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Subject: Re: Iowa


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Owen
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Date Posted: 15:37:06 09/04/01 Tue
In reply to: Jake 's message, "Re: Iowa" on 11:58:40 09/04/01 Tue

One of the common misconceptions with Led Zep is what you just voiced - the origins of their songs. In fact, they merely covered material on their first album ('Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' was actually a Joan Baez cover, who is the equivalent of Jewel, so now you understand how absurd some of these sound in writing), because they hadn't really had any time to write as a group. Several on that album were still originals. And if you call "Led Zeppelin" unoriginal ever again, I'll cut your balls off. Before them, "heavy" was a term given to fat girls. All these bands are doing today is giving their own twist to the cliches of rock, and that's it.

Another disturbing thing I need to address - Hendrix (also wrote his songs, he covered 'All Along the Watchtower', but who didn't back then?) and Led Zep are legends. And then you mention... Billy fucking Idol? There's no need to bring him into this, he's a pop star who incidentally sang songs that can be called "rock". And anyone who sings a song called "Dancing With Myself" deserves to be hit in the head, anyway.

-johnsie

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