Favourite Led Zeppelin musician
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Topic: Favourite Led Zeppelin musician
Posted By: Nash
Subject: Favourite Led Zeppelin musician
Date Posted: February 12 2007 at 21:22
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Who is your favourite Led Zeppelin Musician????
mine is Robert Plant, i also like Jimmy page, but Roberts Plant voice is something out of this world! ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 14 2007 at 22:02
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John Paul Jones... by a mile
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: ProgShine
Date Posted: February 16 2007 at 22:16
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Yeah I agree John Paul Jones, great bass player, keyboard and acoust ------------- https://progshinerecords.bandcamp.com 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 07:03
| As a musician, John Paul Jones was the most complete one. But I have to say that Robert Plant would be my favourite of them, because of his lovely voice. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 07:23
| They were all terrific but for solid musicianship, endurance and power, please ..it really must be John Henry Bonham. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 09:19
got to go with that, too. jones was better at his instrument than page at guitar or bonham at drums, unfortunately for him bass is not what matters most for a rock band. however, his other instrumental contributions were also magnificent - electric mandolin, piano, synths, mellotron; also his creative contribution was outstanding - both the hard bass riffs like that of "black dog" and the keyboard-based progressive side of led zepp, of which he is the author. the directions experimented by him in the last years ("carouselambra" shows it best) show hints of what was to come in the 80s "revival".
his solo albums - for "zooma" i guarantee, for "thunderthief" i only rely on reviews - are amaizing and highly progressive. you should all definitely give "zooma" a try. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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micky wrote:Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 09:26
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I'll also go with Jones, understated and underrated, though as talented a multi-instrumentalist and composer as you can find. Incidentally, his solo output has been submitted quite often for addition to our database, but as usually happens things haven't gone anywhere yet. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 09:31
IMO his work is a perfect candidate for... actually, art rock
 I guess the submissions only had - as almost always - the name and the proposition. If only I could get my hands on "Thunderthief", I would then come up with full bio, the mandatory samples, etc... ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 09:38
I'll be very happy to add him and credit you with the bio, if you managed to do that. I'm actually rather curious as to his solo output, since I've read very positive remarks about it. |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 09:46
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Thanks. It's in my submissions work-plan , but I don't know how long it'll take. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 17 2007 at 09:46
Zooma is a great album, at least I thought so  .... I think he would be a good fit for AR actually------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Kid-A
Date Posted: February 18 2007 at 08:14
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Jimmy Page - by a mile.
Except for the heroin years. ------------- 
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: February 18 2007 at 13:14
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Page. ------------- 
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: February 22 2007 at 12:47
Um just like to point out that bass is important for a rock band unless the guitarist has an incredible sense of timing. The bassist holds the song together with the rhythm mixed with the groove. At least this is the way I see it and when I jam with my brother and his friend if I screw up everybody else screws up(except the drummer since he's keeping time as well) since they are relyingon the bass to keep the rhythm and the groove.
Back on topic:
John Paul Jones by a mile an not just because I'm a bassist but because I am learning piano/organ
 . But seriously John Paul Jones held Led Zeppelin together without his outstanding and varied musicianship |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 06:33
Your right bassismylife  , I meant that bass is not important from the point of view of the public's perception, it's not a show-off instrument. Bass really is fundamental for the music side of a band, but people came to see and hear Page's solos, Plant's singing, and even Bonham's drumming; few could tell how important are the other instruments for the band's overall sound, attitude, music.
However your last proposition I can not back up. Led Zeppelin was the band, and that was proved by the unfortunate event of 1980. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 06:44
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The bass is definitely the least understood or appreciated instrument in a rock band.. imo, the most important one.
Having said that, I am saddened that Bonham's magic is forgotten. 
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 06:50
The simple fact that the band never reformed is a gesture of memory and appreciation towards Bonzo... RIP & thanks, Big B. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 23 2007 at 06:56
| Yes, and in fact, they could not go on. And not out of pain or loss, but because they were not the special entity called Led Zeppelin without him. I don't know if the same could be said of Jones. |
Posted By: Speesh
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 10:44
| All of the members were very talented and important. My favorite would have to be John Paul Jones though, for the same reasons people listed above. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 10:49
What I think I meant by that was it was his ability to play different instruments that allowed Led Zeppelin to explore different aspects of music such as folk. He was a good connecting piece between albums. I forgot to mention Bonham in my post. He deserves honorable mentions. |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: March 03 2007 at 10:52
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John Paul Jones...the only musician that ever really mastered numerous intruments the way he did. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: March 10 2007 at 20:10
| Robert Plant. he is awesome. |
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: March 11 2007 at 20:44
| jinmy page |
Posted By: herring
Date Posted: March 12 2007 at 12:06
JPJ
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Posted By: Maga
Date Posted: March 13 2007 at 00:06
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jpj!! awesome musician! and a fox hahha ------------- "be honest and unmerciful" |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 14 2007 at 22:33
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With time & hindsight, John Paul Jones. Page, at times, has kind of messed up his rep. Plant is only now owning up to having taken a few bits from older blues, but at least when he went solo, he went his own way. His latest almost matches his work with Zep. But JPJ, well, he helped start a label as a musician's co-op. Zep biographies mention his unease at claiming re-worked blues riffs as their own compositions (Black Dog >) ), & if the group had continued (whether or not Bonzo had lived on), he likely would have become a more important part of the group, & helped them "modernize" their classic sound. |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: March 20 2007 at 18:33
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El papa of all guitarist MR. JIMMY PAGE ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Axel Dyberg
Date Posted: January 10 2008 at 13:45
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John Bonham! The power and groove combined made him the perfect drummer. And Moby Dick live (Not least the 15 minute version on the Led Zeppelin DVD) proves that he was the powerhouse everyone says he is, and then some! ------------- 
''WE'RE BALLS TO THE WALL, MAN'' |
Posted By: sean
Date Posted: January 10 2008 at 13:49
| John Paul Jones for his versatility. He's vastly underrated in my opinion, it seems that Page and Plant get all of the attention. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 10 2008 at 14:55
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Jones for me too. On a side note to progismylife: You don't really need a bass player, and you don't need a guitar player with incredible timing to hold it all together either. Just have a look at VdGG. No bass and very rarely any guitar at all. And when there is some, Hammill likes to mess around with the timing on purpose. It works fantastic nevertheless. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: January 10 2008 at 15:15
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Bonham for me (John that is). I know he's not the most talented in the band, but what a sympathetic and versatile player! ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: January 12 2008 at 07:37
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It was the sum of all the parts that made Zeppelin great, in fact if you look at all the great bands this was the case and that's what puts them at the top of their game, the interaction of 3,4 or 5 great players in perfect harmony with each other.
I'll go with Page though, an extremely inventive player although he could be somewhat sloppy in a live situation.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 12 2008 at 11:59
| john paul jones. but they were all good. |
Posted By: Jshutt64
Date Posted: January 12 2008 at 23:41
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Everyone in Zeppelin was an amazing musician, this is true. That being said, Plant, Page, and Bonham can't lay a finger on John Paul Jones. He was so diverse in his musical abilities, and he was FANTASTIC at everything he picked up.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 00:18
| John Henry Bonham |
Posted By: hasheten
Date Posted: January 17 2008 at 21:29
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 17 2008 at 21:41
| ^ shame he lost so much range by '73, but he was still amazing and made up for it with passion |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 17 2008 at 22:26
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I have to say that I was always partial to JPJ...
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Real Paradox
Date Posted: January 21 2008 at 17:33
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John Paul Jones ,beacause of its versatil style and stylish instrumental grooves in folkish Zep songs...It just puts everything together ,and its fun to watch him be so shy when it comes to stage presence. ------------- What is This? It is what keeps us going... |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: January 24 2008 at 22:55
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Jimmy Page, you all know why.
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: January 24 2008 at 22:57
Because he played guitar  Not so much of a fan of his sloppiness live though...------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 24 2008 at 23:53
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^ Plant loved it and felt it was vital to Zep's sound-- had he been a cleaner player, it really wouldn't have been the same ..and have you watched SRtS lately, that is one friggin great performance regardless of the sloppiness |