Yes, This Is Epic

Behold, a full-length performance of Led Zeppelin doing "Black Dog" taken from the movie Celebration Day. If you're not familiar, Celebration Day chronicles Led Zeppelin's big reunion show at England's O2 arena back in 2007.

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[Him]

“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.” --M. Shelley

People like Iommi, like Page, like others, took a lot of what they brought to us from other people. Some more directly than others. They formed it into something that others could take and out of which they could make use. It is in that sense that chaos is relevant . . . there is a chance for something more. The person who stumbles upon that chance and uses it is said to have engaged kairos.

“Invention, using the term most broadly, and imitation, are the two legs, so to call them, on which the human race historically has walked.” --W. James

While I still give Iommi a nod over Page, it stands to reason that most of what both of them did is a refraction of numerous talents, known and unknown, who inspired them.

In that regard, Plant is to Coverdale as Coverdale is to Wolf. Not that it always is a copy of a copy of an original (who was him/herself a copy of someone else).

[Him]

. . . let me add one last thing, something that connects the dots between this topic and a recent one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jJjjNWrAwbE#!

Nice to see him enjoying himself. Lee still has that casual swagger that was so great back in the day.

[bob]

The interesting thing about coverdale is that he didn't start out as a Plant clone. With Deep Purple in the 70s, he had more of a soulful singing style, then with early incarnations of Whitesnake, hhe had more of a bluesy sound, but not Plant-like. and Plant was certainly not the first one to sound like himself. Steve Mariott with The Small Faces was doing Plant before plant did. Listen to a tune by the Small Faces called Youn Need Love and you'll see what I mean.

[Gary]

Iommi was one of the 1st to tune his instument "down",which gives it a darker, more menacing sound when coupled with a good old fashioned Marshall amp with the gain pegged.. He did it not to be innovative or by accident,but because it eased the stress on his recently severed fingertips,which were sliced off in an industrial accident while at his day job. Take that with the mans ability to produce a killer riff pretty much on cue, and Black Sabbath took off into an unexplored area.

[Metalboy!]

Got all that stuff, too, Bob. I guess Zeppelin TOWERS over all of it because of the way THEY did it, the totality of which is ORIGINAL in itself.

HIM, once again, you demonstrate an acumen for finely researched, extremely well written critique with a laser like interpretation and understanding, and in this particular case, extraordinary distillation of the origins of Heavy Metal with great aplomb.

Though I do give Iommi a lot of credit for the invention of Heavy Metal, I still have to cite Page over Iommi because, in all reality, Tony couldn't have done it without him. Zeppelin formed a full year before Sabbath.

Until Zep's first album hit, an earlier permutation of Sabbath actually had a sax player. Had it not been for Page showing up with "Communication Breakdown" a full two years before Sabbath's "Paranoid" album came out, the title track of which Iommi fully admits was "inspired" by it, Heavy Metal in it's current state more than likely wouldn't exist.

p.s. HIM! Thanks for that sensational clip of Lee. Even when half-as*ing it, you can see how he reigns supreme over most of our 80's heroes. Here he is, destroying the place while smirking through Zep's "Rock And Roll" in his sleep and he only needed to kiss a Cougar in order to do it. I read recently he's doing an album with a bunch of different singers. I am sure it will be great but I was really hoping he would have formed a killer band with one incredible singer (Corabi?). Let's hope he finds one and takes it on the road soon.

[Metalboy!]

And to answer your question, HIM...

No, I do not have a can of forced air. I use an iPad, though I would prefer a Steinway.

[fletch]

I'm feeling like a monday, but someday, I'll be saturday night.

(I thought about writing this post last night (staurday), but decided to wait a day)

[fletch]

made you look!

have a wonderful thanksgiving, all!

[Him]

Ditto to you, Fletch, and to everyone else.