Led Zep- if they'd continued into the 80s- synth?
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Topic: Led Zep- if they'd continued into the 80s- synth?
Posted By: Kashmir75
Subject: Led Zep- if they'd continued into the 80s- synth?
Date Posted: October 27 2009 at 19:30
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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. ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 27 2009 at 19:33
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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 |
Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: October 27 2009 at 19:45
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Atavachron wrote:Posted By: J-Man
Date 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 happened -Jeff ------------- 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 27 2009 at 20:39
Seconded big time. Wish they'd stopped with Presence. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 27 2009 at 20:45
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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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 27 2009 at 21:05
amen |
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: October 27 2009 at 21:19
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Or in that horrible Foreigner (80's albums) direction. -------------  |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: October 27 2009 at 21:20
Mostly because Page was very badly strung out, if I recall. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: October 27 2009 at 22:35
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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. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 19:12
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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. ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: October 28 2009 at 21:17
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Fate of Nations by Robert Plant perhaps the closest to LZ sound for latter day speculation.
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Posted By: Xanthous
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 11:40
| 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. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 15:50
| Synth is not necessarily bad. |
Posted By: Trianium
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 16:12
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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. |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 16:31
LOL...? Or they would have followed the same path as Jethro Tull or Blue Öyster Cult. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 16:51
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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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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 17:21
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? ------------- |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 17:32
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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? |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: November 28 2009 at 17:42
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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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