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DC

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Dec 22, 2009, 10:32:59 AM12/22/09
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LA Times

"When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin"
by Mick Wall (Amazon.com: http://xrl.us/LedZep1 )

Is there a more mythic band than Led Zeppelin?

At the pinnacle of their success, with Robert Plant's hair
lighted by stadium lights, they looked like they'd just
come down off Mt. Olympus.

"Plant," writes Mick Wall in his new book "When Giants
Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin," "was tall,
blond and looked good enough to eat, a veritable golden god
shaking what he'd got -- the perfect visual foil to [Jimmy]
Page's darker, more slender, slightly effeminate persona."

"When Giants Walked the Earth" devotes a lot of time to
this mythic image of the band, telling us about Page's
studies of magic and how this shaped their music -- maybe
even contributed to the band's decline.

It's a hoary cliche, but one has to ask, did Led Zeppelin
sell its soul for rock 'n' roll?...

Continued: http://xrl.us/LedZep2

Howldog

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Dec 22, 2009, 10:49:25 AM12/22/09
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what a pantsload. Do we REALLY need another English Lit Major who never
played a gig, waxing philosophic about music that he cannot play and cannot
understand?

You wanna experience Led Zeppelin? Listen to the music and watch the
concerts on DVD. Thats all you need. You dont need some coke-bottle glasses
nerd telling you how fabulous it all was.


RC_Moonpie

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Dec 24, 2009, 4:04:14 PM12/24/09
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heh

well said.

RC_Moonpie

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Dec 24, 2009, 4:07:27 PM12/24/09
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:49:25 -0500, Howldog wrote:

heh

well said.

Red Cloud

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Dec 25, 2009, 12:43:50 AM12/25/09
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Agree. Late came led zep fan. Their concert gig reveals their power,
talent and
skill. Play over 20 mins concert gig from 5 mins studio song. I can
watch over and over again.

DC

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Dec 26, 2009, 9:48:44 AM12/26/09
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In article <IPM84G4V4016...@reece.net.au>

NY Times review: http://xrl.us/LZbio

SAT W-7

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Dec 27, 2009, 6:19:45 AM12/27/09
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Thanks for the Times review.

FrankyG

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Jan 2, 2010, 10:24:49 AM1/2/10
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Three Cheers for Howldog.....Spot on my son.


RC_"Eddie" Moonpie

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Jan 2, 2010, 2:51:06 PM1/2/10
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On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:24:49 -0000, FrankyG wrote:

> Three Cheers for Howldog.....Spot on my son.

heh

thanky.

Howldog

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Jan 5, 2010, 11:34:50 AM1/5/10
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Pamela, is that you?

RC_"Eddie" Moonpie

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Jan 5, 2010, 12:49:08 PM1/5/10
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:)

No Body

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Jan 23, 2010, 11:39:11 AM1/23/10
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"...slightly effeminate persona" ??????


what a douche Mick Wall is

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