Re: The O2: Zep or not Zep?

[TangerineMan <tangerineman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve A. Jones opines:

> The reason why Robert, when all is said and done, doesn't see the  
> 02 incarnation as "Led Zeppelin" is because it wasn't Led Zeppelin.

Robert Plant says, in an interview with the Telegraph published on  
August 20, 2010:

"I really had a wonderful time... It [the O2] was the best Led  
Zeppelin gig since 1975."

And, about Zep in its prime, he "remains hugely proud," saying: "We  
were never a middle of the road band, we were really quite fearsome."

So he's vacillating between "it wasn't Led Zeppelin" (or "THE Led  
Zeppelin") and "it was Led Zeppelin" (an exceedingly competent  
version thereof). Big deal; nothing to see here, folks, move along,  
move along... He's flip-flopped on the issue for decades now,  
embracing or impugning The Legacy according to his whims--sometimes  
it happens years apart (1983-85: no Zep in his live shows; 1988-1998,  
plenty of Zep in his live shows; 1998-2000, no Zep; 2001-present,  
plenty of Zep) and now, increasingly, within the space of a few weeks  
or days ("the O2 wasn't the real LZ because it wasn't Bonzo on drums"  
in one interview; "It was the best Zeppelin gig since 1975" in at  
least one other).

It's called insecurity, and it's a well-known symptom of LSD (lead  
singer disease).