-
Fuck Scott Weiland. Fucking asshole. I get trashed all the time and still go to work. And my job sucks ass. -ODShowtime -
It'll be interesting to compare the raw audio feeds to whatever ends up being released on the official dvd after being...er..."enhanced" during the mixing.
While I will say that the O2 stuff was the best they've sounded in public since 1980, no amount of post-concert studio trickery will be able to mask how goddamned awful Stairway was performed at O2. Although it naturally didn't live up to the hype surrounding it, the O2 concert overall was decent. Bonham and Jones held it together. Plant was fair-to-good, considering his age. Page for his part was well-rehearsed.Scramby eggs and bacon.Comment
-
The drums are the worse part...Comment
-
Comment
-
Comment
-
Comment
-
Pretty much, yet I wouldn't blame the drums so much as the drummer, as it's a poor carpenter that blames his tools upon the results. Having said that, where his father would swing and use subtlety (I'm not kidding, get past the sound and listen to the restraint in John Bonham's playing over the years), his son simply plods, bashes and plows his way through things. At this rate, the younger Bonham probably would only find work in a Bad Co/Zep knock-off band like Foreigner or merely form his own third rate LZ cover band. Oh shit, wait a minute...
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
-
-
The drums on that sound and fit better than Jason Bonham in 2007...Comment
-
Love this type of stuff."Avant Garde is French for bullshit.”Comment
-
For everybody who bitched about Dave's vocals this time out, I give you exhibit A, Percy Plant. Yeah, he's a bit older than Dave, but he and Dave were close to the same age when comparing O2 to 2012 Dave and Plant sounds worse IMO. At least Van Halen didn't have to change the key of their songs to accommodate Dave's voice. Bob hasn't sounded good in ages. I really liked Walking into Clarksdale, but I thought Plant sounded bad on that record and it came out, what, 14 years ago?Comment
-
I don't have the link for it, unfortunately, but somewhere on youtube there's audio of the band rehearsing Black Dog in its early stage. The song breaks down a couple of times as the band works on timing issues and Bonham leads a discussion on working out the timing. We're all used to the finished project, so it was fascinating to me to hear them putting the song together in rehearsals and hearing them talk about the arrangement.Comment
-
Bonzo died 32 years ago today, BTW....Eat Us And Smile - The Originals
"I have a very belligerent enthusiasm or an enthusiastic belligerence. I’m an intellectual slut." - David Lee Roth
"We are part of the, not just the culture, but the geography. Van Halen music goes along with like fries with the burger." - David Lee RothComment
-
Yep , I remember it well . It was kind of rumbling around the hallways of my high school
that afternoon as just a rumour .
Hurrying home right after school I cranked on the local rock radio station and they were
already well into Led Zeppelin marathon - mode . Sad , sad news indeed .
My best friend and her sister and brother-in-law actually had tix to see them in Chicago
that fall . She was devastated . Super sux . Bonham was the greatest !
Went to see Black Sabbath / Blue Oyster Cult just 5 nights later at the old Checkerdome
During intermision between bands , " Black Dog " was played over the P.A. The crowd
stood and cheered throughout the whole song . One of those you had to be there moments .Last edited by Green Manalishi; 09-25-2012, 03:55 PM.Comment
Tweet
Comment