Robert Plant-Band of Joy Tour-Houston


Man, I really had high expectations for his swing thru Houston last night but sadly I found the performance rather ho-hum.. The few LZ tunes chosen were played out as new versions of. The song selection was a mix of some new material, Robert Plant/Allison Kraus stuff and not enough LZ tunes.. Their were flashes of Plant seemingly ready to break out and rock but his performance was restrained.
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First,it's a Robert Plant tour not a Led Zeppelin tour.
Second,I have found that most of the high pitched vocalists have lost that ability as they near the mid to late sixty age group.They just can't hit those high notes anymore,thus the restructuring of the material(think the Who at the super bowl).Not only that but I'm sure artists are sick of performing the same stuff for so many years.Just my opinion and you know what they say about opinions!!
Oh, I am well aware of who I paid too c perform and the musical direction he planned take on this current tour. Was just hoping for a little more of a blues-rock based tune selection closer to the original roots. He put out a rocking DVD a couple of hrs ago that made allowances for his vocal limits but remained true to the blues genre that brought wide success and fan approval. Let's hope he doesn't follow rod Stewart into the 50's love ballad phase. Boom, boom,boom, boom.
Let's hope he doesn't follow rod Stewart into the 50's love ballad phase.
Amen to that!!
It wouldn't suprise me a bit. I don't know why these guys feel they need to make the money with such a severe compromise to their music ... unless it's for their decendents. Even so it seems like nothing more than that. Rod Stewart is a great example. The product sells great but wow I guess it's just old guy music now.