Thank you Lee, it was getting lonely over here in the LZ-is-over-rated camp.

I love the fishing that’s going on. Lets list the bait: Devo. Joan Baez. The Allman Brothers. BRIT KNEE, JESSICA, ASHLEY. Cream. James Taylor. I must hate all rock if I don’t drool over the Zep. And LZ is more important than the Beatles.

Wait let me turn down the Vault Radio, I was just listening to Elvis Costello 06/07/1968. Pump It Up. The whole house got rocked off its foundation. The whole house. Not kidding. Including the garage. It’s heavy and it’s pop and it’s got the power and the glory and it didn’t rip off old blues guys and it didn’t require someone shrieking in a fringed vest or pretentiously sawing at a guitar with a violin bow. And as much as I love a good long jam they got in, did their work and got out in 3 minutes and 44 seconds. If only more things in life were as effective and efficient at the same time.

Anyway, as far as the bait list above, I think Devo was right. We are de-evolving. I think that Stairway to Heaven was the pinnacle of western culture. Everything that’s happened since then has been a disappointment. Buy eye ing a stair air way to hev un. As far as the pop girls go, I’d be more interested in knowing if Britney and Ashley’s mom is single. James Taylor was on the radio when I took driver’s ed back in 71 and the girls I liked, liked him so I gotta give him some slack. He didn’t ruin rock and roll. Neither did the Allman Brothers. (Although I bet Greg has worn a fringed vest once or twice.)

What I tried to explain, and what Lee captures is that if one moves on, over time one might realize how derivative and pretentious the Zep was. Turn off the black lights and come on out of the dorms people.