Apparently, he regrets is a bit now, at least according to Planet Rock:
Elsewhere in the interview, Plant said his contributions to Led Zeppelin were sometimes “great” and sometimes they "missed the mark.”Elucidating further, he explained: “My peer group were writing substantial pieces of social commentary, and I was willowing along the Welsh borders thinking about Gollum.“I liked what I did, but now I look at it and go ‘Wooh, that was a bit iffy.’ But I do like ‘Stairway To Heaven. I can look at it objectively. I can’t always get my head around it, but it does do something substantial.”
https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/robert-plant-took-inspiration-from-pink-floyd-for-led-zeppelins-final-show/
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
I would dispute that the Tolkien stuff is a central part of any of LZ’s identity as there’s so much more that comes to mind first - the riffs, Bonham, Page as producer and Jones as studio wiz, the sound of the songs and Plants voice - before any of the lyrics
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
there’s so much more that comes to mind first - the riffs, Bonham, Page as producer and Jones as studio wiz, the sound of the songs and Plants voice - before any of the lyrics
It's kind of fascinating that the only time anyone discusses Led Zeppelin's lyrics, it's to point out a line they hate. I can't recall anyone ever having anything positive to say about their lyrics.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
Just to tie everything together, did people know that an adaptation of Lord of the Rings starring the Beatles was suggested at one point?
Paul as FrodoRingo as SamJohn as GandalfGeorge as Strider
I said something positive about the lyrics to "Carouselambra" above!
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
omg lock thread
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
It rings a bell but I might be thinking of ringo as larry the dwarf in 200 motels.
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
anyone arguing that the beatles aren't shit at this point are melts. I've done extensive research on this subject and am completely correct. comments are closed.
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
Well, this is a thread for controversy after all
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
I can't recall anyone ever having anything positive to say about their lyrics.
"Rock and Roll" is an effective and subtle portrait of a failing marriage.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
"Sick Again" is a heartfelt depiction of the difficulty of dealing with recurrent illness.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
"'immigrant song' that's where i'm a viking!"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
People putting down Plant's Tolkien lyrics should give a listen to the Humble Pie record I have on:
"Lord, sometimes... ya make me feel so bad!Sometimes... ya make me feel so sad!"
By the standards of the era and the genre, he wasn't egregious.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
it do be like that tho
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
the bo hansson lord of rings album fucking rules
― brimstead, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
sorry not a controversial op
Yeah but it's instrumental, if he'd called it "A Trip Along The Waterways Of Sweden" or whatever people would be raving about how much it sounds like fjords. Does rule though, whatever it's about.
― the kim variant (Matt #2), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link
Are the various Swedish concept albums about Moomins (e.g. peter Lundblad and Trobjorn Ekelund) nursery rhyme shit or epic fantasy shit?
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 23:29 (two years ago) link
I have one that's kund of jazzy vocal music, it's pretty good
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 1 July 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
This one
https://www.discogs.com/Tove-Jansson-Mika-Pohjola-2-Erna-Tauro-Johanna-Gr%C3%BCssner-Muminr%C3%B6ster-Moomin-Voices/release/6063322
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 1 July 2021 00:05 (two years ago) link
I have that one too, it sounds a bit like Dungen. And i think a third one in addition to "vem ska trosta knyttet"
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 1 July 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
The one you linked is the best of the 3
Not ta det lugnt but later dungen
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 1 July 2021 00:14 (two years ago) link
Like vince guaraldi peanuts meets dungen
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 1 July 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
Ha, I can kind of see that
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 1 July 2021 00:17 (two years ago) link
norm macdonald was okay
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 September 2021 01:11 (two years ago) link
Not a controversial opinion
― beard papa, Thursday, 16 September 2021 05:54 (two years ago) link
Norm macdonald was very funny, but ilxors are in denial about what he was really like personally, and seem to be happy to ignore his sexual assaults.
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 16 September 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
his sexual assaults
Got a link? My own searches turn up nothing.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 16 September 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
Fuckin thank you. I hadn't heard any of the sexual assault stories but that clip of him on Conan where he mauls Courtney Thorne-Smith as an explicit gesture of sexual power/dominance over the Conan because he knows they both find her attractive and Norm wants to get there first, was so repulsive. (Later in the segment, he interrupts Conan's questioning of CTS to make himself the center of attention a bunch of times including insulting fat people and a premature ejaculation joke iirc--I shut it off at that point.)
I never watched any show or thing that Norm MacDonald was on so I have no attachment to him, so maybe it's easy for me to say but...fuck that guy.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 16 September 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
Norm McDonald stuck his hand down my pants and groped my ass 10 years ago when I asked for a picture with him.— Molly (of no relation to fun drug) (@Mollyissilly) September 14, 2021
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 16 September 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
This happened to my sister in law and the creep was Norm MacDonald. True story.— Josh Fairhurst (@LimitedRunJosh) June 23, 2020
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 16 September 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that stuff has been saddening to read about. The Brandon Teena joke too.
― jmm, Thursday, 16 September 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
Yeah, even among the more scathing postmortems I haven't heard anything about that.
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 September 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
Norm MacDonald casually confessing to sexual assault in an interview that brought no further attention to it is a reminder that #MeToo was badly needed. Being famous and funny makes it all too easy for men to get away with this shit. pic.twitter.com/ID7Z294uJi— Wet Silk (@Fractalmatic) September 15, 2021
Norm Macdonald on Louis C.K. & Roseanne Barr: "There are very few people that have gone through what they have, losing everything in a day. Of course, people will go, 'What about the victims?' But you know what? The victims didn't have to go through that" https://t.co/w6OeRcEO77— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 11, 2018
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 16 September 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
Norm MacDonald was always fucking gross
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
― brimstead, Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:47 (two years ago) link
The Many Moods of Norm McDonald
― you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
the post-Gram Flying Burrito Bros’ “Tried So Hard” is considerably better than Gene’s (which is still obv classic no arg there)
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
guess there’s probably a better thread for this Controversial Opinion on ilm
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:06 (two years ago) link
Not that controversial either tbh.
― How does Spock's brain come into this? (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
(i.e. I agree with you)
Post a controversial music opinion
― visiting, Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:26 (two years ago) link
All comedy podcasts are bad except ones with Andy Daly.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link
first two seasons of The Simpsons are dogshit
― Buchiko and The Man (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 January 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
Ohhhh no, S2 is prob my favourite
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 23 January 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
I can't vibe with the wrong Homer voice or heart warming character development
― Buchiko and The Man (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 January 2022 15:14 (two years ago) link
Bojack Horseman >>> The Simpsons
― boxedjoy, Monday, 24 January 2022 11:54 (two years ago) link
Seriously? Isn’t it like Archer with a horse head?
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Monday, 24 January 2022 12:13 (two years ago) link
no not at all!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 24 January 2022 13:39 (two years ago) link
Yeah it’s much much worse than Archer.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 24 January 2022 13:53 (two years ago) link