In the immortal words of Andrea Martin (as SCTV's programmer Edith Prickley) -- "Could be a hot one!"
BTW, the above is apparently playing in theaters as we speak; my plan is to see it when it shows up on the somewhat smaller (home) screen via Sony, which should be fairly soon. But your mileage may vary.
I should add that I have never been a Zep fan even remotely. But theirs is obviously a hell of a story and-- if memory serves -- I've never seen interviews with either John Bonham or John Paul Jones, so I suspect I'm gonna really enjoy it anyway.
I should also add that I have never owned a Zep album and/or listened to one at home for pleasure...EXCEPT for the last real one (i.e., not a comp of old stuff) they did.
You know -- the one (from 1979) with this absolutely fricking gorgeous song.
Your thoughts?
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As a lifelong LZ fan who has everything they ever released, I can't wait to see this in IMAX. I agree with you re: Fool in the Rain, but I have to stand by Physical Graffiti as their finest hour.
I'm aware in the minority about LZ. 😎
I won't embarrass myself here by telling you how many unofficial live recordings I have, or how I spent a year reading Luis Rey's tape documents and tracking down each show I could from their first in 1968 to their last in 1980. (I am a fan.)
That said, I am not as excited about this film as I probably should be. I understand it's "Becoming Led Zeppelin"---key word "becoming"--but sitting in a theatre for two plus hours, and then having it end before getting to their third (and my second favorite album) is already frustrating to me.
"I'm aware I'm in" the minority. Sheesh, somedays I really need an editor.
I'm in Sal's camp. I'll see this, for sure, but, excepting for the third album, this isn't an interesting era of the band. With all documentary history-telling, often the subject is kept in a vacuum, ignoring much of the context of the times. Zep was about the last band to emerge with this model of design. That said, a documentary capturing ZoSo to Presence will be shown weekly in my family room!
I was a big fan of their debut. They lost me with LZ II. Got my interest back a bit with Stairway, but I have heard that too much in my lifetime. Won a copy of Physical Graffiti back when it was released, but gave it away. I would have rather they had Terry Reid as I often can't stand Plant's vocal stylings. I'll skip the pic and stick to watching my dvd of The Yardbirds Story.
I like of few of their songs, but am not really into that end of the musical spectrum. I will say that in the fall of 1968, I was driving when I heard on the radio that the New Yardbirds were coming to town, and I was so excited that I didn't quite stop in time to avoid a very minor fender bender.
My Beatle-freak friend who owns a record store has seen it three times at our local theatre and is still trying to get friends to go again with him to see it.
From his reports, Steve, see it on the big screen if you can.
Bob in IL
I saw them in Cleveland the night men first walked on the moon and my opinion of them has not changed since then - good but not great. Certainly not the "greatest rock band ever." I can name a half dozen or more off the top of my head. Let's start with THE BEATLES, continue with THE ROLLING STONES, add in THE BAND, LOS LOBOS, LITTLE FEAT (at their '70s peak), TELEVISION ... I could go on. Did I mention the Beatles?
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