It's been more than 30 years since rock music was still important and had great relevance. Artists were not pop bunnies who sang with computer voices, but stars with guitars, poets, explainers of the world.
We are looking back in a series. Today we have a look at Robert Plants "Fate of Nations".
Robert Plant, who has long been a monument as a singer, probably doesn't have to prove anything anymore. The seventh solo work by the ex-Zeppelin vocal gymnast also does without any surprises. “Fate Of Nations” shows the 45-year-old as an old acquaintance with a few new features.
Plant still phrases brilliantly, still delivers wonderful love song states (“Come Into My Life”) and now occasionally tries his hand at interest (“Network News”). Musically, however, he once again fails to make a step forward.
The drums occasionally thunder as if they were being beaten by John Bonham himself, the guitars also wail and the violins sigh (recorded by Nigel Kennedy, among others), but ultimately the “Fate Of Nations”, which oscillates between pop, blues rock and rock, lacks that due to a lack of risk Great breath that could have made the singer of the band that so many young bands refer to today really important again.
Fourteen years after Led Zeppelin's last landing, Robert Plant could unfortunately only be credited with one thing: silent greatness.
