RE: the subject is not zeppelin-digest V4 #1247

["trent." <thecolorsblend@xxxxxxxxx>]

- --- "Tyra, John" <John_Tyra@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh I don't know Trent I would not call ITTOD and the
> 1980 Tour crowning
> achievements in Zep history! IMHO they were already
> on a death spiral after
> the Presence release...............

with the benefit of hindsight, it's easy to say that,
esp with things ending the way they did.  as far as
records, if the band had split up after making the
third album, you could've said the same thing then,
but their best stuff was still to come.  and as far as
tours go, the euro thing was basically a series of
warm ups.  they hadn't played together in basically
three years.  they couldn't have just bounced back
after everything they'd been thru together (and
unarguably *because* of each other).

> With regards to the Stones and Aerosmith....While
> the Stones have not
> released much of merit since Tattoo You in 81, and I
> am not a fan of the
> recent Aerosmith releases, both bands still put on
> great shows! 
> 
> You don't really expect these middle aged stars to
> rock like the glory days do you?

i wanted to bust in here and say that 50+ isn't
"middle aged".  pearl jam are middle aged (kind of). 
page, plant, the stones, et al are old.  there's
really no way around that one.

> I for one already have my tickets to several
> Stones shows here in
> Boston and I am looking forward as they put on a
> great show despite their
> age.....

i won't shit on you for that.  i don't think it's a
worthy investment, but hey if it's your thing, go for
it.  i personally doubt that they can muster more
enthusiasm for "can't get no satisfaction" now than
they could in 1968, but what do i know?

> And while their recent releases have not
> been stellar compared to
> the glory days they still had flickers of
> greatness.........
> 
> And how many of you out there would donate a body
> part to see the boys
> reunite for a new album and tour???!!!!!

i'd love to see page and plant (together or
individually) launch a tour to support genuinely new
material.  for as much lip service as plant pays to
"moving on", he hasn't done much of that lately. 
hell, 'fate of nations' and 'walking into clarksdale'
are about his only genuine truly new efforts in the
past ten years.

> Just my humble opinion......

thanks for sharing it.

=====
!trent

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