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The Complete Plantations for Apr 30, 1977
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Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: Nobody's Fault But Mine
Well well good evening. Right, well listen shh, let me tell you something. Shh. It's really a great pleasure to be back after two years of doing very little at all. We need you to bear with us on one or two points, and on this we trust you will. To begin, it's really hard to play when everybody is swishing around so if you could just stand still and dig it, and we will play and play, alright? Is that a deal? Everyone stand still.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: In My Time of Dying
Thank you. Haw are you in the seats, alright? Right now listen, we got to repeat that thing, hold it steady, OK? Just cool and steady. Right, well that thing I guess is one of the, a song, stand still, easy, and nobody gets pushed around. This song follows the ah, the previous one in it's roots. It comes, I guess more from America than it does from England. It's a track from Physical Grafitti, and it goes like this. Oh, thank you.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: Since I've Been Loving You
Well that was a blues and that came from the blues. Shhh, shut up. Let me tell you, if that came from the blues, then I gues this is an English blues. It takes it nice and cool, and steady. It goes like this.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: No Quarter
Thank you very much. Beautiful. Well it's getting warmed up now. This song, this next piece features ah, John Paul Jones on keyboards. It's one that you might know. It's called No Quarter.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: Ten Years Gone
John Paul Jones piano. John Paul Jones. Well well well well now let me say something. In the ah, during the course of events over the last two years ah, we were unable to play live on the road, and when we started rehearsing, just before last christmas we'd go back and look at some of the albums that we'd done in the past and attempt some of the songs ah, thank you, I haven't finished what I was saying. Hang on a tic. We thought we'd attempt some of the numbers that in the past we ah, gave a miss to. Now this is one. It features John Paul Jones on acoustic twelve string guitar. It brings him away from the bass, away from the piano and, and to the front of the stage. This is a song about the ah, has anybody ever been in love? Both of you, yeah? Well this is a song about the first, the first love you ever had. The one you never forget. Ten Years Gone.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: The Battle of Evermore
Alright? Now let me tell you something. We need your help now for a bit. What we want you to do sounds like a christmas parlor game, but when I said we missed out a few things, I wasn't kidding. Now we're gonna do something that we haven't sond since about 1971. Do you know what it is? You better sit down. We're gonna do an acoustic set, so we like the vibes to be acoustic vibes. Are you with us? Acoustic vibes, that's a real mind number. This brings to the front of the stage Mr. John Bonham. Come on Bonzo. From behind the drums comes the man who makes it all possible, John Bonham. This is a song about ah, about a very peaceful England. Yesterday maybe.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: Going to California
Well that was ah, quite an experience. Bring it back. So that was, is that was basically about vibes of England, then I guess without repeating myself too often, this, how do you do? This must also be about the vibes of America. The good vibes, and I hate that word.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: Black County Woman
Well this next one features John Paul Jones moving yet again to another instrument, given of course time. Come on John. It would also be a good idea to keep away from the barrier folks. Please, I thought we were gonna have an acoustic time. There's Mr. Jones with his upright.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: White Summer-Black Mountain Side
I believe you were the best friend to me I could possibly have.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: Moby Dick
Thank you. Good evening. This next piece features ah, a guy I've known at least half of me life. The greatest rock and roll drummer in the world, John Bonham. Over the Top.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: Noise Solo
How bout that? John Bonham. John Bonham. John Bonham, Over the Top. Amen.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: Stairway to Heaven
Well, Achillies Last Stand, but he kept on standing, and on and on standing. Well, so it's ah, it seems to work after all. The old machine plods on, yeah? Well now that all of the sort of shouting and banging's disappeared, I guess we should really ah, dedicate this song to you people for being so gentle.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: Rock and Roll
Pontiac, you're too much. Detroit good bye. Good night. Good evening. Good evening. You know how it used to be. Good evening.
Apr 30, 1977
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Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
Before: Trampled Underfoot
It's been an outright gas, gas, gas.
Apr 30, 1977
Setpage: View
Venue: Silverdome
City: Pontiac, MI
Speaker: Robert Plant
After: Trampled Underfoot
Pontiac, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. It's been alright, yeah?