Led Zeppelin may record new songs

Rock legends Led Zeppelin have said they may write new songs on the back of their London reunion gig next month.

The veteran rock band's guitarist Jimmy Page said he would be "really surprised if there wasn't".

"We're musicians - as we're playing we'll probably be coming up with all manner of things," he told Canadian newspaper The Winnipeg Sun.

"That will be fun. Let's do the O2 show, shall we? And then we'll speak to you afterwards," added the musician.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7049242.stm

Cool

, I'm great, thanks Roverman....

The last combined effort by Page and Plant (Walking into Clarksdale) was quite decent, but was lacking JPJ's influence. Hopefully they'll come up with something strong, although I have to admit that I have my doubts. Don't misunderstand me, I love Led Zeppelin, but sometimes reunions can be a bit of a let down, as has been said earlier.

andu wrote: Clarksdale decent?! I thought that was one of the best (non-prog) albums of the 90s!

I found it bland & inferior to just about all of Plant's solo stuff except for his third album Shaken n Stirred. And while I'm curious to see what a modern Zep might come up with, I think we'd be better off checking Jonesy's solo stuff for musical clues as to what might come out. Page hasn't written good or great music consistently since Presence. In Through the Out Door was mostly Plant/Jones, The Firm had more Paul Rodgers than Page & Page's solo album had 1-2 really good songs, with the rest being tired & aimless. Maybe all those years of being the "quiet" one have left John Paul Jones with more living brain cells than Jimmy ?

Well if Clarksdale is "bland" and those Firm songs were "really good", then it's definitely a (major) difference in tastes... Not going to argue about it.

I rather wish they wouldn't reform.  They still have their legacy intact.  Unlike some acts which age gracefully and seem capable of scoring again, based on solo careers I believe Zep new material would be pretty lame. 

Yeah! Great! Hope they can carry the rock n' roll after so much time!

Anyone who has heard Plant's solo album of 2005, 'Mighty Rearranger', wouldn't say he doesn't have gas left in the tank, IMHO. I'd recommend that one unreservedly to Zeppelin fans, personally speaking. I play it a hell of a lot more than 'Coverdale Page' (a heck of a lot of cliches on this one, IMHO) and 'Walking Into Clarksdale' (I don't find this to be all that great, either- need to play it again, I guess).

Haven't heard Plant's new one yet. I believe it's a country-style album and whilst I'm no country fan by any stretch (a few isolated exceptions aside, most of it bores me to death!), I'll still give it a listen as it's good, IMHO, that he's still trying out new things. Page I'm less sure of; have not heard 'Outrider' but the only major projects he's been involved in- The Firm, Coverdale/Page, that collaboration with The Black Crowes- have been rather backward looking compared to Plant, IMHO. John Paul Jones' 'The Thunderthief' is a very proggy album and, like Plant, shows he's still got some innovative ideas.

Edited by salmacis - October 21 2007 at 17:37

Yeah the way i think of it Page and Plant Unplugged is an amazing dvd showing their possibly just as creative in the nineties as they were in the 70's,and with plants and jp's albums being a high standard still shows they could do it and sound fresh.Combine all of that together you have Led Zeppelin,slight optimism lol whatever they'll do it will be good but all people will do is compare to their seventies albums.