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post #31 of 40
1/10/12 at 2:28am
Going bit offtopic here, wonder where Ian Gillian would stand between them?
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post #32 of 40
1/12/12 at 9:13pm
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Originally Posted by Skorpitarius View Post

2 different singers ... different styles / sounds ... both bands can be said to be blatantly commercial but The Guess Who especially so ... (and Canadian NOT British ) .

http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/led-zeppelin-l-a-times/
 

"Jimmy Page, relaxing on the eve of the group’s packing 53,000 into San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium, seems reluctant to pinpoint Led Zeppelin’s appeal. “We’ve never really been involved in the media,” he reflects. “We’ve never done a TV program and air play, of course, is limited because of the fact that we don’t record singles. The record company may release an album track as a 45 here in the States, but this band has never set out to make a hit single. We’ve never had a single in England, for example. Quite honestly, I don’t know why we’ve had such phenomenal success. Perhaps you could relate it to street music and the fact that people feel more of an affinity to Zep’s music because it’s not constantly hammered down their throats from every direction. All I can say is that whenever we’ve gone on stage or into the studio, we’ve always done our best."

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post #33 of 40
1/12/12 at 9:17pm

Robert Plant = Golden God

 

And yes, Cummings may have been better in a "classical sense," but when it comes to rock and roll, there is really no comparison.  Plant's style of singing was a HUGE influence for other singers in years to come...look at Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, every hair metal band, Van Halen (and Van Hager), Guns N Roses etc.

 

 


Edited by subzer0 - 1/12/12 at 9:26pm
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post #34 of 40
1/15/12 at 12:26pm
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For a Canadian Rock singer I am more of an Alex Machin guy (The singer from A Foot In Coldwater, the band that played "Make Me Do Anything You Want").

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Yeah, I saw them play actually.

 

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post #35 of 40
1/19/12 at 7:37pm
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Yeah, I saw them play actually.

 


Just my personal opinion, but at their peak, they were The Greatest Canadian Rock Band of all time.

That;s why they are shown in my Avatar.

 

BTW, 2 thumbs up for Ian Gillan.
 

 

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post #36 of 40
1/20/12 at 4:01am

I don't know of many vocalists who could do this at 50 biggrin.gif

1:49

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post #37 of 40
1/20/12 at 11:30am



 

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Just my personal opinion, but at their peak, they were The Greatest Canadian Rock Band of all time.

That;s why they are shown in my Avatar.

 

BTW, 2 thumbs up for Ian Gillan.
 

 


Being they were a Toronto area band, you must be from southern Ontario?
 

 

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post #38 of 40
1/21/12 at 5:35am
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Being they were a Toronto area band, you must be from southern Ontario?
 



I grew up in Toronto.

Still live in Southwest Ontario.

 

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post #39 of 40
1/21/12 at 5:45am
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I don't know of many vocalists who could do this at 50 biggrin.gif

1:49



Plant and Page are both outstanding in that clip!   Thanks for the link!

Not too sure why "Clarksdale" was such a boring album.

 

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post #40 of 40
1/21/12 at 8:08am
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I grew up in Toronto.

Still live in Southwest Ontario.

 


London, I knew it. Just kidding (but that's my guess).
 

 

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