While giving the tots a bath last night my wife was
inexplicably humming mmmbop by Hanson. That late 90’s tune that was so ubiquitous
it was spoofed on SNL. So I ask how that got in her head, the toddler hears me
ask, then he asks, then the next thing you know we’re searching youtube for
mmmbop, then listening to mmbop.
So the wife takes the baby out and I’m drying the toddler
and start thinking, what could I play that would be the exact opposite of the
uber catchy mmmbop. And just like that a memory rushed in: I played LedZeppelin’s No Quarter for a bandmate years ago and she said it frightened her.
To this day I think about this and marvel at the incredible range of Zeppelin.
They could do so much, so well and No Quarter stands out as this haunting,
epic, eerie tune that gets inside you and festers, doesn’t sit well, worries
you. Name a band that can create a song like that, and also create a pop tune
like All Of My Love or a rolling tune like Hot Dog? Few and far between my
friends. And these are just a few examples mind you. I challenge you to find a band with more range than Led Zeppelin. I'm listening.
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