Page Gets Spot on London's Walk of Fame



LONDON - Jimmy Page hasn't yet made it up the stairway to heaven, but he's the first to reach the new British Walk of Fame.
The former Led Zeppelin guitarist cast his hand prints in cement Monday as the first music legend to feature on London's reply to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"It's a real privilege and a great honor to be the first. I'm really chuffed," said Page, 60. "A Walk of Fame is a fantastic idea, and it's high time we had one in London."

The site of the British version, which will feature popular music giants, is taking shape outside the new Virgin Music superstore on Piccadilly Circus, London's landmark crossroads.

Page predicted it would soon become crowded with hand prints. "If you started putting in all the people I think are deserving, you could cover the whole of London," he said.

Led Zeppelin - which included singer Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980 - was one of the top rock bands in history and produced nine chart-topping albums from 1969 to 1979.

Its most famous song was the epic "Stairway to Heaven," which was never released as a single but became one of the most requested radio songs of all time.

Led Zeppelin was back on top of the U.S. rock chart last year with a greatest hits album, "How the West Was Won."

Page frequently is rated as one of the greatest rock guitarists in history. In 2002, a readers' survey of Total Guitar magazine rated him No. 2 to the late Jimi Hendrix.

08/23/2004 20:58:14 EST
Associated Press

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tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

As usual with everything, this country is about 50-60 years behind America!!!

This is something this country should have been doing years ago!!!!

Most of UKs, Music Legends are dead now!!!! The prime example being John Lennon!!!
[This message was edited Mon Aug 23 23:22:39 2004 by Gold319]

Hey thanks tA for posting that. You beat me to it.

POOK said:

minneapolisgenius said:

POOK PUT PURPLE PICKLE PAST POO POO PLATTER!

POOK said:

Pook picks a peck of pickled peppers.

minneapolisgenius said:

THERE YOU GO

Gold319 said:

Hopefully the comittee that makes the selections doesn't require the recipient to PAY FOR HIS/HER OWN CEMENT...like the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce does with their concrete stars.

Supernova said:

Are you serious?! I had no idea. Well, you know he's got the money for it anyway.

minneapolisgenius said:

I should clarify: the recipient doesn't have to pay to get his/her star, but it has to be paid for in order to get it. I forgot the amount, but it's in the thousands. It's a pretty darn idiotic concept.

Supernova said:

Yeah.

Supernova said:

It's $15.000 and usually it's paid for by the "Industry" or fanclubs...

Neversin.

POOK said:

Pimpn Picks Prostitutes Playing Perfectly Pitched Piccolos

Neversin said:

Damn, that's a lot. Well, to me it is.

okaypimpn said:

Now that's a "tongue-twister" alright.
(but i'm sure your stable can handle it)

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

Neversin said:

True. As long as it's paid for the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce doesn't really care where the money comes from.

Supernova said:

So, if I want to shell out $15,000, I can get my own star?

minneapolisgenius said:

NO YOU HAVE TO BUY ONE FOR SOMEONE ELSE

REMEMBER THERE TWO O IN POOK

minneapolisgenius said:

If your work in the entertainment industry ranks right up there with Pee Wee Herman, Paula Abdul and David Hasselhoff, sure, why not.

Supernova said:

Are you trying to tell me that these people have stars?!


Because I don't believe you.

As usual Gold319 posts with venom, perhaps in this country we value our true music legends like Page etc etc if we didn't we'd have the likes of Jordan and Peter Andre with their hand prints everywhere.

starbass said:

Jordan...

minneapolisgenius said:

It's lamentable, but yes, they do.

Supernova said:

Well, David Hasselhoff I can understand as he's a musical genius.

But Pee Wee and Paula?!


*I love how when I went to reply to your post, I got this message that said "YOU DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED CREDENTIALS TO ENTER THIS AREA"

Like I need credentials to talk about Pee Wee Herman.

minneapolisgenius said:

Here's a link to the list - http://www.hollywoodusa.c...eindex.htm

Some interesting finds:
Michael Bolton
Donald Duck (you don't even have to be real)
Peter Frampton
Engelbert Humperdinck
The Monkees
Slim Whitman (well, his voice did save the world from the Martians)

and deservedly so - Jimi Hendrix

The saving grace concerning Hasselhoff is that he got his star for TV and not recording.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

Thanks for the link. It is reassuring to know that Hasselhoff's is not for his music though. But he's HUGE in Germany!

minneapolisgenius said:

I tried to edit a post earlier today and got the message "The is nothing to edit." It has something to do with the tweaking being done to the site, I'm sure.

theAudience said:

I think Big Bird has a star too.