Mike, I respectfully but strongly disagree. I lived through that era. It
was my day, when my colours were bright and troubles few and girlfriends
many. That was my time. Zep was *never* pop music (well maybe briefly much
later when they sold out put out that stupid horrible stuff like "Hot
Dog", wtf).
The pop music of that day was Monkees (who I hated) Day Dream Believer,
Association, Partridge Family (are you f'en kiddin' me?? - we said that a
lot in NJ) Motown (which I loved also) stuff like that. In the late 70's
kids like me who were listening to that sexy Night Bird on the rebel FM
band, WNEW out of NYC were listing to what was then "alternative" music
like Led Zeppelin, Sabbath, Yes, Pink Floyd, Creedence, Hocus Pocus, Deep
Purple etc. NOT pop music. The pop crap was on scratchy 77 AM WABC and
said Cousin Brucie. That was for teeny-boppers, we were the kids smoking
weed, hanging out on the street corners in ripped up jeans (that were not
bought 'distressed'), smoking weed and chooglin 40oz Stegmeiers and
kicking ass. And NOT listening to pop music. unless it was some cool
motown stuff. nobody could deny marvin gaye. nobody. I'll never forget the
time I heard Stairway to Heaven, late at night laying in my bed on a high
school school night thanking the stairs that dad!
hadn't
caught me coming in wasted.
Certainly not the great blues based Zep hits like "Since I've Been Loving
You" and "Killing Floor". You never heard Cousin Brucie playing that
stuff. Just want to set the record straight from someone who was there and
lived it. We were dark outcasts who listened to that stuff, and the
anti-pop crowd.
Ye blaspheme sir. I know you are younger than my 50 years. This is how it
was. Maybe later after it passed it might have come off as pop, but not in
the day when it was real and fresh. That's why I loved it so much.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Oh yeah, and gas was 50 cents a
gallon. I'd take my dad's buick out, race it, and put a buck in the tank
and he was none the wiser. except that one time when mom took it shopping
the next day and the carb linkage stuck and shot her down route 10 at
about 90 mph. she lived, thank the stars. i almost didn't. pop drank a lot
and held no quarter. you know what i'm saying smo-joe?
Harp content: I'd love to hear some Stevie Ray + Butterfield. Is that
recorded somewhere?
Bill
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From: Mike Fugazzi <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx>
Exactly. We tend to look at the past through rose-colored classes when
it comes
to a lot of music. This extends beyond blues. Many of us who enjoy
classic
rock complain about contemporary radio, but at one time bands like Led
Zep
(there's your harp content) were "pop" music. Or we talk about how awful
the
music kids listen to is...I wonder what parents thought of their kids
listening
to Hendrix?
Or, like in the case of Stevie Ray Vaughn (who has jammed with
Butterfield...more harp content), they become "in" after their time as a
touring
musician.
Mike Fugazzi
Harmonica/Vocals
http://www.myspace.com/niterailband
http://www.myspace.com/mikefugazzi
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