Re: O2...2 years gone...

[Tom Leahy <t.leahy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nech:  great message.  I was there also, and it was excellent to meet you
briefly at the Pilot Inn.

The O2 show really was a lifetime highlight for me.   I'll never forget how
many smiles there were everywhere.  And how insanely good the music sounded
being there live.

Given the top-notch production values of the show (big screen, etc.) and the
fantastically high quality of the performance, I was shocked to see that no
more concerts happened.

An official DVD release would be huge!



On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Steve Z <steve.zoso@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>  Back atcha, Nech.  Two Years Gone, indeed.  I think I still pause at
>  least once a day to reflect on the incredible good fortune I had to
>  have been there on that day.  It makes this part time job I have of
>  playing "rock star" so much more enjoyable & meaningful. It was also
>  such a great time meeting you & all the other fans from around the
>  world.  That, too, made the whole experience a magical thing. I also,
>  can't thank enough those who made it happen.  I hope they know just
>  how much it meant. Time to crank up the ipod & remember... Cheers!Steve
>   Z
>
>
>  Dec 10, 2009 07:30:44 AM, tytlane@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>    I find it really hard to believe that 2 years have past since I
>    had the
>    ultimate priviledge of witnessing Led Zeppelin live at the Ahmet
>    Ertegun
>    Tribute concert at the O2 Arena, London U.K.
>
>    I kid you not people...just like 2 years ago, I got tears in my
>    eyes. I
>    ain't afraid to say that. It was that moving.
>
>    Led Zeppelin means the world to me. Their music has been a part
>    of my
>    life since I first learned to appreciate it enough to have a
>    favorite
>    style and artist. Surrounded by Beatles, Stones, Who, classical,
>    Ukrainian traditional & folk since birth, there was something in
>    particular about Led Zeppelin that just reached out and touched
>    me.
>    Their mystique, their sound, their look, their sheer power...all
>    of
>    it... took over, and I was hooked.
>
>    So being there... actually having been THERE...for this beyond
>    comprehesion immense and important event in modern musical
>    history... it
>    was trully this guy's most incredible dream come true. Then add
>    on top
>    of that, the fact that this band that had in all reality came to
>    a halt
>    27 years earlier absolutely put on an incredible show, it was and
>    still
>    is beyond my ability to trully convey to you all just how
>    phenomenal it
>    all was.
>
>    I wish to thank first and foremost the people that made that
>    dream come
>    true to me. You know who you are, and I am forever and ever and
>    forever
>    indebted and grateful to you. Outside of the emotional highs of
>    my
>    family, wife and children...nothing has ever made me happier. I
>    thank you.
>
>    Then the biggest thanks go to this list and current and former
>    admins
>    thru whom my existence and love for this band were made visible
>    to the
>    band itself and afforded me the opportunities of a lifetime. Bob,
>    Bruce,
>    Jeremy thanks. Thanks for helping make my dreams come true.
>
>    It is very sad that 2 years later there is no official release
>    from the
>    band of this event. I do not know nor wish to comment or
>    speculate as to
>    why that has not happened. It just hasn't and for this and
>    millions of
>    lifelong fans it is a bummer. Thankfully though, through the
>    marvels of
>    modern technology, we do have
>    a very good record both visual and audible to remind us of how
>    great
>    they were and still can be, and I wish to thank the people that
>    risked
>    it all to make that possible. Ironic to be thanking essentially
>    people
>    the industry frowns upon, but dammit... from day one..it was and
>    still
>    is the live music of Led Zeppelin that trully made them a tour de
>    force,
>    and having all these wonderful historical records of that
>    available to
>    us fans is trully a blessing. It's hard to be a fan and not be a
>    hypocrite if you know what I mean. I never want to see my bands
>    rightfully earned monies not go into their hands, but at the same
>    time..if it wasn't for some enterprising bootleggers, alot of
>    what we
>    drool over would not be around. Well, maybe, but surely within a
>    lot
>    smaller audience. To the hundred probably of folks that I have
>    traded
>    with freely for all these years, I am grateful that this hobby
>    and
>    fandom exists, and 'eye thank yew' as well for making the live
>    history
>    of Led Zeppelin available to this fan.
>
>    Break out whatever version you have today of O2, play it loud and
>    enjoy
>    the fact that we are here to actually enjoy it. I was reminded
>    just how
>    fragile life is this year, and appreciate every day now more than
>    ever.
>    Play it often, Play it loud.
>
>    And remember....
>
>    WE ARE THE OCEAN...
>
>    I am Nech
>