The Robert Plant Appreciation Thread (lyrics, bootlegs, psychedelic, rock)

[Mirrorball95]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

You're missing the albums, Concerts for the People of Kampuchea and The Honeydrippers: Volume One.

Sorry man I actually have the Honeydrippers album (got it about a week ago & really liked it- probably didnt include it as it isnt a Robert Plant Solo effort- its a supergroup he did with Jeff Beck & Jimmy Page doing swinging 50s type rock n roll songs.) As for 'People Of Kampuchea' I had never heard of it before & read up on it on wiki and is totally inappropriate for this as it is only a live compilation album where his only appearance is guesting with a group called 'Rockpile'.

Originally Posted by RobertPlantFan

And apart from me, too. People often don't understand how I can be a Robert Plant Fan and not really be a fan of Led Zeppelin. I appreciate their iconic status and they certainly have a fine body of work, but (obviously) Robert's solo material is my favorite.

I don't think I could really pinpoint a "favorite" among all his albums. One great thing about what Robert does is that he never does the same thing twice. So each album has merit on its own. Right now, today, Raising Sand is on the playlist. Tomorrow it might be Fate of Nations or Mighty Rearranger.

If anyone is looking to get a good overview of Robert's solo career I highly recommend getting the Nine Lives Boxed Set. It has all of the solo albums up to Raising Sand, plus a fantastic DVD that includes an hour long documentary. The documentary has Robert talking about his career and the choices he's made, along with guests like Ahmet Ertegun, Phil Collins, Tori Amos, Lenny Kravitz and more.

Yeah I heard about that Nine Lives boxset I think you get some kind of live material as well do you not? I was gonna buy it but was only just getting in to him at the time & now have all the albums so not really any point but I will probably buy it sometime just to add to my collection.

In my opinion you shouldnt buy the boxset an an 'overview' as it is very expensive & you may not like his solo stuff. I personally went on Wiki as I usually do with any artist and read up on him and all his albums.
I use that as a navigational for when Im buying albums each month.

Fate Of Nations was the first I bought. Im actually listening to Dreamland right now for the first time in ages. Forgot how good it is considering its a covers album- the Dylan cover 'One More Cup Of Coffee' is fantastic. Also have you heard on 'Fate Of Nations' a song called 'If I Were A Carpenter' originally by Tim Hardin- simply fantastic.
I think the songs towards the end of FON are outstandingly brilliant as the same could be said of the album.
By the way you may be interested to know I managed to get hold of a bootleg on downloads called 'In The Mood' its during his 1993 FON tour & features an intimate live performance where he does tracks off Fate Of Nations & previous albums as well as some Zeppelin tracks.
Also have you heard his first 2 albums 'Pictures At Eleven' or 'Principle Of Moments'? I stupidly only just recentley got 'Pictures At Eleven' and it is absolutely fantastic and the only one hes done to rival 'Fate Of Nations' (IMO). Also 'Principle Of Moments' is basically just a continuation of 'Pictures At Eleven'.
Pretty cool like, I can sort you out with some of the tracks if you cant find it.

Originally Posted by testsherpa

I've tried, but just can't get into Plant or Zeppelin. Don't get me wrong, I get it. I just don't think they are anywhere close to as good as a lot of people think. Half the albums are filled with lazy riffs and writing and their lyrics are drippy at best. The reason I bring this up is simply that I would like someone to actually explain it to me so that I could enjoy them as much as everyone else seems to.

I totally know where youre coming from , I agree Led Zeppelin are massively hyped and I dont think they are as good as all these people say they are but they are still a good band to me & I like their music.
As for Robert Plant I think it is much the opposite,
I think his Solo work doesnt get as much recognition as it should do.
Finally Im sad to say there is nothing to 'explain' as such to you to make you all of a sudden 'like' an artist. I cant change your own personal perception of music.
If your personal taste doesnt include his music or you dont like him to the level that we do, dont worry about it man.
If you want to get into him though I would get 'Fate Of Nations' & then 'Pictures At Eleven' which i stupidly took a long time to get.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Mirrorball95

Sorry man I actually have the Honeydrippers album (got it about a week ago & really liked it- probably didnt include it as it isnt a Robert Plant Solo effort- its a supergroup he did with Jeff Beck & Jimmy Page doing swinging 50s type rock n roll songs.) As for 'People Of Kampuchea' I had never heard of it before & read up on it on wiki and is totally inappropriate for this as it is only a live compilation album where his only appearance is guesting with a group called 'Rockpile'.

Thanks for posting the Honeydrippers:Volume One cover. Yes it's not Solo material but it's cool including it because who knows you could turn someone on to The Honeydripper, who didn't know about them, by doing that.

A totally inappropriate video for Robert Plant fans
YouTube - Rockpile w/ Robert Plant - Little Sister

[Mirrorball95]

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Thanks for posting the Honeydrippers:Volume One cover. Yes it's not Solo material but it's cool including it because who knows you could turn someone on to The Honeydripper, who didn't know about them, by doing that.

A totally inappropriate video for Robert Plant fans
YouTube - Rockpile w/ Robert Plant - Little Sister

Exactly man.
As for the video, I thoroughly enjoyed it and will need to check out this Rockpile band sometime.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Mirrorball95

Exactly man.
As for the video, I thoroughly enjoyed it and will need to check out this Rockpile band sometime.

thanks, Rockpile (Dave Edmunds & Nick Lowe) and Robert Plant are some of my favorite artists.