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Old rockers remind me of old strippers - everyone else knows they need to just farking give it up and start teaching the younger generation, but they keep on insisting on staying in the spotlight.

Please, LedZep, Rolling Stones, all of them - please stop touring. You have bucketloads, farking mountains of money. You have all the young tail you want. Stay home. Start a school, or take on apprentices, or just play with your farking grandchildren, but stop touring.

//they all embarrass me

darkhorse23: Old rockers remind me of old strippers - everyone else knows they need to just farking give it up and start teaching the younger generation, but they keep on insisting on staying in the spotlight.

Please, LedZep, Rolling Stones, all of them - please stop touring. You have bucketloads, farking mountains of money. You have all the young tail you want. Stay home. Start a school, or take on apprentices, or just play with your farking grandchildren, but stop touring.

//they all embarrass me

What? Are you kidding? Let them keep touring! I can finally afford to go see them! :)

plus "Raising Sand" is pretty awesome

darkhorse23: they all embarrass me


Not all of them are that way; at least they do pass along the music. I took this Friday night:



Must be a blast to play 'Dazed & Confused' with JPJ.

MonkeyVegetables: plus "Raising Sand" is pretty awesome

Indeed.

Without Mr. Plant that group would be listenable.

I read that as David Copperfield and thought, "WTF?"

HeadbangerSmurf: darkhorse23: Old rockers remind me of old strippers - everyone else knows they need to just farking give it up and start teaching the younger generation, but they keep on insisting on staying in the spotlight.

Please, LedZep, Rolling Stones, all of them - please stop touring. You have bucketloads, farking mountains of money. You have all the young tail you want. Stay home. Start a school, or take on apprentices, or just play with your farking grandchildren, but stop touring.

//they all embarrass me

What? Are you kidding? Let them keep touring! I can finally afford to go see them! :)

perhaps anyone that plans to spend big bucks to see them live should see the Movie Marty Scorseses (whatever) made ...

they play everything tooo fast - was still good though

Vertically Challenged: I read that as David Copperfield and thought, "WTF?"

This. Something about making a zeppelin disappear...?

darkhorse23: Old rockers remind me of old strippers - everyone else knows they need to just farking give it up and start teaching the younger generation, but they keep on insisting on staying in the spotlight.

Please, LedZep, Rolling Stones, all of them - please stop touring. You have bucketloads, farking mountains of money. You have all the young tail you want. Stay home. Start a school, or take on apprentices, or just play with your farking grandchildren, but stop touring.

//they all embarrass me

So you do realize Zep hasn't toured since 1980, so they really can't "stop touring."

2wolves: Without Mr. Plant that group would be listenable.

Wow, it is great to find out I am not the only one.

/ with Paul Rogers they would have been my favorite band ever I think
// Bonzo & JPJ ftw.

Bullshiatter: darkhorse23: they all embarrass me


Not all of them are that way; at least they do pass along the music. I took this Friday night:



Must be a blast to play 'Dazed & Confused' with JPJ.

I'm jealous!

TsuZi: Bullshiatter: darkhorse23: they all embarrass me


Not all of them are that way; at least they do pass along the music. I took this Friday night:

I'm jealous!

second that! Warren Haynes does some awesome covers, btw. Derek Trucks as special guest? bet that was an awesome show!

Dr. Venture: ...and there she is, you can see her right there, just writhing on the hood of the car! What was David Coverdale to do?
Dean: Break up... umm, white... lion?
Dr. Venture: That's Whitesnake, Dean, and yes, both Brock and I lay the blame squarely on Tawney's hot, silky shoulders. Now let that be a lesson to you.
Dean: About what?!
Dr. Venture: Ah, I'm so glad we had this talk.

darkhorse23: Old rockers remind me of old strippers - everyone else knows they need to just farking give it up and start teaching the younger generation, but they keep on insisting on staying in the spotlight.

Please, LedZep, Rolling Stones, all of them - please stop touring. You have bucketloads, farking mountains of money. You have all the young tail you want. Stay home. Start a school, or take on apprentices, or just play with your farking grandchildren, but stop touring.

//they all embarrass me

Yeah, I just saw Neil Young Saturday night. Wilco opened. They both were good, but Neil is the best showman I've ever seen.

Hmmm.... given that Coverdale/Page was probably the best side project David Coverdale or Jimmy Page either one ever did, sounds suspisciously like Dave's lookin' for a gig, regardless what the article has him saying.

Meh. He was at least Plant's equal in the 70s/80s. If he can still belt it out, he'd beat what I've heard from Plant lately. Sorry, man... you WERE good.

darkhorse23: Please, LedZep, Rolling Stones, all of them - please stop touring. You have bucketloads, farking mountains of money. You have all the young tail you want. Stay home. Start a school, or take on apprentices, or just play with your farking grandchildren, but stop touring.

my only problem with Dinosaur acts are those that they constantly tour but don't write any new music. Yes, you can debate the quality of their new music, but at least when they're touring and making new music, it's because they seem to be genuinely interested in making music.

I think Coverdale should just man up and agree to front them FFS. That should get Percy's knickers in a twist enough to stop being an old fogey and get back together with the lads.

Wrong_Intentions: Yeah, I just saw Neil Young Saturday night. Wilco opened. They both were good, but Neil is the best showman I've ever seen.

I saw that Tues nite at the garden. I am a huge Wilco fan but I did not really get the set list they chose... too mid tempo, they passed up the chance to really engage many fans who had not heard of them before.

And yeah, Neil did rock. In fact the show was almost too rockin' for me... I would have preferred more acoustic stuff... but despite the cliche aspect, "Rockin' In The Free World" was pretty damned exciting.

/ And I was sitting four rows in front of Oasis

madmann: Hmmm.... given that Coverdale/Page was probably the best side project David Coverdale or Jimmy Page either one ever did, sounds suspisciously like Dave's lookin' for a gig, regardless what the article has him saying.

Meh. He was at least Plant's equal in the 70s/80s. If he can still belt it out, he'd beat what I've heard from Plant lately. Sorry, man... you WERE good.

I've seen clips of Whitesnake's live DVD, released just a few years ago. Like a lot of bands from that era, they still command a huge audience internationally and Coverdale played before a packed house. He was still able to belt out the old tunes. Sonically he's the most logical choice to fill Plant's shoes.

darkhorse23: Old rockers remind me of old strippers - everyone else knows they need to just farking give it up and start teaching the younger generation, but they keep on insisting on staying in the spotlight.

Please, LedZep, Rolling Stones, all of them - please stop touring. You have bucketloads, farking mountains of money. You have all the young tail you want. Stay home. Start a school, or take on apprentices, or just play with your farking grandchildren, but stop touring.

//they all embarrass me

Live with it.

As long as they are filling arenas, they'll keep touring.

yeah... a guest singer... like a guest named David Coverdale

i paid 80 bucks for neil and he played 95% acoustic or folksy stuff... play what you want but tell everyone you arent gonna play any hits. that was just messed up.

...and they'll get a cheap imitation of Plant. If they are going to do this, they should really find someone waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay different than Plant and try to reinvent the songs a bit. It would suck, but at least it would be more interesting.

FeedTheCollapse: my only problem with Dinosaur acts are those that they constantly tour but don't write any new music. Yes, you can debate the quality of their new music, but at least when they're touring and making new music, it's because they seem to be genuinely interested in making music.

I disagree. For the most part, people don't want to hear new shiat from bands that are officially in the "oldies act" phase of their careers. The new stuff is never as good, and that's not what you pay to hear at the concert.

Honestly, the one thing Aerosmith could do at this point to make me start respecting them again is to tour and ONLY play stuff from 1973-1979. That I would like to see. Fark the MTV generation, fark Desmond Child, fark teeny-bopper girls, and fark the money. That's not to say all their stuff after 1980 was bad, but it was never as good as what came before it. They already have more money than God. A whole lot of people would be on board if they toured and only played stuff from Aerosmith through Night in the Ruts. It would make up for two decades' worth of selling out.

Regarding Led Zeppelin, I'll see them with Plant, and not without. If they get Coverdale, or someone else, I might see them if they call themselves something OTHER than "Led Zeppelin". Otherwise, it's a farking sacrilege. This is a band that for decades refused to tour as Led Zeppelin because their drummer was dead, and now they're talking about calling themselves Zeppelin WITHOUT PLANT? Talk about a farking 180 and then some.

darkhorse23: Old rockers remind me of old strippers - everyone else knows they need to just farking give it up and start teaching the younger generation, but they keep on insisting on staying in the spotlight.

//they all embarrass me


This, excellent analogy. Pretending that a 60 year old Mick Jagger with shoe polish dyed hair jumping around and singing "Let's Spend the Night Together" is anything other than completely ridiculous and laughable is either in denial or a Baby Boomer.

/Same goes with my generations music too. Don't want to see 60 year old Soungarden either.

madmann: Hmmm.... given that Coverdale/Page was probably the best side project David Coverdale or Jimmy Page either one ever did...

I'd say that The Firm is up there with Coverdale/Page. I saw both when they came to Philly (albeit 10 years apart). They were both incredible.

GameSprocket: Dr. Venture: ...and there she is, you can see her right there, just writhing on the hood of the car! What was David Coverdale to do?
Dean: Break up... umm, white... lion?
Dr. Venture: That's Whitesnake, Dean, and yes, both Brock and I lay the blame squarely on Tawney's hot, silky shoulders. Now let that be a lesson to you.
Dean: About what?!
Dr. Venture: Ah, I'm so glad we had this talk.

Finally, thank you!

FlyingPig: I disagree. For the most part, people don't want to hear new shiat from bands that are officially in the "oldies act" phase of their careers. The new stuff is never as good, and that's not what you pay to hear at the concert.



again, you can debate the quality of the new stuff (yes, 99% of the time it is either complete rehash or horseshiat), but I respect a band that is at least writing new material and still touring rather than "Geez, need another grand, let's tour!" It makes it seem like less of a cashgrab.


but then again, I wouldn't want to see a once great band playing shiatty new material. Why would I think they could still pull off the old goodies if they can't write new shiat?

Touring musicians go on tour because that's what they do, not because they give a flying fark what some joe blow anonymous out in middle America says about it. John Lee Hooker was 88 years old when he died, and he had a gig scheduled for that night. BB King still plays 200+ shows a year. I'm not comparing them to Zepplin, I'm just sayin'. Real musicians keep playing musicoontil they are no longer able.

strangeguitar: madmann: Hmmm.... given that Coverdale/Page was probably the best side project David Coverdale or Jimmy Page either one ever did...

I'd say that The Firm is up there with Coverdale/Page. I saw both when they came to Philly (albeit 10 years apart). They were both incredible.

Yeah, thought of them after I posted. Good stuff, too. So hard to compare such different sounds. But then, I consider using Paul Rodgers to almost be cheating. Like bringing a nuclear weapon to a fistfight. He's one of the few guys that, in my opinion, can sing whatever the hell he wants to.

i say use Geddy Lee as a guest vocalist.


i would also say Jon Anderson, but he's ill / recouperating.


/ get well, jon!

madmann:
Meh. He was at least Plant's equal in the 70s/80s. If he can still belt it out, he'd beat what I've heard from Plant lately. Sorry, man... you WERE good.

Ha, are you kidding me? Plant/Krauss was easily one of the best albums to come out this year. I caught them at ACL and it was amazing.

Oh, and to the picture w/ JPJ, damn that must have been awesome.

TSE: Touring musicians go on tour because that's what they do...Real musicians keep playing music 'til they are no longer able.

Right on, man. Exactly.

Kind of like me. I'll be writing software until I keel over. (Sticks out tongue, makes devil sign with hand.)

TSE: Touring musicians go on tour because that's what they do, not because they give a flying fark what some joe blow anonymous out in middle America says about it. John Lee Hooker was 88 years old when he died, and he had a gig scheduled for that night. BB King still plays 200+ shows a year. I'm not comparing them to Zepplin, I'm just sayin'. Real musicians keep playing musicoontil they are no longer able.

Amen... and as long as they can still rock, people will still come out to see them.

...and if not, maybe they'll stick around after they came for Puppet Show.

p0nk: Derek Trucks as special guest? bet that was an awesome show!

Actually, JPJ was the guest joining the Allmans. Amazing show, and I've seen a lot.

Philbigtime:
Oh, and to the picture w/ JPJ, damn that must have been awesome.

Yep. I can't tell you how awesome the 2 nights were.

GMIP if anyone wants info or other pics.

Whitesnake just put out a new album, and sad to say, but it sounds like Coverdale's voice is officially shot. What's sad is that, just a couple years ago, it still sounded ok. But now?

It's gone.

DWitchiewoman: It aint Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant.

It ain't Led Zeppelin without John Bonham either.

Ace Frehley's Ghost:
DWitchiewoman: It aint Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant.

It ain't Led Zeppelin without John Bonham either.

That's debatable. While I agree Bonham was top notch, a drummer can successfully be replaced. Lead vocals? No. Not so much.

DWitchiewoman: Ace Frehley's Ghost: It ain't Led Zeppelin without John Bonham either.

That's debatable. While I agree Bonham was top notch, a drummer can successfully be replaced. Lead vocals? No. Not so much.

By all accounts (most notably, Robert Plant's) the chemistry wasn't the same without John Bonham.

darkhorse23: Old rockers remind me of old strippers - everyone else knows they need to just farking give it up and start teaching the younger generation, but they keep on insisting on staying in the spotlight.

Please, LedZep, Rolling Stones, all of them - please stop touring. You have bucketloads, farking mountains of money. You have all the young tail you want. Stay home. Start a school, or take on apprentices, or just play with your farking grandchildren, but stop touring.

//they all embarrass me

The reason they keep touring is because they love to play music for people. At least I can only hope as much. I'd love to still be on the road at their age regardless of how much money I have.

Ace Frehley's Ghost: DWitchiewoman: It aint Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant.

It ain't Led Zeppelin without John Bonham either.

Popped in to make sure that had been said. Thanks.