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Jimmy Page some how walks the line between not being ashamed of what his band accomplished while not seeming all that egotistical about it. And yeah, I realize you don't show up for an interview in leather and shades if you don't have a bit of an ego, but there is a genuine, fan-like love what they did that I like.
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If I didn't enjoy the having a treadle on my vibe, I'd have one of these on both boards.
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I'm probably sterile from the volume of the previews. The movie was tolerable thought. It's amazing how good Led Zeppelin II still sounds. Not a lot of albums from 1969, remixes and remasters included, still smack you in the face like that one does.
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It's funny I'm defending this genre this much being I own maybe two rap or hip hop albums, but every pop music genre has it's share of trite shit that is gobbled up by the masses. I also find the social/political lyrical content in the better examples of the genre to be pretty inseparable from what it is. Ironically, the old heads in the hip hop world make a lot of the same arguments being made here about it. But yeah, I reckon you and Theodor Adorno are on the same page. I also probably just need to accept this hill isn't worth dying on. I'm likely projecting recent frustrations at the wrong crowd just to feel like discussion still matters.
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In all fairness, this wasn’t that esoteric of lore. It was the biggest story in music over the last year by far. Kendrick got announced as the halftime act on the heels of “They Not Like Us” pretty much dominating the whole summer. My girlfriend and I only watched the Super Bowl to see if Kendrick would do that song, though she was more into it than me. I wouldn’t have bothered with it at all had she not wanted to watch it. She’s also in her 30s, and I’m 45. Honestly, I think we’re just old. I also have to admit that Prince is literally the only halftime show I’ve ever really enjoyed. I always find them cringy as hell and usually just feel embarrassed for any acts I like playing them. As a result, I don’t have the highest bar for these things. Back when I cared more about pro football, if I was in control of the TV, I’d turn on exactly at kickoff, turn it off for Halftime, and turn it back on for the second half. Sadly, I rarely have had that power, and hence I have memories of ZZ Top lip-syncing to Tush and Aerosmith mugging around with a boy band burned into my brain.
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I forgot to mention that part. Y'all may have hated it, but that was some of the most coldblooded live television flying under the flag of entertainment that I've seen maybe ever.
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If you don't care about rap or find it to be a consequential genre, then I can see why you may not know who he is. If you do take an interest in the genre, Kendrick has been one of the most important people in it for about a decade, even winning a Pulitzer in 2017. He also jumped out of really the equivalent of the alternative sphere of rap/hip-hop over the summer in a rap beef with Drake after Drake called him out, where he not only pretty much gutted Drake lyrically, he also crossed into his genre of club rap and had the fastest solo rap single to hit a billion plays on Spotify maybe ever. This would have been the equivalent of Michael Jackson talking shit about Sonic Youth in the 80s and Sonic Youth doing a pop album that sold 10 times more than Bad while also killing his career and then playing the Super Bowl that year to piss on the head stone. That alone was more rock 'n' roll than most anything I've seen on Super Bowl halftime shows, certainly more so than watching RHCP mimic their way through a set without their instruments plugged in. I also appreciated the the subtext of all the patriotic and squid game iconography. Nice to see something being subversive but clever about it. Was it Prince? Not even close, but in a world where the Grammys doesn't even show any of the rock or metal awards on prime time, much less have a rock band unless it is Dave Grohl or Slash affiliated, my preferred genres of music are so crusty they might as well fart mummy dust. For my tastes, it could have been worse.
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I thought it was really good. Better yet, the GF, who isn't a Zeppelin fan at all, really enjoyed it as well. I think that speaks well for it working even if you aren't a Zeppelin nut. Anyone who appreciates musicianship, a good story, and a good tune will dig it I think. She was still asking me questions about this and that this morning, which I thought was pretty cool. There wasn't anything about drugs or groupies really, and you could tell all three guys were genuinely emotional as they looked back on that period. The "Whole Lotta Love" sequence made it worth seeing in an IMAX. It was some very much needed escapism for a couple of hours and way better than a comic book movie. I love the time period they focused on because, by avoiding the later debauchery and tragedy, they could honestly focus on the story of four really talented kids who worked really hard on something they believed in and created something special. We also agreed that, as hot as Robert Plant was, Zeppelin I and II area Jimmy Page was an impressively dreamy guy. I also got a pretty passionate argument that I was completely underrating the chiseled jaw and full lips of a young John Paul Jones. The conversations you get into on the way home when the IMAX is 75 minutes away. You kind of have to laugh. All these years later, dudes want to be them, and chicks want to be with them, lol. At least 1969 them.
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Ruminating on EVH and Eras of Guitar
LucSulla replied to LucSulla's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
Uncle Ben, like always, has the only breakdown worth watching. -
This place is fantastic. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g55197-d23595689-Reviews-Andalusia_Authentic_Moroccan_Cuisine-Memphis_Tennessee.html
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The psychologist and I will be going to see this tomorrow as well. I was able to talk her into sitting through a Zep documentary in exchange for hitting a good Moroccan restaurant near the theater in Memphis.
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Ian Hunter from 45 years ago... Hamer Content
LucSulla replied to cmatthes's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
It's so glorious when that kicks in. I've spent hours going through different live versions to find which one turns into the best perfect, boozy rock n' roll mess. -
Ruminating on EVH and Eras of Guitar
LucSulla replied to LucSulla's topic in Hamer Fan Club Messageboard
I've really found a lot of his rhythm work harder to nail down than the solos in a great many cases. Like, I don't know any Van Halen solos note for note either, but this is largely a product of being in a band who is never going to cover Van Halen really. I tinker with them a bit and the realize "I'm going to woodshed something that I will never play for anyone else," and it kills my motivation because I wish that were not the case so much. But I have messed with enough of them to feel like I basically understood what was up. But, man, I have put in TIME trying to get the pre-chorus rhythm down for "Unchained" and still don't have it. It's a complete brain twister.