Led Zeppelin rules – OK?

by admin on June 22, 2007

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I’ve been waiting with baited breath for the considered analysis of my colleagues on the Enterprise 2.0 conference. But what do I find? A cat fight over the best band of the 70s. Duh? Don’t they know it was Led Zeppelin?

According to the otherwise extremely intelligent Mark Crofton:

There’s no accounting for taste. At dinner last night there was a very heated debate about best band of the 70′s. In one corner was Andrew McAfee making a spirited case for Led Zeppelin; in the other was Jason Wood arguing (seriously) for Earth, Wind and Fire?!?!? Don’t they know it’s Lynard Skynard?

I have no idea what planet these people were born on, except of course the insightful Prof McAfee.

I’m slightly embarrassed that I associate with some of these people. At least when it comes to musical taste. But then the real father of this stuff is Robert Johnson – a blues maestro my brother introduced me to as I was drooling over Led Zepellin 2. But then I recall sitting in a prime seat at Wembley Arena the first time Led Zep performed Stairway to Heaven live. That haunting song has never left me…a long time ago.

Back to normal programming…

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Stuart Jones

I'm sorry but you can't discuss this without mentioning Free. Short lived band but number one for me. Closely followed by the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin & Deep Purple.

One for the chartered accountants - when I was a partner in a larger firm I got s*d all repect from the trainees until I metioned I'd seen Deep Purple in the Free Trade Hall in Manchester in February 1970. From then on I was the most important partner!

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Neil McIntyre

I gotta weigh in, even though I wasn't around till '81. Pink Floyd is my #1 choice for best 70s band, followed by Led Zeppelin.

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Clive Birnie

Wow, you guys must all be really old! :)

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Philip Woodgate

Can't mention the 70's without mentioning The Sex Pistols. My money is on either Zep or Floyd.

Check out BBC Seven Ages for a handy rock timeline. Favourite decade for music anyone?

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Dennis Howlett

All of the above.

And in my dotage I've decided to grow what's left of my hair again...but that's another story.

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Simon G

Good heavens, it should be obvious - Deep Purple! And ELP for the prog rockers.

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alastair

This is very dangerous ground! ELO, The Queen, The Who, The Stranglers U2 (arguably their best stuff was just at the end of the 70s!), Madness, Ian Dury, Pink Floyd, Elton John ...

I could go on and on and on.

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Susan Scrupski

tsk, tsk, tsk. No. The Stones. Full stop.

(T)he Stones are unquestionably the best performing rock band in the world. And everything considered, they are the most important, influential figures in rock. The Stones ARE rock.
- John Rockwell, music critic, New York Times, 1975

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Ric

A subject fraught with danger and potential violence ... but I'm certainly with you on Robert Johnson.

The early seventies had the remnants of the 60's (like Led Zeppelin, emanating from the Yardbirds, and Derek and the Dominoes from Blind Faith etc); and the late seventies had the punk, British pub rock and 'power pop for now people'; but the mid-seventies was a bit desolate (except for some local highlights in Oz) - overall not my favourite decade.

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