to francesca:
> i disagree; i don't think led zeppelin is cock rock. it was rock and roll
> back then and is classic rock now. cock rock would to me be defined as
> warrant, def leopard, skid row. and i think the 80's were full of great
> music, as well as the mid to late 70's. besides the ones mentioned
before,
> there is also kraftwerk, brian eno, depeche mode, etc etc.
led zeppelin and the rolling stones, beatles, etc do NOT fall into the same
genre. they just don't. led zeppelin had the long hair, no shirt,
icky/cheesy music that appealed those cockrock bands from the 80s. to me,
calling led zeppelin rock and roll is like saying modest mouse are gangster
rap. it's just not true ;)
anyway, yeah i mentioned brian eno along with talking heads as two of a few
80s bands/musicians that i found to be decent. the rest of the 80s music
(commercial music anyway) was quite disappointing.
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to ryan person:
> We could have avoided a lot of shitty grunge bands without Nirvana and
could have
> avoided a lot of shitty pop punk without Fugazi or Iggy Pop.
yeah, your point? ;) i happen to like those bands, and they probably did
influence some really shitty bands, but those bands themselves were good.
therefore, i can't see a real problem :P
> Led Zeppelin was the pinnacle of Classic Rock. Just because 45,678
ripped off the > sound to make it suck doesn't make the Zep bad. Back in
the day, people didn't have a > whole lot of heavier rock to choose from.
Other popular bands were Cream and the
> Stones. If you were hard core you could go with Black Sabbath.
well the thing that irks me is that not only do i really hate led zeppelin,
but they also had great influence on other shitty bands.
> Most cock rock and hair bands cam way after Zep hit their Coda.
but they were influenced by led zeppelin!
> I bet there are very few performers you like that didn't like Zep at some
point.
yes..which makes me very happy, because then i'm not listening to led
zeppelin-influenced music ;)
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to kneexsocks:
<< by the way
i wouldn't go looking for decent music by listening to the smiths, duran
duran, or the chameleons ;) even the elvis costello thing bugs me. >>
> are you completely insane or am I misunderstanding this?
did i phrase that badly, or do you just think i'm insane for hating the
smiths, duran duran, the chameleons, and not especially enjoying the work
of elvis costello?
please elaborate.
- amy
