Robert Plant and Jimmy Page during the third concert at Madison Square Garden in New York in 1973
Photo: Redferns, David Redfern. All rights reserved.
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Led Zeppelin decisively shaped rock music in the 70s with their playing and gesture. At the same time, there was always the sometimes somewhat strong odor of excess. Sure, Rock’n’Roll has its very own myths. But do they necessarily correspond to reality? Former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has his doubts.
In an interview with BBC 4’s Lauren Laverne, he reacted thoughtfully to the question about the compulsion to hedonism. “It was very hard to be a part of that at times,” says Plant. “I think the intensity of what we were experiencing and the lack of structure was very difficult. We moved in one direction or another and I found a lot of it quite exhausting.”
Robert Plant: What you hear is often exaggerated
The assessment of the musician, who has been cultivating a solo career for many years, which certainly has surprises in store for him and his listeners (most recently the wonderful resumption of collaboration with singer Alison Krauss), is strongly influenced by his own change.
Plant: “I can’t believe it anymore, I’m so far away from it. You can read a few things in the media, but it was so far from what it really was. Perhaps the best thing is to realize that a lot of it was just an incredible exaggeration, and then, above all, we were able to put it all behind us and gain a new perspective and grow up.”
The 73-year-old apparently doesn’t have a hard time with the wanton scattering of great rock stories, even if they could be detrimental to his image. Most recently, however, he cleared up the idea that there could have been a feud between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the ’60s. “They’ve known each other since 1963 and love each other like crazy,” he said. Case is closed.
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