How The West Was Won

[bigdawg2003]

I consider myself a pretty big Zeppelin fan, so I purchased the CD set tonight (Just beat the clock because Sam Goody was almost closed). I held off on the DVD, but after listening to this CD, It's on the birthday list (June 19 BTW).

This is without a doubt the most amazing live set I've ever heard. 3 CDs of pure, raw Zeppelin at its absolute finest. The material is taken from 2 concerts in June 1972, when Zeppelin was at its highest (which is basically the same line you'll find in every other professional review of the album). The shows were on June 25th at the LA Forum and the 27th at Long Beach Arena.

This is some of the best money I've ever spent. If you consider yourself a true fan of classic rock, you must buy this album. You will not regret it, I promise.

[Fritz]

Ah Led Zepplin, what memories. Who can forget their first Triple Billing of The Wall, The Song Remains the Same, and The Greatfull Dead Movie at the drive in? Who can forget the first time someone slipped LSD into their coke.....

[Craptacular]

I'm not a real big Zeppelin fan, but I might buy it. Their music isn't bad, but they're one of the bands that was/is so overplayed that I got sick of them.

[wbonnell]

Originally posted by Craptacular
I'm not a real big Zeppelin fan, but I might buy it. Their music isn't bad, but they're one of the bands that was/is so overplayed that I got sick of them.

That's why their 7th album, "Presence", is such a gem. Songs such as "Achilles Last Stand" and "Nobody's Fault But Mine" are classics that for whatever reason have unwittingly eluded radio play.

[Craptacular]

Originally posted by wbonnell
Songs such as "Achilles Last Stand" and "Nobody's Fault But Mine" are classics that for whatever reason have unwittingly eluded radio play.

NFBM seemed to get a lot of play on the stations I've listened to.

[dawgfan]

Originally posted by wbonnell
That's why their 7th album, "Presence", is such a gem. Songs such as "Achilles Last Stand" and "Nobody's Fault But Mine" are classics that for whatever reason have unwittingly eluded radio play.

"Achilles Last Stand" is brilliant but way too long for most radio. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" wasn't bad, but I don't think it holds up as well compared to most of the rest of the catalog.

[bryce]

lz is the best band ever, in my opinion. but that's easily debateable based on taste.

what's not as easy to dispute is their influence on music. love 'em or hate 'em, lz has to be considered one of the top 5 most influential bands of all time, at worst top 10 (in terms of influencing both pop culture and future musical generations). floyd, beatles, elvis, nirvana, pixies, maybe buddy holly, all up there, too.

btw, anybody ever read richard cole's book on lz, i think called 'stairway to heaven?' it's a pretty good read for zep fans.

[thesloppy]

Originally posted by bryce

btw, anybody ever read richard cole's book on lz, i think called 'stairway to heaven?' it's a pretty good read for zep fans.

THat was required reading for me and my chums in high school. 'Course it also caused some mental scarring, thanks to ye olde 'shark episode'.

pp. 78-80
"Two days later Led Zeppelin's sojourn in Seattle proved to be the end of their reputation as normal humans. Seattle was where The Shark Episode took place.
...
Back at the hotel the band started drinking. Richard Cole says that what happened later was his fault. "The sharks thing happened at the Edgewater Inn in Seattle. How it came about is that in 1968 I was with Terry Reid, supporting the Moody Blues in Seattle, and their road manager told me the band should stay at the Edgewater Inn, because there's a tackle shop in the lobby and you can fish right out the window of the hotel. I said, 'Go on, fuck off, ya cunt.' He said, 'Come on, Richard, I'm not kidding, it's true.' So the next time I was in Seattle was with Led Zeppelin and Vanilla Fudge, and we started to catch sharks out the window. By this time the tours were more and more risque, and you could do what you liked with the girls who showed up at the hotel. For me, that second fucking Led Zeppelin tour was the fucking best time of my life. That was the one. We were hot and on our way up, but no one was watching too closely. So you could fucking play. And these birds were coming up to my suite wanting to fuck, and me and Bonzo were quite serious about catching these fish." What happened next isn't really clear. One girl, a pretty young groupie with red hair, was disrobed and tied to the bed. According to the legend of the Shark Episode, Led Zeppelin then proceded to stuff pieces of shark into her vagina and rectum.
Richard Cole says it didn't happen that way. "It wasn't Bonzo, it was me. Robert and Bonzo didn't know anything, they were kids. It wasn't shark parts anyway: It was the nose that got put in. Yeah, the shark was alive! It wasn't dead! We caught a big lot of sharks, at least two dozen, stuck coat hangers through the gills and left 'em in the closet... But the true shark story was that it wasn't even a shark. It was a red snapper and the chick happened to be a fucking redheaded broad with a ginger pussy. And that is the truth. Bonzo was in the room, but I did it. Mark Stein [of Vanilla Fudge] filmed the whole thing. And she loved it. It was like, 'You'd like a bit of fucking, eh? Let's see how your red snapper likes this red snapper!' That was it. It was the nose of the fish, and that girl must have come 20 times. I'm not saying the chick wasn't drunk, I'm not saying that any of us weren't drunk. But it was nothing malicious or harmful, no way! No one was ever hurt. She might have been hit by a shark a few times for disobeying orders, but she didn't get hurt."


Charming.

[scooper]

I'll be buying both this weekend. I am extremely excited about it. Huge Zeppelin fan.

[Anrhydeddu]

Daaaaammmmnnnnn

[vtbub]

LMAO