[winodog]

I saw them closing night at the forum. They played two shows in frisco and then John died.
They were the greatest concert I ever saw and I saw lot of them. I took a bus there and thumbed back to vegas from the concert. Two chicks picked us up after the show and told us they would give us a ride to the freeway where we could thumb to I15. They dumped us in the middle of nowhere. My mind wasnt right or I would not have fallen for it.
We slept on someones front yard till sunrise.
The show was fantastic. They played for almost 5 hours. When Bonham did his drum solo the drum set rose up and he started barely hitting till it got way up in the air and then he started pounding and the drums were synthesized? I dunno the right word for it but it was new for drums and the sound just reverated around the forum. It was great.
They were my first album and I have always felt they were the best band ever.
Nobody in music today does anything close to what they did.

[winodog]

As to those who say it wont be Zepplin. I say them using bonhams son makes it legit.
John will be doing cartwheels in heaven or hell.

[scan58]

Two chicks picked us up after the show and told us they would give us a ride to the freeway where we could thumb to I15. They dumped us in the middle of nowhere. My mind wasnt right or I would not have fallen for it.
We slept on someones front yard till sunrise.

ahhh...Those were the days, weren't they? ;-)

Nobody in music today does anything close to what they did.

I will have to agree with that statement only to change the word "today" to "ever". That's the music that will still give this ol' girl goose-bumps to this day. IMHO, none sounds better when it's cranked all the way up.

[Rebelbase]

"They played for almost 5 hours."

It takes a strong band to be able to do that.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Great post. Share your thoughts on Zeppelin and I too, slept on someone’s front lawn once after a hitchhiking misadventure. OK though, it could have ended much worse for me, so I’m counting my blessings! Still listen to Zep all the time.

Saw them at the Gahhden (Boston) when they were touring LZIII,
and was literally hanging off the front of the stage (I did that a lot back in the day - “Festival” seating and all that).

I put them and the Kinks at the top - but for vastly different reasons.