-Raskyl t1_j6ibckt wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:19 PM

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I remember seeing a post of his on Twitter where he was at a bar and no one recognized him, and he seemed to be having a "what the fuck, how do they not recognize me" type attitude. And it's like...."you're 90. In a big hat and long coat, at a bar. Why the fuck should they recognize you?"

therealgariac t1_j6igwyf wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:56 PM

Well he is 79 at the moment.

-Raskyl t1_j6iha9u wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:59 PM

Lol, still, when at a bar surrounded by 20 somethings, shouldn't really expect to get recognized, as he is not really relevant to the current generation. Outside a random commercial they might see. Most younger people probably aren't looking up pictures of him just because they recognize a song or two.

therealgariac t1_j6in14c wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:36 PM

Hard to say.

When Robert Plant did the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, it was the most crowded event I ever attended. So crowded it would be one of those situations where if there is a panic, someone will be trampled to death.

The kids just love Led Zeppelin.

-Raskyl t1_j6ingl1 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Ya, Led Zeppelin is Led Zeppelin though.... and Robert Plant is fucjing Robert Plant!!!

Mic Jagger is just a really old guy in a big hat and a long coat.... we established this.

therealgariac t1_j6ipedd wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:51 PM

Plant is 74.

The Band of Joy is worth seeing. I often pay for acts when they tour that I see for free at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.

Plant does a few old Zeppelin songs. Never "Stairway to Heaven" as far as I know.

I know it is sacrilege but Jagger is the better song writer of the two.

-Raskyl t1_j6irtq7 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:06 PM

But Led Zeppelin would be the better experience, for sure.

And im pretty sure Jimmy Page owns stairway to heaven. As he's the credited producer. But it coukd also just be Robert Plant.

He once gave 10 grand to an oregon radio station, during a fund drive. Because the DJ promised to not play stairway to heaven if people donated.

Plant was driving through Oregon and heard it on the radio. And when asked said it wasn't because he disliked the song. But because he'd heard it before, and liked that the station played non mainstream stuff that he hadn't necessarily heard before.