Robert Plant - An Influence on Stevie?

[Ghost_Tracker]

Hi guys - just came up with a Little Theory about Stevie and her performances on-stage - wanted to bounce it off everyone and ask what they think - - -


Stevie is in love with/ has hella respect for / is greatly influenced by Robert Plant, from Led Zepplin.

I was just watching a peformance by Robert Plant on a channel called "The Tube," and it seemed VERY similar to Stevie's on-stage performances, I swear. And believe it or not at first glance he LOOKS like Stevie for a split-second - the hair is similar for example.

I dunno, what do you all think? Maybe it HASN'T been a long time since Stevie Rock and Rolled! :shocked:


:lol:

[danax6]

Yeah, Stevie's in love with Robert Plant.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/danax6/withstevie4.jpg

[joe]

I've thought the same thing myself in recent years at least of the Stevie from the RAL era. I never knew she was a huge Zep fan until recently. I love that pic of the 2 of them - 2 of my favorites!!!

[petep9000]

Oh definately, RAL-era Stevie is very reminiscent of Robert Plant in some of her vocalizations. The freak-out she does before the bridge/guitar solo on 'I Can't Wait' reminds me very much of the one Plant did at the end of 'Whole Lotta Love'.
When I was in college 9 million years ago, I had the most awesome Led Zeppelin poster- it was a collage of on stage photos of the band and in the center of course was Robert Plant. He was wearing skin tight faded patched jeans with a carnation worn in the belt, a vest with no shirt, lots of silver and turquiose (sp?) jewelry and holding a round wooden tambourine (like Mirage-era Stevie) and wailing into a mic on a stand. To me, that was very Stevie and I had fancied maybe one day I would use that as inspiration for a sketch where I'd draw Stevie and Robert's tambourines intertwined with some roses.


I've thought the same thing myself in recent years at least of the Stevie from the RAL era. I never knew she was a huge Zep fan until recently. I love that pic of the 2 of them - 2 of my favorites!!!

[strandinthewind]

There pretty much is no way Plant and all of Led Z. didn't influence La Nicks and pretty much everyone else at that time. To paraphrase La Nicks - Led Z. had almost too much talent on stage.

[petep9000]

I caught Robert Plant on his 'Now And Zen' tour in summer '88. It was an extraordinary show, for (what I thought) was an extraordinary album.

[gldstwmn]

I think there is a reference to Going To California in Juliet in the line "So you found a queen without a king."
The line that it always reminded me of in Goin' To California is "To find a queen without a king,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings... la la la la."
Plus Robert loved to write about mystical things, so yes they are similar in that way.

[SortaSavageLike]

Because I had to do it...

http://i11.tinypic.com/2eojnzc.jpg
Oh, SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!

[darla]

It seems Stevie is really into Jimmy these days....
I love RAL...

Darla:blob1:

[Musicman408]

Yeah, Stevie's in love with Robert Plant.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/danax6/withstevie4.jpg

Stevie is so freaking cute in that picture. :nod::)

[joe]

why haven't they collaborated yet? c'mon....times a tickin....you can't hang around Petty your whole life!

[Ghost_Tracker]

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