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    Posted: June 27 2005 at 08:14

Well I saw Robert Plant in concert last night.. and I have to say he sounds really great.  His set seems a bit short, it only about an hour and a half, but then that probably will help him keep his voice up longer for this tour.  He did the stuff from the new album and of course a few LZ numbers, such as Tangerine and Whole Lotta Love...  It was really a great evening.

Here's a few pics:

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2005 at 14:55

Good pics!

Planty has still got it! You must have been fairly close. Did you have an access all areas pass?? What with your special connections

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2005 at 22:07
What do you think I did to get him to smile at me like that?? 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2005 at 05:31
Well, his lower half is mostly in shadow, anything could be going on down there
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2005 at 08:38
I don't think I was that close when I took the picture...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2005 at 22:30

honestly, i think that Plant's new stuff is waaaay more interesting than Zeppelin's. Maybe not better musically, per se, but more interesting, no doubt.

i likes the African influences.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2005 at 23:51
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2005 at 23:53
Im not a big zep fan(with the exception of led zepplin 4, brilliant album), less of a fan of Mr.Plants solo stuff, but Im tempted to see him with my old pal rob the plant when he comes by.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2005 at 11:07
Wow, great photos! I have tickets to see him in Oakland and am really looking forward to it. Thanks for the preview...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2005 at 12:13
Great photos as ever 3f.

I saw Mr Plant on 'Later With Jools Holland' (BBC2 music program) recently and it looked like David Rhodes of Peter Gabriel fame was playing in his band. Was he playing the night you were there or have I been sniffing too many tea bags again?


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2005 at 07:29
Originally posted by threefates threefates wrote:

Well I saw Robert Plant in concert last night.. and I have to say he sounds really great.  His set seems a bit short, it only about an hour and a half, but then that probably will help him keep his voice up longer for this tour.  He did the stuff from the new album and of course a few LZ numbers, such as Tangerine and Whole Lotta Love...  It was really a great evening.


Here's a few pics:






He made a concert in Paris few days ago...
I listen to it en direct on the radio.
Some great moments, and he improved his voice (softer)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2005 at 12:44
I think his latest LP is blinding and I'm most impressed that he's using younger musicians who have worked with the likes of Roni Size and Portishead. The fact that the young bucks have written the music too is especially pleasing.Shows he's not too egotistical to let the less famous people involved use their creativity. Best thing he's done since Physical Graffitti.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2005 at 14:23

Originally posted by sigod sigod wrote:

Great photos as ever 3f.

I saw Mr Plant on 'Later With Jools Holland' (BBC2 music program) recently and it looked like David Rhodes of Peter Gabriel fame was playing in his band. Was he playing the night you were there or have I been sniffing too many tea bags again?


I saw the same performance - I was massively impressed by his track on Festival In The Desert, and his new material takes the same ideas even further. Mighty Rearranger is one of the albums of the year IMO, and he's in fine voice and Mrs Syzygy reckons he looks very good in a middle aged sort of way.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2005 at 17:49
Robert Plant rocks, even today.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2005 at 17:56
What time can do...

I cant see the old Plant in these photos...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2005 at 16:23
I should be seeing him at this years WOMAD, assuming the tickets get sorted ok. Billy Cobham is also appearing this year, along with much other good though mostly non prog stuff.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2005 at 08:12

Shook hands with and thanked Mr. Plant for his contributions to all my teenage rock 'n roll fantasies after seeing him and his Band of Joy (the lads Plant and Bonham played with before Page nabbed them up) at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2000.  Had an all access thingy from the newspaper I worked for and even got to videotape most of his 30 minute set.  They did a Donovan number and he retooled some old folksy blues.....they even included a number they wrote back in '68!

That said, Guy Clark's set brought me to tears, Billy Bragg did his WoodyGuthrie bit (with Ian Mclagan and a rockin' band), Ani DiFranco wowed me, and Dr. John laid some "fonk" on the folky crowd.  Plant, who went on at 5:30p was basically forgotten by the end of the night.

I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2005 at 08:24
His latest album is brilliant! His solo work is far better than Plant-Page, which is good too, but not outstanding - and Plant's last three albums are outstanding: "Dreamland", "Sixty-Six to Timbuktu" (this is the perfect compilation) and "Mighty Rearranger".
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2005 at 11:51
I was fortunate to see Robert Plant at WOMAD earlier this year and he was brilliant though I don't feel him or the band really opened up until about the last two songs of the main set but they were on fire for the encore.  His voice is still great and he can hit those impossible high notes with consummate ease.  His band are amazing, Justin Adams his guitar player, played with Jah Wobble for a while and there must have honed those Arabic and African influences which were prevalent on Mighty Rearranger.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2005 at 20:47
Originally posted by Rob The Plant Rob The Plant wrote:

What a perfect human being.




Actually I think Plant was quite an ass back in the day. His lyrics were very
womanizing (with the exceptions of a few good numbers a la No Quarter,
Stairway to Heaven, Achilles last stand....) I really hate the fact that Zeps
lyrics were so bad (once again, with a few exceptions.)

Now on the other hand I think Plant has changed a bit. His lyrics are
better now than they were in Zeppelin and a hell of a lot more
meaningful. Keep in mind, I'm a big Zeppelin fan giving them critisizm,
not just someone that wants to critisize a band he/she doesn't like.
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In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
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