Re: Some LZDVD thoughts

["Perry Justus" <pjustus@xxxxxxx>]

Heh... now I'm picturing a totally stationary Page when listening to 
04/26/69 and 09/29/71, hunched over his instrument with a deadly 
seriousness... ;-)

I got the DVD today, but not the CD -- waiting 'til Friday for that.  
I've noticed that they stuck in a little slow-mo footage here and 
there that doesn't actually match up with the music (the best 
example: bits of DaC from Tous En Scene are actually from 
Communication Breakdown soundcheck, apparently), but it's cool.  Did 
the Earls Court bootleg DVDs have those weird stretching effects, as 
in Trampled Underfoot?

It looks like Bonham did a lot of rimshots (stick hitting both rim 
and head at the same time) later on... from about '73 or '75 and on.  
If you look at the '69 footage, he slams with his wrists, but there's 
also a lot of arm action.  By '79, he barely lifts his arms, and 
there's a much sharper sound.  Gosh, this DVD has turned me into even 
more of a fanboy!

Perry

On 27 May 2003 at 21:03, BB Page wrote:
> Final thought on the DVD footage - it's apparent, in
> part at least, why Page "lost it" as his career went
> on during the time that LZ was together.  He started
> dancing too much and showboating.  While that was
> needed for spectacle, I think it took away from his
> ability to play more coherently.  Some flubs that I
> would hear on a bootleg, I now can see it was from him
> moving around erratically.