what happened to his voice?
early led zep he could should really loud and high, his voice was overall much more powerful
just look at this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm7mK-FFaZ0
he got old
>>65995258
That, and he also sang incredibly powerfully and at the top of his range constantly. Even by the end of Zeppelin he was beginning to lose the power in his voice.
>>65995238
Whenever I listen to the song Over the Hills and Far Away I get this image in my head of a young 7-8 year old girl in a dress picking flowers with this weird shirtless 16th century guy with a joint dancing up to her.
>>65995258
Are you Squidding me? He was done before he was even 30 years old.
>>65995238
Wow, way to wear your own band shirt asshole
>>65995238
He never warmed up his voice, that's probably it
>>65995238
Tenor voices deteriorate very early, it's a trade off for having a godlike range from 25-35. Baritones and Basses get better with age (Michael Gira, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, David Bowie etc.) but can't hit the notes a tenor can ever.
>>65995238
he had the vocal chord surgery in mid 70's and he smoked a lot of cigarettes
no wonder he sounds like shit now