Do you ever grow tired? Do you ever pause, take a breath, and reflect
upon the constant Blah-blah-blah you toss about? Like: Hell, maybe
@ age 12 I don't know every fucking thing under the sun?
With the huge mistake of labeling Led Zeppelin as 'cockrock,' you
completely disregard their respect for the blues genre. (Which, in
my opinion, is the antithesis of whatever the hell 'cockrock' is.)
W/out such bands as Led Zeppelin & the Rolling Stones covering
(albeit not as well as the originals) blues standards & bringing such
songs to the consciousness of dumb-founded Americans, we may have
let some great magic slip past. (I mean, when the Stones came across
the Atlantic & requested to see Muddy Waters, the g'd reporters
wondered: Muddy what? Muddy who?)
Led Zeppelin always paid tribute to the blues musicians they covered--
unlike some fried-banana & peanut-butter yahoos--& they covered them w/
style. I admit I could go a year (++++++) w/out hearing a Led Zeppelin
song, but yr treating them to something less than they deserve. But,
maybe, if yr mom hates them, that's all the justification you need?
Sorry, I couldn't keep my mouth shut for another post.
Justin
> 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
>
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