Trampled Under Foot

[Infinite Ego]

www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/sep/12/trampled-under-foot-led-zeppelin-review

[chromedinette]

f there's a hero in Trampled Under Foot, it's Zeppelin's singer, Robert Plant, portrayed as the light to Page's darkness. His discomfort with what the band became is evident, intensified after the death of his five-year-old son in July 1977. But still, across page after page, one can't help but think: he was there, why didn't he do something? It's a point made by someone present at one of the most notorious incidents in the band's history, when a security guard was twice badly beaten up backstage at a gig in Oakland: "Plant seemed like the only decent human being there, although there were no innocents. There were no innocents."

I actually like LZ a lot and I am kind of glad that Plant is the guy who probably stood in the way the most when it came to recent talk of a reunion tour. He seems to want to not dwell on the past and just make whatever music he is interested in now.

I thought the two records Page and Plant made in the 90's were pretty good, and I suspect Plant probably had the most to do with making them not just be an LZ rehash. I read an interview with Albini, who had nice things to say about them both, that Plant was a pretty voracious consumer of music, buying bunches of new stuff to listen to, etc.

[Infinite Ego]

Well, just compare the output of Page and Plant in the post-LZ days. There is no comparison. It seems to me that Page (while I love his playing) was pretty much a dud w/o Plant.

[brucestevens]

Also a big Page fan - partly responsible for me picking up the guitar. That being said, this is one of the worst things ever recorded:



He has had moments and came off well in "It Might Get Loud", but certainly Robert PLan has had the best post LZ career.

[Infinite Ego]

^ Yeah, that's shit. He should have named that album "The Gear Page"

[brucestevens]

I gave a listen to the Page sountrack to Lucifer Rising this morning. I know this is well in the LZ time, but still kinda interesting. Lots of drone / synth / theremin whooshyness. I liked it, but not enough to buy the over-priced limited edition vinyl.

Bruce