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

@nitrobob, you are so right.  Get The Led Out is just an amazing show.  front row center for their show coming up in March.  Last year, they were EPIC.  I was looking around at all of these old geezers singing along, with their walkers etc., and then I realized . . .  I AM ONE OF THEM! LOL!  I highly recommend them for any Zep fan.

I grew up on Led Zeppelin in the '70s, and remember going to the store as soon as their album dropped, going home, smoking some weed and carefully putting it on the turntable.  IMHO, there is Led Zeppelin, and then all other bands.  Ironically, with my relatively nice system, I find myself playing Led Zep bootlegs, especially remastered soundboard recordings, much more than the studio albums.  Although obviously not as good as How The West Was Won (recorded in LA venues, FYI), some of the soundboard recordings are shockingly good, especially given the recording technology of the time.  I have had experiences listening when it sounds like I am in the first row and Robert Plant is singing right in front of me, up about three feet. I am still trying to remember what strain I was smoking, LOL!

One sad thing about Led Zep is the lack of good pro shot video of their concerts.  Why hasn't someone taken the raw footage from The Song Remains The Same and re-released it minus what I consider to be idiotic fantasy sequences and stupid low end "special" effects? 

Well, now I must go put on a bootleg!!!

do yourself a favor and DO listen to Zep old LPs ...they are still one of the best bands of all time if not the best...highly recommend Houses of The Holy (Rain Song) masterpiece LP ....along with ll & iV 

Yes Led Zeppelin 1,2,3 are great...Robert Plant fantastic vocalists...I remember seeing Led Zeppelin at MSG in 1971 i was blown away... as a Babd they were unreal...

Zarhoff on Plant

This is my favorite of opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff's analyses - in this case of Plant's "Since I've Been Loving You" during the 1973 Madison Square Garden performance when they were at the pinnacle.

I have always had a great time experiencing Led Zeppelin recordings, their is something about much of their music that attracts me and compels me to stick around. I have not seen these Live, a shame really, as I did get to see some other mega star performers from their successful era.

I have always had a deep rooted passion for Chicago Blues, the genre really is attractive to me. It sort of helps with adding value to the mutual influence this music has had on others.

When Page first met Plant with the intention to make a decision about working together, they stayed in London on a Floating Home belonging to Jimmy. The story is, the both of them played their collections of Chicago Blues throughout the few days together, from this music was started to be created and eventually become performed by Led Zeppelin.

The Boys done well.

It's a shame Jimmy notoriety today as a pensioner, mainly is from his fighting with his neighbour Robbie Williams. Could have been another World Shattering Collaboration, but hey ho, Beef is Beef. Can one say the word Beef, if those who are having Beef with each other are both Vegans 🤼.