The Song Remains the Same (1976)
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The Song Remains the Same (1976)
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User Rating:
6.6/10
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Directors:
Peter CliftonJoe Massot
Release Date:
20 October 1976 (USA)
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Genre:
Documentary / Music more
Tagline:
In Concert And Beyond
Plot Outline:
A Led Zeppelin concert filmed in Madison Square Garden, New York. more
Plot Keywords:
Concert Film
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Rock Music
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1930s
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Backstage
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Beach
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User Comments:
Virtuoso performance
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(Credited cast)John Bonham ... Himself - Drummer (as Led Zeppelin)John Paul Jones ... Himself - Bassist/Keyboardist (as Led Zeppelin)Jimmy Page ... Himself - Guitarist (as Led Zeppelin)Robert Plant ... Himself - Lead Singer (as Led Zeppelin)Peter Grant ... Himself - Band ManagerDerek SkiltonColin Rigdon rest of cast listed alphabetically: Jason Bonham ... HimselfPatricia Bonham ... HerselfRichard Cole ... Himself - Led Zeppelin TourRoy Harper ... HimselfCarmen Plant ... HerselfKarac Plant ... HimselfMaureen Plant ... Herselfmore
Also Known As:Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (UK)
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Runtime:
137 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor) / Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints) / Dolby (optical prints)
Certification:
Australia:PG/ Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) / Sweden:11/ UK:15/ USA:PG/ Finland:K-8 (cut) / Finland:K-12
Filming Locations:
Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden - 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Company:
Swan Song
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Trivia:
More scenes were scheduled to be filmed during the band's 1975 American tour. But, when Robert Plant and his family were injured in a jeep crash during a break, the rest of the tour was cancelled and the footage was never shot.
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Quotes:
Himself - Lead Singer:
[Prior to singing "Stairway to Heaven"] This is a song about hope.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Freaks and Geeks: Beers and Weirs (#1.2)" (1999)
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Soundtrack:
Rock and Roll
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Virtuoso performance, 21 April 2002
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Duncan Gowers from London, United Kingdom
"The Song Remains The Same" is essentially a film of a concert, yet thanks
to the drug and ego-addled personalities of Led Zeppelin in the mid-1970s,
the footage is fleshed out to include weird 'fantasy' sequences involving
each of the four band members.While this section of the movie leaves a
little to be desired, the concert footage is truly breathtaking, capturing
the greatest hard rock band in history at their apogee.The film opens with an odd gangster-style sequence, where faceless mobsters
are mowed down by what would appear to be rival gangsters.Whatever meaning
this scene is meant to represent is not clear, however it has been suggested
that the faceless mobsters are the British press, who had vilified Led
Zeppelin through their entire career.Who knows, but it certainly makes for
an interesting start to the film.From there the film takes an interesting turn.Each individual band member
is introduced.We see drummer John Bonham ploughing his fields in a
tractor, bassist John Paul Jones reading nursery rhymes to his children,
singer Robert Plant playing with his wife and children in an English country
lake (the scene resembles the cover of Led Zeppelin's 1973 album 'Houses of
the Holy'), while guitarist Jimmy Page is introduced next to a riverside.
They each receive a letter informing them that they are to tour the next
day.Once Led Zeppelin take the stage at New York's Madison Square Garden, the
action really begins.The band run through some of their absolute classics,
including 'Whole Lotta Love', 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Heartbreaker' and a
massive version of 'Dazed and Confused'.The quality of musicianship is
amazing.Page's guitar playing belies belief and John Bonham's twenty
minute drum solo is awe inspiring.As the band plays there are more fantasy
scenes, the best of which includes Robert Plant as some kind of Arthurian
hero.The way in which Led Zeppelin embrace and play on the Tolkien-like
world of mystical fantasy is truly refreshing in these over-stylised days,
where musicians are more concerned with the amount of gel in their hair than
the music they produce.Watching the band at work you get a distinct feeling that the musicians of
today really aren't as proficient as they were twenty or thirty years ago.
Led Zeppelin it seems were better live than on record, which would be
unheard of today.As an audience we are able to see "The Song Remains The Same" for what it
is: a timepiece.Post-1975, Led Zeppelin's work became gradually lower in
quality and as Punk revolutionised the music scene, they became dinosaurs at
the end of the decade.But in this time, their 1971-1975 period, Led
Zeppelin were the biggest band in the world, and their power is captured
with brilliant clarity on this film.Whatever happened after this time is a
moot point; this is how Led Zeppelin should and will be remembered.A must
for any serious music fan.
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