The Black Crowes

Live At The Greek

LED ZEPPELIN still Rules!

Review Score:

(2/10)
Let me guess: Jimmy Page wanted to remind people just how great Led Zeppelin was, so he got these guys together to prove that LedZep was at least an order of magnitude better than any of their imitators. Or, perhaps someone just needed money and figured a bunch of Led Zeppelin covers would be a quick way to generate a good cash flow.

Whatever... On the PLUS side, this CD has all the great guitar chops you'd ever want (well, after all, look who's playing!), but overall, it sounds like a cover band at any one of a hundred nightclubs across he country that does Led Zeppelin cover tunes. Vocally, Chris Robinson can't hold a candle to Robert Plant when it comes to phrasing a song or injecting subtlety into singing. The rhythm section here has none of the thunder that John Bonham and John Paul Jones could deliver in a great Zeppelin tune, and as a result, everything here sounds like a perfunctory run through, rather than an attempt to make a musical statement.

Aurally, the mix is abysmal -- makes the mix in "Song Remains the Same" sound good by comparison. It's dense, muddy, with poor tonal and other separation as everything bleeds into everything else (where were the microphones, on the ceiling?).

Except for Page, no one here seems to be having a good time--maybe there's just too much pressure. So, forget this package and just get the real thing... Led Zeppelin still rules.

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