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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 9, 2020 11:33:54 GMT -5
Happy birthday Pagey! Don't let all those birthday candles set off the smoke detectors.
I know you check in here to monitor the latest developments in cheesecokes.
Rock on.
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Post by rok-a-bill-e on Jan 9, 2020 12:13:47 GMT -5
He has risen in my esteem these last few years as I have come to appreciate great riffs over great shredding, and JP came up with some killer riffs. Hell of a Rock producer, too.
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 9, 2020 12:15:08 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Jimmy! One of my all time favorite rock gods.
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Post by Stratluvr on Jan 9, 2020 12:19:21 GMT -5
The fact that I still love listening to Led Zeppelin proves my allegiance. The solos on Good Times, Bad Times and pretty much the rest of Led Zep I still amaze me.
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Post by LM on Jan 9, 2020 12:21:52 GMT -5
I'm surprised to learn he's 16 years older than I am. He wears it well.
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Post by therealfrogman on Jan 9, 2020 12:23:01 GMT -5
An incredibley talented guy! Happy Birthday, Jimmy!!!
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Post by Peppy on Jan 9, 2020 12:52:08 GMT -5
The Mad Plaidder Attachments:
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Post by Sérgio on Jan 9, 2020 13:00:14 GMT -5
Oh, what can I say about Monsieur James Patrick... One of the giants that still walk on the surface of the Earth.
I love Zep so much that I got some of their early 70s stuff tattooed on my shoulder.
Very few things were as "Rock and Roll" as their Denmark Radio gig back in '69, and it is interesting to notice that back then Page DID shred a lot, and refined his compositions by basing them more on riffs than on miraculous solos... It's his style, and many don't understand it and call him sloppy. To each his own.
Happy Birthday, Pagey, and if you please, get that last reunion going ASAP, will you?
Yours,
S.
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Post by mojito on Jan 9, 2020 13:54:57 GMT -5
Definitely a rock icon. I still enjoy listening to his work as much now as I did when it was released. Also a master in the production end too. Happy Birthday, Mr. Page!
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Post by rickyguitar on Jan 9, 2020 13:58:55 GMT -5
Congrats, old dude.
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Post by Sharkie on Jan 9, 2020 16:10:24 GMT -5
Without a doubt, one of the best. HBD Jimmy.
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Post by Opie on Jan 9, 2020 16:56:10 GMT -5
I basically wrote off Zeppelin years ago due to their habit of blatant plagiarism, but have recently come to appreciate their appropriations and stellar arrangements. And as noted,great riffs trump shredding(super fast noodling) anyday.And Bohnam is by far the best of the rock drummers,IMO. I still wish they had just acknowledged their sources of inspiration.
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 9, 2020 17:16:49 GMT -5
Everybody has stolen from everybody going back to the beginnings of music.
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Post by Ayns on Jan 9, 2020 17:31:29 GMT -5
My favourite guitarist of all time, and probably the reason I wanted to play guitar.
Happy Birthday JP. :-)
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Post by Seldom Seen on Jan 9, 2020 17:35:33 GMT -5
Some would say he plays like a drunken sailor, unstructured and undisciplined, which is exactly why he occupies my personal top ten list of the greatest guitarists of all time.
Happy 76th Pagey!
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Post by Saturn on Jan 9, 2020 19:03:35 GMT -5
Well, let's talk about how sloppy he really is..
Tea For One? Since I Been Loving You? Ten Years Gone? No Quarter? The Ocean? The Song Remains The Same?
Let's hear some of YOUR sloppy playing!
Right up there with Hendrix.
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Post by Chris Greene on Jan 9, 2020 19:18:35 GMT -5
Good to see you made it over, saturn.
I love the way Page plays.
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Post by Guy LeDouche on Jan 9, 2020 20:01:43 GMT -5
I saw him live. It was 55 years ago this summer. I did not know then I would be alive today to remember or I would have paid more attention. What I remember today is it was outdoors and loud.
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Post by pcalu on Jan 9, 2020 21:37:57 GMT -5
That first album was IMO one of the greatest guitar albums period. The tones, use of reverb, the use of the wah the dynamics, etc. I agree with the shredding. He blazed major and minor pentatonic scales as fast as modern shedders do the melodic minor.
What I think a lot of modern guitarists lack is the musical dynamics on the guitar he and his era used.
The guitar was a dominating instrument, seen just like horns or piano and people played as such. (i.e with the same expectations in respect to the song/musical piece)
I hear them playing parts the horns would have played or the piano (you name it)
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Post by babsobass on Jan 9, 2020 22:20:57 GMT -5
Certainly it was a clap of thunder that brought those guys together. Jimmy was the perfect guitarist in that exquisite rock Chickentail.
Edit: I had no desire to say Chickentail, but either my computer, Chrome, or this web site knows better. I was trying to use the term for a mixed drink...
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Post by Mfitz804 on Jan 9, 2020 22:37:53 GMT -5
Tell me about it.
On the other hand, Chickentail is definitely a thing now.
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Post by K4 on Jan 10, 2020 6:43:58 GMT -5
My opinion on Page being sloppy.
He did so much studio overdubs and did them well, he could not recreate it live. Then he would randomly play different parts live, keeping the main groove and riff going.
I always thought he should have hired several studio musicians to play along back stage, but that would have ruined the jams that they were known for.
Much respect and HBD
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Post by Vibroluxer on Jan 10, 2020 7:35:44 GMT -5
That olde man knows his guirar
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Post by professor on Jan 10, 2020 10:52:08 GMT -5
FYI his Instagram account has interesting posts every day about something that happened on that day in his history.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2020 11:53:19 GMT -5
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Post by Lefty Rev on Jan 11, 2020 0:00:51 GMT -5
Amazing that he can still stand up after playing those heavy LP's and double-necks for all these years...
....can't deny LZ's greatness and musical impact.
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Post by LTB on Jan 11, 2020 14:18:56 GMT -5
Back in the day, I liked most of Led Zepplin's stuff but can't say I was ever really a fan of just Page. I liked them as a collective whole.
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Post by garyweimer on Jan 11, 2020 19:40:37 GMT -5
He looks a whole lot better at 76 than Keith Richards does. For that matter, there are a lot of musicians older than Keith that look better than he does. It's not the age, it's the mileage.
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