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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: goombah]
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09/09/07 04:46 AM
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Hmmm... I'm looking forward to hearing more on this. Sounds great, though. It'll never be what it was, nor should it be, but why should these three let their talent go to waste, right? I'm glad they're getting together. -------- I hate to hijack this thread, but I also don't want to cause "clutter" with another Zeppelin thread - so I'll post here what I think might interest LZ fans. I got this message from a fellow YouTube user a while back: HI!
Seeing as you are a fan of Zeppelin, I hope you won't mind me sending you a request. My name is Annie and I am looking for fans of Jimmy Page to help me with a project I am working on for his birthday. Since next year is the 40th anniversary of the formation of Zeppelin, I wanted to send Jimmy a special gift to commemorate it, so I am collecting messages from his fans that will be professionally printed and made into a book. The book will not be published, only one for Jimmy will ever be made by a world renown bookbinder. It will be a one of a kind creation that doubles as a piece of art. I promise any fan who sends a message in will be proud to have it in there. Photos of the book will be taken and I will email them to everyone who sends a message.
Your message can be as long as you like, I only ask that you not ask anything of him, like autographs or interviews. The best messages are the ones where the fans tell him something he wouldn't normally get to hear, perhaps say how you became a fan, the first song you heard of his, a special memory attached to one of his songs, a memory of a show you attended, or how he has inspired you.
The book will take 2 months to create, so if you decide to contribute a message the deadline is October 31st, 5pm UK time. If you would like to know more about the project, please feel free to email me at ayhollinshead@hotmail.com
Thank you so much,
Annie After writing her back, she sent me this: However you word your message, I like people to remember one thing - try and tell him something he wouldn't normally get to hear from his fans. He gets told a lot he's a great guitar player, which I am sure he appreciates, but he rarely gets to hear how his music affects people or how they became a fan. Those type of messages are really special and that's why this book will be special to him. The messages in it are astounding with people telling him how they first heard his music or special memories attached to his songs...They are really wonderful to read.
I'd really love to get a message from every country in the world, so if you know of anyone that can send a message I'd be very grateful if you could pass on my details to them.
Annie I can't say for sure if this is real - whether or not she's actually serious and will go through with it. However, I don't see the harm in writing a message, given the possibility that it could really happen and that Jimmy would actually read it. So...if any of you are interested, here's her page: http://youtube.com/profile?user=PagesAngel
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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: Longneck]
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09/10/07 10:28 AM
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Anyone else hate these bands that reunite with half the members but use the old name for recognition and marketing?
The Doors aren't The Doors without Morrison, etc.
Could not agree more, but it happens all the time: Kiss, the Doors, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, GNR, Lynrd Skynrd, Pearl Jam, and on and on.
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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: Sicilian Babe]
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09/10/07 10:37 AM
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Well, Lynrd Skynrd sort of didn't have choice, did they?? They all dropped like flies.
How about a little less questions and a lot more shut the hell up - Brian Griffin
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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: goombah]
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09/11/07 11:57 AM
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In a van down by the river!
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Anyone else hate these bands that reunite with half the members but use the old name for recognition and marketing?
The Doors aren't The Doors without Morrison, etc.
Could not agree more, but it happens all the time: Kiss, the Doors, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, GNR, Lynrd Skynrd, Pearl Jam, and on and on. Pearl Jam? They've changed drummers a few times, but other than that...
 Long as I remember The rain been coming down.
Clouds of Mystery pouring Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, Trying to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain.
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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: Longneck]
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09/11/07 04:28 PM
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goombah
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Anyone else hate these bands that reunite with half the members but use the old name for recognition and marketing?
The Doors aren't The Doors without Morrison, etc.
Could not agree more, but it happens all the time: Kiss, the Doors, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, GNR, Lynrd Skynrd, Pearl Jam, and on and on. Pearl Jam? They've changed drummers a few times, but other than that... That still qualifies as not keeping the original lineup. Did'nt Led Zep do the original Live Aid with Phil Collins on drums?
Or did i just dream that? No, that was real. He flew from London to Philadelphia (or perhaps vice versa. They did "Rock n Roll," "Stairway," and "Whole Lotta Love." That was a one-off thing. If they do reunite in 2007/2008, I hope it is for a world tour.
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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: Just Lou]
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09/13/07 11:13 AM
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Have you guys heard of the New York City-based all-female tribute band... Lez Zeppelin?!?    They came to play here a few months back. When I heard the commercial on TV I thought it was the real band!  BTW-I would DEFINITELY pay a $1,000 to see Zeppelin today. I hope they go on tour, but I doubt they will. Lez Zeppelin is actually pretty good. But my favorite is Dread Zeppelin. What can be better than Zeppelin songs done reggae style by an Elvis impersonator? ...And Robert Plant says they're his favorite cover band. I saw Dread Zeppelin live many moons ago  They were great! Tortelvis their singer called himself 
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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: Yogi Barrabbas]
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09/13/07 03:58 PM
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long_lost_corleone
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Tickets are now at $1700.
A thought occurred while I was typing that out. It's sort of sad that this concert--all reunion concerts at that--is being done mostly for money. I'd never really stopped to assess what I think of reunion concerts, but that's what it all comes down to. If the music and expression where actually a significant part of the picture, wouldn't a band just reunite all together in place of one show or one tour?
"Somebody told me when the bomb hits, everybody in a two mile radius will be instantly sublimated, but if you lay face down on the ground for some time, avoiding the residual ripples of heat, you might survive, permanently fucked up and twisted like you're always underwater refracted. But if you do go gas, there's nothing you can do if the air that was once you is mingled and mashed with the kicked up molecules of the enemy's former body. Big-kid-tested, motherf--ker approved."
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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: long_lost_corleone]
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09/13/07 04:25 PM
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Van Halen are charging $49, $75, and $125 for various seats on their reunion tour. If I were in a band, I'd want as many dates in as many venues as demand would allow.
The average of the above mentioned prices is $83. Multiply that by a 13,000 seat arena = $1,079,000. Multiply that figure by a 40 date tour = $43,160,000. Granted, the bands do not get all of that money, but they are receiving the majority of it. That's not even including merchandise sales and I'm sure they get a percentage of concessions.
In short, yes, I would do a tour in heartbeat rather than a $1,700 per seat one-night show. Plus promoters/sponsors often guarantee a band (see the Rolling Stones as one example) a certain sum to go on tour, before a single ticket is even sold.
But LLC, you're right - it's less and less about the music and more about the cash. But as I said earlier, the recording industry is nearly dead, so touring is an artists most desireable manner of making money.
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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: Sicilian Babe]
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09/13/07 06:02 PM
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long_lost_corleone
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Yeah, well, don't get me wrong, I love Zeppelin, and I'm sure they have their integrity, but I've just sort of come to the conclusion that all reunion tours are pretty much bullshit.
But then again, I've never been one for stadium rock shows. If I had the preference between seeing a band in a 15,000 seat arena, and seeing the same band in a smaller venue where everyone is standing, crowded, and sweating, I'm going to go for the smaller venue. It's a much better atmosphere, I think.
But, I have seen some great stadium acts; I went to see Roger Waters last year, during the first American leg of his Dark Side of the Moon Tour, and I hold that show up to be one of the best shows I've attended.
Making money isn't necessarily a bad thing, so long as the fans and the art are put ahead of it.
"Somebody told me when the bomb hits, everybody in a two mile radius will be instantly sublimated, but if you lay face down on the ground for some time, avoiding the residual ripples of heat, you might survive, permanently fucked up and twisted like you're always underwater refracted. But if you do go gas, there's nothing you can do if the air that was once you is mingled and mashed with the kicked up molecules of the enemy's former body. Big-kid-tested, motherf--ker approved."
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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: long_lost_corleone]
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09/14/07 03:25 PM
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Making money isn't necessarily a bad thing, so long as the fans and the art are put ahead of it.
I could not agree more. When the Stones "reunited" in 1989, after an eight year absence from touring, they received some corporate sponsorship with a minimum guarantee of about $60 million. But they played a phenominal show, so I do not begrudge them one bit. Tickets were $30 (high price at the time), but most fans would say they received their money's worth. The Who reunited at the same time and they came right out and stated that they were doing it for the money. They were broke and it would have been a huge infusion of cash by going on tour. Although I never liked their music, I lost respect for them for being so callous. I've seen some major acts on so-called "reunion tours:" Kiss in 1996, Rolling Stones in 1989, the Eagles in 1994, and the E Street Band in 1999. All were terrific concerts and I am glad I went and felt that the bands all put on a terrific show. That's all I care about - bands not going through the motions in an obvious manner. I like to see bands on stage smiling and having a good time and playing for the enjoyment of making their music.
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Re: Led Zeppelin To Reunite?????
[Re: XDCX]
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09/14/07 04:02 PM
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long_lost_corleone
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$1,700 for a seat is absolutely ridiculous. But then again, Zeppelin knows there are a hell of a lot of people who would willingly pay that to see a reunion. And Billy Joel IS the mutha' freakin' man, SB! $1,700 is the current ebay and tout price, I believe. The show is techinically "sold out," but obviously people are still getting tickets. Does anyone know how much the tickets were originally? But, yeah, this whole ticket thing is crazy. I remember when Radiohead did a spontaneous summer tour in 2006 (their first American tour dates in three years), tickets originally went for about 40 bucks. But they sold out in literally minutes. Eight minutes was the record I heard, if I remember correctly. Madison Square Garden, sold out in eight minutes. The next day, tickets were on eBay, ranging in price from about $100 to $3,000. It's for that reason that I didn't get to see them. It's absolutely absurd. I don't even care if the tickets sell out in seconds, so long as they're being sold to fans. If someone is just going to buy them and then wait until the show sells out so that they can inflate the prices like crazy, then that's pretty fucking lame.
"Somebody told me when the bomb hits, everybody in a two mile radius will be instantly sublimated, but if you lay face down on the ground for some time, avoiding the residual ripples of heat, you might survive, permanently fucked up and twisted like you're always underwater refracted. But if you do go gas, there's nothing you can do if the air that was once you is mingled and mashed with the kicked up molecules of the enemy's former body. Big-kid-tested, motherf--ker approved."
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You're one of the last people I would purposely do that too. 
