Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience Announce New Tour

[cool17ny]

Ha ha ha, I love it. Now the heat is off me!

you werent raggin on Jimmy- you were raggin on Jason-

You're a crazy boy.

6th

 

[cool17ny]

Aside from the early years of Zep, Jimmy Page played so bad live, this cover band will probably sound better than Zep, depending on who's singing.

I would never rag on Jimmy- but seeing Jason and his JBLZE band do a blend of the live Zep meets the studio Zep versions of songs was awesome-- I am going again!!

 

[aeroplane]

Personally my favorite Led Zeppelin tribute was the live album that Great White cut back in the mid-1990's titled Great Zeppelin in which they performed an hour plus long set of nothing but live Zep tunes.

Then it went out of print a few years later but proceeded to get reissued by small crappy fly by night "budget" labels every 2-3 years under various retitled names.

 

[runtfan]

No they're not...the Classical composers created their music for any orchestra to play.

That's different though...it's only been in the last 100 years or so that music was EVER anything but a live performance. Before that it was only a set of symbols and abbreviations written on paper, undecipherable to anyone but a trained musician. Until the advent of recorded music there was no definitive version of anyone's music - it only existed in the live performance of any given person or group at any particular time. There's many classical compositions that were never performed during a composer's lifetime at all, even though, just as today, it was a big, expensive undertaking to perform a piece with a full orchestra and composer's often wrote for hire - for specific people and specific events ( often royalty or other wealthy patrons of the arts hiring for a wedding, coronation,a festival, or some other event). And with classical music, there's little room for interpretation - all the work's been done in the composer's head and is laid out on the page. When playing a Beethoven symphony, and orchestra in Vienna in the 19th century sounds pretty much the same as an orchestra in Phoenix in the 20th century or an orchestra in Tokyo in the 21st century. The point is, it's about the performance and the buzz that anyone ( musicians or audience) gets out of it in real time. Whether or not a piece of music already exists in recorded form either will or will not make a difference, according to the particular tastes of a given listener. Obviously, anyone sitting in a bar, club, or theater listening to a cover band or tribute band is there because of the potential for them to get something more or different than what they could get sitting at home with the headphones on...that's what keeps the live music scene ( and especially cover or tribute bands) going.

 

[cool17ny]

That's different though...it's only been in the last 100 years or so that music was EVER anything but a live performance. Before that it was only a set of symbols and abbreviations written on paper, undecipherable to anyone but a trained musician. Until the advent of recorded music there was no definitive version of anyone's music - it only existed in the live performance of any given person or group at any particular time. There's many classical compositions that were never performed during a composer's lifetime at all, even though, just as today, it was a big, expensive undertaking to perform a piece with a full orchestra and composer's often wrote for hire - for specific people and specific events ( often royalty or other wealthy patrons of the arts hiring for a wedding, coronation,a festival, or some other event). And with classical music, there's little room for interpretation - all the work's been done in the composer's head and is laid out on the page. When playing a Beethoven symphony, and orchestra in Vienna in the 19th century sounds pretty much the same as an orchestra in Phoenix in the 20th century or an orchestra in Tokyo in the 21st century. The point is, it's about the performance and the buzz that anyone ( musicians or audience) gets out of it in real time. Whether or not a piece of music already exists in recorded form either will or will not make a difference, according to the particular tastes of a given listener. Obviously, anyone sitting in a bar, club, or theater listening to a cover band or tribute band is there because of the potential for them to get something more or different than what they could get sitting at home with the headphones on...that's what keeps the live music scene ( and especially cover or tribute bands) going.

exactly!!..couldn't have said it better myself...and as you can see- I can have alot to say... LOL

 

[METALPRIEST]

That's different though...it's only been in the last 100 years or so that music was EVER anything but a live performance. Before that it was only a set of symbols and abbreviations written on paper, undecipherable to anyone but a trained musician. Until the advent of recorded music there was no definitive version of anyone's music - it only existed in the live performance of any given person or group at any particular time. There's many classical compositions that were never performed during a composer's lifetime at all, even though, just as today, it was a big, expensive undertaking to perform a piece with a full orchestra and composer's often wrote for hire - for specific people and specific events ( often royalty or other wealthy patrons of the arts hiring for a wedding, coronation,a festival, or some other event). And with classical music, there's little room for interpretation - all the work's been done in the composer's head and is laid out on the page. When playing a Beethoven symphony, and orchestra in Vienna in the 19th century sounds pretty much the same as an orchestra in Phoenix in the 20th century or an orchestra in Tokyo in the 21st century. The point is, it's about the performance and the buzz that anyone ( musicians or audience) gets out of it in real time. Whether or not a piece of music already exists in recorded form either will or will not make a difference, according to the particular tastes of a given listener. Obviously, anyone sitting in a bar, club, or theater listening to a cover band or tribute band is there because of the potential for them to get something more or different than what they could get sitting at home with the headphones on...that's what keeps the live music scene ( and especially cover or tribute bands) going.

All my points exactley on classical music.

To me these great composers wrote for any orchestra to perform and as you point out it's by the book.

Zeppelin's music was written for Zeppelin. They didn't plan for one of their kids to perform it all later. Jason's running a tribute...it's nice and all...but a different thing all together.

 

[cool17ny]

All my points exactley on classical music.

To me these great composers wrote for any orchestra to perform and as you point out it's by the book.

Zeppelin's music was written for Zeppelin. They didn't plan for one of their kids to perform it all later. Jason's running a tribute...it's nice and all...but a different thing all together.

All musicians publish their music so others can learn it and play it including Zep- they have sat in on and jammed many gigs with other bands doing their music.

They all have given Jason their blessing for this JBLZE Tour.

Kids carry on their fathers or mothers legacy in every form of the arts and professions - its part of our society , perfectly acceptable and the parents are proud when the kids carry onthe family business.

This is no different.

 

[METALPRIEST]

^^^ I've never said I was against it. Don't need to sell it to me.



But my kids are not gonna do what I do to follow tradition or for tradition's sake...if they do great if not...be what they wanna be as long as it doesn't hurt nobody. Julian & Sean carried on in John Lennon's footsteps as well (as musician/songwriters)...but they didn't start Beatle bands. They wrote their own music....Jason's doin' something his own way.

I firmly believe Zeppelin had no expecations, happy or not, blessings or not.

 

[LG]

Is this thread still going on...??....

Some good points but I agree with MP's post a while back, Classical musician's toured extensively to earn a living back in the day. Paganini and Liszt both come to mind. They wrote music, conducted, taught protege's, but most of all they played. After they died and even during their lifetimes other players performed their works all over Europe. So in effect cover bands have been around for ages, classical or rock doesn't make a difference to me.

My last post in this thread,,,

 

[METALPRIEST]

^^ It's like the epic Jason thread!!