tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post65971597046220477..comments2008-07-11T18:12:33.573-07:00Peromyscushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498505748509787968noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-38387211302972271962008-07-11T18:12:00.000-07:002008-07-11T18:12:00.000-07:00Interesting as always, Mike. Good point about Lamb Chop Burnett – Plant's fallen for a Machiavellian figure before. See Page, Jimmy. <BR/><BR/>I quite like that CMT version of Black Dog you posted. The vocal timing's slightly off but I assume they got better at it later. The breakdown in the middle works quite well, with the solo coming across as seriously restrained mayhem, a bit like an orgasm under the influence of Tylenol PM ™. I think I saw this on the CMT special when the record came out. <BR/><BR/>Frankly, I have nothing against Plant's arrangements being Plant without Page – that's who he is after all – but I just wish there was more Plant there. As an example, when Plant sang "watch your honey drip, can't keep away" with Led Zeppelin, you got the message that you were really going to get it. [1] But with the new arrangement, Plant sounds as though one of those signs British people get from ironmongers' shops, reading "Polite Notice: No Parking" would be more than sufficient deterrent. Where's the fun in that? [2]<BR/><BR/>[1] I've always wondered what men thought about it – that you were really going to give it to her? Or what?<BR/>[2] http://www.ukoffroad.com/gifts1.htmlPeromyscushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498505748509787968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-42216625403491652952008-07-11T07:20:00.000-07:002008-07-11T07:20:00.000-07:00One reviewer dissented :-<BR/>http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/<BR/>entertainment/music/single_reviews/s/<BR/>1045351_robert_plantalison_krauss__rich_<BR/>woman_decca<BR/>(URL sliced for display.)<BR/><BR/>This isn't a collaboration between Krauss and Plant. This is all Burnett, with Krauss and Plant as the hired help to front it. Burnett is mining commercial gold from country arrangements of covers (platinum, $100K clothes ads).<BR/><BR/>The Black Dog rendition is what's left when the riff is stripped out (appearing only in the intro). All Plant, no Page. Clearer version :-<BR/>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wi7raSRXH9MMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06248182899977033579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-26194578037185219572008-07-10T15:33:00.000-07:002008-07-10T15:33:00.000-07:00Another anonymous coward wrote: "Congratulations on being a moron. Boo freaking hoo for you that Plant doesn't want to be a greatest hits jukebox for a bunch of classic rock obsessed losers."<BR/><BR/>Robert Plant is touring the world singing Black Dog, When the Levee Breaks, Black Country Woman and The Battle of Evermore. And that makes ME the classic rock obsessed loser?<BR/><BR/>As for the “new” stuff, playing clapped out American folk music quietly isn't exactly breaking new ground. This stuff is as dated as skiffle. In fact, skiffle’s funkier.Peromyscushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498505748509787968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-45318629069749041912008-07-10T15:12:00.000-07:002008-07-10T15:12:00.000-07:00"Did anyone mention to you that Raising Sand was not a "proper rock" album?"<BR/><BR/>Yes, anonymous coward, it's been pointed out to me.<BR/><BR/>"Your attempt at being intellectualfell far short of the mark."<BR/><BR/>Possibly. But if you wanted to show that was the case, you've failed miserably.Peromyscushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498505748509787968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-82440733691760065332008-07-10T13:37:00.000-07:002008-07-10T13:37:00.000-07:00You've not only hit the nail on the head, but have driven it in with a finality that brooks no argument. Raising Sand is about as ground-breaking as the Starland Vocal Band. Playing it safe isn't groundbreaking, inventive or any of the other adjectives used to describe Robert's Fiddle Extravaganza featuring Alison and her Amazing Pirate Boots. It's taking the easy way out for a man who is obviously no longer capable of producing anything original and fresh. Rock on Lyle Hopwood!Julihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269486506169141680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-41523308326654875802008-07-10T11:26:00.000-07:002008-07-10T11:26:00.000-07:00Rock on Lyle Hopwood! Poor brainwashed anonymous people buying the hype that this whitebread stuff is groundbreaking and cool. Raising Sand and the Fiddle and Banjo Band are sanitizing and homogenizing what was once folksy and blue roots music and turned it into something palatable for the cultural wasteland that is average America. Wake up and smell the valium people!Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930293225012061294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-72071659332809971512008-07-10T07:33:00.000-07:002008-07-10T07:33:00.000-07:00Congratulations on being a moron. Boo freaking hoo for you that Plant doesn't want to be a greatest hits jukebox for a bunch of classic rock obsessed losers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952281.post-63401220047792416952008-07-10T05:37:00.000-07:002008-07-10T05:37:00.000-07:00Did anyone mention to you that Raising Sand was not a "proper rock" album?<BR/>Your attempt at being intellectualfell far short of the mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com