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Re: BBE vs. STH/Popularity



Hi Mark!

I will second the notion for the Tea Party.  Just listen to SUN GOING DOWN
and you will see that it is a definite rip-off of IN MY TIME OF DYING!

Take Care!

Doug.

At 12:55 AM 5/28/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>On Mon, 27 May 1996, Mark Leaman wrote:
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>>> And I'd like to see what non-HM bands you think were influenced by Zep. I
>>> can't think of any, offhand.
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>>AC/DC, Guns & Roses, Rush, Tea Party are some of the obvious ones, though
>>there are several who aren't as strictly influenced solely by Zep (the
>>ones that when asked say 'oh the normal stuff' which usually includes Jimi,
>>Clapton the Who, Zep, and all the other giants of that era)
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>Shane:
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>Well now, I've never heard Tea Party, but the rest you mention are certainly
>Heavy Metal (or were in their time, like Rush).
>AC/DC wasn't HM? C'mon now!
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>>Actually my point was not that LZ was better than the Who, but that one
>>can't say that the Who is better than LZ either, even if they know music
>>in depth.  If everyone hated it so much and it's such a mediocre song why
>>is it one of the first 5 songs many guitarists learn to play?  
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>Well, the answer to that is obvious. It's easier to play.
>And impressive, since it sounds like it's not easy to play.
>Why did you think? Because it's so mammoth? In the words of George Bailey:
>"Nope, nope, nope..."
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>I'm one who CAN say that The Who were better than Zep, without the slightest
>pang of regret. LZ at best did 3 classic albums, whereas The Who clock in at
>7 (only if you count TOMMY & QUAD as one album each)...Zep had 5 great years
>while The Who had 11.
>Nope. Not the slightest pang.
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>                   Cheers                   ML
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>"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."  L. Long
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