Has Anyone Been To A Led Zeppelin Gig?
By Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
Carlisle, England
March 21, 2011 3:14pm CST
There were some great rock bands around in the 80s (the decade where I saw the most gigs) but I was too young to appreciate Led Zeppelin. A couple of my friends loved them and got me into them too. We were about 14 at the time but I think Led Zepp weren't performing live then and petered out eventually. We were born too late to appreciate them fully i.e. live.
Robert Plant has an awesome solo career now. I have a couple of his earlier efforts but I can't identify with what he's doing now to what he was doing then.
Oh, well, at least there's You Tube to remind us all what a great band they were.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyabIKB2CWI&feature=related
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@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
22 Mar 11
Sadly I was far too young in the 7o's to catch Led Zeppelin. Plus I am pretty sure that they never actually toured Australia, preferring to tour the USA over and over again instead. 
Stairway to Heaven is 8 minutes of pure musical brilliance. It might be considered overrated to a lot of people, but it is still one of my favourite songs of all time. I have all of their albums and have had them for many years, on cassette, vinyl and on CD. In fact, the first CD's that I ever bought were the Remasters Box Set in 1990. 
I just recently finished reading a book on Led Zeppelin as well. most of what I read I already knew, but it went further into detail than most stuff I had read before on the band.
http://www.memorabletv.com/reviews/led-zeppelin-when-giants-walked-the-earth.html
Definitely worth a read if you are a Zep fan. 
Stairway to Heaven is 8 minutes of pure musical brilliance. It might be considered overrated to a lot of people, but it is still one of my favourite songs of all time. I have all of their albums and have had them for many years, on cassette, vinyl and on CD. In fact, the first CD's that I ever bought were the Remasters Box Set in 1990.
I just recently finished reading a book on Led Zeppelin as well. most of what I read I already knew, but it went further into detail than most stuff I had read before on the band.
http://www.memorabletv.com/reviews/led-zeppelin-when-giants-walked-the-earth.html
Definitely worth a read if you are a Zep fan. 
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
30 Mar 11
I would not have put it past Bonzo to actually try with his head! 
He did drum quite a bit with his hands, particularly during his lengthy solos, kind of like Djembe or Bongo drumming.
He did drum quite a bit with his hands, particularly during his lengthy solos, kind of like Djembe or Bongo drumming.@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
22 Mar 11
John Bonham has to be the greatest drummer of that era (and there were a few) and he could play drums with his head, apparently. How I would have loved to see him in action and that loveable lunatic Keith Moon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgWQ1erBnMo&feature=related
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
30 Mar 11
Haha!
Dunno why I said that John Bonham played drums with his head. Imagine how difficult that would be. Er, impossible actually! No, what I MEANT was he could play drums with his hands..you know without the drumsticks.
THAT'S what I meant so why I said his head, I have no idea!
Dunno why I said that John Bonham played drums with his head. Imagine how difficult that would be. Er, impossible actually! No, what I MEANT was he could play drums with his hands..you know without the drumsticks. THAT'S what I meant so why I said his head, I have no idea!
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
21 Mar 11
He has a new band, the name of which escapes me at the moment. Nothing like his Heavy Metal/Rock we're used to but he obviously loves performing so good luck to him I say.
Not sure what Jimmy Page is up to. My mate was in love with him and he was a pretty good guitarist as well lol.
@SerenityEngel (525)
• United Kingdom
14 Sep 17
I've seen Robert Plant live. No Pagey sadly and I'm not old enough to have seen Zep, but I wish I had.
