12/24/2023 0 Comments Led zeplin tour![]() ![]() That seems truer than most good-time pastoral fantasies. Philosophically, the band prefers humanity pure and simple, but in practice it must realize its humanity technologically. At some deep level, Led Zeppelin’s music is about technology. But just as he begins to reach out, his voice shifts into one of its shrieks or wails, and you realize that Page’s guitar is so heavily miked in the huge arena that he could just as well be playing electric – it’s another mechanical effect. ![]() On some of the band’s acoustic elections, especially Stairway to Heaven, he hints at real feeling. Some find this effect chilling, but I think it is exciting when it works, which is most of the time. Its influence on popular singing has been so widespread that, at least among males, singing and emoting have become almost identical – it is a matter of projection rather than hitting the notes. By talent or design, Plant is the man who discovered that the key word in the term “power blues” was not “blues” but “power”. Jimmy Page is a highly proficient electric blues guitarist whose expertise is essential to the group’s effect, but the star of the show is vocalist Robert Plant. And every bit of that ascendancy is deserved. Limiting its personal appearances, and carefully refining the basic concept in its annual album, the band appears quite likely to continue long after the various challengers – Black Sabbath is currently ranked first – have their plugs pulled. No opening acts have been scheduled because Led Zeppelin stands alone – the band is the personification of heavy rock. Review: Last night at Nassau Coliseum, 16,000 heavy rock fans cheered Led Zeppelin through three hours and four encores and tonight (June 15) another 16,000 will make the pilgrimage. ![]()
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