The Zep At The O2
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It was a complete surprise in the middle of the 10 O’Clock News to suddenly hear the noisefest that is ‘Black Dog’, but I’d forgotten that Gods reuniting is a newsworthy story. It was an even better surprise to hear how fabulous they sounded.I’ve been rambling around YouTube looking at all the clips fans have thrown up from the show. It’s fun to see it from so many angles and distances and while the sound is generally tinny it does show the Zep to be in fine form, particularly ‘Ramble On’ and ‘In My Time of Dying’. Because media is mostly written by hacks and not fans, there was a general air of amazement that they were in good voice and power. If they’d bothered to see Robert Plant last year with his band Strange Sensation they would know he’s been keeping parts of the Zep repetoire lubed and supercharged.I can remember exactly when and where I first heard them. What an amazing noise – we played the album about four times in a row. A few months later I was lucky enough to be in LA when they came to town on their second tour and saw them. Robert was wearing what looked like a girl’s lace blouse and Jimmy was in black jeans, leather jacket and Converse sneakers. (Cool or what?) At one point Plant helped a girl climb on stage and dance with him. Hanging around at the end of the show I saw Page walking across the floor and excitedly shook his hand – he looked kind of embarrassed by the fannish attention. I daresay he got used to it.
When you can see their faces in The O2 fan vids they looked like they were having fun. I hope they decide to play some more, because it’s an amazing noise I’d like to feel again.
When you can see their faces in The O2 fan vids they looked like they were having fun. I hope they decide to play some more, because it’s an amazing noise I’d like to feel again.
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