Led Zeppelin Appreciation Thread

[pg1067]

The video that Reaper posted the link for wasn't edited.  They just cut that section.  I've seen this probably half a dozen times before today, but I never really compared it.  As I was watching it earlier, I was like, "wait a minute; what happened to the forests and laughter line" (does anybody remember laughter?!)?

[SoundscapeMN]

not edited. but abridged. But in this case, it is part of the cover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGGqZ5iHI28

[ReaperKK]

not edited. but abridged. But in this case, it is part of the cover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGGqZ5iHI28

I'm not really a fan of Kevin Gilbert (I do love a few songs though) but that cover is kickass.

My favorite Kashmir cover is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzAZJB0Zpt0

[Grappler]

I love that Heart cover of Stairway, and seeing how Page and Plant were so moved by it....plus, Ann sang the shit out of it! 

[Stadler]

That sounds about right.  I remember singing along with it, and suddenly they were in a different place in the song.  I hadn't noticed an edit, but I suppose a really good editor could have hidden it.  I'm glad I didn't bother with the YouTube version, if it's still not the whole song.

So we're back to where we started.  It's an eight minute song.  Why cut out 30 seconds of it?  Why cut any of it, if the point is to honor those who wrote it?  Either play the song, or don't.

But they DID play it.  The edit was for broadcast, and we all know that TV is king.  We pause the biggest sports events in the world so that we can cram in an extra 30 second commercial spot.