Re: Does anyone really give a damn?

[Tom Flannery <flannetd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good post, a few comments:

At 06:36 PM 11/24/97 -0500, JOHN_COLELLA@xxxxxx wrote:
>     What the hell is going on?  Why is Zeppelin slighted this way?  This
>     is a band which was the biggest in its time.   It recorded the most
>     popular song in rock history.  Last year WNEW in New York had a poll
>     of the top 100 albums of all time, and only Coda and Presence DIDN'T
>     make it (only the Beatles had more named).  The same station has the
>     top 500 songs countdown every year;  I think LZ had about 40 songs
>     last time around.  They usually win any "favorite band" voting as
>     well. So what gives?  Compare the hoopla the Stones receive whenever
>     they do anything.

In my opinion, this all stems back to Zep getting bashed in the press early
on. They still had a big word of mouth fan base, but how much bigger would
it have been with a few more Rolling Stone cover stories? Zep has never had
the following of the Stones, Beatles or even the Who. But like John said,
thier music stands up, as seen in these yearly polls. That is a testament
in itself.

But that leads me to the question: Who cares? One of the main reasons I
_hate_ the Stones is all the media attention and selling out(which could
just be a perception of mine). I'm glad Zep never really got 'packaged for
the general public' and remained semi-underground, or at least less popular.


>     Oh well.  If, absent the big publicity drive, the album does not do
>     well, I hope that doesn't convince Jimmy to throw away the vault key.
>     This release has been handled poorly, and I really hope they do a
>     better PR job with the new P/P album, if it ever comes to pass.

I agree. P/P is not Zep, I hope they get tons of press, tons of exposure
and sell 3 songs for commercials to use. I hope they sell out big time and
get over exposed. I'm not being sarcastic in the least. If that happens
hopefully new fans that care to will discover a whole body of kick arse
music and carry on the tradition.

NZC: If anyone cares, or is still reading, I will be gone till Sunday, so I
will respond to any and all mail then!  :)



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