No reforming of Led Zep apparently

i agree that plant no longer has that freakish vocal range, but i really dig his record with allison krauss--it's really well sung and well recorded; to my ears the best post-zep work of any of the original group.
as a somewhat related aside, i randomly encountered an interesting missive on the online music blog, perfect sound forever, which asserts very convincingly that many of their classics--stairway, communication breakdown, etc.--were ripped off from a whole host of uncredited sources, incl. bert jansch, moby grape, willie dixon and keith relf. no great revelation, i guess--many of the 60s/70s blooz guys also borrowed heavily, tho zep seems to be rather more prolific theives and less generous to credit sources. great band in any event.

Tpreaves...agree with you completely. They are leaving a legacy of some great, and some not so great music, and they all have years to go and other avenues to explore, as they choose. Meanwhile, even though there are plenty of songs for them to remake as solo artists if that is something they want to do, reforming as a much older and incomplete version of Led Zeppelin at this point would really be sad. A limp blimp.

Thank God. Seminal in their heyday, they really have nothing left to say and no compelling reason to say it, now, 25 years removed. If only Jagger and a some of the other geezer rockers would follow Zep's lead

If LZ is going to reform then do it right - dig Bonham up and just strap whats left of him to the drums. Couldn't be any worse than the Who at the Super Bowl. They need to drop stairway to heaven and try escalator to heaven - the ones that are still alive will have a heck of a time with a stairway. As to Jagger and co. - if they tour again they need to have a defibrillator handy for "start me up." Elvis was right (he isn't dead he just knew when to quit). Old rock acts just don't get it. Now Sinatra - old blue eyes could still pull it off in his elder years.

Page can still play. So can Jones. Plant has lost range, but he's a far better singer now. Bonham's dead and can't be replaced, but why try to replace him? There are plenty of really good drummers working today. If Led Zep wants to come back and do some new material that fits a current band configuration, I say go for it.

I hope I die before I get old

They didn't really mean it when they first said it and they certainly don't believe it now. But it did sound cool!