What's Not To Like ?
When
did it become OK to like Led Zeppelin ? Was I the only one who missed
the repeal of one of punk rock's original laws ? ΜύI mention this
because their name came up in a conversation during the summit between
the President of Russia and the President of U2. There's coverage of
the encounter on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ website, where the weakness of the tea that
was poured by Bono caused great concern, with worldwide commodity
markets experiencing sharp downturns as a result. One area of agreement
which was quickly reached was that both men were fans of Robert Plant's
old band. Nothing surprising there. Russian Presidents have too much to
worry about, like counting nuclear arsenals and sending out gas bills,
to concentrate on developing good musical tastes. Mr Medvedev will
never get round to listening to that box set of The Stooges, let's face
it, so he'll remain a Zep fan for the foreseeable. But it's those who
were combatants in the Great Punk Rock War of 1976-77 that I am
referring to. You didn't like Led Zeppelin. You didn't like Pink Floyd
(post Syd) and you didn't like Emerson, Lake or Palmer. There's a full
list of bands to not like, which I will gladly post out in case you'd
forgotten. No post punk revisionism on my record player. "No Elvis,
Beatles Or The Rolling Stones", sang the Clash in "1977", the b side of
White Riot. Unfortunately they chose the three old wavers who made
great records. "No Led Zep, Eagles Or ELP" may not have scanned quite
so neatly, but it would have remained longer in a young punk rocker's
heart.
Comment number 1.
At 31st Aug 2010, Colmsapunk wrote:No U2 has always served me well. Dread Zeppelin! now there was a band
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