What Is and What Should Always Be
Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
September 27th
Knock another off my list – sorta – as Robert Plant has now been seen and heard by me, before he or I die (I totally biffed and missed the boat and should have seen the Plant/Page tour in the mid 90s). And while the lion in winter (looking guy) still has a spring in his summery step and vocal chords – and rawked our frucking socks off – I still can’t help but wonder – if he’s cool with singing Led Zep songs, why isn’t it cool for him to reunite with Page and JPJones and sing Led Zep songs with them???? IT MAKES NO SENSE. OK, OK, so maybe he likes making new music with other people and play those songs (which sound like songs sung by Robert Plant), but the people want the Bonham-less trio back together and back on the road. It would literally be the biggest tour on planet earth (outside of an ABBA or a Talking Heads reunion). WHY CAN’T THIS BE??? WHY ROBERT, WHY????????????? IF ONLY JOHN PAUL JONES HAD NAKED PICTURES OF ROBERT PLANT THAT HE COULD BLACKMAIL HIM INTO REUNITING AND TOURING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or maybe the iCloud bandit can make a fappening threat of Robert Plant naked selfies and LED ZEP COULD BE RAWKING THE WORLD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! People, we need to find Plant nudie pics – STAT!!!
Setlist – Poor Howard / Thank You / Turn It Up / Black Dog / Rainbow / Going to California / A Stolen Kiss / What is and What Should Never Be / No Place to Go / Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You / Fixin’ to Die / Whole Lotta Love
Encore – Nobody’s Fault But Mine / Little Maggie