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Before I begin, I would like to emphasize heavily that I adore Led Zeppelin, and I would stake my...I don't know what...here we go with the Devil's Advocate:
Firstly, I saw Plant opening for the Who in 2000 - his voice is shot. Very very far from the screaming golden god we all love. I would suggest that this is from his early singing habits, which were sort of uncontrolled. I love his voice in the early days but that kind of singing kills your voice, the muscles aren't really set up to take that strain.
A reunion therefore would probably not work out, and my concern would be that the performance Plant delivered on "Rock and Roll" and the Who show would be the one he delivered in the reunion.
Nextly, Page is an amazing guitarist. I as a guitarist bow to him, and I cannot even begin to pick apart his solos. But, I must say that his technique live is very very sloppy. His ideas are coherent and awesome, but there must be like 10% more solo in all those flubbed notes. On the other hand, his Bach style solos are immaculate and the same with the Arabic type solos in Black Mountain Side/White...something, and the live breakdown of Heartbreaker - so maybe sometimes his mind works faster than his fingers
Jones and Bonham - I have no complaints, the two are one of the most solid rhythm sections ever, seriously ever!!!
As far as Clapton, I was able to master his solos in the first 5 years of my playing. All of them, without tabs. That doesn't mean he sucks, but as I still can't do that with some Zep solos, I have to tip my hat to Page.
Also, Page is a lot less sloppy than Hendrix.
Songwriting wise, I think Zep songs are about the best I've heard. And the knowledge they had of other genres is astounding and very clear. That being said, I think they would have gone in an artistic direction we all dislike at some point - case in point Puff Daddy's "Come With Me".
thats all for me
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