Re: the good ship SS Plant

[Rasmus Heide <rasmusheide@xxxxxxxx>]

nech wrote:
> 
> Fianally got me some SS (Thanks Peter!) ... go ahead & flame 
> me...tie me
> to a stake but, I just don't get what's in Plant's head.  Do you 
> really
> all feel he's in his realm? that he's found himself?

Yes - and this is no flame, I just disagree.

> IMHO he sounds
> outta place singing these "classics". I do gotta admit though that I
> like their takes on the Zeppelin tunes. Good band...too bad that 
> Plant's
> ego, I mean ,voice drowns them out 90% of the time...and when he 
> kicks
> in that echo OoOOooOooooooowwwhhh. It annoyed me in 95, really 
> bugged me
> in 98 now it's just pathetic...either carry a note or drop it. 
> Whatever
> happened to Najma (sp) ?

She had some washing to do? It's down to taste and I think Robert's
recent years leanings towards the Arabic style of singing suits him 
just
fine.

> Rehashing old classics???? Folks, how many of you have ever heard 
> ANY of
> these tunes prior to PoB or SS? & Tell the truth now!! Just as I
> figured....these are about as obscure as they come, unless you were 
> a
> big Love or Moby grape fan in your yout, that is.  And that dosen't
> leave too many of us here as contenders for that category.

I'm with you - except that I found I really enjoy these songs. I 
didn't
know any of them before (except from POB boots), but I still had a 
grand
time at the shows I saw - and I have come to really like the songs.
Short of being familiar with an artists's new material off the recent
album, this really is the way to get acquainted with new stuff.
 
> Old fart on Maalox, who put away his rose colored glasses,

Good - the way it should be.

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