Another fun packed edition of Mixer ramblings

[Jeremy Mixer <mixer@xxxxxxxx>]

1. I am going to write this starting now (Saturday 1:49 AM) and send 
it
out  sometime Sunday night or Monday morning.....Why? Because Sunday
night/Monday morning are when I normally send these things out.

2. From the horse's mouth- good posting. THANK YOU. It bugs the hell 
out
of me that people read these books and say "Not MY Led Zeppelin, they
wouldn't do such a thing. They were a rock band with lots of cash and 
lots
of groupies..... most of them did the same thing. No Cole's book isn't
100% accurate, but I think we were proven that in fact, there is a 
lot of
truth to that book.

3. Overdubs on TSRTS- There is one obvious overduub on STH where you 
hear
two Plant's at once..... one of his "ooooohhhhh baby baby" something 
like
that....I think he might have blown the note and felt insecure about 
it so
they overdubbed that just to make it sound better....one of those 
things
you notice after listening to something too much...

4. As far as this whole what music is crap and what music is cool
discussion- here is my opinion- while a particular badn might not fit 
your
taste, no band sucks, no band is crap, and I say this for every type 
of
music. Music is music, everyone has their own tastes....and if the 
music
is bringing enjoyment to either a small or large amount of people, it 
is
serving it's purpose. If everyone liked the same  music all the radio
stations would play the same music. And what would be the point opf 
having
more then 3-4 stations? There are all kinds of choices in any given
radio market because each one has it's own audience....just because
someone doesn't like new U2 (myself included) doesn't mean there 
aren't 20
million people who want to hear "Beautiful Day" or "Walk On". I'll 
settle
for "Sunday Bloody Sunday" or "New Years Day"  myself.

It may suprise some of you that there are a LOT of people who HATE Led
Zeppelin and say that they suck. Some hate them for how they stole 
music.
Many people only know 3-4 songs by them. The only song that everyone 
knows
and most people love iso STH....other tehn that, many people don't 
like
Plant's shrill vocals (I think they're great but it is 
understandable) and
many people feel that Jimmy Page always sounds like Jimmy Page and 
isn't
very creative. I disagree.....but they are vaalid arguements- people 
just
don't always like his style. And there are still a lot of people that 
love
Zeppelin too....personal taste differs with everyone. We are all here
because we love Zeppelin, and I am SURE that each and every one of us 
like
Zeppelin's music for completely different reasons. And that is why we
can't agree about other music, we all have different tastes, so 
really,
we're wasting time discussing who sucks and who doesn't.....

5. And continuing on with that topic, as I read more emails about all
these bands and opinions- one thing I've noticed, is most of the time 
that
a band is around for a while, their earlier stuff ends up being a lot
better then their later stuff. While I agree that this is true for the
Dead, u2, and even Zeppelin, I actually prefer Metallica's later stuff
over their earlier stuff. It was their later stuff that made me 
appreciate
their earlier stuff.  And REM? While, yeah, their earlier stuff is 
better
then the crap they're comng out with now, BUT I think Monster, while a
simple album, it absolutely rocked....still love this album. It was 
one of
the first CD's I bought (after the two Zep box sets of course) after 
I had
all my CD's stolen a year ago because it just is a killer album. My 
second
favorite REM album would be Green..... back to the dead, I really 
0only
like the bluesey pigpen era stuff.....but that's just my taste. Live 
on
the other hand, I can watch any member of the dead perform live and 
enjoy
the show, but listening to it recorded just doesn't do much for me. 
But I
still respect them for their impact on both music and culture.

And Aerosmith? I think "Just Push Play" is one of the better albums 
these
guys have released....still not better then any of the earlier stuff 
, but
hell, not as many love balladss on there, although there are some crap
songs, Jaded is a lot better then a lot of the stuff they've done, the
title track just rocks..... But I will take "Train...." into "Seasons 
of
Wither" anyday over modern stuff, the last really outstanding album 
they
did was Permanent Vacation.......but even though I am not a fan of a 
lot
of their recent stuff, I say them in Old Orchard Beach Maine (town 
next to
where I am from)  in August of 1994 with COllective Soul opening, it 
was
my first concert ever, and they put on one hell of a show. It's the
difference between the strung out Aerosmith that was playing in 1984 
which
one FBOer pointed out that it sucked and the 1994 straitened out
Aerosmith. WHile they might not know how to write music well anymore,
their live show is incredible, they even played part of D&C that
night.......and that blew me away.....

And Floyd? Never disliked htem, but never completely got into 
anything by
them until recently. I think their best work was "The Wall", 
ironically
not one of their earlier albums, although the Syd Barrett stuff is
incredible. "The Wall" has mellow stuff to songs that just rock, mixed
with the always well done Gilmoure guitar solos, and whether alone or 
with
the movie, the music has so many great messages behind it and really 
makes
you think.....different people will say that about all PF, but I 
think the
Wall stands out above everyhting. The Division Bell is pretty cool, 
but
without Waters Floyd isn't quite the same....

And Rush- operall, I can't stand them.....it's not Geddy Lee, I like 
his
recent solo stuff actually......but for some reason most Rush does 
not do
a thing for me. Except for their debut album- this thing just kicks
ass.....and it's not because originally it was engineered by Dave
McLaughlin, my Audio Engineering teacher (not the remastered 
version), but
because the album rocks 30 times harder then Rush ever did after 
that....I
thought it was pretty cool when I found out that the only Rush album I
liked was engineered by a teacher of mine......

And back to Aerosmith- never realized they did a cover until I read 
the
review of how much someone thought their much their version of "Think
About It" sucked..... I gave it a listen.....well actually, played it 
on
the air so I could listen to it (the miracle of radio) and I was 
pretty
impressed.....

6. I think the person on this list who I remember the furthest back 
was
GaryZepHead.... I remember him posting to the old AOL Zeppelin message
board back when AOL was not connected to the internet...... man that 
was a
LONG time ago......, back when I was known as the Zepmeister......and 
it's
weird seeing a name of at least one other person other then myself 
who is
THAT much of an internet geek :)

7. Session musicians played on the original Aerosmith Train? What 
about
Seasons of Wither? Those two songs are two of my favorite Aerosmith 
songs
of all time and that dissapointed me that Train is session morons....

8. Timothy McVeigh is still dead.

9. Now as I type this one, the time is now 3:38 AM on Monday, and I 
am at
work. I am listening to The Travelling Wilbury's "She's My Baby" with 
a
killer solo from Gary Moore, and just got done listening to U2's
latest....Elevation......even after what I said Saturday morning at 
the
beginning of this posting, I just realized that Elevation is growing 
on
me. I still hate "Beautiful Day" though....

10. Zeppelin songs played on WKIT (www.zoneradio.com/wkit) on my 
overnight
shifts this weekend: (shameless plug) The Lemon Song, Stairway to 
Heaven
(requested by a little girl who delivers papers, couldn't turn a 
young kid
down even if it is STH), followed by "Taures" by Spirit (the 
inspiration
for STH), Out On The Tiles, OTHAFA, Friends/Celebration Day, JPJ's 
"Snake
Eyes" (for an FBO'er listening online), The Battle of Evermore, Your 
Time
Is Gonna Come, Carouselambra, For Your Life, and I will be playing 
"Good
Times Bad Times" shortly before 5:00 this morning.

This conclueds another weekly edition of "Mixer Ramblings All words 
above
are my own and Queen Elizabeth will not be held responsible for 
anyhitng
in which has been spoken, nor with anything that has nothing to do 
with
anything to do with this.........

take care, keep your Zeppelin cranked!

Mixer