Klarinet Archive - Posting 000666.txt from 2002/07

From: "Kimber" <wolfcry01@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] FW: [kl] Music the makes you Wince
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 00:38:01 -0400

IU agree with you completely, Robert...
Kimber the Rocking Wrestler
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From: Robert S. Nalezinski <nalezinski@-----.net>
Subject: RE: [kl] FW: [kl] Music the makes you Wince

>
> >It was pop for the time it was written. Keep in mind that many (most)
> of us here are much >older than you, and could very well have been
> around when most classic rock was pop. Pop >defines any particular
> music that is largely POPular upon it's release...and if it
> >survives the trends and passages of time, then it goes on to be called
> classic rock.
>
> I agree with Kimber here...
>
> I do not think Led Zeppelin was ever called POP music, even back
> in the old days. (And I remember them fondly.)
>
> Although they were popular with the masses, the critics hated
> them... Along with a lot of DJs. "The Beatles", "The Rolling Stones"
> were the pop groups back then... (among others.) David Bowie was popular
> but is he consider a "pop musician"? no... He was considered to be a
> "glam rocker." Although Led Zeppelin was also known for their
> experimenting with other styles of music, acoustic-folk... Etc... they
> are best known for the heavy blues riffs of Jimmy Page, and the wailing
> voice of Robert Plant... Hardly the definition of Pop.
>
> We might as well say "The Backstreet Boys" is a Rock Group
> because they have electric guitars in their songs if you want to call
> "Led Zeppelin" a Pop group because they were popular... Which they still
> are... And they still are not considered a Pop group.
>
> Robert
>
> ***Without passion, you might as well been born a lemming.***
>
> ***I would rather make a passionate mistake, than live a flawless life
> without passion.***
>
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