Hot on For Nowhere/Jerry Lee Lewis/money won't buy a reunion.

[PajLvr@xxxxxxx]

What, or probably a better question, WHO at The  Today show is the Led Head? 
Anyone know? I know Matt Lauer interviewed Page or  perhaps that was 
Page/Plant..don't quite recall now, but it seems over the last  few years, as 
noted 
HERE as well....they tend to play A LOT of Led Zep music in  the background of 
various segments.

I was dozing this morn, but woke  right up when I heard the chorus of "Hots 
on For Nowhere", I noted the time, and  segment, which was approx. 7:42 a.m. my 
time (USA Central) ..and the segment was  (from what I gathered) something 
about Race Cars and heart  monitors...

Maybe it's the network itself, as I seem to recall during the  last Olympics, 
several people reporting hearing some Zeppelin, and was not the  Olympics 
covered by MSNBC? Thinking about it, I seem to recall hearing some  Zeppelin 
myself. I could be wrong about the network thing....anyway, just a  thought.

I also would like to address the Jerry Lee Lewis "live"  performances. I've 
seen him at least 4-5 times on various late nights talk shows  as well as The 
Today Show yesterday.(never has he had Jimmy Page w/ him)   Plainly put, I 
didn't hear anything fantastic, and nothing I have seen/heard  sounds remotely 
like what's on the actual CD. I mean if I didn't know better,  and all I had to 
gauge his new CD by, WAS these very live performances, I  certainly wouldn't 
buy it. (knowing better tho and having the CD, it is GREAT  and I LOVE IT)

That "Jimmy" who is playing guitar, did absolutely nothing  for RnR 
yesterday. When I said Page could play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and  make it 
sound 
good and you'd KNOW it was Jimmy Page on guitar, because of his  "sound", 
"style", "nuance" etc...I think yesterdays performance of RnR WITHOUT  JP 
actually 
playing, just reiterated that point. 

Don't get me wrong, JLL  has every right to go out and play all these songs 
that's on his cd, without the  actual musicians who guest starred on them. 
After all, I think it's probably  more about him still playing the piano, than 
it 
is about his voice. 

I  dunno, maybe I'm wrong and after all, it is my opinion, which means 
nothing to  any of you, him or anyone else for that matter. (maybe he gave all 
he 
had to  give, at the Rhythm Festival, as I heard he was great there!)

I  really do give JLL kudos for going out and giving it a go, and as Jimmy 
Page  would say..."He had a go at it, good for him", BUT.. he sorta reminds me 
of  Brian Wilson. Maybe it's a teleprompter he's staring at, or not. He's been  
rather catatonic looking every time I have seen/heard his over the last  few.


And the disussion about Zep reuniting as we all know won't  happen, and as 
someone (perhaps the person who brung the topic up) mentioned its  not like the 
guys need money....well here's just a  reminder....

http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1472301/06042003/led_zeppelin.jhtml

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""And  speaking of anniversaries, 2003 marks the 35th year since the band 
formed, which  has only made the rumor mill churn faster. Guitarist Jimmy Page 
said he's  constantly deflecting rumors of a reunion.

"I go into the studio and the  engineer said to me, 'It's all over the papers 
that you're touring next year,'  and I said, 'What?' " Page recalled. "If 
ever there was going to be a situation  that I personally would ridicule, it 
would be a band that was doing something  from 30 years ago, putting it out, 
and 
then 30 years later going out to promote  it with live shows. What sort of 
nonsense is that? That was just really  silly."

Still, Page doesn't dismiss the idea entirely. But the legendary  guitarist 
is looking for a catalyst other than money for the three surviving  members to 
tour for the first time since 1980, when they chose to break up  rather than 
continue without drummer John Bonham, who died in a drinking  binge.""

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Keep Dry/Warm! Haven't heard the word  "Blizzard" used in Oklahoma EVER, but 
I'm in the middle of one right now and  LOVE IT. Uh, until the power goes out! 
Thank goodness for acoustic instruments  and battery operated Amps :-)

-Von