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A lot of people tend to forget that artists like Robert Plant<\/a> are still human. <\/p>\n Say what you want to about the towering presence that he had during Led Zeppelin\u2019s prime, but the version of \u2018The Golden God\u2019 that stands before the world today is a lot different from the guy who was belting blues songs at the top of his lungs every single time he walked into the studio in the 1970s. There were always going to be limits on where his voice could go, and \u2018Percy\u2019 could feel that his voice could only take so much after a while.<\/p>\n Hell, even before Zeppelin was over, it felt like Plant\u2019s voice had started to hit the ceiling in terms of vocal range. It\u2019s a miracle that we managed to get as many great vocals in the can as we did, but when looking at the track record that he had on records like Presence and In Through the Out Door, you can hear him slowly start to explore his lower range rather than reaching up to the rafters every single time he sang.<\/p>\n And should we really expect him to? Sure, there are vocalists like Rob Halford that can manage to hit high notes all the way up into their 70s, but those guys practically aren\u2019t human half the time. They have done whatever it took to take care of their voice, and while it did result in a few mammoth songs in their later career, Plant knew that there had to be some time for him to evolve.<\/p>\n Which probably explains why the Zeppelin reunions ended up sounding so different. Their true reunion in the 2000s did end up capturing the same sense of excitement that they had in their early days, but even when he teamed up with Jimmy Page off and on through his solo career, fans were a bit disappointed knowing that they were going to get the same acoustic cuts that they had been familiar with ever since Led Zeppelin III.<\/p>\n Then again, there should be no slander levelled against the band\u2019s third outing. It certainly wasn\u2019t the same kind of record that their first two were, but hearing them take a few risks by getting introspective on \u2018Tangerine<\/a>\u2019 and downright ethereal on \u2018Friends\u2019 is what made the record so special. And it\u2019s not like they didn\u2019t manage to kick down the door once \u2018Immigrant Song\u2019 opened up the record.<\/p>\n