Led Zep in Concert 12/10/07
Am searching for vids, but in the mean time...
LONDON (AP) — The newest member of Led Zeppelin was given the honor of kicking off the band's reunion Monday night, pounding out the beat before the surviving founders joined in on a near-perfect "Good Times Bad Times."
After the lights went down at London's O2 Arena, newsreel footage of the band arriving in Tampa, Fla., for a 1973 performance was projected onstage. With thousands of fans worked into a frenzy, drummer Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham, began thumping the skittering beat, soon to be joined by guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones and singer Robert Plant.
The song, rarely played live in the band's heyday, proved a perfect starting point for this performance:
"In days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man," sang Plant, showing no trouble reproducing his trademark wail at 59. "Now I've reached that age, I've tried to do all those things the best I can. ... No matter how I try, I find my way to the same old jam."
While Page and Bonham both sported sunglasses, Plant mercifully kept his button-down shirt buttoned up. More...
LONDON (AP) — The newest member of Led Zeppelin was given the honor of kicking off the band's reunion Monday night, pounding out the beat before the surviving founders joined in on a near-perfect "Good Times Bad Times."
After the lights went down at London's O2 Arena, newsreel footage of the band arriving in Tampa, Fla., for a 1973 performance was projected onstage. With thousands of fans worked into a frenzy, drummer Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham, began thumping the skittering beat, soon to be joined by guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones and singer Robert Plant.
The song, rarely played live in the band's heyday, proved a perfect starting point for this performance:
"In days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man," sang Plant, showing no trouble reproducing his trademark wail at 59. "Now I've reached that age, I've tried to do all those things the best I can. ... No matter how I try, I find my way to the same old jam."
While Page and Bonham both sported sunglasses, Plant mercifully kept his button-down shirt buttoned up. More...
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Would have loved to been there for this. Are they going to release a DVD?
I entered about 4 contests to win tickets to this... But no luck!
http://rocknroll.videosift.com/video/LED-ZEPPELIN-Stairway-to-Heaven-LONDON-2007
http://rocknroll.videosift.com/video/Led-Zeppelin-Good-Times-Bad-Times-London-Reunion-Dec-2007
http://www.videosift.com/video/Led-Zeppelin-Reunion-Black-Dog-snippet
You guys are awesome.
And dag, I hope so, but until then we can always Sift 'em up: http://www.videosift.com/video/Led-Zeppelin-Kashmir-2007
yeah. I have friends who were there for it. I feel rather sick thinking about having missed it (i only just arrived back into the country - that's my excuse)
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