Re: britney spears vs. led zeppelin

[Jeremy Mixer <mixer@xxxxxxxx>]

Shar-

your points are well researchede and valid, but you seem to miss the
point....

Brittney's music sucks, Led Zeppelins is incredible. However Britney is a
major sex icon in the world of op culture today. This is a tough choice, I
will get back to all of you on my choice, because I don't know.

jeremy

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Weiser wrote:

> At 06:07 PM 11/21/01 EST, Capdjr1@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >Poll of the Week:
> >
> >Which would you rather have one night with Britney Spears or go back in time
> >witness any one led zeppelin concert?
> >
> >
> Arggghhh,
> Surely you jest?
>
> About the only thing that Britney Spears has in common with Led Zeppelin is
> the fact they both been fortunate enough to be featured on the cover of
> Rolling Stone. You're comparing musical entities that have no sound basis
> in comparison.
>
>  Led Zeppelin's rise to fame was based largely on word of mouth
> appreciation of live performance backed by studio recordings composed,
> performed and produced by the band. The art work was directed by Page
> personally. Led Zeppelin's rise to fame was against the tide of mass media
> and in spite of it.
> Led Zeppelin, soaked and steeped themselves in their chosen influences and
> then allowed their own budding creativity to propel them to popularity in
> the face of a disinterested press and in spite of the negativity the press
> attempted to generate on the whole. Led Zeppelin's off-handed strategy
> worked well in the then prevailing climate of success by "going against the
> establishment."
> It revealed them as creative musical pioneers with a distinctive mark of
> personal and financial philosophical independence. They lived a
> teeter-totter careening existence that flaunted convention.
>
> Britney Spears fame is the result of hired teams of media experts who
> concentrate on creating a marketable musical commodity for mass
> consumption.  The girl's position was created by the media. She is an above
> average performer, who has been privileged to have been served well by
> imaginative employees.  It appears to me that she's, been contractually
> bound to be subject to the kind of tampering that any performer trapped by
> the whims of popular taste is bound to be hemmed in with.
> Whether or not she can find her inner musically creative self in spite of
> her public image remains to be seen. To make the mistake of even suggesting
> there's any real comparison between her and Zep musically bites big time.
> Spears is a factory pop music product, Led Zeppelin was one of the world's
> greatest rock music bands.
> Choice, my eye.
>
> Um, listening to the first time Robert, Jimmy, Jonesey and Bonzo cranked up
> together in London would have been the ultimate.
> Shar

Jeremy

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