Led Zeppelin Returns

[cyclefreak]

Originally Posted by dlb

Oh one more thing I'll share with you since this is sexinfo---lost my virginity to Whole Lotta Love!!!!!!!!!

Must have been during the theremin bit!

[dlb]

Originally Posted by cyclefreak

Must have been during the theremin bit!

The theremin bit was cool! I am impressed that you know what a theremin is, unless of course you are a musician. I didn't loose it at the concert though. Whole Lotta Love was on the radio the first time I got laid and on the studio track there is no theremin, Page just bows the guitar instead. For all the people who think that a Zep reunion of any sort would be disappointing or that any time a great band from the past reforms without one of then original members I would point to the Rolling Stones ( Ronnie Wood replaced Mick Taylor who replaced Brian Jones- and they never officially replaced Bill Wyman, yet they still rock hard!), Yes, who have had three lead gutarists(at least),three drummers(at least) I can't keep up with keyboardists ( Kaye, Wakeman, Moraz, Wakeman again and then...?) and I am too lazy to look up whether anyone besides Chris Squire ever played bass.

Deep Purple! At the height of their popularity in the 70s the lineup was Ian Gillan-lead vocal, Richie Blackmore-guitar,Jon lord -keyboards, Roger Glover-bass, Iain Paice-drums. The only original member in that lineup was Lord. I performed with them in 2000. The lineup was Steve Morse-guitar, Paice-drums, Glover-bass,Lord-keyboards and vocals shared by Gillan and Ronnie James Dio, who you may recall once replaced Ozzy Osborne in Black Sabbath. It was a kickass band and the concerts were kickass too. The only drawback that found was so many of the younger concert goers seemed to want to listen to nothing but Smoke on the Water for 2 1/2 hours-LOL!

[cyclefreak]

Well, I'd been listening to Whole Lotta Love for a long time without knowing how they made those noises in the middle section. It was only some years later after I saw a TV documentary about the theremin and Clara Rockmore that I put two and two together and realised that was what Led Zeppelin must have used. Some time later, I saw 'The Song Remains The Same' DVD, and there is Jimmy Page using a theremin on stage.

And as for Deep Purple, sure everybody wants to hear Smoke On The Water, but give me Black Night any day.

[dlb]

Yeah you see the theremin in Song Remains the Same. When I saw them live Whole Lotta LOve was an encore, but in the middle of Dazed and Confused there was a much extended version of what is seen in that song in the movie-including Page crawling across the stage and apparently praying to his ARP synthesizer! When I saw the Page-Plant show they did it more like the studio version.

[cyclefreak]

I don't recall them using a theremin on stage at the concert I went to here in Australia (many moons ago, in another lifetime), but I do remember Jimmy Page playing his guitar with a violin bow during 'Dazed and Confused'.