Re: zeppelin-digest V3 #863

[achille@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I really am starting to make a habit of this posting stuff amn't I?
Well, here's some more of my stubborn opinions to put you all in a bad
mood for the day.


First of all, I wanna let Jeremy here now, that my post was actually 
DEFENDING my generation after someone said that the average 17 yr 
old doen't know who Jimmy Page is. 

>>From: Jeremy Mixer <mixer@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>>1. To the 17 year old Zep fan- maybe your generation to you is 
>>>>musically
>>retarted, but really, it is wrong to say that. While I respect for 
>>your
>>opinion, I think it is wrong of you to say that.

That part was meant as a bit of a joke, i wasn't calling anybody 
retarded. It was more a comment on the amount of people in my age
group who dont even know who people like Page or Clapton or Gilmour 
is. I dont believe that they are retarded, but i do believe that they 
are 
narrow-minded.

>>As a teenager, especially in your younger teens, children are 
>>forced >>by
>>peer pressure to fit in with what they're friends are doing. 
>>Whether >>it be
>>drugs, music, clothing, kids at that age look down on anything that 
>>is
>>different then themselves. Immature yes. But it happens, and the 
>>>>reason it
>>happens is because, well, to be like everyone else you look down on
>>everyone who is different, because that's what everyone else does.
>>
>>I learned at a young age that I should not tell what music I did 
>>like,
>>because I would get ridiculed, and I continued to get ridiculed and 
>>>>beat
>>because I did not listen to what was ?cool.? Many kids did.

I know all about that, can you imagine what it's like being the only 
Zep
fan in a room full of little "Mini-Eminems". I learned a long time 
ago that
I shouldn't care what the "cool" kids think of my music and i should 
just 
like what i like. The response i get from most people art school to 
Led
Zeppelin is "who's he?" that really pisses me off. But i dont think 
you 
should just not tell what music you like, you should be proud of your 
music taste, you dont have to shove it in everyones face but you 
shouldn't hid it either.

>>I bet there are a lot of others that are your age that you may 
>>know, >>or
>>may not know, who are also into classic rock- the three top ones at 
>>>>that
>>age from my observations are #1- the Dead #2- Floyd and #3- 
>>>>Zeppelin in
>>that order. 

Yes, there are quite a few, as i think i mentioned in my original 
post. I 
know plenty of people of my age that like Zep, Floyd, Neil Young, The 
Who, Rolling Stones and some of the good modern bands like Pearl Jam, 
Tool and At The Drive-In. But i dont know anyone who likes the Dead.


>>And most kids have a rebellious attitude....liking music that your 
>>>>parents
>>listen to is just plain uncool.

My parents dont like Zep, so im OK. They actually passed on an 
opportunity to see them in this special thing in UCD (college) for 
students. They were playing in a tiny little place. but they didn't 
go. 
B******s!!

>Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:01:34 -0700 (PDT)
>From: maria callas <vocals7851@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: non-zeppelin 
>
>Hey, it's my birthday today...Could somebody please
>give me some attention...?  
>

This is probably late now, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!