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Improv rock



Mark L writes:
>>>
See, that's where you go too far. Zep wasn't the definition of it. 30   
minute
versions of Dazed And Confused means that you've gone too far. It's OK   
when
you're watching Page use the bow (merely OK), but listening to a tape (or
CD) of it makes it sound deadly boring. When you take it too far, you   
cannot
be the definition of something...you CAN be an extremist, though.
<<<
But Mark, that's like saying that listening to Leeds is boring because   
you can't see the windmills and leaps and twirling and smashing.   
 Personally, I like 30 minutes of D&C.  I like 10 minutes of Magic Bus,   
too.  Greg prefers the Allmans.  It's all personal preference as far as   
what we call 'Boring.'  My point is that, for at least 6 years, Zeppelin   
was the band that defined their genre: blues-based, guitar-showcasing   
Rock.  They took the baton from Cream, and handed it off to Van Halen.  I   
am distinctly avoiding comparison with the Who, here, mind you, because I   
don't think such comparisons are valid.  For *what they were each doing*,   
the Who and Zep were the best, but what they were doing was very   
different.

BTW, I agree with you in the Pete is a far more innovative guitarist, but   
Page was *the* premier lead player for almost ten years (before, as JeffW   
says, his head became fat).

>>>
When you take it too far, you cannot be the definition of something...you   
CAN be an extremist, though. Definition
assumes a middle ground.
<<<
I disagree.  'Definition' *is* taking something too far, so that   
something new is created (i.e., "defined").

>>>
There is nothing worse than sitting through an entire concert featuring   
one two hours long overbearing boring meaningless senseless song. That   
was it, too...the one song and "Thank you, good night."
Bastards. It wasn't even a good song...
<<<

Fang might agree, re: Bob Mould...  :)

OK,
KLW