Led Zeppelin: Jimmy Page pays tribute to ‘HEROIC’ John Bonham on 40th anniversary of death (Sept 25, 1980)

UK Express ^ | September 25, 2020 | George Simpson

[wardaddy]

It’s funny you can always tell boomer or Xer by which Led Zepplin or Pink Floyd they consider best works

Never fails

I’m early Zep fan and early to mid Floyd guy

At age 62 now

I agree I did not like Zep life so much ....I saw them at the Cotton bowl 1975 I think ....not great

But I sure liked their music

I tell u who was great live was the much maligned Tull

And Lynyrd Skynyrd

And Canned Heat....

[ADemocratNoMore]

>you can always tell boomer or Xer by which Led Zepplin or Pink Floyd they consider best works

Zepplin - I and II lead the pack. Never saw them live.

Floyd from Piper through Meddle. Saw them live five or six times over the years. Very bad sound at the stadium concerts, one of the best sounding concerts at Adelbert Gym in 1971.

Tull from This Was through Passion Play. Saw them three or four times.

Genesis from Trespass through Lamb. Saw them three or four times.

I could go on. Cleveland in the early 70’s was a great place to see live rock & I did, a lot.

Off to play some Zepplin I right now.

Almost forget - Bought Zepplin I when it first came out. Liked it so much I took it to school to show my English teacher. Thought she might be interested as she had been a singer with a hot jazz band back in the 20s. “Hey teach, check this out” She was so intrigued that she ordered up a record player and played side 1 in class.

Weird to think that the time between the Roaring 20s and the late 60s is less than the time between the first Zepp LP and today !

[Fresh Wind]

It’s too bad that he killed himself due to his own stupidity, but how in the world would that be considered “heroic”?

[DoodleBob]

I don’t know...at least Bonzo didn’t have relations famously with a 14-year old

[wardaddy]

I think that timeline too

Cause I was a kid I assume like u mid 60s

And the flapper days were a long way ago then

My ginger grandma had been a flapper and could still do the Charleston

And the distance tween the 20s and the War Between the States was about the same ....

I like Wish You Were Here just as an homage to Syd but I agree with your picks too

[wardaddy]

First stereo concert I saw was Tulls Aqualung tour....they played some TAAB too

My favorite Tull is Benefit era....

Have you ever heard the first Floyd recordings from Cambridge shows 1965-67

Songs like I’m A King Bee.....Floyd doing blues

Another unusual Floyd song is the Nile Song

Soundtrack to the film More

Very early metal.....Gilmour doing heavy USA sounding metal.....and sounds like he’s having fun doing it