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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Led Zeppelin fans and Jimmy Page
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 10:44:38 EDT
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>>> I saw Santana,Knopfler, and heard Clapton at Live-Aid.  I see nothing wrong
>>> with saying that Page held his own against all of these heavyweights.

>>Perhaps this says more about the status of those "heavyweights" than anything
>>else... :-?

>            Yeah,I love follow-ups.Somebody takes two lines from your 
>        article,comes up with a cute rebuttal,and "runs rings 'round...etc."
>        I guess when you're presented with the opportunity to see Mick Jagger
>        trip over himself in a video of the 724th remake of "Dancin' in the
>        Streets",and then later (live,no less),attempt a rape of Tina Turner,
>        a couple of old farts like Page and Plant just won't do.

Not when they simply weren't up to snuff.  They're not "great" just because
you say they're great, or because you like to think they're great, or because
they were great.  (I really have no idea what real point Mr. Palena is trying
to make.)  Jimmy Page has a face and brain that have essentially turned to
liquid as a result of overuse of a certain drug.  It shows in his playing.
The man is simply not the great guitarist he was when he recorded "Rock and
Roll",  "Communications Breakdown", "Heartbreaker", "Immigrant Song", "The
Crunge".  Nor is Clapton the same guitarist he was when he recorded "Layla",
"Tales of Brave Ulysses", "Little Wing", etc.  To say that they are is to
denigrate the people who are really guitarists today.  What Jagger does is
irrelevant, since if anything he qualifies as an even older fart.

> I mean who cares if it was the last time that "Stairway to Heaven" may ever
> be performed by the two.

If it wasn't performed well, indeed, who cares?  (I might even be tempted to
say "Good riddance" after that performance.)  Hey, I watched it too and was
impressed that they got back together and all, but on second watching I found
the whole set to be wanting.

>	 I mean if Jones is a bit overweight that just ruins the whole
> 	 experience.

Strange set of values, there.  I didn't like it merely because I didn't like
the performance.  Jones' obesity (which I didn't notice and haven't noticed
yet in seeing interviews of him, so I have no idea what you're talking about)
was and is a non-issue.

>                                   Just another timely contribution to
>                                         net.KateBush,
>                                           Larry Palena,

It's apparent where this person is coming from.
-- 
"Meanwhile, I was still thinking..."
				Rich Rosen  ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr