But Alice Cooper stole the show when he opened for them in 2012.
Posted on 09/19/2019 4:53:59 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Jimmy Page was interviewed for a cover story in the latest issue of Uncut, where he talks about the potential of a LED ZEPPELIN film, career regrets (or not), and carrying on the legacy of ZEPPELIN as the best band in the world.
Speaking to writer Michael Bonner about why he feels no other bands could come close to LED ZEPPELIN, Page said: "It's really hard to say something like that and not sound conceited, but over the years, a lot of other musicians have told me they thought we were the best. I'm not talking about record sales or concert attendance, although I think we can hold our own with anyone. What I mean is: when you talk about a band as a collaborative musical unit, we were the best. I am not talking about one or two genius songwriters, and everyone else tagging along. I am talking about a collection of musicians who are each at the top of their craft in their own right. In LED ZEPPELIN, we were exactly that."
Elaborating on why he previously told interviewer Charlie Rose in 2012 that LED ZEPPELIN was the best band in the world while Robert Plant demurred, Page said: "If you are a young musician and you want to hear how a band works well together, then we're a pretty good blueprint. John [Paul Jones] and me. Robert and me. John Paul Jones and John Bonham. Every combination of the quartet could bring something special. Robert probably said, 'Oh, well, there were a lot of great bands,' to that interviewer because that is the gentlemanly reply. And I agree with him...But when you are talking about rock 'n' roll alchemy, I had to say what I thought. We were the best."
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Nice. From the boots I’ve heard and especially video the Earl’s Court show ( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=beK6ChN5CZM ), ‘75 was superior to ‘77.
The Beatles...and then the rest.
But Alice Cooper stole the show when he opened for them in 2012.
My favorite group is RUSH. ELP now a distant second.
Here is Rush playing “The Seeker” by the Who:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKoItfmA90w
They did a cover album called Feedback.
I LOVE their version of Crossroads (unbelievable IMHO):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmzgNTGwh3M
Geddy Lee was asked during an interview who is the biggest hero he ever met. It was Robert Plant.
I saw The Who do Quadrophenia in ‘96, and it was amazing. Wish I could’ve seen em in ‘73 when it was released.
Heard about that Live Aid disaster for Zep, but never heard it.
My fav is the flaming bagpipe guy.
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I can’t disagree. They were amazon live until 66. Their Japanese shows were terrible. A great studio band but lacked the discipline to play live after they quit.
Saw the The Who do Quadrophenia in ‘75 at Madison Square Garden (my first concert). Great concert-loudest band I ever heard. Wore that album out.
Charade you are.
Animals is awesome. Floyd is one of my favorite bands. All the way to Division Bell. But I don’t consider them “Rock”. I consider them...well...”Floyd”.
Up until ‘75 I’ll take Grand Funk over the Zep every day and I’m a Zep fan.
Lol. Somebody played “Echos” on a jukebox in a bar I was at a couple weeks ago. Talk about a “not in a bar” song. I think he was just going for getting the most music for his jukebox credit.
Funny you should post that.
Years ago when I saw Live at Pompeii for the first time, during the studio segment where Gilmour is playing and Roger tells him there's too much feedback, Gilmour retorts "What would rock n roll be without feedback?"
It seemed odd that he would think what he was doing was "rock n roll." I thought, this isn't rock n roll, man. This is Floyd.
I saw that tour at Jones Beach.
Heh. This was just posted on another site, promoting a book about the arena in Toronto. A Forward by Geddy Lee:
“I know it sounds somewhat trite to say that an album changed your life but the first Led Zeppelin album had that kind of impact on me. The record was released early in 1969, and word of it’s greatness was spreading with such intensity that by the time they were enroute to Toronto for a gig at the Rock Pile, getting tickets had become nothing short of frenzied...
I had zero money at the time and my mom was not very accommodating in such matters...my bandmates Alex Lifeson and John Rutsey had managed to scrape together enough coin but I couldn’t...this required drastic measures and so I took the typewriter that my grandmother had bought me for my birthday and ventured down to Church St and pawned it in one of the shops that dotted that street. Success. I guiltily accepted the money and went straight out to buy my ticket for the show that was now being referred to as “Mighty Monday”!
We lined up extra early for the 8 p.m. general admission show and we ended up in the 2nd row right in front of Jimmy Page...effin amazing! The band floated onto the stage and started rippin’ into a killer version of the old Yardbirds classic, “Train Kept a Rollin”- they were super loud, and the summer heat kept rising in that old Masonic Temple and the crowd was so seriously jacked and stomping that I remember little bits of plaster falling from the ceiling of the place. They literally brought down the house!
The unforgettable birth of heavy rock as far as my bandmates and I were concerned. I left the show breathless and ecstatic and it wasn’t until the next day that I started trying to figure out how the hell I was going to get my typewriter out of hock before my mom found out!”
Just ............ defies description. So good, so original. No one, before or since, sounds anything like that. That was recorded 50 years ago and it still sounds avant gard and ahead of its time.
Right on. When I DONT feel like listening to rock, I listen to Floyd. If I tire of Floyd, I’ll listen to David Gilmour - “David Gilmour”. Then when I REALLY want to switch it up, I’ll listen to Roger’s “Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking”. I’m so diverse.
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