Robert Plant has revealed that he is working on new music, but admits he is struggling to find lyrics which match what he wants to say about the world today.
The former Led Zeppelin frontman has said that he is currently exploring his personal archive for material to release after his death.
“I’ve also been going through all that stuff that I never released and never quite got finished. And getting excited about it. Going, ‘Wow. What am I going to do with that?’, he said of the archive.
“It’s the idioms, the visitation; the places that I’ve been musically which were not complete are just mind-boggling, and they’re a little bit overwhelming”.
Plant also conceded that he has probably performed Led Zeppelin hit ‘Stairway To Heaven’ for the last time.
The singer did surprise fans with a performance of the track at the charity night “An Evening With Andy Taylor And Special Guests” at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire, England last October. Check it out here.
“But I can’t find words”
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Robert Plant detailed his struggles at being able to come up with lyrics to go with the music he is working on.
“I’ve got a Tascam digital recorder, and I sing, and I put the vocals through a guitar pedal, and then I record them… and it sounds great,” Plant said. “Why bother to go to the studio?”.
He continued, “But I can’t find words. This is a very difficult time to try and wax lyrical out there.” Explaining why it was important to keep trying, he added: “The camaraderie, the things that you share up there, and the frailties that you know you’re carrying with you quietly, the exposure of yourself to yourself, is something that I would hate to say goodbye to. I can’t just sit back”.
“spectacular”
Elsewhere in the interview, Robert Plant also revealed that he had been approached about writing his own memoir. However, the musician feels that moving on artistically is more important to him.
“This is spectacular. Why think about it twice?” he said of living in the moment. “This is today. What happened in Schenectady in 1969 is another story. And for me, the continuum must keep going”, he said.
He also added, “Today, I was pulling all my lyric books out and going, ‘Gotta get the groove back. I’ve got something to say.’ So yeah, I’m going to keep going — as long as they’ve got effects machines that make me sound good! Well, it worked for Elvis! Listen to the compression on his voice on some of those big ballads in ’57″.
