My conversation with Robert Plant

This Dubai Desert Rock Festival was insanely special. Rock music was represented at all fronts, from the screaming vocals of bands like Mastodon, In Flames and Stone Sour, to the groovy beats of Junkyard Groove.

The first day was energetic. The performances were pretty ordinary until Prodigy took the stage. These guys literally made the Earth shake with their awsome bassy beats! For me, they were the third best band of the festival.

The most anticipated band of the night, Iron Maiden, didn't let anybody down. They mixed up their classic numbers with their new ones. Bruce Dickinson's timely chats with the audience made each and every one in the audience feel special. "Next time we are down here, and you bring your friends, brothers and sisters, we will just have to get a bigger fucking field!" ... or something like that... and who could ever forget - " SCREAM FOR ME DUBAI!!!!!"... My second best band.

The second day was more about the bands, and the music. Junkyard Groove had an awsome performance, although i'm sure they have played for bigger crowds... Their song "Its Ok" will undoubtedly be a smash hit.

Robert Plant.
He walks on stage. The crowd goes mad. i am standing in the second row and have a more than clear view of him. The first song, Black Dog!

Undescribable! i am totally consumed! singing along... head banging... jumping...

And even though i know that he probably didn't even notice me, i felt that he knew me, where i was standing, what i was doing.

He plays one of his new songs, Shining In The Light.


The intro of Ramble On is greeted with a roar from the crowd. Robert Plant enthusiastically shouting " Yallah Yallah!!!" and "Zindagi Zindagi!!!".

"So many to choose from, its hard" ... or something like that.... and then i shout IN MY TIME OF DYING! someone behind me shouts KASHMIR! i shout out again... HOUSES OF THE HOLY.... and then he coolly says, "and then there were some"....

Going to California, Baby I'm Gonna Leave You, Four Sticks, Sixes and Sevens, Gallows Pole... unbelievable.

The inevitable encore saw the best of Strange Sensation and Robert Plant come forth. Playing a 10+ minute version of Whole Lotta Love including an interlude (best described as something out of Arabian Nights)... just too much for me to handle...

And each time his eyes fell onto the crowd, i felt his eyes fall on me. And each time he smiled at the crowd, i felt him smile at me.

In all, the best two hours of my entire life. LED ZEPPELIN THE BEST BAND EVER!