Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love
A week late here... I saw this on my phone last week, and knew I had to come back to it when I had a moment to post my thoughts. Most know that I'm a big-ass Zepp fan (had the Four Symbols inked on my left shoulder when I was 18). Zeppelin changed what music means to me, and since we're telling stories, I'm gonna re-post this for those that don't know:
1) It was '86, and my older brother had just bought a new stereo with a CD player (those were brand new at the time). He pops in Black Dog, and I'm like wtf with the little wah wah wah wah opening. Then Bobby Plant chimes in and I'm like . Changed my musical tastes forever. Up to that point, I was a wussy little teenager listening to Madonna, Wham, and all that poppy crap. Zeppelin is still, and always will be, my favorite band. Have the four symbols on my left shoulder which makes it so forever.
So, as it relates to Whole Lotta Love... my parents split up in late '85, 2 months after they'd put me in a high-school that wasn't the one that my elementary school fed in to. To say I was a lost soul would be an understatement. Music eventually became a rock for me, and after getting exposed to Zeppelin, I was insatiable in my discovery. Cue Columbia House Record Club! Naturally, 14-year olds don't know how much of a scam it was. Sometime in early '88, I finally got around to Zeppelin II, at the urging of my "friends" ... I'd starting associating with the stoner crowd, but I wasn't really 'in' the group ... I was instructed not to listen to the album unless baked out of my mind. I followed those instructions, and hearing that opening riff for the first time was as monumental a music-listening moment as hearing Plant's voice for the first time. Easily top-5 (maybe top-3) riff ever for me. Sure, the musical section drags on, but for me, this is an epic song, without being epic in length.
Fuck I hate LZ.
I'm now questioning not only our friendship, but humanity in general. What the fuck is wrong with you
? You and Paul... NO SOUP FOR YOU! <typed this before I saw Paul’s response… but knew it was coming>
That reminds me I haven't been on a Zep kick in I don't know how long. Should probably do something about that.
Ditto
Bon Jovi-You Give Love A Bad Name
Ironically, from the same post about Zeppelin (it was the "top 5 albums that changed your life")
4) Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet. Hard to say which 'glam' album really got me first (could've been Look What the Cat Dragged In), but from from the time between `86 and `97, Classic Rock and Glam Rock were the only styles of music that appealed to me. There were a few smatterings of metal (Maiden, Queensryche, Ozzy), but not much. I had a Columbia Record club subscription (who remembers those?) and filled my CD collection with Glam discs with everything from Aldo Nova to Winger)
YGLABN is mid-tier on that album, which is 5* top to bottom.
For what it's worth, Slippery When Wet was #27 on my Top50; Zepplin II was #16.
I'll come back tomorrow to get caught up on Foreigner.. but have a beauty story on No Rain.