Re: zeppelin-digest V4 #1265

["Bonnie Marko" <bmarko@xxxxxx>]

From: "JR Sroufe" <jrsrouf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> On 24 Jul 2002 at 9:56, "Wild-Man" Ravi wrote:

Wild-Man, huh? Ravi, what kinda rep you got on this list anyway??

> Personally, I don't think it would pass muster in the A&R department to
begin with. It's that "gotta listen to it a bunch before ya get it" kind of
thing. A&R people >ain't got time to sit and say to themselves "well, that
wasn't so hot....maybe if I listen to it again.."

I agree that this record wouldn't get the same kind of backing if Robert was
unknown, but at the same time, if it was a young band coming out with this
music, maybe they might find even more of an audience cos it would seem like
something "fresh" that stands out from the latest onslaught of garage rock.
Look at Radiohead - sure they were more established when coming out with Kid
A and everything after, but that music aint exactly easy listening.

> From: PajLvr@xxxxxxx
> It is just because of who he is, and I think you hit it totally on the
head of the nail when you said "any Joe shmuck" however he isn't any ole
"Joe". Never will be, > and will always be remembered as the man who sand
led zep.

Exactly!  Would Robert's music sell if he hadnt been in Zep?  Much like the
exact number of licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop,
the world will never know.

On another note...i get it!..."PajLvr"!....Im so slow.

Bonnie