Led Zep to tour, but ...

You've mentioned the money thing a couple of times now. I know Page has sold some of his art collection and antique furniture, but that's common for collectors to do. With the catalogue and merchandise royalties still coming in I would think he'd have a steady flow of cash. Did he get involved in some deals that went bad? He recently turned down a Guitar Hero deal, which must've been worth something. I'm just curious.

 

Wait a minute . . . . how does "Dork nobody lead singer from band that once did a song for WWE is being used as bait to get Plant to realize he should step in and save this tour from sucking" lead to "fueled speculation that Kennedy will be forming a new band with the members of Led Zeppelin"?

I saw Plant 15 years ago. He was solid, but even then, seemed . . . old, in a way that none of the dudes in their late-50s I've seen over the past year have been. If he says no, then there is no Led Zeppelin tour. And if Pagey is fixing to go out on the road and play Led Zeppelin tunes at half- to two-thirds speed with a singer not named Robert Plant, then he may as well just play Radioactive and Shake My Tree, and this Zeppelin fan may as well stay home and listen to his bootleg of Long Beach 1975.

 

I'd see them if Plant was there, but with the new guy, no way.

This clip is from a CMT show that was mentioned on a thread a while back. The song starts around the 4:50 mark. I believe he's still on tour supporting the album. This would be a fun show to see.

http://www.cmt.com/videos/misc/207273/cmt-crossroads-robert-plant-and-alison-krauss-black-dog.jhtml?id=1580892

 

Never got the Zep. Never will.
But, without Plant?
They're the 2008 equivalent of West, Bruce, and Laing, which was neither Cream nor Mountain.

 

Oh, you had a favorite Led Zep song...

 

KITTEH!

 

Hey, in his previous life he said so

 

On Saturday, XM/Sirius are starting up a Led Zep channel.

 

Zep touring with Plant is like Jaws without the shark. You can find a badass drummer to replicate John Bonham easier than finding someone to sub for Plant who wrote the book as a hard-rock shouter.

I've been a big fan of Plant's solo stuff too, especially his debut, Pictures At Eleven, which still sounds great today.

 

Kennedy would do a fine job, but Page needs to throw a offer out that Plant can't refuse and get him on board for one last hurrah.

 

Mizzougrad has no idea why he just belted out "IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I ROCK AND ROLLED! IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I DID THE STROLL!"

 

Been a couple weeks since this news, but the final nail in any tour's coffin:

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/led-zeppelin-are-over-says-jimmy-pages-manager-190946