I know they're loved and legends and all and I really like a few of their songs, but I just can't get into them. It's not for me I guess.

Its all good. Maybe age thing im 49. To me and all my friends and pretty much a generation or 3. There the BEATLES , simply put they can do it all without needing session musicians like some bands ....if you wanted heavy , they did it , accoustic , hard rock , straight rock , psycedallic , you name it they played it , reggae there concerts were legendary , there ACCOUSTIC sets in middle of show are things of legend ,,, there basically the soundtrack to most rockers lives aged 34 and up ..... But that don't mean crap , I like the Beatles I don't love ...thsts what makes music great , yet we all here love oasis , good enough

Much to his credit. Plant has moved on something I know Lennon2217 appreciates ( seriously not taking the piss ). Plant told jimmy if he has a ACCOUSTIC project in mind deal him in that's a direct comment he claims jimmy walked away from that , I believe him and im a page lover

Why page is so bent on reuniting after years of saying there is no ZEP without BONZO is beyond me , plant is into ACCOUSTIC and celtic stuff now , new age , he's moved on , plus he can't hit those notes , Zep of all the bands people clamour about for a reunion don't need the money , and plant rightfully has said the time is gone for thst , and I agree
Zep and the who were bands if you really listen were driven by the drums ,page more than pete is a guitar genius but bonzo drove that band ...

Plant has proved its not about the money , I will always love jimmy to me he is the best Guitarist ever .... better than JIMI better than Clapton , better than eddie v. To me that is But here , he is wrong. I had my chance to see Zep...." zep over AMERICA 80." Then bonzo died that was my shot ,I saw them at live aid and at MSG as a 3 piece ( plant , page jones ) with jason Bonham and with phil Collins and tony Thompson at live aid , it was close , it's was real good , but not the real thing. And I'm glad robert remembers why there is no more LED zep ...the motor( bonzo ) is i longer there

I must say, I really like In Trough the Out Door, I like the diversity on it, it's a bit different from their other albums, but I have to say that Hot Dog is shit and Carouselambra is too overblow.

As good as if not better than Led Zep:

Great song. Not keen on Plant's vocal though.

At their best? Led Zeppelin was only around for 11 years and they were all great. No downside. Unlike the Stones......

Oh I know, I've read great long articles on the decline of Robert Plant's voice. The parties, as you mentioned, and his singing style soon hacked away at those pipes. Also, it's said he used to get ill a lot, and singing through that, as he no doubt would have done, is supposed to be really bad for the voice. There's a tale I read of them doing a gig in Wolverhampton or some such place, in the early seventies, and for some reason Plant decided to hike there, and, it being England, it pissed it down on him the whole way. Plant caught a cold and was in a bad way when he finally got there, but still went on anyway (probably still wore a skimpy shirt unbutton). Apparently, his voice was never the same after that. 

Also like Liam, I think his voice changing was, for a little while, actually quite a good thing. I mean, can you imagine Kashmir sung without that extra rasp Plant had developed by late 74/75? And his vocal for Achilles Last Stand is one of my absolute favourite from him (sung from a wheel chair no less!). But he just sounds flat on Fool In The Rain, to me. I don't know if he would have sung it more in tune had he done it a few years before or not, but it just doesn't sound right to me.