Would you turn down $800 Million?

[twoByFour]

Robert Plant was so sick of "Stairway", that he once pledged money to a US NPR station that promised to NEVER play it.

 

[Kindofblue]

I've seen better bands at open mics. Ive played in better bands. My friends are in better bands. I could walk into any music store blindfolded and randomly reach down and grab an album better than this bunch of wailing, screeching, velvet panted prancing nancies. Boring and bloated in the 70s. Embarrassing now.

In case you can't tell... I reeeeeaaaaallllllly hate zeppelin. Worst waste of fm bandwidth and natural resources ever.

and I thought I had read stupid things on the internet before. *Not even a huge zeppelin fan myself either but that was dumb haha.

 

[morgansterne]

I turned on the car radio in the middle of "Kashmir" and my 8 year old daughter said "I think this guy is the worst singer ever!" I told her about the comedian who said that Robert Plant learned to sing when he accidentally slammed his fingers in a car door.
so it is possible to have this opinion genuinely and not just for trolling purposes. All the same, she didn't judge them based on their velvet pants, so I think her opinion of them is a little more valid than eyeballkid's.

I liked Plant's solo stuff where he's not wailing quite so much, like "big log", "in the mood", and I personally think Raising Sand is totally brilliant.

 

[cronker]

Totally different genre, but remember a few years back when ABBA turned down $1bn to reform for a concert series? They simply said "no one wants to see us a old folk doing what we were famous for 20 odd years ago"
Makes sense.

 

[eyeballkid]

I like velvet pants!
Honest! Im a huge Prince fan! That little man can sing like a purply velvety songbird!

Ps. Prince's band cooks!

 

[MHensleyJr]

I would turn down $800 million if I was Robert Plant...

 

[fhm555]

Bullseye. With a net worth of $170 million, it's not hard to imagine he just isn't motivated by money at this point in his life/career. Given the music he's made during the past 15 years, it's also not hard to imagine that his tastes are varied enough that he doesn't feel motivated to do an entire night of Zep music -- and it's well known that he lost his ability to hit those high notes a long time ago.

Strictly a personal opinion, but I'd rather see a band like Train do a full show of Zep covers than see Page and Plant with a couple ringers do a full set of Zep songs.

I also wholeheartedly agree that Plant's recent work is where he wants to be. I suspect he does what makes him happy and if that was old Zep tunes, that's what he'd be doing. Also a personal opinion, but I've pretty much liked most of what he's done since leaving Zep.

 

[Stranger Danger]

I'd be super-pissed if I was Jimmy or JPJ.

 

[Jared Lash]

Every band is hated but while Led Zeppelin could be goofy (espevially lyrically), sloppy, ocassionally grating and diwnright thieving (in a musical sense) I always dug them. More so when i was younger but still a great rock band. That said I'm not really interested in seeing a reunion tour.

On the other hand, I think Plant's new album is the best solo work he's ever done (better than Raising Sand with Alison Krauss which I also really liked) and I'd definitely pay to go see those songs performed live.

 

[DwaynieAD]

The only thing zepplin pioneered was plagiarising other artists.

 

[millsbass5]

What a f**king idiot. And, I don't wanna hear no damn excuses about him maybe not wanting to do it because it doesn't agree with his "artistic side". F**k that sh!t. Take the money and run like hell, Robert. If there's idiots out there willing to spend damn near a week's worth of wages to go see 'em (imbeciles), I'd sure as hell do it for damn near 300 million.

THERE IS NO LED ZEPPELIN ANYMORE. Zep went away when Bonham left the building.

 

[Joebone]

John's blood son who actually kicks serious ass on drums and knows his dad's drumming probably as well as John knew it himself is pretty much reviving John Bonham back from the grave I would think.

"pretty much..." close only counts in hand grenades and horseshoes~

 

[Gully Foyle]

just a side note on mr. plant and zeppelin...

i would pay good money to buy those albums remastered without the vocals, plant was the weak link, and its aged badly. if i never hear another jrr tolkien reference in a song, that would be delightful.

 

[Stranger Danger]

I just want Jimmy's dragon pants.

 

[JMacBass65]

The ended abruptly when Bonzo died - the right call at the time, I think most agree. That said - it left me wanting, as I had never seen them, was 14 at the time, and was a huge fan.

I got my fix by seeing Plant a number of times in the 80s, and Page with The Firm around the same time, and then also on the Outrider tour. I always felt Plant had the better, more adventurouse solo career, even though I was more of a Page "fan". The Firm was really only OK, it had to do, and I never bought Outrider, or Page/Coverdale etc.

I think the O2 show in 2007 was the perfect way to go out.

All of the "reunions" they had before were a disaster, until 2007. It was perfect, they were tighter than they had been since 1972. Sure, they had to adjust some keys to help Robert, and he had to adjust his approach to some things, but so what? They killed it. Page was better than he had been in decades, and so many of the songs benefited from the shorter arrangements when compared to the 70s live excesses (which I thought were cool at the time, but in retrospect.......).

And.......as much as that show seemed to indicate that they could, now, go out w/o Bonzo, thanks to Jason's legitimate claim to the (drum) throne , call themselves Zeppelin, and do the music and legacy justice, I think Robert makes the right call here.

Don't get me wrong - I'd have been first in line for tix had they gone for it. But I think it likely that it might not have lived up to the high standard that O2 set, and that would have been a shame.

When Bonzo died, they were denied the ability to go out on top, I think the O2 gave them that chance, and they pulled it off. Next chapter.

 

[Mystic Michael]

Money is only as good as what it can do, since you can't eat it, have sex with it, or anything else.

I do believe there are those of my fellow Americans who have attempted to have sex with it. Donald Trump has probably perfected the practice.

MM

 

[Spectrum]

Ive played in better bands.

Than Led Zeppelin? Now there's a bold statement.

 

[AaronVonRock]

I really dig Zeppelin and am glad that are not getting back together. Bonham is dead, they are well into their 60s, and they will never sound like they did during their heyday ever again.

Brian May and Roger Taylor please take note.

 

[groooooove]

he doesn't need the money, and doesnt want to do it.

simple as that

 

[GregC]

I applaud Plant for doing what makes him happy and not simply milking fans for as much as he can. I know this goes against the TB whore-yourself-out-at-every-opportunity credo. But I think the Gordon Gekko approach has resulted in a lot of crappy music.