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Robert Plant

I’ve been a Zeppelin fan since I was a little kid. Was obsessed with them in high school. I always thought Plant was one of the best singers in rock and roll. A lot of people still do. I never saw Zep but did see Plant in concert several times in the 80s/90s.

 

Over the decades I find that I don’t listen to Zep all that much for whatever reason.

 

This Christmas Eve morning I stayed home from church because of a nasty cold and dug out some of my old LPs. One of them was a bootleg (at the time) of Zeppelin's live BBC performances. I bought it used in 1984 for $20 which was a ton of money for me back then. (You can get this on Qobuz etc now.)

 

About 4 minutes into Whole Lotta Love the band lapses into a blues/Elvis medley of songs that is simply epic. The entire band is right on point and amazing as always but in this medley Plant really shows you his stuff. The range, the control, the timing, the soul. All there. Is he the best rock and roll singer ever? I can think of a lot of challengers to that idea but he’s certainly up around the top.

Give this song a listen. The initial part of Whole Lotta Love is not my favorite. But this medley and the ending are Zeppelin at its best.

Merry Christmas all.

n80

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Ah, @tomic601 .....SOTA ought to extend to the tubes as well as the SSDs’, but...*sigh*...’twill by and by come to your shores in the newness of the dawning of the year anew and anon...

*slaps self* Ev is watching the ’96 version of Romeo & Juliet, which I can’t bring self to sit thru.....read and have heard the original and Wayyy too many parodies, and view it as the latter....

Time has been too much with me of late.... ;)

Yes, hoard thy tubes, for The Tubes....*L* And a Ripper ought to be named Jacque, Thee....and Server: That Doth Duex....

I depart anew, wishing a Merri Yule upon us both... *G*

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Oh, an Xmas extremism....Thanks, getting noted as a Brad of Anywhere is a compliment that my HS English instructs would take askance at, but they're likely retired or drooling somewhere....poor sots....

All I've really absorbed is to let the Id loose, and try to keep it either vaguely rational or of a conceptual nature.....

Not always, Yes. 😏

Attempt 'interesting'....for the psych sort... ;)

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@tomic601 .... Bought the Zep's 1st LP.....one of the things that no doubt contributed to my wearing aids now....not that I've turned things down since, tho'.... ;)  ...and someone stole it, anyway.....

"....the giant tube stash in the sky ...."  'Ell, I wish.... Spouse asked if I was the other day..."Not since LA last year in any significant fashion, but certainly not now...dammit..."

At 135 & 5'11" and barely in my BMI index as 'kinda normal', I'm a cheap drunk.

Two 7% IPAs' and I'm a hazard to any moving or stationary object, not to mention self...🤦‍♂️🤨🙄  Thankfully for any biped in range, no plans to have to drive (or even walk) any significant distance....

No Zep at present....been playing L7's "Pretend We're Dead" on loop to get thru the week (we're closed, employs get to as well)....was always what I threatened to do if I won a Lotto or something similar...

"I'm firing myself....pretend I'm dead....'Bye *clic*"

Only did that once, quite a while ago....Very Satisfying, given the circumstance...

(Cliffs' Notes version available if you get bored silly... ;)...)

Have a great Xmas day...

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