Comments on The Year of Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same

Can you believe it has been 3 years? I figured you...

2011-01-16T13:08:16.014-05:00

Can you believe it has been 3 years?
I figured you would have started listening that year and like most resolutions they go wayside by March.But you did it and you kept up the blog so "THANK YOU"
I was born in what I think is the worst year to be a Zep fan.1965..I first discovered music,girls and Zeppelin in the summer of 1977 in a Chicago suburb.My friend let me borrow his 8-track of Zeppelin 1 and I played it so much I ruined it.It was "How many more times" that drew me in.Zeppelin had already played their last U.S. concert(we didn't know) and I heard how great they were from the older kids.I remember them saying Zep was going to make a swing back thru chitown in the summer of 77 and on some websites you can see the dates but the death of Karac ended that tour.In 1980 Zeppelin was going to come back to the States and it would have been my first concert.Zeppelin took out a full page ad in the paper with a phone number for tickets.They did this because people would camp (for days) out for tickets at the ticketmaster.They sold out 4 chicago stadium shows(80k) in less than an hour.I had 2 tickets but I never received them because 1 week later John would be found dead.I bought "In thru the outdoor" on the day it was released and I remember it came in a brown bag.I even bought "Coda" on the day it was released.
Zeppelin "TSRS" movie was still playing as a midnight movie and our prom's theme was "Stairway to Heaven" Robert's first 3 solo albums were Zeppelin continued but he changed and so did I.

When the BBC recordings were released it was like it was 1977 all over again. Communication Breakdown,Thank You and other songs that I did not think studio-wise were great changed my opinion.In 2003 when the DVD AND "HOW the west was Won" finally gave me a feel on what those older kids were talking about.It left me wanting more and the discovery of the Bootlegs has giving me a renewed love of Led Zeppelin.It is kinda cool listening to them evolve into the biggest band in the world in the 1970's.

If you get a chance check out Jason Bonham's "The led Zeppelin Experience" because after seeing over a dozen Zeppelin cover bands from A whole lotta led to ZOSO Jason's sound is the closest to getting that magical Zeppelin SOUND.

ONce again "THANK YOU" for keeping your reviews up because Rey's book is outdated and out of print.

I too had an religious moment(s) with Zep. It was ...

2009-05-09T15:11:00.000-04:00

I too had an religious moment(s) with Zep. It was 1989 and a girlfriend of mine and I watched the Song Remains the Same on 4 hits of windowpane each on a black and white tv and I swear to God, it was in color and 3D.

By far, the greatest band ever. Plants style also produced another of my favs, Shannon from Blind Melon...

Think I'll go listen to the albums too! Congrats o...

2009-02-25T22:30:00.000-05:00

Think I'll go listen to the albums too! Congrats on getting the job done!

Awe inspiring review and conclussion, this is it, ...

2009-01-11T22:28:00.000-05:00

Awe inspiring review and conclussion, this is it, amazing project, I you owe a lot:

"In doing so, I unknowingly fulfilled a dream I've had since those eye-opening afternoons some fourteen years ago. As I listened to each studio album amidst a sea of live recordings, it was as if I was experiencing them for the first time all over again. I heard each song with a renewed freshness and vibrancy, reminding me of exactly why I fell in love with this band and their music so many years ago. This, by far, has been the greatest reward."

Pure class there, there's passion in that, you're a REAL fan, awe inspiring words....