I was reading a thread for "The Best Guitar Solos" on the Rock Band Forums, and I came across this performance of Bron Yr Aur Stomp by Led Zeppelin at Earl's Court in 1975. Jimmy Page's acoustic playing is pretty sick, Robert Plant looks really menacing, something about the way he's grinning at the beginning, and tossing his hair back, kind of creeps me out but intrigues me at the same time... The best part: after Page's solo, when the rhythm section kicks back in at around 4:49, with John Bonham's booming bass drum and John Paul Jones' lurching bass lines. There's something swampy about it...
The thread also refreshed my memory of this performance of Soul Sacrifice by Santana at Woodstock in 1969. Not only is Santana up to his usual guitar magic, but the drummer Michael Shrieve has an amazing solo, starting at 3:00. And he's only 19, playing in front of close to a million people. But the best part is when the band picks back up just after 5:00; the energy is off the charts.
Why can't modern bands make music like this?
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