Re: Hi!

[Andrew Critchell <AndyC0803@xxxxxx>]

Well, welcome back!  Always nice to have another Zep head

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From: "Jenzi C Silverman"<coop0001@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: zeppelin@xxxxxxxx
Date: Mon Jun 04 19:59:02 PDT 2001
Subject: Hi!

>Good evening, FBOers! Or maybe I should say, "I'm back!" I was on 
>FBO in
>1998 and  actually never deliberately unsubscribed -- at one point 
>the
>old majordomo server at Stanford refused to recognize my address as
>belonging to a list member, and I just said "who needs this?" But a 
>week
>or so ago, I was visiting Buckeye's website, remembered FBO, saw that
>the list is actually in responsible hands now, and thought "what the
>hell -- it would be cool to be in touch with other Zep fans again!" 
>So
>here I am, and, as Robert said at the LA Forum in Sept. 1970 ("Live 
>on
>Blueberry Hill"): "It's nice to be back!"
>
>I think a re-intro is in order here. I'm going on 34, happily 
>married,
>two four-legged wet-nosed canine daughters -- both of whom seem to at
>least tolerate Zep, if not like them! (Don't laugh too hard. My 
>friend's
>dogs used to howl and run from the room when she played their music!)
>I'm in the Ph.D. program in educational psychology at the University 
>of
>MN...and I've been a passionately loyal Zephead for nearly half my 
>life,
>since about my senior year in high school. In a nutshell, it started
>when I heard "Stairway" in its entirety for the first time, and
>understood right away why it's been so popular. I was absolutely and
>thoroughly blown away. I'd never heard such a beautiful song in my 
>life,
>and I figured I'd better check out the rest of Zep's music. Next to 
>my
>husband, that was about the best choice I ever made! My musical 
>tastes
>are pretty varied, actually, but Our Band has always remained my
>all-time favorite. There is truly no other like them, needless to 
>say!
>"Stairway" is still my ultimate favorite, but only by a hair (and I
>WOULD NOT ever request or order it at any of Robert's current shows, 
>for
>all the reasons Shar pointed out! Or "Freebird" for that matter :) 
>-- I
>love all the songs. There is literally no other musician, band, or
>composer about whom I can honestly say that.
>
>I won't go into my other musical interests in detail now except to 
>say
>I'm also a big fan of early music (medieval, renaissance, baroque
>stuff), and a recorder player (the recorder being the pretty 
>flute-like
>instrument Mr. Jones plays in the STH intro). Sound about as far 
>removed
>from Zep -- and rock in general -- as possible? Think again: a LOT of
>folks who play early music started out with rock or jazz, and many 
>got
>turned on to medieval and renaissance music EXACTLY because of songs
>like STH and BoE. (There was even an episode of an early music radio
>show called Harmonia about this in March, which concluded with none
>other than BoE as "the prime example of Renaissance rock!") In fact,
>I've thought for a long time that quite a few of Zep's songs would 
>sound
>amazing arranged for recorders, renaissance guitars, and other early
>instruments, and, as my husband agrees, we may actually do it 
>someday!
>Anyone else interested, by any chance -- let me know! (And JPJ, if 
>you
>really are lurking on this list, we especially want to hear from you 
>:)
>:)
>
>I have more to say, but this is plenty long enough, so I'll save it 
>for
>another message.
>
>Cheers,
>Jenzi