Re: Not in my Presence...

["R G Gunn" <gunn@xxxxxxxx>]

You do have a right to and oppinion but there is no reason to be so rude. 
Rock means alot to some people, myself included, so don't call us idiots
just because we feel something when we listen to rock that you don't.
				|Strider|

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: Well, sorry, but you are an idiot to feel that way. It's only a freaking
: rock 'n roll album!! Fuck, you make it sound like some metaphysical,
: religious, X-Files type thing!!  Remember what the Eagles said - "Get
: over it".
: Oh no, oh my God, I've done it now!! I've mentioned another rock band!!
: Let's see how far the "any opinion's okay with us" brigade react to
: this!!!
: 
: > ----------
: > A post by Clive, that I  missed, but did catch on Mitch's reply,
: > stated the
: > following:
: > 
: >  << There's no way on this planet, no way in this galaxy, no way in
: > the
: >   universe that a true Led Zeppelin can actually prefer "Presence" to
: > any
: >   other Led Zeppelin album. It's just not possible. >>
: > 
: >  Well Clive, sorry to disappoint, but yes, in fact, I do prefer
: > "Presence"
: > over any other album by Led-Zeppelin. The reasons are not easy to
: > explain.
: > It's rather a feeling one has, and I gather that it's one of those
: > things
: > you've either been through, and therefore understand and relate, or
: > you
: > haven't, and therefore the meaning is not quite so clear. "Presence"
: > is not,
: > by any means, an easy album to follow. It's dark, it's from the
: > heart... and
: > the gut. It's about survival, it's about having everything you love
: > blow up in
: > your face...only to find the strength to recover and climb out of the
: > depth's
: > of the darkness.
: > 
: >  It is Led-Zeppelin stripped of all of their macho, cock-rock
: > foolishness and
: > getting down to the core of the matter: Playing music...emotional
: > music. For
: > me the very core...no, the VERY CORE of Led-Zeppelin is "Achilles...",
: > "For
: > Your Life", Nobody's Fault..." and "Tea For One." Those four songs
: > move me and
: > do something for me EVERY time I hear them, that no other song/s by
: > the group
: > do. Now, it is all fine and well that you don't agree. But please
: > Clive, don't
: > tell those of us who do find that special place tucked away deep in
: > the heart
: > where this album resides, that we are idiots to feel this way.
: > 
: >  To suggest that would be to undermine everything I have ever felt and
: > gone
: > through, and until you have shared my experiences my friend, you have
: > no place
: > to determine that those emotions are *idiotic.* Rather, you should
: > just
: > express your feelings and be done with it. I wouldn't call you an
: > idiot, they
: > are your feelings, but not mine.
: > 
: >  "You said I was the only
: >    with my lemon in your hand...
: >    Oh oh Oh oh oh
: >    Exhibiton is your habit
: >    emotion second hand
: >    Oh oh Oh oh
: >    Had to pull away to save me...
: >    Maybe next time around..."
: > 
: >               Jeff
: >   
: >