Skin Bag Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Picked this up from the Led Zeppelin forum today: British rock photographer Ross Halfin's online diary entry for this past Monday, May 27th describes how he went to a record fair with Jimmy Page and played him Rush's Fly By Night in the car: May 27th: A very nice and sunny - and hot - Bank Holiday Monday. Did I sit in the garden and enjoy it? No, I drove to Jimmy Page's, picked him up and headed to Reading to the record fair. As I had Rush's Fly By Night in the car it was time for Jimmy to experience Anthem and Beneath, Between and Behind on the motorway. He liked the drumming and I did catch him listening to Alex Lifeson. Jimmy told me he liked La Villa Strangiato. ... Jimmy Page is one of Alex Lifeson's biggest influences. Alex talks about finally meeting his idol in this 2006 Guitar Player interview http://www.cygnus-x1...yer-03.2006.php Halfin has photographed a number of rock icons over the years including Rush. http://www.rosshalfi...ry-may-2013.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Dave Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 wow, either I'm going blind or that post is very faint and hard to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 http://24.media.tumblr.com/52bc6753edd115f6fa706e3e35fc2fb7/tumblr_mihms1bPrT1r41unfo1_500.gif Just kidding, man...cool article! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingbald Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Somehow I think Jimmy doesn't need to be schooled at this point...by anything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandydog Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 (edited) "La Villa Strangiato" isn't on the Fly By Night album. Edited June 1, 2013 by mandydog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlappinDahBass Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 "La Villa Strangiato" isn't on the Fly By Night album. Fairly positive it was just an addition to the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 "La Villa Strangiato" isn't on the Fly By Night album. I bet you're not the only one to have figured that out, but good job nonetheless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandydog Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 "La Villa Strangiato" isn't on the Fly By Night album. I bet you're not the only one to have figured that out, but good job nonetheless! It just seemed kind of out of place that Page would say that when they were supposed to be listening to FBN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 (edited) "La Villa Strangiato" isn't on the Fly By Night album. I bet you're not the only one to have figured that out, but good job nonetheless! It just seemed kind of out of place that Page would say that when they were supposed to be listening to FBN.The way this is written, I can almost imagine Halpin and Page's conversation going somewhat like this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkp7f8IxJNU Edited June 2, 2013 by laughedatbytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 "La Villa Strangiato" isn't on the Fly By Night album. I bet you're not the only one to have figured that out, but good job nonetheless! It just seemed kind of out of place that Page would say that when they were supposed to be listening to FBN. It doesn't strike me as odd. Maybe it went something like this... "Fly By Night is a decent album, but the songwriting is a bit sophomoric. La Villa Strangiato is more my cup of tea." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModernDayWarrior Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Rush was still very much in Led Zeppelin mode when they wrote those songs IMO. I bet Jimmy picked up on that. Not that Jimmy didn't do his fair share of ripping off others, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShlappinDahBass Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Rush was still very much in Led Zeppelin mode when they wrote those songs IMO. I bet Jimmy picked up on that. Not that Jimmy didn't do his fair share of ripping off others, LOL. Technically, every musician "rips off" another artist. And I'm sure they were still in their Zeppelin obsession through the first few albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin Bag Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 wow, either I'm going blind or that post is very faint and hard to read. Yeh, what's up with that? Do you think it's because I did a cut & paste from the LZ forum? It's the first time I've started a topic and noticed how faint it was but thought it might get darker upon posting. Apparently not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Of course he likes La Villa Strangiato. What isn't there to like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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