Re: Zep tour chatter

[HNEK@xxxxxxx]

>>After reading this article it has become apparent to
me just how out of touch he is with his audience/fans.<<
So out of touch that he's spent the last year compiling every Zeppelin fan's 
wet dream.

>>Jimmy stated that it would be ridiculous to tour on
the strength of something they did 30 years ago<<
He's right.  30 years is a lot of time, and a lot has changed.  For example, 
Bonham is dead.  
Peter Grant is dead. Plant doesn't sound like 1972 Plant anymore.  Page doesn't 
sound like 
1972 Page anymore.  If they were gonna be Led Zep, they should come up with 
some new material, 
cause otherwise people are going to be expecting 1972 all over again.

>>Is that not the stuff we all want to hear?<<
You won't hear it even if they try it.  That's the point.  Zeppelin is gone.
 
>>What am I missing?<<
DVD and HTWWW

>>And why would he think that he needs a reason to tour?<<
Maybe he doesn't, but Led Zeppelin does.

>>He's Led Zeppelin for crying-out-loud, why would he need a reason?<<
No he isn't.  He's Jimmy Page.  Him plus the other guys = Led Zeppelin.  
Currently down one 
Bonzo, and I don't see the situation improving.  

People seem to think that Bonzo can easily be replaced and that what you'll see 
will be Zeppelin.  
I think the DVD and HTWWW will remind everyone just how incredible Bonzo was, 
cause now you'll be 
able to hear all the little things he did, not just the monster fills.  Jeez, 
after the tour de 
force that's about to be unleashed on us, I'd be nervous about trying to fill 
those shoes if 
I were a drummer in a band calling itself Led Zeppelin.

Pete