Page & Plant

I have No Quarter, and I find it definitely Prog-Related at least. I remember reading some similar comments on the album some time ago, though I think Prog-Folk might be a better category for them than Heavy Prog.

I think Bob is right, therefore we should treat Page& Plant like a different entry. I haven't listened to the album in a long time, but I'll do so later today, so that I can have a clearer opinion. 

Thanks for revealing my spelling/typing delinquency there Mandi!

I am now listening to the album, so that I can have it fresh in my memory before I express any further opinions. As far as I can remember, though, I would say it could even fit in Prog-Folk, due to the strong Middle Eastern influences, as well as to the participation of a group of North African musicians.

Mandrakeroot wrote: I've only 'Walking Into Clarksdale', even if today I go to retrieve 'No Quarter'. I have found most Prog Page & Plant rather than Led Zeppelin.   So: Are Page & Plant eligible for a PA page (Crossover, Heavy... Prog Related)?

Indeed, as Hugues & Raff already mentioned (at least hinted), this duo incarnation is far more proggy than anything Led Zep had ever produced (well, maybe with the exception of White Summer/Black Mountain Side medley )

in fact, No Quarter-Unledded is even proggier than Clarksdale. I strongly recommend you to get it somehow. Drop me a pm to get it through a convenient way

Folk Prog was also the first suitable sub that bumped into my mind. Howerver, being far and away from professing a command on the said genre (let alone being an expert or something), I wouldn't argue so far... (actually an expert is already by my side, anyway!) I would have even said Indo-Raga, if it was only a little closer to the Indian Ocean than the Red Sea! (Egyptian Hossam Ramzy delivers a fantastic job on orchestration & conducting...) maybe it's time to open the new sub as "Arabic Prog", eh ? (just kiddin', we have more than enough of those subs, almost half of which are defined by geographic boundaries rather than musical!)
 
P.S 1: Raff, loved your new sig. Those have to be the cutest kittens taken from the same site (wherever on earth you find those hilarious pics...)

P.S 2: For my team mates & kraut-electronic buddies, if they happen to bump into this thread by any chance: not that I'm back or something, I still have some issues to solve in my personal life (though I already got back into lurking mode within collabs zone genre team topics!). I just wondered whether page & plant made it into the archives, yet... I'll get back to my beloved team works as soon as I get my stuff in order...

oh, if this topic has already mirrored in collabs', let me know, so that I can go there & throw my two cents in!

Just one thing: Rachid Taha isn't a group, he is a French singer who started his career in the early eighties with Carte de Séjour, whose biggest hit was a cover of Charles Trenet's "Douce France".
Yet, I'm not sure to include him in any prog-rock category. I will check his albums to know a bit more about his music (don't forget he also covered the Clash's "Rock the Casbah"!)

As Rachid Taha lives in France since his childhood and has the French citizenship, I consider him as French. Moreover, he DOES speak and sing French (and sometimes in Arab or in English).

About the Page & Plant case, I only listened to their first album, thanks to my father who even saw them on stage at Marseille. But it's been years since I heared this record. I have some good memories of it, so I guess I could enjoy the second one.

Folk Prog... Uhm... ... well... ... It is not 100% corerct... But for Page & Plant is a correct Prog genre!