RE: Popularity of P/P...; Question of the day; Stairway reference

["Williams, Chris (RSCH)" <Chris_Williams@xxxxxx>]

dn wrote:

	I thought, "what would=20
	happen if Page/Plant's new album [we all hope] became a
phenomenon with=20
	teenagers, MTV, and radio stations"?  What if they had a song,
made a=20
	video, and everytime you looked on MTV or the radio, there it
was. =20
	[snip]
	Would you want this to happen to=20
	Page/Plant or would you want them to have a good selling album
but not=20
	to the point where they are on every music station, radio, and
stereos=20
	of teenagers all around the U.S./Canada?

	What do you all think?

I think it would be great. Like most, I've been in the position where
I've had to hear shitty songs over and over (when I was in HS during =
the
late '70s, our cars only had AM radio.  We were "forced" to hear songs
like the OJs "I Love Music," or Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"
hundreds of times. Of course, there was also "Love to Love You, Baby").
Even if I didn't have this background, it would still be a tremendous
pleasure to be "forced" to listen to new P/P stuff over and over.

I think that way down inside, a number of fans want P/P to do well, but
not TOO well, as that would dilute the experience of being a fan of a
defunct band. Exclusivity is surely a part of this pleasure. =
Practically
speaking, you'll have to work hard for good tickets to their Spring
tour. Imagine how it more difficult it would become if everyone loved
them? All those f'n johnny-come-latelys getting in the way of our
getting good seats!


Kevin wrote:

	        All of this talk about unreleased material has brought
back a
	conversation I once had with someone who claims to have been one
of the
	studio engineers during the Zeppelin days.  I was told that Led
Zeppelin
	currently has over one hundred, possibly more, unrealesed studio
outakes of
	various songs. What struck me as strange was that these songs
had a set date
	at which to be released, sometime around the year 2010...or
somewhere in
	that range? =20
	[snip]
	Is he legit...I would like to think so.  Would Peter Grant do
this...You bet! =20

That's a great story.=20

It reminds me of a similar story I was once told. I met a guy in a bar
after the 10/19/95 show.  He was in his 50s and his spoke with a
gravelly voice. In a thick English accent, he told me that he had once
been Bohnam's drum technician. After exchanging greetings we asked if =
we
could buy him a beer and talk. As the night wore on, his defenses
lowered and he told my friend and I a very interesting story. Kevin's
post made me realize that I've been foolish to have kept it a secret =
for
so long.

According to this source, Grant feared that Page, Plant, and Bohnam's
drinking and drug-abuse would finally take its toll. As a hedge against
any misfortune, he had cells scraped from the roofs of their mouths,
which were stored at -175 F.

Last year those cells were retrieved from sub-zero storage, and a =
cloned
Jimmy, Robert, and John Henry were produced. They dressed and
immediately asked for their instruments.  Unfortunately, JPJ's cells
were not saved as he never put himself at risk.  Of course, JPJ is no
longer on speaking terms with the "original" Page and Plant. However, =
he
has spoken with the cloned Page, Plant, and Bonham--after all, they
never dissed him--and the "new" band is working on their next album. As
cell samples were taken from them in 75, it is expected that the band's
next album will sound a bit like Presence.=20

Daniel Sletten wrote:=20

	I'm sure I saw in the TV Guide a while back an old B/W movie
auspiciously
	called:

	"Stairway To Heaven"

	I do believe it was a 40's or 50's war-propoganda flick.
Course, it prolly
	wasn't a Zep reference.

It's a great and famous movie. Although made in the middle-to-late 40s,
and taking place during WWII, it is not a propaganda flick. If I
remember correctly, it stars David Niven as a flier who is shot down
during a mission. A woman finds him and nurses him back to health.
Unfortunately, it was all a mistake. He was supposed to have died. He =
is
taken to heaven where he argues his right to return to earth. Roger
Livesey, I think, plays his barrister.

Of course, he's allowed to return to earth.

Chris Williams
chris_williams@xxxxxx
"Shut-up"
- --Robert Plant's clone, 10-23-97