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| ruxprncd |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 03:22:27
Just got the new Rolling Stone, which has a 1-page interview with Robert Plant that includes:
RS: If you were stuck in the desert, what CD would you bring?
RP: Forever Changes, by Love. Because it's confrontational, and it soothes. Tracks like "Old Man" give me a bit of hope for our time, our condition.
Never a bad thing for megastars to help bring more into the Love fold :). |
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| antoine |
Posted - 08/06/2005 : 09:45:21
"7 & 1 is" was Johnny Ramone's all-time favorite song,i just read it in an old french Rock magazine...
Along with Rotten's affection for Captain Beefheart & the Damned's love affair with the Jefferson Airplane,those punks knew where they came from...
Antoine |
| bigrubberglove |
Posted - 24/05/2005 : 20:13:12
Here is part of a transcript of Robert Plant on the Charlie Rose show (taped May 11, 2005). T
The dummy Rose never lets Plant finish discussing Arthur! I am confident he does not know Love.
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CHARLIE ROSE: You may not want to do this, but I beg you to do it for me. Tell me what your 10 favorite rock n` roll songs are. Just what comes off the top of your head.
ROBERT PLANT: OK. "Big Hunk of Love," Elvis Presley.
CHARLIE ROSE: "Big Hunk of Love?"
ROBERT PLANT: Yes.
CHARLIE ROSE: All right.
ROBERT PLANT: Yeah, yeah, "Big Hunk of Love," just before he went in the Army, 1958. Fantastic song.
I think I would have to say "Smokestack Lightning" by Howlin` Wolf. It`s not really rock n` roll, but it was the basis of a lot, so much beautiful, extravagant music. And we hammed it up, trying to get as black as we could. And as they say in England, the miss is as good as a mile. But occasionally we got there, you know.
CHARLIE ROSE: That`s good.
ROBERT PLANT: I think you got -- it`s all American for me. I think "The Rumble" by Link Wray, and the Ray Men, was a big instrumental.
I think Dion, who was from New York, had some fantastic music. He had a song called "Lovers Who Wonder," which is on -- whatever label it was.
If I go to the West Coast, there were a lot of bands out there. I think Jefferson`s Airplane "White Rabbit" was really strong.
CHARLIE ROSE: Did you know Grace Slick?
ROBERT PLANT: No.
CHARLIE ROSE: You never knew Grace Slick?
ROBERT PLANT: No. No.
CHARLIE ROSE: What else comes to mind?
ROBERT PLANT: There was a group from California, from L.A. called Love, with Arthur Lee, and he made us an album called "Forever Changes," and there was a song called "A House Is Not a Motel."
CHARLIE ROSE: But I am fascinated by this -- I`m not sure this is selection -- if I had asked "Rolling Stone" magazine to commission me and to tell me what the 10 biggest rock n` roll songs of all time are, they would have 10 others.
ROBERT PLANT: Oh, absolutely, yeah.
CHARLIE ROSE: And Dylan would be number one probably.
ROBERT PLANT: Well, Dylan`s got to be -- "One More Cup of Coffee" I think.
CHARLIE ROSE: For you.
ROBERT PLANT: Yeah, from Dylan, I think it`s such a fantastic song. And he`s -- I mean, you ask me, I forget, how can I forget about Dylan`s contribution when he was the guy who woke us all up? He took the sort of.
CHARLIE ROSE: Because the lyrics were authentic, or.?
ROBERT PLANT: Yeah, well, I mean, there was a reactionary musical scene on the college circuit with Ramblin` Jack Elliott, Woodie Guthrie, Odetta, you know, Dave Van Ronk, people who were around, but Dylan made it sexy, and he also brought it home in such a vital way. Can you imagine, that great -- there`s a great thing on Broadway now, "Hairspray."
CHARLIE ROSE: Oh, yeah, yeah, right.
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| bigrubberglove |
Posted - 24/05/2005 : 15:12:35
And to Plant's credit, in the liner notes to Led Zep's 4 CD box set (with crop circles on cover), he said that he liked the Damned from the start. The irony is I happen to love the bands that Plant loves and though I see the specialness of Led Zep, they aren't in my top 10 of all-time favorite bands. That said, I know at least 4 people who consider Zep to be their all-time fave. |
| caryne |
Posted - 24/05/2005 : 14:41:43
Yep, he's a decent bloke, seen him do a few 'Love' covers when he performs live and his new album is worth checking out too. |
| antoine |
Posted - 24/05/2005 : 10:46:04
No surprise at all,Robert always had good taste.Back in '77,i saw him wearing a HEARBREAKERS't-shirt(RIP Johnny!) & he even chatted with me about his love of Roky ERICKSON,the once 13th Floor Elevators'frontman!
Antoine |
| Loov |
Posted - 11/05/2005 : 03:19:43
Robert Plant? No ****.....! Well, bless you, screechy one!
Loov |
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