Song Remains The Same

[Hardrock69]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiBLBn1z1vY

[Hardrock69]

Royal Albert Hall Full


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edPEBB6VjRQ

[Hardrock69]

Earls Court 1975


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cZ1du-WC98

[ThrillsNSpills]

The song remains the same movie was pretty average compared to how incredibly much better they were on other performances. (Royal Albert Hall for example)

[Kristy]

It was a shit film. End of story.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiBLBn1z1vY

We would watch this, plus Heavy Metal, The Wall and some others at midnight shows in San Diego my first year in the Navy in '84.....

I'll never forget when Plant sings "the snow drives back the foot that's slow" during No Quarter, my buddy would scream "Cocaine !!!!!!" everytime.....

[Kristy]

I'll never forget when Plant sings "the snow drives back the foot that's slow" during No Quarter, my buddy would scream "Cocaine !!!!!!" everytime.....

I'm concerned. I don't think you should be hanging out with such people. They are obviously a bad influence.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I'm concerned. I don't think you should be hanging out with such people. They are obviously a bad influence.

It was a different time.....

[DONNIEP]

It was a great time...

[cadaverdog]

You can watch a band perform on tv and although you get a glimpse at how they would be live it's never the same as being there. I had never been to a concert when that movie came out. It did give a good idea about Zep live. They rock harder live but there are some things that can be done in a studio where you can edit and re do that are difficult to reproduce live. Jimmy Page can't always hit the right notes every time live. It gives some people the impression that he's not as good as he seems in the studio. Then you hear something improvised for the live show and think he's the best ever. I like the way it was filmed too. from the perspective of an actual attendee. I think it's still one of the best concert movies ever made.

[cadaverdog]

We would watch this, plus Heavy Metal, The Wall and some others at midnight shows in San Diego my first year in the Navy in '84.....

I'll never forget when Plant sings "the snow drives back the foot that's slow" during No Quarter, my buddy would scream "Cocaine !!!!!!" everytime.....
No Rocky Horror Show? I remember watching Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" movie at Balboa Park. He rocked but all those upskirt shots of Bowie made me uncomfortable to say the least.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

No Rocky Horror Show? I remember watching Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" movie at Balboa Park. He rocked but all those upskirt shots of Bowie made me uncomfortable to say the least.

These were in a little strip mall right down the road from the Sports Arena....

[cadaverdog]

These were in a little strip mall right down the road from the Sports Arena....
Near Froggy's Notion? I think that was the name of that bar. Full of relics hanging from the ceiling.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Near Froggy's Notion? I think that was the name of that bar. Full of relics hanging from the ceiling.

Not that far down...

On the same side of the street before you get to the Arena, assuming you're coming from Rosecrans....

This is it, http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14497

[Kristy]

I just glad all this nonsense was before my time.

[78/84 guy]

I just glad all this nonsense was before my time.

Yeah it would seem that almost anything injoyable would be tough for you. Like people, music. LIFE ! :amen:

[Jack68]

The celebration dvd is excellent......

[Matt White]

We would watch this, plus Heavy Metal, The Wall and some others at midnight shows in San Diego my first year in the Navy in '84.....

I'll never forget when Plant sings "the snow drives back the foot that's slow" during No Quarter, my buddy would scream "Cocaine !!!!!!" everytime.....

Similar story....watching TSRTS with my Bro back in the day, & he's on 'srooms....

When Plant sang "The Dogs of Doom, They Howl & Moan...." and Jimmy waves at the Theremin....

My Brother laughed himself silly....and still does to this day whenever he hears that part of NO QUARTER

[philouze]

No Rocky Horror Show? I remember watching Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" movie at Balboa Park. He rocked but all those upskirt shots of Bowie made me uncomfortable to say the least.

No Phantom Of The FUCKING Paradise??

[Hardrock69]

In 1979 I went to a midnight movie to see Song Remains for the first time. It was a pretty packed house.

So the lights go down, and the thing starts.

Once it got to the concert sequence, people started screaming to turn up the volume, as it was not very loud.

Someone finally turned it up. The low end began distorting heavily. People started screaming to turn the bass down.

So someone finally turns the volume down. People begin screaming to turn the volume up. Someone turned the volume up, but the low end was distorting even worse.

Finally, a guy in my row stands up and yells "FUCK THIS SHIT! I'M GETTING MY MONEY BACK!"

Instantly, everyone in the theater (packed full) stands up and heads for the door.

For some reason, I was at the head of the pack. I walk to the manager who is at the concession stand:

"I want a refund. You guys have a shitty sound system".

"I need your ticket stub in order to give you a refund".

"I threw my ticket stub in that trash can over there".

"I can't give you a refund without proof you bought a ticket".

"HOW IN THE FUCK DID I GET INTO THIS FUCKING THEATER WITHOUT BUYING A TICKET AND GIVING IT TO THE GODDAMN TICKET TAKER?!?" :mad:

The manager turns to the girl working the concession stand and says "Give everyone a refund who wants one".

The next day I was listening to the radio, and they were running commercials for Song Remains at that same theater, and at the end of the ad a voice-over broke in to say "NOW WITH IMPROVED SOUND!".

I did not go back. I eventually saw the movie at a different midnight movie a few months later at a different theater.

A year later the news broke that Led Zep was going to tour the US. And then Bonzo died.

At least I got to see Page/Plant in 1998. Closest I could get to seeing Led Zep. Saw JPJ solo opening for King Crimson a few years later.
Saw Plant at the Ryman in 2005.

Oh well. Life goes on.

SHUT THE FUCK UP, KRUSTY FISHKUNT BITCH! :mad:

[chefcraig]

In 1979 I went to a midnight movie to see Song Remains for the first time. It was a pretty packed house.

So the lights go down, and the thing starts.

Once it got to the concert sequence, people started screaming to turn up the volume, as it was not very loud.

Someone finally turned it up. The low end began distorting heavily. People started screaming to turn the bass down.

So someone finally turns the volume down. People begin screaming to turn the volume up. Someone turned the volume up, but the low end was distorting even worse.

Finally, a guy in my row stands up and yells "FUCK THIS SHIT! I'M GETTING MY MONEY BACK!"


Yep, I had pretty much the same experience, with the added bonus of the showing quickly devolving into a Guns-N-Roses-like riot. Kids trashed the place, the cops arrived en-mass, and the theater ultimately stopped showing midnight movies altogether.

Oddly enough, I went to the local premier here in 1976, and the same crummy, chopped up and out of sync copy you'd encounter years later (this usually occurs after countless viewings and the film starts to crumble as it made it's way from theater to theater, so local owners would cut it up like a grind house movie) looked that way on opening night!