Ok...talkin' Zep, eh? Ok....I'll drop a couple of pennies on that topic.
From their first album up to Physical Graffiti loved 'em like the Norse Gods they thought they were....from Presence onward, couldn't stand 'em. Pompous idiots putting out drivel.
That lasted until about 4 months ago when I saw a Zep tribute band in concert. I was hooked on Zeppelin once again like I hadn't been since I was in Jr. High & High School...even completed my LZ CD collection in one fell swoop....even Presence & In Through The Out Door weren't as nauseous as I had once thought. But, what got me was the expanded Song Remains The Same and the fairly recent How The West Was Won live set....I never thought LZ was all that great live (especially after seeing them 10th row at the Long Beach Arena in '75)...the tribute band was 10x's better than I remember the REAL LZ being. Nope, the two live albums got me hooked again.
I have to give SOME credit to my then 2 yr old grandson whose favorite DVD at Christmas 2008 was the Page & Plant Unledded that softened me up and got me at least open to listening to Led Zeppelin again.
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Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to be separated from the man.---Andres Segovia
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