Membrii trupei Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones şi Jason Bonham se reunesc pentru a lucra la un noumaterial. Nu se ştie dacă şi Robert Plant se va alătura proiectului.

Într-un interviul pentru un post de radio din Detroit, toboşarul Bonham a declarat: "Am vrut să scriem versuri pentru piese noi de multă vreme, încă din show-ul de reunire din Londra în decembrie anul trecut, dar Robert Plant nu s-a implicat în acest proiect. Acum însă, aştept cu nerăbdare să ne întoarcem în studio".

Anul trecut, pe arena O2 din Londra, membrii Led Zeppelin au revenit pe scenă pentru un concert de reunire aşteptat de fanii din întreaga lume, ce a readus la viaţă, pentru o singură seară, legenda rock-ului, interpretând, timp de două ore, toate hiturile clasice, de la "Stairway to Heaven", la "Whole Lotta Love".

]]> http://guitarplayer.wordpress.com/?p=555 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:54:30 +0000 dolphinblog http://guitarplayer.wordpress.com/?p=555 Sounds like a legendary  film in the making! The forthcoming documentary film, “It Might Get Loud,” is already generating considerable buzz among music fans and guitar players...

Jimmy Page & Jack White

First screened in May at the Cannes Film Festival, the movie officially premieres this September at the Toronto International Film Festival.

According to a press release, the movie “revolves around a singular day when Jimmy Page, the Edge, and Jack White first met and sat down together to share their stories, teach, and play.”

Led Zeppelin's Page, U2's the Edge and White, leader of the White Stripes and the Raconteurs, were chosen for their impact across three different generations - from Page's 1960s days as a session musician and a member of the Yardbirds into the Edge's unique sound developed in the '80s through White's current work.

The film - which was directed by Davis Guggenheim (who won an Academy Award for his direction of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”) - is said to “capture the guitarists as each explains and demonstrates how he changed the sound of the electric guitar to suit his own distinctive musical style.”

In one scene, as the guitarists banter with one another about their influences, Page pulls out a Link Wray album, the Edge pulls out an album by the Sex Pistols, and White pulls out an album by the Flat Duo Jets.

We wonder if besides initerviews, the film also shows rare or never-seen-before archive footage of Page, White and The Edge playing with their respective bands - that would be simply amazing...but no further info about the film content as of yet.

No word yet on whether the film will see a full-fledged theatrical release, but we eagerly await its release!

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In the new documentary, "It Might Get Loud," three guitarists — Jimmy Page (70s), The Edge (80s), and Jack White (present... ) — were each chosen to represent a generation.

Could there have been another choice to represent the younger generation of guitar?

Given the way the film is set up, I would have to say that the answer is no. Jack White is definitely a creative contemporary force to be reckoned with nowadays. All together, however, I would have to say Jack White stands beneath them both in the level of talent, songwriting, and overall sound.

I love Jack White's playing but we are talking about Jimmy Page and the Edge here. Jack White still has some ground to cover in order to catch up to them.

And don't you think it obvious that Jack White was probably influenced by Jimmy Page?! Instead, White pulls out a Flat Duo Jets album for his main influence, Page pulls out a Link Wray album, the Edge pulls out an album by the Sex Pistols.

World premiere of the movie will be at the 33rd annual Toronto International Film Festival - which runs September 4th thru 13th 2008. All three musicians will attend the premiere.

Torstaina 28.8.2008 klo 19.03-21.40

Torstai-illan suorassa konserttiradioinnissa kuullaan uutta musiikkia Eero Hämeenniemeltä. Huvila-teltan konsertti tarjoaa vahvoja elämyksiä eteläintialaisen klassisen eli karnaattisen musiikin sekä eurooppalaisen ja intialaisen taidemusiikin kohtaamisten parissa.

Ennakkoluuloton suomalainen uuden musiikin kärkiorkesteri kohtaa eteläintialaisen karnaattisen musiikin merkittävimpiä taiteilijoita. Suorassa lähetyksessä Huvila-teltasta kuullaan kantaesityksenä Eero Hämeenniemen uusi teos Sade ja punainen maa. Laulusolistina esiintyy eteläintialaisen karnaattisen musiikin tämän hetken tärkein edustaja Bombay Jayashri Ramnath. Orkesterina on John Storgårdsin johtama Avanti! vahvistettuna intialaisilla lyömäsoittajilla. Sade ja punainen maa on musiikkia, joka puhuttelee niin intialaista kuin eurooppalaistakin kuulijaa. Sävellyksen perustana on viisi ikivanhaa tamilinkielistä rakkausrunoa. Konsertin alkupuolella Jayashri soittajineen esittää eteläintialaista karnaattista musiikkia.

Bombay Jayashri, laulu
Pungulam Subramaniam, mridangam-rumpu
Dr. S. Karthick, ghatam-saviruukku
Minna Pensola, viulu
Heikki Nikula, bassoklarinetti
Avanti!
John Storgårds, musiikin johto

Eero Hämeenniemihän tunnetaan yhtenä "korvat auki"-sukupolven keskeisistä säveltäjistä Magnus Lindbergin, Jouni Kaipaisen, Esa-Pekka Salosen, Kaija Saariahon ja muiden vastaavien aikalaisten muassa, mutta siinä missä edellämainitut ovat sävelkielessä tiukassa kytköksessä länsimaisen taidemusiikin modernismiin ja jatkumon traditioon, on Eero valinnut "toisin"; hän on mennyt sinne, minne jo the Beatles meni 1960-luvulla, sinne, minkä kanssa länsimainen populaarikulttuuri on flirttaillut aik'ajoin enemmän tai vähemmän, sinne, mikä on toiminut kriisiterapiana järjestelmällisyyden, yltäkylläisyyden, kiireen, rationaalisen ajattelun ja tappavien rutiinien uuvuttamalle länsimaiselle ihmiselle - Intiaan.

Heti kättelyssä on todettava, että Eero Hämeenniemi ei ole mikään "Intiassa kaikki on niinku tosi erilaista ja tosi siis niinku tiätsä ihanaa niinku"-hörhö, vaan mies on syvällisesti tutustunut erityisesti eteläintialaiseen kulttuuriin opiskellen sekä kieltä, että tietenkin paikallista musiikkia/musiikkikulttuuria, ja lisäksi hän on elänyt maassa huomattavan pitkiä jaksoja tehden yhteistyötä paikallisten muusikoiden kanssa. Hämeenniemen suhde Intiaan ei ole kritiikittömän palvova, mutta ei myöskään länsimaisen itsetyytyväisen omahyväisyyden kyllästämä; vuosien varrella kuultujen kommenttien/luettujen artikkeleiden perusteella hän on kyennyt muodostamaan suhteellisen objektiivisen kuvan tuon nousevan jättivaltion olemuksesta.

Nyt lätinät sikseen ja konsertin antiin (tai siis antiin Hämeenniemen "Sade ja punainen maa"-teoksen osalta, sillä ennen väliaikaa ollutta intialaisten muusikoiden omaa esitystä en kuullut kuin pari viimeistä minuuttia); miltä se musiikki vaikutti?

Kappaleen alkupuolta kuunnellessa tuli mieleen joitain ajatuksia säveltäjän mahdollisesta identiteettikriisistä ja siitä, kuinka Hämeenniemen suomalaiset kolleegat alkavat armottoman selkäänpuukotuksen ja suunnittelevat miehen lynkkaamista "Aatteen pettämiseen" vedoten, mutta musiikin edetessä oli pakko antautua sen edessä, että musiikki oli viihdyttävää - siis Voi Hyvä Luoja Paratkoon; VIIH-DYT-TÄ-VÄÄ!(?!?!) - ja ajoittaisista eloisistakin hetkistä huolimatta lähinnä...mieltä rau-hoit-ta-vaa...(voiko nykysäveltäjänä esiintyvä ihminen tehdä suurempaa "isänmurhaa" kuin säveltää viihdyttävää ja rauhoittavaa musiikkia?...).

No; välillä tuntui kuin intialaisten muusikoiden olisi ollut hieman hankalaa sopeutua seuraamaan sekä kapellimestaria, että koko sitä "systeemiä", josta länsimainen iso orkesteri koostuu, ja vastaavasti suomalaiset muusikot tuntuivat alussa olevan kuin studiomuusikot Bollywood-elokuvan äänityssessioissa, mutta laulusarjan edetessä nuokin ajatukset häipyivät, ja huomasin kuuntelevani musiikkia siten, kuin länsimaiseksi taidemusiikiksi luokiteltavaa musiikkia harvemmin kuuntelen; vailla tarvetta analysoida mitään.

Minusta Hämeenniemen sävellys on "vain" musiikkia; se ei ole viihdettä, ei länsimaista taidemusiikkia, ei ihan intialaistakaan musiikkia - ja mikä ilahduttavinta; ei myöskään "cross overia" - vaan se todellakin on musiikkia; hetkessä soivaa ja sitten olemattomuuteen katoavaa todellisuutta, tai ehkä sittenkin unta?...

Bombay Jayashin laulu oli pakottomasti lumoavaa; ei dominoivaa, mutta kuitenkin kaiken keskipisteessä olevaa iätöntä ja ajatonta Ihmisen Ääntä. Tämä seuraava ajatus voi olla ehkä hieman kerettiläinen, mutta hyvin usein intialaisia laulajia kuunnellessa tulee mieleen, kuinka Robert Plantin äänenkäyttö ja fraseerauskin on usein hämmästyttävän lähellä intialaisia ihanteita - ainakin joissakin Led Zeppelinin/Plantin oman soolotuotannon orientaalisemmin värittyneissä kappaleissa - ja kuin sivujuonteena tuolle, tuli Hämeenniemen teosta kuunnellessa  väkisinkin mieleen Jimmy Pagen ja Robert Plantin "Unledded"-projekti vuodelta 1994, missä Page & Plant esittivät osin intialaisten muusikkojen kanssa vanhoja Zeppelin -klassikkoja varsin hyvin toteutetun orientaalisen marinadin läpi käytettyinä.

Koska intialaisen musiikin tuntemukseni on yhtä huonoa ja pinnallista kuin suurimmalla osalla läntisen pallonpuoliskon lajitovereistanikin, toimivat monet "Sade ja punainen maa"-teoksen intialais-elementit verrannollisina esim. fuusiolegenda John McLaughlinin Shakti ja Mahavisnu Orchestra -yhtyeiden tuotosten kanssa, mutta Hämeenniemen tapa käyttää länsimaista isoa orkesteria oli kuitenkin sikäli "länsimaista", että sitä ei alistettu latteaksi sointimatoksi, vaan kaikilla soitinryhmillä oli pienistä kommenteista kasvavan suurmuodon kehittymisen kannalta aktiivista sanottavaa.

Varsinkin laulusarjan loppupuolella oli orkesterille kirjoitettu välillä hieman rock-henkistäkin riffittelyä, mutta tuotakaan elementtiä ei Hämeenniemi alleviivannut - josko edes tehdessään sellaista edes ajatteli.

Henkisesti Eero Hämeenniemen nyt kantaesitetty teos ei ole välttämättä kovinkaan kaukana tässäkin blogissa viime keväänä arvioidun Kimmo Hakolan kitarakonserton kanssa; elämmekö länsimaisessa kulttuurissamme jälleen orientalismista vitaliteettiaan etsivää aikakautta, aivan kuten tapahtui 1900-luvun alkupuoliskolla - etenkin Ranskassa?

Tällä kertaa odotan mielenkiinnolla sitä, miten musiikkimaailman "viralliset valvojat" reagoivat Hämeenniemen tekeleeseen; veikkaisin, että osa tyrmää täysin, ja osa hymistelee jotain jostakin "etsimisestä", tms...

Update: I watched the closing ceremony of the beijing olympics, it was awesome. yeah, at the point that David Beckham and Jimmy Page entered the bird nest. to be honest I prefer watching Jimmy Page playing with his guitar for full 3 hours than watching hundreds or thousand of people marching,or wired and attached into a giant globe. well that is my own taste. some says that Beijing Olympic is a priceless moment for product made in china product. well, I guess they are correct. in my misanthropical words: compare a Sony product with some MIC products you can think of, and decide what you choose. Again, it's just my opinion, no need to be hurt or ban this blog please.

The Sun reports from a Plant friend:

"Robert was really disappointed that he didn’t merit a mention. The award was for the band’s performance, so he thought he should have at least been thanked.”

Oops. Not a good way to schmooz your old singer to join up for a reunion world tour.

Segundo o Bonham filho, a possibilidade de uma reunião for real vem sendo discutida desde o show que a banda fez em Londres, no fim do ano passado.

"Eu venho trabalhando com Jimmy e John Paul, testando material novo. Não sei no que vai dar, mas será algo. Nesse momento, tudo o que eu sei é que é um prazer tocar com esses dois caras e compor novas músicas".

Por um lado ok, a possibilidade de ver o Zep em turnê é fodida demais pra não ser ao menos considerada. E ainda que coroas, não é como se Jimmy Page e John Paul Jones tivessem desaprendido a tocar muito. Esse é um ponto.

Agora, primeiro que Jason Bonham não é John Bonham, e isso faz TODA a diferença. Além do mais, de acordo com a informação da NME, o vocalista Robert Plant ainda não se juntou ao grupo. Gente, imagina o Led Zeppelin lançando disco com outro vocalista? Na boa, tipo de coisa que rende processo. Tipo o que o Queen fez sem o Freddie Mercury, ou o Doors sem o Jim Morrison (em ambos os casos, com resultados no mínimo duvidosos). Sendo que nesse caso, o vocalista em questão está…vivo. E cantando muito.
 
Outra questão, e aí eu acho que a gente chega perto do cerne, é que, cara, o que o Led Zeppelin poderia acrescentar, à sua própria história, lançando um álbum em pleno 2008? Não acho que seja pela grana; só de royalties de “Stairway to Heaven” eles faturam mais do que todas as gerações (passadas e futuras) da minha família. Se fosse para arriscar, diria que sentem falta de serem endeusados, de terem o nome gritado por multidões, de botar a crítica de joelho. Enfim, sentem falta dos velhos tempos. Mas alguém acredita mesmo que eles poderiam fazer algo além do que fizeram, digamos, no "Physical Graffiti"? Eles estavam no auge, o rock and roll estava no auge…era o Led Zeppelin, porra, se o rock teve um topo, possivelmente foi esse. A pergunta então é: a essa altura do campeonato, dá pra ser over the top? Ou é só desculpa para manchar um currículo impecável ?

Unfortunately for Zep fans, the Guitar God didn't perform with his famous band mates, but with Pop Idol popstar Fiona Lewis, in a rendition of Led Zeppelin's classic 'Whole Lotta Love'. The duo, performing on a stage formed at the top of a red double-decker bus, was then joined by Dave Beckham, who kicked a ball to the surrounding crowd.

This bizarre performance was one of the highlights of the closing ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

With rumours of a full Led Zeppelin reunion tour still unconfirmed, it was a rare opportunity to see good old Jimmy Page rocking out!

Watch the Jimmy Page & Leona Lewis video here!

Now, I get that London would want to be represented by some of their most iconic faces and sounds. According to the broadcast, Leona Lewis has topped the charts in some 25 countires, so it is logical for her to be hidden within that mock double-decker bus. And Jimmy Page is a rock hero, so no explanation is even needed.

The execution, however, was awful. Leona Lewis sounded terrible and, although he can still play like nobody's business, Page looked like an old guy trying to rock out too hard. They both appeared and sounded incredibly uncomfortable there upon the world's stage.

But, really, the biggest blight on the entire performance was the song. What the hell does "Whole Lotta Love" have to do with the Olympic games? The song is easly a glorified ode to Robert Plant's manly parts--my mind does not exactly reside in the gutter, here. "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love." Really, what do you think that's about? Trading a baton in a relay race? I think not.

The inclusion of David Beckham kicking the soccer ball was the only thing that seemed to make sense (y'know, the Olympics are about sports). Otherwise the entire number felt like something on par with the Grammys. There was lots of flash, an odd team-up and it felt like little more than a ratings grab. Hopefully the 2012 Opening Ceremonies will get their inspiration elsewhere.

What could be better than one of Britain's best loved rock stars, Jimmy Page, accompanying Britain's hottest new singing star, Leona Lewis, to the classic tune Whole Lotta Love? And then David Beckham, the world's favourite football star, kicking out a football into the crowd as a symbol of global athleticism coming to London? 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6jher_leona-lewis-jimmy-page-live_music

Lamentablemente finalizo una edición mas de los Juegos Olimpicos que me dejaron muy satisfecho al ver a grandes hombres y mujeres compitiendo,poniendo todo su esfuerzo para cumplir su sueño de subir a el podium,ganar una medalla de oro y poner el nombre tu su pais en lo mas alto, viendo la bandera hondear y entonando su himno nacional.
Muchos se quedaron en el camino, aun asi es bello que reconozcan que han dado lo mejor de si y que hay quienes son mejores que ellos.

La clausura como la inaguración fueron totalmente increibles, el pueblo chino se la rifo.

¿Puede haber otro cierre de Juegos Olimpicos tan sorprendete como la de Beijin?
Leona Lewis(Mamasota)y mi gran abuelo Jimmy Page tocando aquella canción de Willie Dixon que Zeppelin hizo famosa "Whole Lotta Love" desde el primer riff puso a todo el estadio con la piel chinita...ja.

Ahora 4 años para vivir nuevas emociones en los Juegos Olimpicos de Londres ¿Que sorpresas nos deparan?.......hay que esperar.
Si alguien se apunta pa irnos ,orales, vayan juntandole tienen 4 años!!
A mi nomas me falta juntar el varo.
La visa, el pasaporte y las ganas ya estan listos!!!

At least sports wise.

Within a span of three hours I watched a Dodgers-Phillies baseball game, Bills-Colts football game and the Olympic Games closing ceremony.

Life could not get any better than that. I watched the first two games at a sports bar in south Reno on giant side-by-side screens. Heaven.  

I ordered a glass of white wine to extend my viewing pleasure experience even more.

Afterwards, I watched the closing ceremony on a small TV at home, but hey, I still got to see it….

By the way what was the deal with Leona Lewis’ mic? Couldn’t that have been checked beforehand? Or even during the performance? Anywhere during….

And poor Jimmy Page, age has caught up with him. Still is a badass, but the gray hair – sad. On the other hand, getting older is now somewhat fashionable – just ask Madonna.

Every two years I, along with millions of other Americans make a point of watching the Games. I feel as if I am a part of something special, a worldwide camaraderie.

I don’t want to be somewhere the next day and hear, ‘do you see Michael Phelps last night?’ and not know what that person is talking about.

I’ve always viewed the athletes’ bodies as works of art. It’s the artist in me; I can’t help it. It’s art in motion.

And of course, the best example of this point I think would have to be Michael Phelps.

I emailed this picture to my mother when I stumbled across it. It’s beautiful – I mean really look at it. The veins in the arms, the muscles…. not in a sexual way, but view his body as art for a moment.

This is what I think an athlete should look like. What’s even more amazing to me is we all (basically) have that body too.

I was also mesmerized by the divers’ bodies.

But what I could identify with the most was the women’s gymnastics team. Yes, when I was younger I wanted to be next Mary Lou Retton. (Shows my age huh?)

I learned the vault, bars, floor and balance beam. I enjoyed the floor the most, I think because I was on flat ground the entire time!

Balance beam scared the crap out of me since it’s only like three inches wide. I liked the vault, but you need to be careful to make sure you hit your mark – all while you’re still running.

I didn’t get far in my training, I couldn’t reach the high bar, so my parents and I decided I should quit.

And since I already touched on the ’84 Olympics – what was the deal with all the commentators coming from that specific Games?

Rowdy Gaines (who I don’t remember), Dwight Stone, Tim Daggett… stop it!

And does anyone know what happened to Mary Decker? It’s the only thing I think of when I watch any women’s track events.

And my last point from the ’84 Olympics, (and this may be the most amazing thing of all), my parents still have a working RCA VCR from that year! We bought SPECIFICALLY so my dad could record the Olympics. It cost us $600. But it still works.   

Guess some things do get 'better' with age.

Images: Getty

Pues anoche vimos la ceremonia de finalización de los juegos olímpicos en Beijín y déjenme decirles algo; En China lo que es plata, poder...y mucha gente disciplinada. Que cantidad de gente en coreografía, que precisión, que color, que música, que ambiente...que tradición, cultura y respeto.

.....hasta que salio David Beckham.

Yo entiendo que Inglaterra no va poder superar a China en cuatro años, y también que las ceremonias serán mas contemporáneas que la de Beijing, pero Beckham???. Nosotros somos fanáticos de fútbol, y nos encanta Beckham, pero ni siquiera es un atleta olímpico, no va a hacer nada en los próximos juegos...entonces...por favor alguien me dice porque hacia parte de la ceremonia???

El cierre de los olímpicos aquí…en quevio.com

- Clausura de los juegos olímpicos de Pekín. Ok por Jimmy Page de Led Zeppelín. ¿Pero donde estaban los Beatles y Harry Potter?

- Hellow fest. Bien por los de 60 tigres que dijeron que no se construya nada allí. Ojala mas artistas se unieran en proteger nuestras montañas de la depredación de Natividad González Paras y Abel Guerra.

- Los 100 días para dar resultados en seguridad empezaron el jueves 21 de agosto del 2008. ¿Y sino funciona, que les hacemos? ¿Sabremos la verdad o dentro de 100 días los medios mágicamente van a dejar de informar sobre los secuestros e inseguridad? El control de la información da poder. Si dentro de 100 días vivimos en un mundo feliz (Aldous Huxley), ¿habrán obtenido Televisa y TV Azteca nuevos privilegios para tenernos en babia?

- El Norte, sección Vida, pagina primera. Flash Mob de almohadazos. Awww de haber sabido me hubiera ido a jugar a los almohadazos.

- El Norte, sección Vida, primera. Como ser buen ciudadano. Nice info.

- El Porvenir, nacional. "León, GTO. – La Arquidiócesis de León desaprobó la creación de un club deportivo nudista en la ciudad y criticó la facilidad con la que el gobierno autoriza negocios que ofenden la moral pública."

Vestidos, en cueros o tapaditas como tamales de Musulmania, el pecado y el morbo están en la mente de la otra persona. La “moral publica” (nunca definida) cambia con la época y geografía. Así que a la Iglesia Católica le digo: relax, compren una suscripción al National Geographic, léanlo, y hagan de cuenta que se fueron a vivir allí una tribu del Amazonas.

- Muy bueno el “Picabuches” de hoy en El Regio, sección Local, hablando de PEMEX y la Reforma Energetica. Dice lo obvio: hace años PEMEX para todo fin practico pertenece a los acreedores extranjeros. Búsquenlo el articulo otro´día porque aun no esta actualizada su página. (Triste caso pues es buen periódico)

-El Regio, sección deportiva, pagina 16. La Villa Olímpica como un cocktail sexual. LOL. Pues que se diviertan! Y no negare me dan envidia.

Notas sueltas y divagaciones:
Pues acá en San Pedro no hubo mesa de consulta organizada por el PRD sobre la Reforma Energética. Bha

El PRI como socialdemócrata. Es lo lógico si quiere triunfar en las próximas elecciones. No me asusta esta corriente. Es muy natural y normal allá en Europa. ¿Estarían los medios al servicio de la sociedad? ¿Se le pondría algo de freno a la avaricia y rapiña desbocada? ¿Estarían los insumos energéticos a dos precios, precio México y Precio Exterior?

Que lastima Obama no escogiera a Hillary Clinton como candidata a la VP. Ella tiene 18 millones de votos populares, además de delegados. Es obvio escogió a Biden por las acusaciones de que es un novato en cuestiones de política extranjera, pero Biden no creo sea el adecuado para poder llegar a la Casa Blanca. Por primera vez dudo me gane mi cena en noviembre. (sí, aposte ganaba Obama la presidencia, pero lo de Biden me saca el tapete)

He must have been paid SO MUCH MONEY to play the closing ceremony in China.  That was incredibly embarassing watching him shred to some superstar singer I've never heard of.

Jimmy, 'Please Read the Letter'.  We want to see you make new music, show us who you are now, besides a an aging rocker riding a rickety bus that was absolutely dwarfed by the Chinese show.  Maybe it wasn't your fault, maybe I should be blasting the committee/choreographers who came up with that piece of crap.

I will now expunge the memory from my mind, and put 'Raising Sand' on the stereo, real loud.

I hope to see Robert Plant and Allison Kraus at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in SF, which should completely erase this pathetic display from my mind.

He shoulda played atop the Memory Tower.  All I'm sayin'.

Why are you doing this Jimmy? By appearing with artists beneath your legendary status you are diminishing Led Zeppelin's legacy and you are looking like a fool doing it.

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E' stata l'unica cosa che mi ha emozionato di queste Olimpiadi. Vedere Jimmy Page così in forma fa sempre ben sperare; dopo la one-day reunion dei Led Zeppelin lo scorso Dicembre per beneficenza, sarebbe spettacolare rivederli in un vero e proprio tour, anche se probabilmente l'età avanzata non aiuta e non fornisce più molte motivazioni per rimettersi in giro. Ad ogni modo è stato bello il duetto con Leona Lewis (comincio a rivalutarla...) per Whole Lotta Love...Anche se forse si potevano evitare simboli troppo stereotipati per presentare Londra (i doubledeck bus rossi, Beckham, gli ombrelli...mancavano solo i Beatles!!)

"I've been over [to England] a couple of times. I've been working with Jimmy (Page) and John Paul (Jones) and trying to do just do some new material and some writing. I don't know what it will be, but it will be something."

I don't know who's singing but it would be blasphemy if these musicians went on as Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant. Some Zeppelin traditionalists think there should be no continuation of Zep without Jason's father, John. For me, as a big Zeppelin fan, it's Plant or nothing. No one should fill in for him.

A double-decker bus lamely became a dull London skyscape, and then Leone Lewis began to sing "Whole Lotta Love" with Jimmy Page. Page's guitar seemed dubbed, and you can hardly hear the distinct rock riff. Leona's voice was clear and sharp, but seemingly lip-synching; which is strange because this song was never recorded before. Then Jimmy's classic guitar lead popped in and sounded all-of-a-sudden loud and sharp, like an intruder. Yes, it was perfect, note-for-note — brilliant, really — but, again, it seemed dubbed. Jimmy rocked there like a geezer with a gray pony-tail playing air guitar. It was weird. The whole thing seemed like an out-of-date P.T. Barnum stunt.

This can't be our last image of Jimmy Page on-stage! Now you feel as if he has to go on tour.

BTW< most of the YouTube videos of the performance have been taken down with a message " This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by a third party." Keep trying, however, videos keep on popping up and taken down.

Here's a sample of one still up, but not the greatest quality:

A China bateu um recorde. Nunca, em nenhuma Olimpíada, tantos fogos de artifícios foram explodidos. Vai gostar de pólvora assim na China, meu. 

Agora resta-nos esperarmos quatro anos para a próxima edição. A sede será a capital Londres, que ontem foi representada pelo galã David Beckham e o guitarrista Jimmy Page.

Destaques

São dois nomes que brilharam e que todas as pessoas deste século XXI têm que conhecer.

Michael Phelps - Oito medalhas de ouro, sete recordes mundiais. O maior vencedor de todos os tempos na história dos Jogos. 

O site oficial do nadador é interessante: http://www.michaelphelps.com/2004/english.html

Usain Bolt - Três medalhas de ouro, três recordes mundiais. O maior velocista. O homem mais rápido do mundo.  

Opa! Mais pipoca?

Sim! Os Jogos Olímpicos acabaram, mas ainda teve tempo para mais uma dose de milho para os brasileiros. Agora foi a vez dos homens do vôlei darem sua "pipocadinha básica".

O resultado do jogo foi 3x1 para os EUA. Fora o show.

Até que não foi tão ruim assim

O Brasil terminou os Jogos em 23º lugar no Quadro de Medalhas. Não foi tão ruim. Pelo menos ficamos na frente da Argentina. A única vergonha é ficar atrás de países como Etiópia, Jamaica, Phelps...

Um abraço.