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    Posted: October 27 2009 at 19:30
If Bonham hadn't died in 1980, and the band had gone on to conquer the 80s as they did the 70s, what musical direction do you think they would have pursued? 

On their last studio album, 1979's In Through The Out Door, the role John Paul Jones played in the songwriting was increased dramatically. There is a noticeable amount of synths in many of the songs. Especially Carouselambra. 

I think they may have further gone down the synth pop route if they had continued. Look at what many of the other 70s bands were doing when the 80s arrived. Yes and Genesis went pop. Rush took on Police influences. The Who and Queen also went a little disco-y. 

I think Zep may have taken this route, too. 
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Points: 65494 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2009 at 19:33
perhaps--  if Plant's solo albums are an indication of a direction they may have taken, along with Page's and Jones's work..  they were by nature progressive so I suspect they'd have continued making quality music and not lost their identity the way Floyd did
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

perhaps--  if Plant's solo albums are an indication of a direction they may have taken, along with Page's and Jones's work..  they were by nature progressive so I suspect they'd have continued making quality music and not lost their identity the way Floyd did


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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2009 at 20:35
I could have seen them go a more pop-rock direction. This would be very unfortunate, so let's just be glad it never happenedBig smile

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Originally posted by J-Man J-Man wrote:

I could have seen them go a more pop-rock direction. This would be very unfortunate, so let's just be glad it never happenedBig smile

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In Througn The out Door was such a great album. I think they would have developed from this, but not in a pop direcrion.
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Points: 65494 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2009 at 21:05
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

In Througn The out Door was such a great album.


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Points: 3577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2009 at 21:19
Or in that horrible Foreigner  (80's albums) direction.




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Originally posted by Kashmir75 Kashmir75 wrote:


On their last studio album, 1979's In Through The Out Door, the role John Paul Jones played in the songwriting was increased dramatically.


Mostly because Page was very badly strung out, if I recall.
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At some point in the '80s I bought Plant's The Principle of Moments.  This is a fine rock album, which I'd like to think would have been all the better had those old remaining Zeps been involved.  I still love Big Log. 
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I liked In Through The Out Door. People complain that it isn't Zep. Well, it is certainly a step in another musical direction, but Zeppelin were known for experimentation and trying new things. The last two albums come in for a lot of flak, don't they? I enjoyed the flirtations with funk and disco on Presence; and the synth-heavy approach on Out Door. 
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Fate of Nations by Robert Plant perhaps the closest to LZ sound for latter day speculation.
 
I am thrilled they have done some live work with Jason Bonham but LZ regardless of the tragedy that ended the band finished on a high....and nothing in terms of modern day sound could replace that IMOSmile
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If Led Zeppelin continued into the 80's and became a synth band I would probably just listen to their old stuff and abandon their newer stuff just like Genesis.
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Synth is not necessarily bad.
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They continued to do what the great groups did in the eighties...but they wouldn't do horribles records a la Genesis o YES...they would do good records like Queen.
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Originally posted by Trianium Trianium wrote:

They continued to do what the great groups did in the eighties...but they wouldn't do horribles records a la Genesis o YES...they would do good records like Queen.



LOL...?

Or they would have followed the same path as Jethro Tull or Blue Öyster Cult.
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I think it would eventually be a cross between Plant's principle of moments and Page's collaboration with Coverdale.A more heavy rock thing.I used to think they would become more experimental but now I look at the progression from Presence and their solo careers and it seems the most logical.



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Points: 4160 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2009 at 17:21
Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Fate of Nations by Robert Plant perhaps the closest to LZ sound for latter day speculation.
 
I am thrilled they have done some live work with Jason Bonham but LZ regardless of the tragedy that ended the band finished on a high....and nothing in terms of modern day sound could replace that IMOSmile


Ditto.

I think they would have both good and bad moments, just as many of the dinosaur rock bands that continued activity in the 80's and 90's. I absolutely love Fate Of Nations - it's a sound of mature Led Zeppelin even more than Page & Plant projects (although I love that too). I have a love-hate relationship with Coverdale/Page and I absolutely hate Now and Zen...and Honeydrippers...well, the less said, the better.

By the way, is The Firm any good and perhaps worth checking?
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I've seen some live footage with The Firm and I didn't lke it much. It wasn't bad but it wasn't very good either.

My favourite post 1980 original Zepp-related material is Page/Plant's "Walking In Clarksdale", but that was in 1997 and can't give any clue about how would Zepp have sounded in the 80s. Probably Plant's first two solo albums are the best indicator for that. Did you know it's Phil Collins on the drums on those two albums?
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Points: 4160 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2009 at 17:42
No, but I'm not surprised at all. It seems Phil Collins was everywhere in the 80's..he was even playing drums for Jethro Tull briefly...
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