New Robert Plant Track

Robert Plant has released a new track called "Rainbow." The song is from the upcoming album Lullaby and... The Ceasless Roar. The album will be released September 9.

I have to admit, "Rainbow" isn't exactly your typical Robert Plant work... it's very sleepy. Still, I'm open to giving the entire album a fair chance.

Comments

[The Cheap Seats]

I don't know, I would say it's pretty typical of what he's done post-Zeppelin, and that is to say atypical.

Let's face it, since the demise of Zeppelin, Plant's solo work (and with the Honeydrippers) has come nowhere near the bombast and guitar-centric rock of his former band.

And I'm not saying that's a bad thing, either. I mean, from "Big Log" to "Sea of Love" to this, Plant is in another place musically than the Zeppelin heyday.

[bryon]

Very cool song.

[bkallday]

Let's all face it....Plant turned into a big pu$$# after Zep broke up. Rather unfortunate imo.

[Dj]

I'll just stick to Zeppelin whenever I'm in the mood.

[Him]

I have to say, The Cheap Seats gets it. Plant solo, though he flirted with Zep every now and again ("Tall Cool One" is almost jokey in its casual throw-off references), is not aiming for or attempting to recapture the Zep vibe.

Judged against Zep, it fails. Judged independently, it is whatever you want to make of it. But the aim of each of those judgments is entirely different (or, at least, should not be conflated). You listen to either of the two for different reasons. At least I do.

If I want something _approximating_ Zep (and I stress that), listen to _The Firm_ or _Coverdale/Page_. Even _Page and Plant_ on "Unledded" twist the music in a way that makes it feel like the Zep songs are being pushed into different directions so as to intentionally break up the canon of Zep. The follow-up, "Walking into Clarksdale," feels like an echo of the previous album, bouncing off the hulls of those re-imagined Zep tunes.

Sidebar: not sure that labeling Plant a sex organ really rises to the occasion; though asking us all to "face it" really does go a long way to cross-pun pollination (I longed for a reference to "Hot Dog").

Creatively, Plant has been doing what he wants to do. And he has been fairly--not completely--consistent in explaining his motives (even those involved in forming _Page and Plant_ on the heels of _Coverdale/Page_). It is only unfortunate if you look at it that way.

[Metalboy!]

I agree with almost everything said above.

Plant's a Love/Hate thing for me ever since the demise of Zep.

p.s. HIM, killarious commentary, as usual. \m/