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Post by thorcorps on Mar 31, 2018 9:27:04 GMT -5
There were certain bands that I avoided, simply because my older (3 years) brother liked them. He was a big fan of Rush, Kansas, Styx, and Fleetwood Mac. I was listening to Judas Priest, Ozzy, and Iron Maiden though, so I was definitely into heavier music. I still stay away from my brother's favorites due to prejudice. I wasn't a big fan of Zep, and still am not, but I appreciate their talent.
Over the years, I've grown a huge respect for Black Sabbath's music and love it. Another band from the era that I was and still am a huge fan of is Nazareth.
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Post by mountain on Mar 31, 2018 9:32:52 GMT -5
I initially did not like The Moody Blues. They were just too sweet for me at the time of their releases. I do enjoy and respect their efforts now.
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Post by mountain on Mar 31, 2018 9:36:15 GMT -5
There were certain bands that I avoided, simply because my older (3 years) brother liked them. He was a big fan of Rush, Kansas, Styx, and Fleetwood Mac. I was listening to Judas Priest, Ozzy, and Iron Maiden though, so I was definitely into heavier music. I still stay away from my brother's favorites due to prejudice. I wasn't a big fan of Zep, and still am not, but I appreciate their talent. Over the years, I've grown a huge respect for Black Sabbath's music and love it. Another band from the era that I was and still am a huge fan of is Nazareth. This is interesting to me because I have an older brother that is three years older than me to the day. He liked the Moody Blues at the time, I did not. Prejudice is a strange creature, haha. |
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Post by 405x5 on Mar 31, 2018 10:37:38 GMT -5
I really dont know what it is or why, but over the last couple of years Im finally able to enjoy Led Zeppelin. I was about 7 when the first album came out.. my older brother had it and played it all the time. I remember not liking it at all. All the way through high school, as their popularity reached the stratosphere, I could never really get into them. Here and there maybe one or two songs off an album I'd like, but that was about it. In Through the Out Door was the closest I came back then.. a junior in high school.. I thought the album was pretty good. But didn't buy it... and back then my hard earned money was not going to go into an album because of two or three tracks I liked. Maybe a couple years ago, I played Physical Graffiti, and really liked it. Which lead to other albums.. I really started getting into their music.. kinda "getting it" Tonight via Tidal: Presence, Houses of the Holy, & LZ IV.. great stuff! Anyone else ever have this happen? A group you get into many years later, you never liked as a teen or young adult? Maybe there's a bit of nostalgia related to it as well. I just did the math and realized it’s been 45 years since I LOST interest in Zeppelin.....oh well. Bill |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2018 10:38:51 GMT -5
Back in the late 60s and 70s we were lucky to have a local FM station (KSMB) that was "album rock". They'd play cuts off of albums.. no pop or top40, nothing but rock.. and at night, a couple of times a week they'd play whole albums. It was a great station. The University of South Carolina had a local radio station 90.5 that had random DJs fill in slots. On Saturday night from 9pm - midnight was when the hard rock album selections were played. Then in the 80s and 90s it morphed into hard rock and metal. I would use my tape recorder to capture the songs that really appealed to me. The station was dropped toward the end of the 90s due to budget constraints. I miss that station. It helped me find a wide variety of bands that were not radio friendly. When the station died so did my favorite local record store a couple years later. That is when I started my journey online to find new bands and music. I sure do miss the old days. Now buying a record online is not the same as finding the crown jewel in the record store by looking for the cool cover art and getting home hoping the music was just as cool. Sometimes it was a dud but the rare times of finding a classic was pure joy. |
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Post by dsonyay on Mar 31, 2018 10:54:59 GMT -5
I do enjoy No Quarter, put out later by Page/Plant. Ill have to check that out .. I remember it, but I know I didn't listen to it |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2018 10:55:14 GMT -5
My first live concert was Led Zeppelin. It was the Whole Lotta Love tour (Led Zeppelin II). I was all in after hearing their first album. I was in high school, 10th or 11th grade. I Still play their albums. I liked the first 6 albums the best, from Led Zeppelin (I) to Physical Graffiti (the double album). I'm so envious. I never had the pleasure of seeing Led Zeppelin live. They were scheduled to play at the coliseum in late 77 and my next door neighbor said he would take me. But in July Robert Plant's son died, and the shows were cancelled. When they resumed playing in 78 the coliseum was not on the schedule. My first live concert was Kiss for the Alive II tour in 78. I told my next door neighbor my mom would never let me go see them. He said don't worry I have a plan. He told my mom it was clowns playing songs at the coliseum. My mom thought it was circus clowns playing songs during the acts. I was able to go. I was a cool experience on my first live concert. |
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Post by mauriceminor on Mar 31, 2018 11:05:55 GMT -5
I really dont know what it is or why, but over the last couple of years Im finally able to enjoy Led Zeppelin. I was about 7 when the first album came out.. my older brother had it and played it all the time. I remember not liking it at all. All the way through high school, as their popularity reached the stratosphere, I could never really get into them. Here and there maybe one or two songs off an album I'd like, but that was about it. In Through the Out Door was the closest I came back then.. a junior in high school.. I thought the album was pretty good. But didn't buy it... and back then my hard earned money was not going to go into an album because of two or three tracks I liked. Maybe a couple years ago, I played Physical Graffiti, and really liked it. Which lead to other albums.. I really started getting into their music.. kinda "getting it" Tonight via Tidal: Presence, Houses of the Holy, & LZ IV.. great stuff! Anyone else ever have this happen? A group you get into many years later, you never liked as a teen or young adult? Maybe there's a bit of nostalgia related to it as well. I just did the math and realized it’s been 45 years since I LOST interest in Zeppelin.....oh well. Bill
Just about the same time frame Bill I recall a Sunday afternoon listening on the radio to Stairway to Heaven I moved the dial to 96.5, WFMR was airing a performance of Verdi's Ernani
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Post by dsonyay on Mar 31, 2018 11:07:29 GMT -5
A year or so ago I read the book When Giants Walked the Earth.. bio of the band, and found it to be very good. Their manager was tough as nails. Didn't take any BS. There are great stories in there.
Actually, it may have been the movie "The Song Remains the Same" that kinda got me started on them .. saw it about 3 or 4 years ago and enjoyed a lot of the footage, interviews, and music. Read it not long after seeing the movie.. then started playing the music as it wad talked about in the book.
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Post by 26gary26 on Mar 31, 2018 11:49:18 GMT -5
Led Zeppelin played with ear phones was a real deal breaker for me as a teen played on my friends stereo. Could not believe what I was hearing compared to my transistor radio. At that moment in time I realized there was more to music to be discovered. Was hooked ever since then. Look at how far we have all progressed in our quality of listening pleasures.
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Post by teaman on Mar 31, 2018 12:42:31 GMT -5
I just did the math and realized it’s been 45 years since I LOST interest in Zeppelin.....oh well. Bill
Just about the same time frame Bill I recall a Sunday afternoon listening on the radio to Stairway to Heaven I moved the dial to 96.5, WFMR was airing a performance of Verdi's Ernani
Yeah, you may want to chalk that problem up to you not liking rock music. Going from Led Zeppelin to Pavorotti are not exactly in the same genre. Nothing to do with Led Zeppelin....wow....That would be like me saying after listening to Black Sabbath i switched the channel and found Dolly Parton and decided to never go back.... |
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Post by mountain on Mar 31, 2018 13:07:23 GMT -5
Just about the same time frame Bill I recall a Sunday afternoon listening on the radio to Stairway to Heaven I moved the dial to 96.5, WFMR was airing a performance of Verdi's Ernani
Yeah, you may want to chalk that problem up to you not liking rock music. Going from Led Zeppelin to Pavorotti are not exactly in the same genre. Nothing to do with Led Zeppelin....wow....That would be like me saying after listening to Black Sabbath i switched the channel and found Dolly Parton and decided to never go back.... Unless your motor boating 😆 |
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Post by dsonyay on Mar 31, 2018 13:40:19 GMT -5
My first live concert was Led Zeppelin. It was the Whole Lotta Love tour (Led Zeppelin II). I was all in after hearing their first album. I was in high school, 10th or 11th grade. I Still play their albums. I liked the first 6 albums the best, from Led Zeppelin (I) to Physical Graffiti (the double album). I'm so envious. I never had the pleasure of seeing Led Zeppelin live. They were scheduled to play at the coliseum in late 77 and my next door neighbor said he would take me. But in July Robert Plant's son died, and the shows were cancelled. When they resumed playing in 78 the coliseum was not on the schedule. My first live concert was Kiss for the Alive II tour in 78. I told my next door neighbor my mom would never let me go see them. He said don't worry I have a plan. He told my mom it was clowns playing songs at the coliseum. My mom thought it was circus clowns playing songs during the acts. I was able to go. I was a cool experience on my first live concert. Same thing happened to me.. the New Orleans concert was cancelled. Lotta sad people that week. I was not really a fan at the time, but decided to go with friends just to check it out. |
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Post by hondaman01 on Mar 31, 2018 14:56:41 GMT -5
They ain't that good. Specially live.
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Post by mountain on Mar 31, 2018 15:17:15 GMT -5
They ain't that good. Specially live. Man, they were good when I saw them. Young and hungry. |
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Post by Bonzo on Mar 31, 2018 18:33:25 GMT -5
When they resumed playing in 78... Just need to correct you here. There was not a resume. They didn't play any shows in 78. In 79 there were only 4 gigs. The last tour was 1980 in Europe. 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 77, 79, 80. No tours for 74, 76, or 78. |
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Post by Bonzo on Mar 31, 2018 18:40:23 GMT -5
I really dont know what it is or why, but over the last couple of years Im finally able to enjoy Led Zeppelin. I was about 7 when the first album came out.. my older brother had it and played it all the time. I remember not liking it at all. All the way through high school, as their popularity reached the stratosphere, I could never really get into them. Here and there maybe one or two songs off an album I'd like, but that was about it. In Through the Out Door was the closest I came back then.. a junior in high school.. I thought the album was pretty good. But didn't buy it... and back then my hard earned money was not going to go into an album because of two or three tracks I liked. Maybe a couple years ago, I played Physical Graffiti, and really liked it. Which lead to other albums.. I really started getting into their music.. kinda "getting it" Tonight via Tidal: Presence, Houses of the Holy, & LZ IV.. great stuff! Anyone else ever have this happen? A group you get into many years later, you never liked as a teen or young adult? Maybe there's a bit of nostalgia related to it as well. To answer your question, I have several, but I'll name just a few. Pink Floyd and The Allman Brothers. Especially the Allman Brothers. Anymore I find them to be one of the best bands of all time. The Tedeschi Trucks band is easily my favorite actively touring band in the world right now. Derek is Butch's nephew. Side note, I'm probably the closest thing this particular forum has to being a Zep expert. Im not really an expert, but on here Im the closest to it. Check out my thread. I'll go find it and post it here. I'm on my phone so not super easy to do fast. |
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Post by Bonzo on Mar 31, 2018 18:42:00 GMT -5
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Post by teaman on Mar 31, 2018 19:10:34 GMT -5
They ain't that good. Specially live. As one of my favorite bands being Led Zep I would be the first to agree with you. My buddy has close to fifty bootlegs in both audio and video and I must say if my first introduction to the band was through a live performance I would have most likely moved on. Page was a master in the studio with four guitar track overlays but as a single guitar band live you can only do so much. Not to mention how many songs in concert they go off script and play something totally different than what you came to love on an album. In their defense many bands have the same problem where studio magic can never be duplicated in the arena. I'm okay with that, outside of Celebration Day I could not picture buying anything live from them. |
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Post by kybourbon on Mar 31, 2018 19:15:09 GMT -5
Celebration Day Blu-ray played in stereo (instead of with the surround channels) is amazing. Probably my favorite concert Blu-ray.
Watching Page play the guitar is mesmerizing.
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