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progismylife
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Posted: October 27 2006 at 09:45 |
Actually Battle Of Evermore and another song (I can't remember the name right now) had strong influences from Tolkien.
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Atavachron
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Posted: October 27 2006 at 18:11 |
...and I think Plant grew up near where Tolkien set his books.
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the icon of sin
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Posted: October 27 2006 at 18:29 |
Atavachron wrote:
...and I think Plant grew up near where Tolkien set his books. |
Funny you should say that...I live about 5 minutes walk from one of the many places Tolkien gained inspiration for Fangorn/Mirkwood descriptions. At the end of the first film, at Amon Hen (where the Urak Hai kidnap Merry and Pippin), I swear one of the screenshots was set in the woods 5 minutes from my house! Credit to Peter Jackson and co. for sticking so damn close to Tolkein's various woodland descriptions - which are often so impenetrable I simply can't read them.
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Atavachron
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Posted: October 27 2006 at 20:58 |
It sounds lovely. England was by far my favorite place when I visited the Isles and Europe. I'm Scottish, btw
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progismylife
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Posted: October 28 2006 at 06:37 |
Atavachron wrote:
It sounds lovely. England was by far my favorite place when I visited the Isles and Europe. I'm Scottish, btw |
I have scottish ancestry but am technically English because my dad was born here.
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Atavachron
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Posted: October 28 2006 at 22:13 |
progismylife wrote:
Atavachron wrote:
It sounds lovely. England was by far my favorite place when I visited the Isles and Europe. I'm Scottish, btw |
I have scottish ancestry but am technically English because my dad was born here. |
If it's not Scottish it's crap
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Prog-jester
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Posted: October 29 2006 at 04:41 |
mystic fred wrote:
Prog-jester wrote:
LZ got me into the whole thing.I play giutar because of Jimmy Page; I listen to classic rock because of them; I'm in prog now because of LZ - once (5 years ago) I bought a book with their name on the cover(pretty rare thing in my town).It was about 5 performers - LZ, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Elton John and Eric Clapton.Forgot about the last two,but with the first three I'm still in love!!! |
strange book - what was *Elton John* doing amongst that distinguished company??
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Well,the book was based on Seva Novgorodzev's (well-known Russian radio-DJ,now lives in London) programms about rockers of the past.Maybe his affection to EJ is something personal?
Edited by Prog-jester - October 29 2006 at 04:41
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Prog-jester
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Posted: October 29 2006 at 04:43 |
progismylife wrote:
I dont really care about Elton John. BUt you forgot about Eric Clapton?!?!?[ |
I listen to CREAM sometimes,but nothing more.Even Layla didn't touch me
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progismylife
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Posted: October 29 2006 at 04:48 |
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M. B. Zapelini
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Posted: October 29 2006 at 05:28 |
This is my LZ list, in order of preference:
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin (IV or Untitled or 4 Symbols or ZoSo, you name it - this is the album which features "Stairway..." - ooops, I forgot this particular song title )
Physical Graffitti
Presence
Led Zeppelin (first album)
In Through the Out Door
By the way, "Led Zeppelin" is one of the best box sets ever.
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"He's a man of the past and one of the present"
PETER HAMMILL
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dedokras
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Posted: January 15 2007 at 08:56 |
I can rarely get bored with Led Zep. I only partially dislike their first album (too bluesy for me), Presence (some dull songs, but Achilles alone makes it worth listening to) and In through... (same as Presence). Actually I think they made most of hard rock/blues-rock bands sound absolutely useless and disposable (I won't give examples because I don't want to offend anyone)
Edited by dedokras - January 15 2007 at 08:56
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Posted: January 15 2007 at 09:03 |
As Led Zep are now part of the site, I'll move this thread to the PP and PR Lounge.
My favourite album by them is of course "IV", followed by "Houses of the Holy" and "III". "Physical Graffiti" has a bit too much filler towards the end, while "Presence", as uneven as it may be, contains some killer tracks. Personally, I'm not a big fan of the first two albums, for all their raw energy and freshness.
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Posted: January 15 2007 at 09:05 |
Atavachron wrote:
...and I think Plant grew up near where Tolkien set his books. |
Indeed - though Tolkien's books are set in an imaginary land rather than in real-life England. Plant is from Birmingham, and Tolkien grew up in the Birmingham area, before moving to Oxford to pursue his higher education.
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