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Re: Over/Under: Led Zeppelin
Old 05-05-2010, 02:37 AM   #12
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Default Re: Over/Under: Led Zeppelin

To clarify:

We are reflecting on the bands from today's point of view. This can include comparing the band's work to today's music, looking at current fans of the band, or revisiting the music and deciding if you now have a different opinion of it than you did when you first heard it.

Over = the band is overrated by today's standards, for whatever reason you want to argue/defend.

Under = the band is underrated by today's standard, for whatever reason you want to argue/defend.

For me, I think Zeppelin's iconic stuff is perfectly rated. Zeppelin IV, overplayed as it is, occupies that perfect niche in rock'n'roll.

I do think Zeppelin is UNDER when it comes to Zeppelin III, Physical Graffiti and even Houses of the Holy, three awesome awesome albums.

Zeppelin is a band that college kids cover poorly on their guitar: namely Stairway to Heaven. What guitar-wielding douche bag in college HASN'T played a horrible cover of Stairway to heaven.


My verdict: UNDER with a little bit of JUST RIGHT thrown in for good measure.
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