Re: P/P with/without JPJ ad nauseam (was re:pros and cons)

["Carol Hall" <Carolhal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Cathy,

I really think that Jimmy and Robert's music was very much accepted and
liked in Cleveland more so than they other three concerts I went to in the
midwest.  I really like WIC and I think it shows Jimmy and Robert have
expanded their musical talents.

Loving Jimmy and Robert

Carol
- -----Original Message-----


>In a message dated 98-07-24 12:20:10 EDT, Joker250@xxxxxxx writes:
>
>>  Now someone will say "Page and Plant don't care about album sales", but
>that'
>> s
>>  not true either.  Plant has made several sarcastic remarks at shows
>> commenting
>>  on their disappointment at WIC's poor sales.  And look at the set:
"Shining
>> in
>>  the Light" replaces "Burning Up" for one night and gets a better
audience
>>  reaction.  Goodbye "Burning Up".  "Heart in Your Hand" alternates with
>"When
>> I
>>  Was a Child" for a few shows.  HIYH gets a better reaction - adios
WIWAC.
>>  Their set is tailored to sustain the audience hysteria.  Page has made
>>  comments about how hard it is to determine where to put the new songs
into
>> the
>>  set (meaning, the places where they can sneak them in without killing
the
>>  momentum).
>
>I hope you don't think I'm being picky, Brad, but I have a couple of
thoughts
>regarding the changes made to the WIC songs in the set list during the
first
>leg. I was in Atlanta, which was the last time they played "Burning Up" and
I
>was also in Tupelo, which was the first time they played "Shining In The
>Light". Even though my daughter and I were inordinately happy they played
SITL
>rather than BU, I don't think most of the other people there gave a toss.
The
>same goes with HIYH versus WIWAC: the last time they played WIWAC was also
in
>Atlanta and it got about the same reaction as HIYH got when they played it
in
>Tupelo. The overwhelming majority of people were there to hear Zep songs -
the
>WIC songs (in the south, anyway) were a good chance to go to the bathroom
and
>buy more beer.:)
>
>I saw 6 shows in the south at the very beginning of the tour and I also saw
6
>shows in the midwest and east later on; IMO, the WIC songs were much better
>received later on. In Toronto, the lady sitting 2 seats away was actually
>singing along during a couple of the WIC songs.:) That didn't happen at all
in
>the south.
>
>Come to that, the crowds in Detroit, Cleveland, Toronto, Philly and even
>Albany were so much more into the music than the ones in Pensacola,
Charlotte
>and Charleston. I'm not bashing the south, really, I'm just making an
>observation.:)
>
>Take care,
>
>Cathy