that 'youtube' thing too, don't they?

[crackerjack101]

They have comedy clips on that 'youtube' thing too, don't they?

I believe they do, mate. You should watch some.
It's a fantastic source of humorous, and sometimes educating material.
Give it a go.

No, no you're welcome.

[foobar]

[Hugh Cow]

^quite good but not as good as the Goldbug cover from 1996 with the Pearl and Dean sample

Dont often disagree with you Loop but we certainly are not on the same planet on the music front. The whole video crew including the singer should be shot for butchering such a classic. There is not one redeeming feature from singer guitarist or drummer that even approaches Led Zepelin classic. In short its a talentless souless piece of shite.

[kmart]

^Different ears, eras, and drugs probably.