― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Monday, 18 July 2005 02:44 (twenty years ago)
I'll have more to write when I've absorbed it, but this proves that the man was NOT coasting (I checked this album's sales, just as a by-the-way; it's his lowest-selling '80s album, and the Zep fans didn't forgive him until he made Now & Zen.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 21:01 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 21:03 (twenty years ago)
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 22:53 (twenty years ago)
― Zwan (miccio), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 22:55 (twenty years ago)
Not sure about BAD - quite possible, given the man's eclectic tastes. One of his main inspirations around this time was Peter Gabriel.
― Deluxe (Damian), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 23:03 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 23:22 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 29 May 2006 19:52 (twenty years ago)
a shame that there was no Youtube when i originally posted in this thread, about how 80s cheesy the video for "sea of love" is. here it is, in all of its Zorba-the-Greek/Frank-Zappa-lookalike-standing-around-a-xylophone-and-wearing-a-speedo glory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9-026ZCKR8
― there can be only but steam that smells of shit and weaklingness (Eisbaer), Friday, 19 February 2010 05:27 (sixteen years ago)
hey so fate of nations is actually an outstanding fucking record just fyi
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Friday, 2 April 2010 14:41 (sixteen years ago)
I liked "29 Palms" at the time. There aren't many Plant solo moments I haven't enjoyed, actually.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 April 2010 14:42 (sixteen years ago)
yeah it's like even the ones that don't seem good at the time come to sound pretty awesome if you just set 'em aside to ripen
― Twink Will Ferrell (J0hn D.), Friday, 2 April 2010 14:43 (sixteen years ago)
Back in '06, Rhino boxed all his solo stuff; I reviewed it for the Voice. (Please ignore the clumsy placement of the parenthetical about Phil Collins; yes, I know he didn't drum for Led Zeppelin.)
http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-11-28/music/whole-lotta-universal-love/
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Friday, 2 April 2010 15:14 (sixteen years ago)
a "colonalist Paul Simon way"?!
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 April 2010 15:32 (sixteen years ago)
Sorry – I know this ain't the Vampire Weekend thread.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 April 2010 15:33 (sixteen years ago)
need moar talking about how amazing his videos were --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImpSyGTzot0
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 10 April 2010 08:46 (sixteen years ago)
I am so in love with that 'In the Mood' vid
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 10 April 2010 08:49 (sixteen years ago)
Did he ever say exactly why he dislikes those early solo records?
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 10 April 2010 08:51 (sixteen years ago)
*does* he dislike them? where did you ever get that impression?
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 10 April 2010 08:57 (sixteen years ago)
I may be under the spell of xhuxk's interview/review of Now & Zen, but so what: the album sounds great now.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 July 2011 20:05 (fourteen years ago)
I remember being a kid and hearing "In the Mood" and just feeling like it was so wonderfully from outer space. Classic for all time.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 31 July 2011 21:37 (fourteen years ago)
Sorry, "Tall Cool One" is entirely awkward and embarassing.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, November 4, 2003
as usual so wrong
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 August 2011 01:02 (fourteen years ago)
I love the spooky robert plant song with the finger snapping and liquid guitar solo
― gardener by day, gatekeeper by night (blank), Monday, 1 August 2011 01:07 (fourteen years ago)
lil by lil
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 August 2011 01:09 (fourteen years ago)
Pictures At Eleven and Principle Of Moments are awesome! I particularly like Robbie Blunts watery Strat playing on POM. Big Log and In The Mood are gorgeous songs.
― Brooker T Buckingham, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 18:46 (fourteen years ago)
Gonna be smoking a phat one alfresco to this tune during those long summer evenings.
That I guarantee ;DCnutRexAnglorum 2 months ago 42
― dell (del), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 19:06 (fourteen years ago)
I actually still adore "Heaven Knows." But, again, "Tall Cool One" is just lame, lame, lame.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:31 (fourteen years ago)
he's had an admirable career i think, definitely followed his own path without really seeming to be weighed down by the legacy of zeppelin
― om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:31 (fourteen years ago)
after Peter Gabriel no lead singer has Done His Own Thing to more rewarding effect.
― livin in my own private Biden hole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:32 (fourteen years ago)
Pictures At Eleven and Principle Of Moments are awesome! I particularly like Robbie Blunts watery Strat playing on POM. Big Log and In The Mood are gorgeous songs.― Brooker T Buckingham, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 11:46 AM (1 hour ago)
― Brooker T Buckingham, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 11:46 AM (1 hour ago)
Eeek, the tone is way too nasally and dry for my tastes.
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 20:35 (fourteen years ago)
Big Log is the biggest WTf moment of the past few weeks. Guitarist tone is so awful, his pull-offs amateur. Whole song sounds like some lounge effort. Drums and pads are almost modern sounding. "...and the coming of night time" ok
― calstars, Friday, 1 March 2013 02:42 (thirteen years ago)
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/03/robert-plant-teams-with-pixies-for-north-american-tour/
― how's life, Monday, 16 March 2015 16:59 (eleven years ago)
I think "Lullaby and... the Ceaseless Roar" is as good of an album I would expect or want from Robert Plant on the 21st Century.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 July 2017 23:40 (eight years ago)
Yep!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 July 2017 00:26 (eight years ago)
solid perce
― mookieproof, Saturday, 8 July 2017 01:25 (eight years ago)
anyone listening to his podcast? it's kind of nice. He's all over the place but enjoyable to listen to.
Also learned that Richie Hayward played on Shaken n Stirred, now I have to go listen to that one
― calstars, Thursday, 11 July 2019 01:36 (six years ago)
Robert Plant and Phil Collins backstage at Madison Square Garden, NYC during Plant's 1983 'Principle of Moments' tour pic.twitter.com/7vrEJWZ5ta— Barney Hurley (@barneyhurley1) May 2, 2021
― calstars, Monday, 3 May 2021 03:04 (five years ago)
boss business
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 May 2021 03:05 (five years ago)
“The break is in 7/8”
― calstars, Monday, 3 May 2021 03:16 (five years ago)
"Lighten up, baby, I'm in love with you!"
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 May 2021 09:33 (five years ago)
you were pumping iron while i was pumping irony
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 03:11 (two years ago)
Heaven knows!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 03:13 (two years ago)
Destroy: "Big Love"
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 20 May 2025 19:28 (one year ago)
Time hasn't been kind to Manic Nirvana, but...search: "Nirvana" and "Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night".
"Tie Dye on the Highway" holds up but would be well served by a radio edit.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 20 May 2025 20:11 (one year ago)
Wrap Your Arms Around It Joyfully: "Big Log."
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 May 2025 20:28 (one year ago)
"Tie Dye on the Highway" sounds like The Mission going baggy. Big fan of that and also "S S S & Q" and "Anniversary". Just as McCartney likes to view Tomorrow Never Knows, McCs I, II and the Fireman as his on/off experimental strand, I like to imagine Plant has an equivalent art-pop one wrt HotH, ITTOD, Shaken 'n' Stirred, the hip hoppy stuff on Manic Nirvana.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 20 May 2025 20:52 (one year ago)
yeah, "S S S & Q" sounds like they tried to write a Prince song
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 20 May 2025 21:49 (one year ago)
“The Way I Feel”: always good for driving at night to a deal gone bad.
― the way out of (Eazy), Tuesday, 20 May 2025 21:52 (one year ago)
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant Nearly Attacked On Stage In Buenos Aires. pic.twitter.com/tCJaz4fYQa— Rock Photography (@Photomusicrock) August 20, 2025
― Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 21 August 2025 03:04 (nine months ago)