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Re: stupid questions



>>Dad        "Plant was a better singer."
>>Me        "Roger was (and still is) better-looking, AND he can still do the
>>screech at the end of 'Won't Get Fooled Again'" [Dad loves the
>>Who's Next album, but that's it]
>
>Jen:
>
>Oh, you were doing fine until you got to that part about "better looking."
>Why didn't you say that Plant was an equal singer (a different kind of
>vocal) for 4 years and the rest of the time he couldn't touch Daltrey? That
>Rog had at least 11 years (`67-`78 for sticklers) while Rob only had 4 or 5
>at the most (that would be `68-`72).
>
Without trying to offend any of the Zep fans on the Digest, I think that
for at least the last 20 years, Robert Plant has sounded like nothing more
than one of the biggest overblown rock cliches in history.

Jon Karesh