I’ve never been much of a Led Zeppelin fan. Their music is pretty good but I’ve never cared for the vibe surrounding them. It’s rooted in my memories of their infamous 1973 gig at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. In a sign of bad taste, their fans booed the Tubes off the stage, and their crew and manager assaulted some of Bill Graham’s staff backstage; one of whom was the older brother of a friend of mine. Ugh.
I’ve had them on my mind because of the skillful use of their music in the HBO mini-series Sharp Objects. Besides, what’s not to love about the cover of their debut album?
Another reason I don’t care for Led Zeppelin was the heavy-handed way they dealt with this brilliant parody by the San Francisco band, Little Roger and the Goosebumps:
Here’s the album via the YouTube playlist format. It’s probably my favorite of their records for its lack of pretension and mystical mumbo jumbo.
Led Z may have been great but they were & are still Played To Death. If I never hear “Stairway to Heaven” again, it will be eons too soon.
Have you seen the 8 year old Japanese girl playing the superhuman difficult (sixteenth triplets on a single kick bass) drums on Good Times, Bad Times? A whole lot of what’s viral on Youtube is useless– this is not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BslksgTF4X4