The Word from Jonesey: Part I

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Dear Badgeholders on the Ship of Fools
After reading three or so versions, Thank-you all for providing material I 
didn't think I'd get to see. I don't have AOL 
just an ISP.

Of all the issues that Jonesey made a point of during the AOL chat Monday night 
the following contained the most emphasis and I does it take much to surmise 
there's additional sentiment behind his words that were intended for Robert and 
Jimmy eyes:

Question:       What do you think of Jason Bonham ?
John P Zep:     He's a good drummer, he reminds me
John P Zep:     of his dad a lot.
John P Zep:     When we played with him at the 40th Anniversary
John P Zep:     HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW ALL THE LINKS
John P Zep:     BETWEEN THE SONGS...


I got the impression that one, Jonesey is still deeply hurt by the snub, which 
has to come out of some of the sharp little comments he made that were meant to 
be taken as a joke but that Robert overreacted to and then taunted him over.
However, we all know Robert rubbed this one in a little too far with salt in 
the wound. Oh Robert! I would say the following to Robert and Jonesey both. It 
stings it burns and it hurts all the way down to your bone marrow. But life is 
too precious and rare to keep grinding the blade in gentlemen. Robert, I ask 
the queen of the little people to take you to task over your unrelenting lack 
of true forgiveness. When you were invited in across the portal, no one kept 
the cup of kindness from you. By Farias, we think you know that. (McCue, if you 
haven't already hit your delete key, I would suggest you do so now.)

The bravest man faces his innermost fears, that the passing comment made in 
jest might be gospel truth. But if he had not cared at all Jonesey wouldn't 
have performed little acts of kindness like defending you when you were'nt 
there to answer for yourself in situations that still remain a secret to this 
day. So Jonesey's endorphin rush sauciness can be a bit caustic. And it takes 
you six weeks before you can keep your fists down when you remember the jab. 
Lighten up? Whew! You both need to get so tickled that you roll on the floor in 
fits of side-bursting raucous laughter. I hope you laugh so hard that your 
sides hurt and you can't stop laughing for three days. First with each other 
and then with Jimmy. Then I hope that Jason walks in just at the right time. 
Hopefully all of you see could see together there's nothing really wrong with 
Jason sitting on the drums where his dad used to sit. The boy is a man now and 
his entire life has been the drums. The reasonable period of mourning could be 
set aside a bit. Would Bonzo have wanted all of you to crumble in a heap. No, 
he would have gotten back up and said, "Percy, I'm going to kick your bloody 
arse if you lose everything we worked so hard for!" No one would fault you for 
a little nostalgia, Robert. Not miring in a bog but reminiscence with a dash of 
sentimentality won't tarnish your fiery halo. Who the hell needs to understand 
everything anyway? Right? Bringing the balance back deals with wrestling with 
Strength and true Strength has a core of compassion when called for. Those gold 
runes on the framework are still there albeit faded, good sir. Temperance 
blended with Strength yields magic. The binding tie of Zeppelin to its tribe 
has always been that exuberance of happy celebration that the music gives 
everyone an exhilarating rush and "tingle" if you will, that nothing else does. 
Lighten up gentlemen, and make merry for who knows what the dawn or the late 
afternoon for that matter will bring?
Sincerely and with my deepest respect :)
Shar
The Pink Lady
(As Miss Pamela once wrote about me in her first book,"...somewhere out in the 
Midwest..." Which is exactly what I told her when she asked me where I was from 
when we were all backstage at the "Brain Salad Surgery" concert tour at MSG so 
long ago.) So who cares...I don't.

As Robert Plant was reported to have said later,
"Who the hell needs to understand everything anyway?"