Hello,
Led Zeppelin announced today that they'll be releasing their 2007 reunion concert later this year. It will first appear in movie theatres this October. I've seen many of my favorite bands live but never was able to see the mighty Zep. I saw Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Journey etc. I also saw Page and Plant once, but they just weren't Led Zeppelin. The closest to Led Zeppelin I've experienced so far so far is Robert Plant. I was able to see him twice in concert. (For fellow Salt Lake City area residents, I saw him at the Salt Palace and at Saltair. Saltair didn't seem appropriate for the golden god of rock n' roll to play.) Next to that, seeing "Celebration Day" is probably the closest I'll ever get to seeing Led Zeppelin in concert. In about a month "Celebration Day" will be in the theatre. I hope they crank the sound. It should be loud as hell and kick butt. This is the trailer.
I actually watched/ listened to the complete concert on youtube.com. It was very good. Robert Plant still has a great voice and Jimmy Page is still, well he's still Jimmy Frickin' Page. Jason Bonham is a hell of a drummer like his father and we even got to hear him sing. And no one can discount the contribution of John Paul Jones.
While watching that I remembered there are other full concerts available on youtube. I spent several minutes browsing youtube. I stumbled across Def Leppard "Hysteria" tour, that was a tour that I saw them live on. They were amazing and the video captures that fairly well. Next up was 2012 Van Halen in concert. Eddie Van Halen is still a guitar god, the man is amazing on the guitar. Um but David Lee Roth, it's time to hang it up. He doesn't over sing, which is a good thing. Because if he did, he might keel over. I'm not sure what you would call his vocal style, sort of a weak singing/ talking combination. I only watched a few minutes of that and lost interest quickly. I plan on checking out Motley Crue later.
However first I wanted to see the band that always played with an edge of danger, Guns N' Roses. One just never knew what Axl Rose would do at any time, he might kill someone. I don't think that even Axl at that time knew what he was going to do the next minute. Even Slash snaps at the audience when they were chanting "Guns N's Roses". So with danger in the air and just releasing the duel "Use Your Illusion" CDs, Guns have a ton of songs that they can play. They could also pull out any of the 12 amazing songs from "Appetite For Destruction". (If that's not one of the Top Ten all-time greatest CDs, then I don't know what is.)
Very wisely they start off with two classics from "Appetite". "It's So Easy" with it's famous "f off" line followed by perhaps their best song ever "Mr. Brownstone". They kept the momentum rolling by next playing "Live and Let Die".
Unfortunately we start to learn the wisdom of Mr. Axl Rose, it's not necessarily a place you want to be at. What did Warren Beatty ever do to him that made Axl so mad? Axl also mocks Jeff Beck later. Is Axl crazy, is that where the danger comes from?
Some highlights: Duff McKagen sings a song titled "Attitude". Lenny Kravitz is a guest on the song he and Slash wrote together titled "Always On The Run". It seems like they were trying to protect Axl's voice then. Also the excellent musicians in Guns N Roses dropped in tags of other songs, including Led Zeppelin's "In My Time Of Dying". They also play some Jimi Hendrix, bracketed around "Civil War". Also they play a Rolling Stones cover "Angie/ Wild Horses". The beginning of which sounds a lot like the beginning of "Patience". After the Stones medley then it's time for "Patience".
Here's the link:
If you want to skip the worst part of the show skip from 1:19 to 1:31. When solos become filler it's a show killer.
After the terrific three song beginning, the show slows down. Too much Axl talking, too much dead air. After starting out with some incredible momentum, they let it die. The Axl grandiosity raises it's ugly head as well. You can clearly see the beginning of the end for the classic lineup of Guns N' Roses. Axl needs someone to help him edit songs, the several minute performance of "Estranged" is just too long. (Although the Slash solo in it is very good.) The nearly three minutes of Axl playing the piano singing "It's Alright" is a show stopper.
themusicaddict
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