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Robert Plant

I’ve been a Zeppelin fan since I was a little kid. Was obsessed with them in high school. I always thought Plant was one of the best singers in rock and roll. A lot of people still do. I never saw Zep but did see Plant in concert several times in the 80s/90s.

 

Over the decades I find that I don’t listen to Zep all that much for whatever reason.

 

This Christmas Eve morning I stayed home from church because of a nasty cold and dug out some of my old LPs. One of them was a bootleg (at the time) of Zeppelin's live BBC performances. I bought it used in 1984 for $20 which was a ton of money for me back then. (You can get this on Qobuz etc now.)

 

About 4 minutes into Whole Lotta Love the band lapses into a blues/Elvis medley of songs that is simply epic. The entire band is right on point and amazing as always but in this medley Plant really shows you his stuff. The range, the control, the timing, the soul. All there. Is he the best rock and roll singer ever? I can think of a lot of challengers to that idea but he’s certainly up around the top.

Give this song a listen. The initial part of Whole Lotta Love is not my favorite. But this medley and the ending are Zeppelin at its best.

Merry Christmas all.

n80
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carlsbad2
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As I get older the acoustic version of Going to California on How the West was Won is stil one of my favorites.

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ellajeanelle
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I got burned out on Led Zeppelin a long time ago, as with many other bands, if I hear them on the radio I’ll tune to another station. Likely because they played their music so much. My favorite songs from them were Kashmir and Dazed and Confused. Maybe I’ll revisit them in a few years again. I have only owned one album from Robert Plant. I can’t remember the name (I don’t think it had one) but it was the one with Ship of Fools.  My favorite rock singer of all time was Ronnie James Dio. I even attended his funeral.  May he rest in peace.  Merry Christmas!

tooblue
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Love me some Zeppelin and still listen to the first 5 albums every now and then as I am now in my 70s, just not as loud. I have really liked what he has done With Alison Krauss on the Raising Sand album and the follow up that T Bone Burnett produced, as well as other people over the last few decades including his Band of Joy group, they seem to have a bit of a cajun tap to them, might be because I heard them do some Fats Domino songs. WTS, my favorite voice from that time would have to be Steve Marriott, but lets face it, Plant ain't no slouch. Enjoy the music

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