Robert Plant

[Kristy]

So I'm a big, big fan of Patty Griffin and was twee excited when she put out a new record and tour (we'll get to that). Excellent songwriter, singer and general Americana goodness. So I have to admit I was a little put off finding out that ex-Zep fuck monkey Robert Plant was on this recording as well.



But you know what? The Plant-ish contributions are not all that bad! Yes, I said that! Unlike his over-pretentious shit he did with Alison Krauss - and that record bored me to death - Plant doesn't seem all the invasive on the duets with Patty. This could be due to producer Craigg Ross doesn't allow for them to sing like they are a behemoth SUV stuck in the mud like he did with Kraus. Plant takes on more of backseat role here (where he belongs) and accents Patty's voice rather than competing with it. This record flows like honey in cold tea on a hot summers day. Maybe Plant is getting old and yeah, good for him, at least he doing so with grace and character unlike his former joke of bandmates. I look forward to seeing them both July 10th(?) at Red Rocks. It'l be the only concert I can afford all year so it better be a good one. Otherwise, I'll cut what's left of Plant's nuts off.

[Von Halen]

Wow, that shit SUCKS ass!

Those bitching about the Sabbath album need to give this garbage a listen!

[Kristy]

You know, you can fucking blow me when hanging from a bridge.

[VetteLS5]

Wasn't she part of the recent Band of Joy work that Plant put together?

[Kristy]

You are correct, sir!

[Von Halen]

Mods, delete this garbage!


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[Frodo]

me thinks Robert Plant is tapping that.

[Matt White]

me thinks Robert Plant is tapping that.

I think he married her..............

[Von Halen]

me thinks Robert Plant is tapping that.

He must like tapping female singers that suck.

Wasn't he tapping the ass of that other broad he made the horrible music with?

[Kristy]

Wait a minute, Von? Plant sang with your mother?

[binnie]

Kristy saying something positive about a member of Zeppelin..................?

***looks at the sky and awaits the Four Horesmen***

[Von Halen]

Wait a minute, Von? Plant sang with your mother?

If he did, it would be better than this garbage you posted.


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[chefcraig]

If he did, it would be better than this garbage you posted.

Oh, come on...it's not nearly as awful as you make it. To me, there is a really cool Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris vibe to it, which truly comes to form on this track...

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Robert Plant's solo career is uneven. "Manic Nirvana" and "Fate of Nations" were really good IMO.
"
Walking into Clarksdale" with Jimmy Page came with great moments.

I was lucky to meet Robert Plant in Wales in the summer of 1998. I was trekking here and there and staying in Maccynleth,
a town that is just 5 miles from Bron-Yr-Aur (which I hadn't noticed).
My camera had broken down while climbing Ben Nevis in the Western Highlands the week before, and I was pissed that the day
before I hadn't been able to take pics on top of the horse-shoe shaped mountain (with a "llynn" right in the middle) I'd walked up,
so I was walking to the newsagent's to buy a postcard of it. It was market day, a big one gathering lots of folks.
Suddenly, a few meters from the newsagent's, I heard voices calling behind me, louder and louder. As I was a stranger I didn't pay
attention, but the voices started yelling and I felt a tap on my shoulder. A guy asked me for a lighter (I as smoking a cigarette) and
he said it wasn't for him, but "the man over there". Robert Plant... I was so glad I met him - I told him I was, and added I had "all the
albums" of course. He answered: "You're my buddy", which he could... He asked me where I was from, and he told me "We'll play in
Paris next November". I asked: "You mean with Jimmy?" He nodded. "By the way, if you want to see him, he's in the inn behind you -
I turned round, the inn's name was "the White Lion", their place... I said I didn't want to bother him (which of course I regretted
afterwards).
I had just bought a John Lee Hooker compilation in the market place, and we had a short chat about it.
He asked me if I liked "Walking into Clarksdale", and I said "yes, a lot", but I actually did a few weeks later. At that time I didn't like it much.

That was a ood day.

I had bought Dave's "Crazy from the Heat" at Tower Records in Glasgow, which I read at night after my daytime trekking. In my car I played
DLR Band. Great year, great summer.

[Von Halen]

Oh, come on...it's not nearly as awful as you make it. To me, there is a really cool Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris vibe to it, which truly comes to form on this track...

Chef, I think you over cooked your brain.

That's 5:25 of my life I can't get back. Fuck you Chef!

[DLR Bridge]

Robert Plant's solo career is uneven.

True enough. I'd say there are probably 20 great songs since 1981. Unfortunately, a whole lotta flab to go along with it. I love the song Little By Little off of Shaken 'n Stirred.

[Kristy]

Walking into Clarksdale" with Jimmy Page came with great moments.

That album was horrendous! Clarksdale was one of those offerings where the intentions were good but the production wasn't. The mix of the recording is more than off - it's beyond terrible almost to the stage of unlistenable. The hiring of Steve Abini is a mystery. Maybe Plant and his butt-fuck buddy thought it wold be a great idea to maintain a relevance in the culture of the 90's but seeing how Plant makes his living being a singer and seeing how Albini detest singers maybe all the dope they took in the 70's was catching up with them. Clarksdale was not only a commercial flop from a production standpoint the songwriting was just as confusing and disjointed. No doubt all you Zeppelin Cretans ate it up just like you did with that Page/Coverdale nonsense or when the Black Crowes were blowing that FAT fuck for gas money. Clarksdale is not even suitable for the used CD bin much less the dumpster it sits in where many copies of that crap ended up.

[Kristy]

Chef, I think you over cooked your brain.

That's 5:25 of my life I can't get back. Fuck you Chef!

We get it, Von. You're obviously gay. Your homoerotic fixation for David Lee Roth is a dead giveaway.

[Von Halen]

We get it, Von. You're obviously gay. Your homoerotic fixation for David Lee Roth is a dead giveaway.

Fuck. Got me.

[Kristy]

Fuck. Got me.

Don't worry, little boy. I'm sure a leather bar will show up in your antiquated hick town someday.

[Von Halen]

Don't worry, little boy. I'm sure a leather bar will show up in your antiquated hick town someday.

Maybe I will open one.

You should come visit me.

[LoungeMachine]

Maybe I will open one.

You should come visit me.

Careful.....

It'll get pop geared

[Kristy]

Maybe I will open one.

You should come visit me.

Depends. Are you a bear? Bears in leather is an abomination, you know.

[Von Halen]

Careful.....

It'll get pop geared

Do you think Kristy shaves?

Her moustache, not her cock. I hate a guy with a moustache.

[Von Halen]

Depends. Are you a bear? Bears in leather is an abomination, you know.

Is that you in your avatar? If it is, show me more.

Come on, let's take this to the ladies forum, and get freaky!

[LoungeMachine]

Do you think Kristy shaves?

Her moustache, not her cock. I hate a guy with a moustache.

Sitting around stoned all day?

She has plenty of time to Manscape.

[ThrillsNSpills]

That album was horrendous! Clarksdale was one of those offerings where the intentions were good but the production wasn't. The mix of the recording is more than off - it's beyond terrible almost to the stage of unlistenable. The hiring of Steve Abini is a mystery. Maybe Plant and his butt-fuck buddy thought it wold be a great idea to maintain a relevance in the culture of the 90's but seeing how Plant makes his living being a singer and seeing how Albini detest singers maybe all the dope they took in the 70's was catching up with them. Clarksdale was not only a commercial flop from a production standpoint the songwriting was just as confusing and disjointed. No doubt all you Zeppelin Cretans ate it up just like you did with that Page/Coverdale nonsense or when the Black Crowes were blowing that FAT fuck for gas money. Clarksdale is not even suitable for the used CD bin much less the dumpster it sits in where many copies of that crap ended up.

Why on earth would you listen to CD's of bands that you detest?
You don't have to answer...it's not really important to me what you're thinking, just something for you to think about.

[chefcraig]

That album was horrendous! Clarksdale was one of those offerings where the intentions were good but the production wasn't. The mix of the recording is more than off - it's beyond terrible almost to the stage of unlistenable. The hiring of Steve Abini is a mystery. Maybe Plant and his butt-fuck buddy thought it wold be a great idea to maintain a relevance in the culture of the 90's but seeing how Plant makes his living being a singer and seeing how Albini detest singers maybe all the dope they took in the 70's was catching up with them. Clarksdale was not only a commercial flop from a production standpoint the songwriting was just as confusing and disjointed. No doubt all you Zeppelin Cretans ate it up just like you did with that Page/Coverdale nonsense or when the Black Crowes were blowing that FAT fuck for gas money. Clarksdale is not even suitable for the used CD bin much less the dumpster it sits in where many copies of that crap ended up.

Christ, that album rubs me the wrong way. And just what in the hell is the use of tremolo sounds overlaying the guitars on virtually every track? OK, as an occasional effect, it's wonderful. But to make it the predominate sound all over the place becomes tedious as all hell. To add insult to injury, the actual guitar playing underneath it all isn't exactly what one could call inspired to begin with.

About the only song that holds up is "When the World Was Young," mainly because it doesn't sound like anything else on the record. It is somewhat vital and sounds fresh, as if everyone in the room actually gave a shit about sounding alert, rather than rehashing old concepts. Unfortunately, rehashing old concepts seems to be the general theme of this tired album, which is what the entire Page/Plant Unledded idea originally sprang forth from.

The only thing remotely more cynical was the dire Page/Coverdale project, which fell in upon itself due to a rare sense of taste by the American public, whose general apathy toward the enterprise caused it's entire collapse before a tour could even be arranged. And having the misbegotten mush-head Vince Neil as an opening act couldn't have helped matters.

[Kristy]

Why on earth would you listen to CD's of bands that you detest?
You don't have to answer...it's not really important to me what you're thinking, just something for you to think about.

I'll listen to just about anything. Once. Give me some credit. I listened to all your failures in life, Thrills.

[Von Halen]

I'll listen to just about anything.

The first post in this thread is proof enough of that...

[Kristy]

Christ, that album rubs me the wrong way. And just what in the hell is the use of tremolo sounds overlaying the guitars on virtually every track?

Again, that goes back to the hiring of Steve Albini who only seems to like instrumentation when it's one of two things: loud and obnoxious. Also, for two guys who have been deemed to be geniuses by their fans base Clarksdale lacks having a soul. The whole thing was a muddled mess from beginning to end.

[VHscraps]

Wasn't she part of the recent Band of Joy work that Plant put together?

The original Band of Joy sounded a mite different ...

[sonrisa salvaje]

True enough. I'd say there are probably 20 great songs since 1981. Unfortunately, a whole lotta flab to go along with it. I love the song Little By Little off of Shaken 'n Stirred.

That's a killer tune. I always loved Big Log from Principle of Moments. As a matter of fact, i thought that album was pretty solid cover to cover but it appears i am in the minority. Hell, i liked a lot of stuff off of Now and Zen..Lighten Up, Ship of Fools. Where i thought Plant went off the rails, which you can't call it solo, was that Rockin' at Midnight stuff. What was that band called?

[sonrisa salvaje]

Kristy, i saw something that reminded me of you today. I saw the Heartbreaker tour is going on featuring Heart and Jason Bonham's Led Zep Experience. I had to chuckle thinking of the torture you would be enduring if you had to go.

[Terry]

I like what Plant has done overall with his solo career; not everything about it was compelling, but truth be told not every single track of Zeppelin's was compelling, either.

Around 1988 or so, I wished Plant would have reformed with Page, Jones and Jason Bonham and did a 'Zep Reunion' tour, but as the years passed I'm actually glad Plant has pretty much resisted that - too many old big name bands get together as it is, and very few of them live up to their own past.

[chuckjitsu]

Most puzzling to me about Plant is his ambivalence toward his history in Zeppelin. They haven't been a band for 30+ years but he just can't/won't do anything other than one-off shows as Led Zeppelin and to me his reticence goes beyond the standard "not wanting to live in the past" , "tarnish the legacy", "respect for Bonham" type stuff. Over the years, it's always been Percy who has shit canned any full scale reunions/tours/albums. Seems like he's been close to committing a few times over the years but always backs out before fully committing. Nobody is more protective of the Zeppelin legacy than Page. He wouldn't put subpar (by his standards) Zeppelin stuff out there, so if he's was willing to roll and thought they could do it well, i'm not quite sure what Percy's hang-up was/is. His vocals have been, how shall i phrase it...not good...for a while now, so please don't tour or do anything as Zeppelin! (And please stop doing Zeppelin covers in other genres. I don't want or need to hear a countrified version of Black Dog or a polka version of Whole Lotta Love)

Production values aside (which i agree weren't very good), i liked Clarksdale but thought it was a downer of an album. I thought Coverdale/Page had some decent tunes, as did Outrider.

[Zing!]

That's a killer tune. I always loved Big Log from Principle of Moments. As a matter of fact, i thought that album was pretty solid cover to cover but it appears i am in the minority. Hell, i liked a lot of stuff off of Now and Zen..Lighten Up, Ship of Fools. Where i thought Plant went off the rails, which you can't call it solo, was that Rockin' at Midnight stuff. What was that band called?

The Honeydrippers. A good Plant solo tune that I like is Tie-dye on the Highway.

[Matt White]

His 1st solo cd PICTUES AT ELEVEN is very good.....from there its gets kinda spotty.....he needs somebody to write the music....

[DLR Bridge]

A good Plant solo tune that I like is Tie-dye on the Highway.

Yeah! That would make my top 20. Had a nice, infectious riff.

[DLR Bridge]

You gotta admire his following Zeppelin without sounding like Zeppelin at all. So much of the guitar work on those early albums had that plucky, clean channel bridge pick up. He had the great Tony Levin on bass, but bass seemed absent almost everywhere in the mix throughout the '80s. There was also Phil Collins on the kit with his signature fills. A decent enough drummer with absolutely no intention of trying to cop Bonzo. You could say Plant gave a valiant effort to reinventing his career, and for the most part, it worked. Then he vanished for 6 or 7 years.