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How Would You Feel About A New Studio Album From Led Zeppelin?

Posted about 1 year ago
What a way to kick off the weekend! Today news "via Uncut magazine":http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/led_zeppelin/news/11294 that Led Zeppelin is open to the idea of heading back to the studio to record what would essentially be the follow-up to 1982's Coda. Well at least John Paul Jones is ... sorta ... just a little bit...actually, he'd need to sit on it for a bit."I'd have to think about that," Jones told the magazine about making another Led Zeppelin album. "We spoke afterwards [after the O2 Arena show] and we thought the same - it felt like the first night of a tour. You think, 'Oh, I could do that a bit better, or change something in that song'. And we didn't get a chance to do any more.""I'm not sure," Jones continued about recording with Led Zeppelin again. "I'm not too certain about anything right at the moment. I've got no idea what's going to happen. But I'd certainly like to play with Jimmy [Page] again."Positive new words from Plant, whose side-project commitments have definitely delayed any suggestion to tour again. "I felt a bit embarrassed," Plant said of coming back at his old age with Zeppelin's new audience. "Hopefully, one day, we could do it again," he told Uncut about touring. "Our profit is - it's metaphysical." Metaphysical? Metaphysical sounds like a great title for a new Zeppelin record.Do you think Led Zeppelin could pull off a killer new studio album? Should they stick to touring? Or just forget the whole thing.

Comments (8)

  1. contrabandwidth says I would be trepadacious too. I would have no problem of a "Page, Plant, Jones" album, but I am always wary of reunion albums. I prefer to think of bands like Janes Adiction with only 3 great albums, and would prefer to think of Zep that way too (not 2 albums, but many great albums). I think 90% of the fans are mature enough to understand it would be most of the group making a contemporary album, and would seperate it from the rest of the bands history. They could tour as Zeppelin, sure, but that legacy is so strong, I would be wary of tainting the catalog, if I were them. They might nail it live, but a studio album seems so set up to fail, that it would probably disappoint. Definitely one of the strongest line ups in rock history, so I'm sure I could be proven wrong. I'm skeptical, in case it's not apparent.
    Permalink posted 03/28/2008
  2. vannatta says Hell - if the Stones can keep it current "enough" - so can Zep. Any effort from the greats (even later in life) is much appreciated, and certainly worth a listen. I agree with contra - I don't think that anyone would relate it to the rest of the band's history. I'm sure they've all grown so much as people that I expect there art to be "different" these days.
    Permalink posted 03/28/2008
  3. Mike the Knife says Let sleeping giants lie - so we never have to see them trying to get up while stooped over and feeble. (Sure dig that Plant-Krauss stuff though...)
    Permalink posted 03/28/2008
  4. kaluss says as long as the studio is equipped with a ramp to the front door, large print song books and soft food....could work out.
    Permalink posted 03/28/2008
  5. david hyman says better than a who or stones studio album.
    Permalink posted 03/29/2008
  6. getafade says Agree with all the sentiments here! I would welcome a tour, but please don't make any more music. The "Page and Plant Unplugged" album wasn't up to snuff and I doubt your ideas 10 years after that will have improved remarkably.
    Permalink posted 03/30/2008
  7. loganlenz says It's definitely worth a shot. If it's outdated and disastrous - no harm, no foul. They will still always be one of the best rock bands ever.
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008

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