Hey not gonna trip about it......but i'm not "king richard". I saw the thumbnail and got excited that you got to my request, then said king richard and I was like WHAT? no way two dudes requested the same song at the same time. That threw me for a loop. Then you mentioned the Damn Yankees and knew you really meant me. Frostrazor, man.....Frostrazor! :-P I do however appreciate the compliment in musical taste you paid me. That's something I take pride in. Rock on, brother, T. I guess it's good to be the king....hehe
This is a great album. T- would be great if you dove into old Whitesnake. Early 80s years. They always said he was a poor mans Robert Plant…but his earlier stuff is a more Smokey blues tone.
Poor s man Robert plant is a travesty . If you go back to Wilson Pickett to James brown and Steve marriot , thats where they all took for the high screech . Robert plant included. David was from the same era Fronting Deep Purple before Whitesnake . Plant ripped off Steve marriot. I like how Plant grew older. Very peacefull. But back then he said some bullshit 😃
Couldn't agree more. I joined the Army in 87 and arrived in Germany in early 88, I was already a whitesnake fan but actually prefer his earlier works before Slide it In.
Honestly….Zeppelin is my favorite band…and I also own and love this CD. There will NEVER be another Zep, but Jimmy still ached to play, create and perform. After doing his project with Paul Rodgers (The Firm), and then releasing a solo album (Outrider), he was chomping at the bit to get back onstage. Jimmy never fell out of love with hard rock and blues, so yes, his music would sound like Zep. He formed Zep and produced it, and that was the sound he loved. He listened to dozens of tapes of vocalists, but found no inspiration. Then someone suggested that he meet with Coverdale. Coverdale and Page were both with the same record label at the time, so no contract issues. They got along very well, and then met for several days at. Coverdale’s Tahoe digs to see if they could create music together. This was in early 1991. This album is the result. I love this album, and I’m a Zep fanatic. It REALLY pissed Robert Plant off, because He saw Coverdale as an imitator, and he saw Jimmy as trying to form another Zeppelin. . Some Zep fans reacted the same way. I understand the emotion, but also feel that Jimmy had every right to peruse his own career and create the sound he wanted. And he wanted a singer that sounded like Plant. And Robert had no interest, at that time, in singing hard rock. This is actually a great album. Jimmy did no guitar solo on this song, but he does on many of the others. Jimmy also did the harmonica parts on this. The drummer is excellent, but of course we all miss Bonzo. The last track, Prayer for the Dying, is my favorite. Very powerful…great lyrics.
The drummer/percussionist was Dennis Carmassi ex- Heart member,who did the best 'Zepp covers in their concerts,wish the bootlegs were a click away, the Kennedy Center Honors performance out did the original, I think Jimmy's collaboration with D.C. gave Percy a kick in the ass,but business,logic,& creative rivalry finally motivated him to reconcile with what made him in the 'bizz in the first place, J.P. & the 'Zepp sound
Sounds like Led Zeppelin because it's Jimmy Page! This is Jimmy's best playing post Zeppelin in my opinion! A lot of these guitar riffs Jimmy Page already wrote just before John Bonham passed away! And would have been on the next Led Zeppelin album if John Bonham didn't pass away! Jimmy and Bonham wanted to go back to the hard rocking routes for their next album!
People need to check out older Whitesnake. The 1987 album is great, but it's their biggest hit album and everyone thinks of them as the band they were on that album, a "hair metal" band. Try some songs like "Don't Break My Heart Again", "Love Hunter", "Child of Babylon", "Sweet Talker", Walking in the Shadow of the Blues". Coverdale replaced ian Gillan in Deep Purple for a few years before he formed Whitesnake. Jon Lord and Ian Paice of Deep Purple were in Whitesnake for a few years, during the earlier years, my favorite period of Whitesnake.
The music is gonna have that Zeppelin vibe because of Jimmy Page. Coverdale was always a bluesy singer. Check him out before Whitesnake when he recorded 3 albums with Deep Purple. Early Whitesnake was bluesy hard rock. The drummer is Denny Carmassi (Montrose, Sammy Hagar solo, Heart, Ted Nugent, Whitesnake and David Coverdale solo).
it's missing the chemistry of Zeppelin. You immediately get that zep feel when Page starts playing and that feel increases a little when David starts singing but... A lot of people, unfairly I think, gave Coverdale a hard time for being a Plant wannabe. He couldn't help looking and sounding a little like Plant it's just who he is. He's a great singer, not quite up to Plant standards but very few are.
I think this is a great album, but I know what you mean. Zeppelin was FOUR great musicians, who all made essential contributions. The talent there is unsurpassable.
Critical reception towards Coverdale-Page was generally mixed; some music critics praised Coverdale and Page's partnership as a successful blend of both their respective bands. However, others viewed the collaboration as a second-rate Led Zeppelin, with many drawing unfavourable comparisons between Coverdale and Robert Plant. The album charted in 12 countries, including reaching number four in the UK and number five in the US. It was certified platinum in the US and Canada, respectively. Following a short Japanese tour in December 1993, Coverdale and Page parted ways. A reissue is tentatively scheduled for 2023, while Coverdale and Page have also discussed a potential reunion.
Yeah, it was missing Robert Plant lol. He had that X factor lyrical charisma that David Coverdale was missing. The music on this entire album is AMAZING btw, but the whole time you’re waiting for Robert to be the one singing In his style with his own lyrics because you just know he would bring the zing. Side note: most people believe Jimmy Page did this collaboration because he knew Robert would be pissed that it was with the most well-known Robert Plant impersonator (Coverdale), and that was how Page convinced Robert to team up with him for the Page & Plant project.
There's a video of Robert Plant sing this live with Jimmy and it's nowhere near as good as this version. Both great signers, but both different enough.
U got it exactly right... "almost Zeppelin" is what it was. Missing was the beat of the late John Bonham. People expected another Zeppelin record from Plant & Page in 1998 in 'Walking into Clarksdale'... but what they got was half the majesty. Without John Bonham? Without John Paul Jones? Good record, but the magic chemistry was missing. Whitesnake was formed by singer David Coverdale after the 1976 break up of Deep Purple. They released a string of great rock albums from the late 70's to 1990. In America, they got huge after their 1987 'Whitesnake' album was a megahit on MTV. Coverdale disbanded Whitesnake in 1991, but after solo albums failed in the 90's, he reformed the band in 2002. He just announced that Whitesnake will be on their farewell tour. Classic Whitesnake songs: 'Fool for your loving'... 'Wings of the storm' ... "Now you're gone" ... "Crying in the rain" ... 'Slide it in' ... "Love ain't no stranger" ... "Bad boys" ... 'Is this love' ... 'Here I go again'... 🔥🔥🔥
If you really want to hear Coverdale at his 💯 absolute best , you should hear both, Ain't no live in the heart of the city, and also , Mistreated, both from the phenomenal Whitesnake Live in the heart of the city , album.
Just take a deep dive into whitesnakes catalogue! Any of the first five albums are gold! But you could start something from their debut album Trouble from 1978✌🏻✌🏻. By the way David Coverdale also sang lead on the albums Burn, Stormbringer and come taste the band by Deep Purple! Storbringer is a KILLER tune!!
My advice is for you to buy the album on vinyl and, if you don't own one already, invest on a really good JVC sound system and then listen to the entire album. Best to listen in a room with the lights off. I assure you will be blown away. This album has millions of tones going on all over from beginning to end. This is a stimulating album.
Sadly, there's no such thing like a vinyl of Coverdale Page. Very few copies, impossible to find. Still waiting for the 30 years anniversary special edition 🙏🏻
John Sykes is an animal. Check out the Whitesnake tune Crying in the Rain. Also check his super sexy smooth solo in the ballad “Is this Love” that highly compressed, guitar just drenching with sustain. His guitar tone on Whitesnake (1987) and the Blue Murder album was just awesome. So big and heavy.
It's always best not to expect to be wowed like Zeppelin because there's only one Zeppelin. Approach it more like hey let me hear something I haven't listened to before.
This album was just so shit on by critics/rock fans when it came out just because of the combo they didn't think should be in a band together. Proof we had trolls before the internet. It's such an awesome album.
You are wrong. It was well received by critics. Unfortunately, it was released right in the middle of the whole Nirvana and Grunge movement craze. It did not sell many copies back then simply because not many people knew about it. All the attention was on Nirvana and many great non grunge materials got overlooked because of it. The same thing happened with Robert Plants Fate Of Nations, also released about the same time as Coverdale/Page. I remember NPR did a Listen To Album/Interview with Dave and Jimmy days before it was released. Dave and Jimmy had plans for a follow album, but the tour supporting debut did not generate enough money for the label to green lit the follow up, the same Nirvana reason, not many people knew they were on the road on tour.
@@alwaysemployed656 You are wrong, sir. The album received mixed reviews at best and even radio stations that played the music gave CP crap calling them Led Snake or Whitezepplin in a derogatory way. Look it up for yourself. Even the reviews that were positive couldn't help but say passive aggressive things like, it's not as good as LZ/Whitesnake, but it's a solid effort.
You're correct on your feelings. And the album also gives that feeling it has lots of good songs. But they're all just missing a little something some standout more than others. And there's also a lot of different sounding tracks on on the album. In my opinion this is a rough draft and the finalized version of the band. would have been on the second album that was never made. Because Robert plant was very upset about the Led Zeppelin sound of this album and the following year Page and Plant made in acoustic album and went on tour.
Seems to me this, as you suspect, was originally a Zeppelin track. Personally I like this version, Coverdale / Page, more than the Robert Plant version... if I remember correctly.
This was one of your worst reviews. And it proves that with legions of people, because they're so hypocritical, you can't win no matter what you do. I remember well when the Firm's debut album came out. Everyone thought it would sound like Zeppelin meets Bad Company, but it didn't. The Firm were relentlessly criticized for not doing what people "expected". Then Page teams up with David Coverdale, who was in DEEP PURPLE in the 70's for f*cks sake, and everyone complained that it sounded like Zeppelin meets Whitesnake, or too "modern day". Like I said, legions of people are just idiots. Coverdale/Page is a fantastic album, and light years better than anything Robert Plant did post Zeppelin. Coverdale/Page went PLATINUM in the U.S. No small feat considering it was released smack dab in the middle of the grunge revolution that was dominating rock music and radio and MTV at the time. For those of you who love hard rock and Zeppelin that haven't heard this album, ignore this review. It's a great album, and I still listen to it roughly 30 years after its release. And yes, it sounds like Zeppelin meets Whitesnake with more of a modern sounding production (considering that Zeppelin disbanded in 1980 and this album was released in 1993). Oh and by the way, for those of you who don't really like The Firm, and don't really care for Coverdale/Page, perhaps you need to examine the fact that what you're really saying is you refuse to except anything Jimmy Page does unless it's in Zeppelin, which in case you didn't know.....is asinine.
I agree with you on this post. When I originally heard this song it was during my "Zeppelin" journey, so I couldn't help but to compare their sound and expect it to be more like Zeppelin. In actuality this was both artist being original. This is one of the fallacies of being a reactor because you are introduced to so much music from different periods of an artist's career that you lose context. Here it is a year later, I've consumed way more music and have a better understanding of Jimmy page and David Coverdale and "The Firm". After re listening to this song, I have a better respect for both artist and would love to do a follow up on their collaboration.
Was alright, seems like they are trying to recreate the sound of something from 66 To Timbuktu, not even close though, just being honest, Robert is the GOAT!!!✌️
I liked The Firm better because it was just new and not trying to sound like Zeppelin. You should react to The Firm with Jimmy Page and the guy from Bad Company.
I'll say this: this Coverdale.Page record from 1993 was MUCH better than the 1998 album 'Walking into Clarksdale' by Robert Plant & Jimmy Page. It's a pity this partnership only lasted 1 record... Robert Plant was not a fan of David Coverdale, and he got Jimmy Page for the 'No quarter' unplugged album in 1994... but he bailed in 1999.
No no. There was no conflicts going on with anyone. The album and tour did not generate the expected profit simply because a lot of people did not know about the album and tour. Because of that, their label did not approve a follow up. That's the reason why this is the only Dave and Jimmy album.
@@alwaysemployed656 What r u talking about??? The record was a top 10 hit in the US and UK in 1993 ! They only did a few dates as a band... but Jimmy Page's manager shut it down, apparently cos an opportunity came to work w/ Robert Plant again in 1994, which yielded the 'Unledded - No quarter' album and tour. I can only speculate, but Robert Plant was likely the cause of Coverdale.Page ending prematurely... he did not like David Coverdale and hated Page working w/ him.
@@alwaysemployed656 There were always problems between Plant and Page, despite them being friends... I think it was mostly creative disagreements that led to Plant & Page going their separate ways in 1999.
@@sumonjamal1653 David Coverdale was recently asked during a podcast interview about the collaboration with Jimmy and why did it only materialize one album. This is what Coverdale explain; the project did not earn the EXPECTED profit. I knew about the album before it was released because I listened to the NPR unveiling listening program. What you are talking about is the news hyping a Zepplin reunion after their Live Aid live reunion. During the late 80's Jimmy had revealed he was working on new material but was secretive about if it was a solo project or a Zepplin reunion. Robert later expressed he was interested about Jimmy's plans to release new material and would like to be part of it, but Jimmy was still tightlipped about if it was a solo or a Zepplin reunion. Later it was revealed that Jimmy and Coverdale were working together on the supposed new material as just an experiment. Robert did not have ill feelings toward Coverdale. Robert just felt Jimmy should have capitalized on a Zepplin reunion instead of using his material on a side project. Robert responded by writing the song Calling To You as a way to say that they are destined to reunite and work together again. Unfortunately, both CoverdalePage and Plant's Fate Of Nation were released in the middle of the Nirvana and Grunge movement craze. Each of their albums flew under the radar because all eyes and ears were on Nirvana. The reason why CoverdalePage did not earn the expected profit was simply because few people knew about it. Pop stations played Pride and Joy and rock station played Shake My Tree, but it still failed to get heavily noticed.
@@sumonjamal1653 Not everything behind the scenes is a dramatic soap opera script. Plant and Coverdale never had issues with each other and don't have issues with each other. It was simply Jimmy Page had material he wanted to put out there and he felt it would come out better as a side project and not a Zepplin reunion.
I wouldn't agree. When I'm asked about what the hard rock is like I always recommend this very album as a hard rock classics. It's more purified and intricate in sound than LZ was. Besides, the mood of the album is very different from LZ's albums. So, I personally don't understand the idea of comparing C&P to LZ.
You're 100% on point about this tune. Coverdale was great, Page is a legend. Somehow this song, despite its rotation on the air at the time, just lacks that "ooomph", as you put it. Not a "bad" song, just nowhere near a "great" song. Keep callin' 'em like you see 'em.
I know you never play requests from "non-patron" members, but if you ever do, check out this Coverdale song..... better than the original, which was Coverdale also. ua-cam.com/video/_tDz3VcVuUk/v-deo.html
Hey not gonna trip about it......but i'm not "king richard". I saw the thumbnail and got excited that you got to my request, then said king richard and I was like WHAT? no way two dudes requested the same song at the same time. That threw me for a loop. Then you mentioned the Damn Yankees and knew you really meant me.
Frostrazor, man.....Frostrazor! :-P
I do however appreciate the compliment in musical taste you paid me. That's something I take pride in. Rock on, brother, T.
I guess it's good to be the king....hehe
Hahahahaha….. sorry about that! I was moving a little too fast trying to knockout my request for today!
Finally somebody is reacting to this album I had this on cassette
The final song on the album is called Whisper A Prayer For The Dying. It's as if Still Of The Night and Kashmir had a rock'n'roll love child.
♥️Coverdale Page
This album is a total guilty pleasure.
Now I want to hear The Firm; Radioactive 😁
Allegedly Page had the song already composed for IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR but somehow Plant and Page could not agree on its content!!
That album is sooooo good and special!
Denny Carmassi of '80s Heart and Montrose played drums on this.
It's a great album
Bought this album when it first came out, this was a must listen to collaboration, it didn't disappoint amazing album. :-) :-)
Anything with Page is fabulous!
Great album it was like a lost Zep album
The entire album is good.
This is a great album. T- would be great if you dove into old Whitesnake. Early 80s years. They always said he was a poor mans Robert Plant…but his earlier stuff is a more Smokey blues tone.
Poor s man Robert plant is a travesty .
If you go back to Wilson Pickett to James brown and Steve marriot , thats where they all took for the high screech .
Robert plant included.
David was from the same era
Fronting Deep Purple before Whitesnake .
Plant ripped off Steve marriot.
I like how Plant grew older.
Very peacefull.
But back then he said some bullshit 😃
Couldn't agree more. I joined the Army in 87 and arrived in Germany in early 88, I was already a whitesnake fan but actually prefer his earlier works before Slide it In.
Brings back so many memories of hacky sack at the lake with this jamming so loud it would move the hacky sack in the air! Love it!
Love this song ,and this album, i got it on cd. Coverdale was singer from Deep Purple too, so this was the mix of Zeppelin and Deep Purple too.
Honestly….Zeppelin is my favorite band…and I also own and love this CD. There will NEVER be another Zep, but Jimmy still ached to play, create and perform. After doing his project with Paul Rodgers (The Firm), and then releasing a solo album (Outrider), he was chomping at the bit to get back onstage. Jimmy never fell out of love with hard rock and blues, so yes, his music would sound like Zep. He formed Zep and produced it, and that was the sound he loved.
He listened to dozens of tapes of vocalists, but found no inspiration. Then someone suggested that he meet with Coverdale. Coverdale and Page were both with the same record label at the time, so no contract issues. They got along very well, and then met for several days at. Coverdale’s Tahoe digs to see if they could create music together. This was in early 1991. This album is the result. I love this album, and I’m a Zep fanatic. It REALLY pissed Robert Plant off, because He saw Coverdale as an imitator, and he saw Jimmy as trying to form another Zeppelin. . Some Zep fans reacted the same way. I understand the emotion, but also feel that Jimmy had every right to peruse his own career and create the sound he wanted. And he wanted a singer that sounded like Plant. And Robert had no interest, at that time, in singing hard rock. This is actually a great album. Jimmy did no guitar solo on this song, but he does on many of the others. Jimmy also did the harmonica parts on this. The drummer is excellent, but of course we all miss Bonzo.
The last track, Prayer for the Dying, is my favorite. Very powerful…great lyrics.
The drummer/percussionist was Dennis Carmassi ex- Heart member,who did the best 'Zepp covers in their concerts,wish the bootlegs were a click away, the Kennedy Center Honors performance out did the original, I think Jimmy's collaboration with D.C. gave Percy a kick in the ass,but business,logic,& creative rivalry finally motivated him to reconcile with what made him in the 'bizz in the first place, J.P. & the 'Zepp sound
Sounds like Led Zeppelin because it's Jimmy Page! This is Jimmy's best playing post Zeppelin in my opinion! A lot of these guitar riffs Jimmy Page already wrote just before John Bonham passed away! And would have been on the next Led Zeppelin album if John Bonham didn't pass away! Jimmy and Bonham wanted to go back to the hard rocking routes for their next album!
Great album, whisper a prayer for the dying is another good one.
I ADORE this album! This sounds like Zeppelin's next album!
Been waitin a long time to see someone jam this. This is a great album
With Whitesnake, start with the album 'Come an' Get It'. David Coverdale sounded with Page just like he did on the album, 'Slip of the Tongue'
People need to check out older Whitesnake. The 1987 album is great, but it's their biggest hit album and everyone thinks of them as the band they were on that album, a "hair metal" band.
Try some songs like "Don't Break My Heart Again", "Love Hunter", "Child of Babylon", "Sweet Talker", Walking in the Shadow of the Blues". Coverdale replaced ian Gillan in Deep Purple for a few years before he formed Whitesnake. Jon Lord and Ian Paice of Deep Purple were in Whitesnake for a few years, during the earlier years, my favorite period of Whitesnake.
Take Me for a Little While is my top 5 of all time
No doubt!!
the firm .all the kings horses .the band has page in it to plus paul rogers
The music is gonna have that Zeppelin vibe because of Jimmy Page. Coverdale was always a bluesy singer. Check him out before Whitesnake when he recorded 3 albums with Deep Purple. Early Whitesnake was bluesy hard rock. The drummer is Denny Carmassi (Montrose, Sammy Hagar solo, Heart, Ted Nugent, Whitesnake and David Coverdale solo).
it was the drums no one bangs like bonham.
it's missing the chemistry of Zeppelin. You immediately get that zep feel when Page starts playing and that feel increases a little when David starts singing but...
A lot of people, unfairly I think, gave Coverdale a hard time for being a Plant wannabe. He couldn't help looking and sounding a little like Plant it's just who he is. He's a great singer, not quite up to Plant standards but very few are.
I think this is a great album, but I know what you mean. Zeppelin was FOUR great musicians, who all made essential contributions. The talent there is unsurpassable.
Critical reception towards Coverdale-Page was generally mixed; some music critics praised Coverdale and Page's partnership as a successful blend of both their respective bands. However, others viewed the collaboration as a second-rate Led Zeppelin, with many drawing unfavourable comparisons between Coverdale and Robert Plant. The album charted in 12 countries, including reaching number four in the UK and number five in the US. It was certified platinum in the US and Canada, respectively. Following a short Japanese tour in December 1993, Coverdale and Page parted ways. A reissue is tentatively scheduled for 2023, while Coverdale and Page have also discussed a potential reunion.
I actually loved that song. 🤷🏻♀️
David Coverdale used to be compared to Robert Plant. Zeppelin fans called him "David Cover-version".
Check out their song Pride And Joy . Just as good as this one .
Yeah, it was missing Robert Plant lol. He had that X factor lyrical charisma that David Coverdale was missing. The music on this entire album is AMAZING btw, but the whole time you’re waiting for Robert to be the one singing In his style with his own lyrics because you just know he would bring the zing.
Side note: most people believe Jimmy Page did this collaboration because he knew Robert would be pissed that it was with the most well-known Robert Plant impersonator (Coverdale), and that was how Page convinced Robert to team up with him for the Page & Plant project.
There's a video of Robert Plant sing this live with Jimmy and it's nowhere near as good as this version. Both great signers, but both different enough.
U got it exactly right... "almost Zeppelin" is what it was. Missing was the beat of the late John Bonham.
People expected another Zeppelin record from Plant & Page in 1998 in 'Walking into Clarksdale'... but what they got was half the majesty. Without John Bonham? Without John Paul Jones?
Good record, but the magic chemistry was missing.
Whitesnake was formed by singer David Coverdale after the 1976 break up of Deep Purple. They released a string of great rock albums from the late 70's to 1990. In America, they got huge after their 1987 'Whitesnake' album was a megahit on MTV.
Coverdale disbanded Whitesnake in 1991, but after solo albums failed in the 90's, he reformed the band in 2002. He just announced that Whitesnake will be on their farewell tour.
Classic Whitesnake songs:
'Fool for your loving'... 'Wings of the storm' ... "Now you're gone" ... "Crying in the rain" ... 'Slide it in' ... "Love ain't no stranger" ... "Bad boys" ... 'Is this love' ... 'Here I go again'... 🔥🔥🔥
If you really want to hear Coverdale at his 💯 absolute best , you should hear both, Ain't no live in the heart of the city, and also , Mistreated, both from the phenomenal Whitesnake Live in the heart of the city , album.
I haven’t heard this song in a long time!!👍🔥🤘🏻🎧
Just take a deep dive into whitesnakes catalogue! Any of the first five albums are gold! But you could start something from their debut album Trouble from 1978✌🏻✌🏻. By the way David Coverdale also sang lead on the albums Burn, Stormbringer and come taste the band by Deep Purple! Storbringer is a KILLER tune!!
David Coverdale, THE G.O.A.T.
Wow great tune!
Oh wow!!!!!
My advice is for you to buy the album on vinyl and, if you don't own one already, invest on a really good JVC sound system and then listen to the entire album. Best to listen in a room with the lights off. I assure you will be blown away. This album has millions of tones going on all over from beginning to end. This is a stimulating album.
Sadly, there's no such thing like a vinyl of Coverdale Page. Very few copies, impossible to find. Still waiting for the 30 years anniversary special edition 🙏🏻
@@BatroAgencia Have you tried the Japanese market? The album was a huge hit in Japan.
The wow factor is in the guitar work and drums. Well Jimmy Page is Zeppelin and he cannot erase his style.
Check out Radioactive by The Firm. Paul Rodgers from Bad Company and Jimmy Page.
Have you got into Blue Murder yet? Check out Riot and also Valley of The Kings!!✌️
John Sykes is an animal. Check out the Whitesnake tune Crying in the Rain. Also check his super sexy smooth solo in the ballad “Is this Love” that highly compressed, guitar just drenching with sustain. His guitar tone on Whitesnake (1987) and the Blue Murder album was just awesome. So big and heavy.
@@joelhammond4162 he gets overlooked as a guitarist but people who know his playing know he is a beast!!
It's always best not to expect to be wowed like Zeppelin because there's only one Zeppelin. Approach it more like hey let me hear something I haven't listened to before.
The thing missing was Bonham.
I guess the wow factor he was looking for was the guitar solo and John Bonham
Whitesnake is Zeppelin influenced.
try... Its Over Now
Coverdale / Page
Yes it sounds like Zeppelin because Coverdale was imitating Robert.
This album was just so shit on by critics/rock fans when it came out just because of the combo they didn't think should be in a band together. Proof we had trolls before the internet. It's such an awesome album.
You are wrong. It was well received by critics. Unfortunately, it was released right in the middle of the whole Nirvana and Grunge movement craze. It did not sell many copies back then simply because not many people knew about it. All the attention was on Nirvana and many great non grunge materials got overlooked because of it. The same thing happened with Robert Plants Fate Of Nations, also released about the same time as Coverdale/Page. I remember NPR did a Listen To Album/Interview with Dave and Jimmy days before it was released. Dave and Jimmy had plans for a follow album, but the tour supporting debut did not generate enough money for the label to green lit the follow up, the same Nirvana reason, not many people knew they were on the road on tour.
@@alwaysemployed656 You are wrong, sir. The album received mixed reviews at best and even radio stations that played the music gave CP crap calling them Led Snake or Whitezepplin in a derogatory way. Look it up for yourself. Even the reviews that were positive couldn't help but say passive aggressive things like, it's not as good as LZ/Whitesnake, but it's a solid effort.
@@biffbarely7045 Did you liked the album?
You're correct on your feelings. And the album also gives that feeling it has lots of good songs. But they're all just missing a little something some standout more than others. And there's also a lot of different sounding tracks on on the album. In my opinion this is a rough draft and the finalized version of the band. would have been on the second album that was never made. Because Robert plant was very upset about the Led Zeppelin sound of this album and the following year Page and Plant made in acoustic album and went on tour.
Dang. Thank you for this info.
Yup. No Bonzo mostly.
Seems to me this, as you suspect, was originally a Zeppelin track. Personally I like this version, Coverdale / Page, more than the Robert Plant version... if I remember correctly.
No. No it was NOT originally a Zeppelin track .🤣
This was one of your worst reviews. And it proves that with legions of people, because they're so hypocritical, you can't win no matter what you do. I remember well when the Firm's debut album came out. Everyone thought it would sound like Zeppelin meets Bad Company, but it didn't. The Firm were relentlessly criticized for not doing what people "expected". Then Page teams up with David Coverdale, who was in DEEP PURPLE in the 70's for f*cks sake, and everyone complained that it sounded like Zeppelin meets Whitesnake, or too "modern day". Like I said, legions of people are just idiots. Coverdale/Page is a fantastic album, and light years better than anything Robert Plant did post Zeppelin. Coverdale/Page went PLATINUM in the U.S. No small feat considering it was released smack dab in the middle of the grunge revolution that was dominating rock music and radio and MTV at the time.
For those of you who love hard rock and Zeppelin that haven't heard this album, ignore this review. It's a great album, and I still listen to it roughly 30 years after its release. And yes, it sounds like Zeppelin meets Whitesnake with more of a modern sounding production (considering that Zeppelin disbanded in 1980 and this album was released in 1993). Oh and by the way, for those of you who don't really like The Firm, and don't really care for Coverdale/Page, perhaps you need to examine the fact that what you're really saying is you refuse to except anything Jimmy Page does unless it's in Zeppelin, which in case you didn't know.....is asinine.
I agree with you on this post. When I originally heard this song it was during my "Zeppelin" journey, so I couldn't help but to compare their sound and expect it to be more like Zeppelin. In actuality this was both artist being original. This is one of the fallacies of being a reactor because you are introduced to so much music from different periods of an artist's career that you lose context. Here it is a year later, I've consumed way more music and have a better understanding of Jimmy page and David Coverdale and "The Firm". After re listening to this song, I have a better respect for both artist and would love to do a follow up on their collaboration.
100% This album is an absolute masterpiece - released and partially lost in the 1993 grunge era of music.
You need to listen to some Whitesnake to fully appreciate Coverdale Paige album.
Was alright, seems like they are trying to recreate the sound of something from 66 To Timbuktu, not even close though, just being honest, Robert is the GOAT!!!✌️
I liked The Firm better because it was just new and not trying to sound like Zeppelin. You should react to The Firm with Jimmy Page and the guy from Bad Company.
I'll say this: this Coverdale.Page record from 1993 was MUCH better than the 1998 album 'Walking into Clarksdale' by Robert Plant & Jimmy Page.
It's a pity this partnership only lasted 1 record... Robert Plant was not a fan of David Coverdale, and he got Jimmy Page for the 'No quarter' unplugged album in 1994... but he bailed in 1999.
No no. There was no conflicts going on with anyone. The album and tour did not generate the expected profit simply because a lot of people did not know about the album and tour. Because of that, their label did not approve a follow up. That's the reason why this is the only Dave and Jimmy album.
@@alwaysemployed656 What r u talking about??? The record was a top 10 hit in the US and UK in 1993 !
They only did a few dates as a band... but Jimmy Page's manager shut it down, apparently cos an opportunity came to work w/ Robert Plant again in 1994, which yielded the 'Unledded - No quarter' album and tour.
I can only speculate, but Robert Plant was likely the cause of Coverdale.Page ending prematurely... he did not like David Coverdale and hated Page working w/ him.
@@alwaysemployed656 There were always problems between Plant and Page, despite them being friends... I think it was mostly creative disagreements that led to Plant & Page going their separate ways in 1999.
@@sumonjamal1653 David Coverdale was recently asked during a podcast interview about the collaboration with Jimmy and why did it only materialize one album. This is what Coverdale explain; the project did not earn the EXPECTED profit. I knew about the album before it was released because I listened to the NPR unveiling listening program. What you are talking about is the news hyping a Zepplin reunion after their Live Aid live reunion. During the late 80's Jimmy had revealed he was working on new material but was secretive about if it was a solo project or a Zepplin reunion. Robert later expressed he was interested about Jimmy's plans to release new material and would like to be part of it, but Jimmy was still tightlipped about if it was a solo or a Zepplin reunion. Later it was revealed that Jimmy and Coverdale were working together on the supposed new material as just an experiment. Robert did not have ill feelings toward Coverdale. Robert just felt Jimmy should have capitalized on a Zepplin reunion instead of using his material on a side project. Robert responded by writing the song Calling To You as a way to say that they are destined to reunite and work together again. Unfortunately, both CoverdalePage and Plant's Fate Of Nation were released in the middle of the Nirvana and Grunge movement craze. Each of their albums flew under the radar because all eyes and ears were on Nirvana. The reason why CoverdalePage did not earn the expected profit was simply because few people knew about it. Pop stations played Pride and Joy and rock station played Shake My Tree, but it still failed to get heavily noticed.
@@sumonjamal1653 Not everything behind the scenes is a dramatic soap opera script. Plant and Coverdale never had issues with each other and don't have issues with each other. It was simply Jimmy Page had material he wanted to put out there and he felt it would come out better as a side project and not a Zepplin reunion.
Here's a rare one; War Babies hang me up
Just takes more than one listening . On your off time .
I wouldn't agree. When I'm asked about what the hard rock is like I always recommend this very album as a hard rock classics. It's more purified and intricate in sound than LZ was. Besides, the mood of the album is very different from LZ's albums. So, I personally don't understand the idea of comparing C&P to LZ.
You're 100% on point about this tune. Coverdale was great, Page is a legend. Somehow this song, despite its rotation on the air at the time, just lacks that "ooomph", as you put it. Not a "bad" song, just nowhere near a "great" song. Keep callin' 'em like you see 'em.
I've always felt that this album was overproduced. The music needs a more organic approach which is missing with the final result.
There are better songs on this album though.
I know you never play requests from "non-patron" members, but if you ever do, check out this Coverdale song..... better than the original, which was Coverdale also. ua-cam.com/video/_tDz3VcVuUk/v-deo.html
You're right about this album not quite hitting the spot. On paper, this should have been the perfect match but it just didn't quite make it.