Spirit sues Led Zep

uwe · May 29, 2014, 05:25:28 AM

He's ripped off what I like for as long as I can remember - he started with Right Said Fred and Eminem, moved on to Korn and Judas Priest, then Guns & Roses, Mötley Crüe, that whole LA Glam scene before discovering classic Blues and Bluegrass. So there he is now in an urban hub like Berlin writing archaic Blues. And I sometimes say to him in jest, you know, you're 19, white, live in Berlin and this is 2014 - not the Mississippi Delta in 1925 - you're not even sight-impaired, "Blind Leon Hornung"!

Forgive me, but I sometimes wonder - though he is gifted and an intuitive musician - about the professional aspects of a young Blues musician in modern day Berlin. He's on such a retro trip, he's even bought himself a record player and flea market old Blues records!

uwe · May 30, 2014, 10:35:27 AM

I now have the 2-CD-Deluxe Versions of I, II and III before me. It just shows how mild I am getting with age as I never had those albums on vinyl - come to think of it I never had any Zep album on vinyl! Uwe buys Led Zep, mark it in your calendars.

To give credit where credit's due, those Deluxe versions in their (sturdy) mock double album CD sleeves look lovingly done from the outside. They even restored that fancy picture wheel contraption on III. I'll report on how they sound. For Zep nerds those companion CDs with the rare stuff must be a stairway to you know where.

4stringer77 · May 30, 2014, 11:09:25 AM

Hey maybe after your son exhausts his passion for early blues he'll make the logical progression to classic rock and Zep and start playing a Les Paul, or maybe he'll rekindle his rebellious streak and start playing Slayer on his banjo like this guy!

uwe · May 30, 2014, 11:33:56 AM

He has the Paula already!!! Except in his Korn phase, he was never into brutal metal and not ultrafast stuff either. And he likes Zep better than Purple, Page better than Blackmore. I'm a failed parent in that regard! $:-\$

But what he certainly needs together with that banjo is a pair of dungarees. You can't seriously play banjo without them.

PS: I love that vid. Banjo playing minor and chromatic scales sounds unsettling.

Pilgrim · May 30, 2014, 03:13:00 PM

Quote from: uwe on May 30, 2014, 11:33:56 AM
He has the Paula already!!! Except in his Korn phase, he was never into brutal metal and not ultrafast stuff either. And he likes Zep better than Purple, Page better than Blackmore. I'm a failed parent in that regard! $:-\$

But what he certainly needs together with that banjo is a pair of dungarees. You can't seriously play banjo without them.

PS: I love that vid. Banjo playing minor and chromatic scales sounds unsettling.

Not jeans for banjo, gotta have overalls. Get the real thing, get 'em from Pennys or Sears: http://www.sears.com/search=big%20mac%20mens%20bib%20overalls?catalogId=12605&storeId=10153&levels=Tools_Workwear+%26+Work+Boots_Mens+Workwear&autoRedirect=true&viewItems=50&redirectType=CAT_REC_PRED&prop17=big%20mac%20mens%20bib%20overalls

gweimer · May 30, 2014, 03:16:10 PM

Oh, I don't know...I think the preacher's coat and top hat are a nice touch.

uwe · May 30, 2014, 03:49:24 PM

I meant overalls with "dungarees", I thought overalls were boiler suits ... (we call boiler suits overalls in Germany and overalls "Latzhosen" - literally "bib trousers") ...

TBird1958 · May 30, 2014, 03:51:59 PM

The Led Zep title of this thread keeps me away - and this is what you people do?!

uwe · May 30, 2014, 04:16:48 PM

Well, communication breakdown, it's always the same ...

westen44 · May 30, 2014, 04:59:52 PM

I never bothered to buy a Led Zep album, either, not on vinyl or CD. I was just never all that much of a fan. Besides, if you lived in the U.S. when they were popular, all you had to do was turn on the radio and they were on. I can even remember once going to my grandfather's house and even he had Led Zep playing on his radio.

uwe · May 30, 2014, 05:24:46 PM

Everybody seemed to like II amd IV, I liked the "strange ones" best, Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti. And even that last one "In through the Outdoor" had some nice tunes.

westen44 · May 30, 2014, 05:34:41 PM

Even the debut album was quite impressive, though. Actually, I don't completely understand why I didn't get into their music more. Plenty of other people made up for my lack of participation I suppose.

4stringer77 · May 30, 2014, 05:39:16 PM

I started on drums before bass and Bonham was my guy. The first CDs I saved up to buy was the Zep box set with the crop circles on it. Lots of good music and a bunch of stuff that wasn't in regular radio rotation. It's impossible not to associate the band with my adolescence.

gweimer · May 30, 2014, 05:41:51 PM

Quote from: uwe on May 30, 2014, 05:24:46 PM
Everybody seemed to like II amd IV, I liked the "strange ones" best, Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti. And even that last one "In through the Outdoor" had some nice tunes.

Although it was misunderstood at the time, III contained what is still my favorite Zep song.

And this one later on always catches my ear - just for you, Uwe.

westen44 · May 30, 2014, 05:55:28 PM

Quote from: 4stringer77 on May 30, 2014, 05:39:16 PM
I started on drums before bass and Bonham was my guy. The first CDs I saved up to buy was the Zep box set with the crop circles on it. Lots of good music and a bunch of stuff that wasn't in regular radio rotation. It's impossible not to associate the band with my adolescence.

I'm sure I missed out by mostly just listening to them on the radio. I did borrow Led Zep albums from friends from time to time, though. I still listened to them a lot, but probably not as much as most.