Boogie with Stu & Bad Zep

[jray@xxxxxxxxxxx (Jennifer Elaine Ray)]

Hi everyone.

Just had to relate a little Zep anecdote from my commute into work this 
morning.  On my local San Francisco station (KFOG), they do something 
called "Request-o-rama" each morning.  The person who answers whatever 
questions they pose correctly gets his or her request played (usually along 
with other prizes).  My husband and I were listening to this on the radio 
on our drive to the train station, and this guy won by answering some 
really obscure "Jeopardy"-type questions.  When asked what song he wanted 
to hear, the guy requested "Boogie With Stu"!  I couldn't believe it.  Even 
the DJ was baffled for a second.

My husband asked what the big deal was, and I said "This has gotta be 
someone from the List, because that's one of the most obscure Zeppelin 
songs I can think of ... it was really only filler material on Physical 
Graffiti."  "No way," he said, "it's a great song."  I thought about it, 
then agreed that it was OK, but only because of Ian Stewart.

Little did I know that I would see such an in-depth discussion of this song 
(and other stinkers from the Zep catalogue) during the next 30 minutes when 
I read my print-outs of the weekend's digests on the train.

Bill:

I agree with you on every song except your #9 and #10 - except that I agree 
with you about the studio version of Thank You.  Live Thank You, especially 
from the Page & Plant era, totally rocks IMO.  And I love The Crunge!  I 
think the boys do an excellent job getting down and funky.

Rob:

I can't believe I agree with just about everything you said.  The only 
exception is Tangerine - I like Jimmy's spare, minimalistic lyrics.  And, 
once again, it's easy to dis' the lyrics of love songs, which are sappy 
almost by definition.

BTW, I realize that, thankfully, the debate on this list about the 
free-swinging 70's has finally died.  I'm just wondering if those of you 
who spoke with such authority thought the movie "Boogie Nights" conformed 
with your recollection?  Not surprisingly, there were no Zep references in 
this flick, but the film was so chock-full of truly horrible, forgettable 
songs from the late 70's/early 80's (such as "Sister Christian" and 
"Jessie's Girl") that it really made me appreciate the staying power of 
Zeppelin. While some folks were boogie'n at a disco in Reseda, other folks 
were seein' Zeppelin down at the Forum.  I know ehere I'd rather be!  (Too 
bad I was only 8 years old back then :))

Later,
Jennifer