Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sjuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!sjuvax!lp102911 From: lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (palena) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Some better guitarists than Fripp and Frith... Message-ID: <2492@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 11:24:24 EST Article-I.D.: sjuvax.2492 Posted: Wed Oct 30 11:24:24 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 06:58:14 EST References: <1185@druri.UUCP> <175@rdlvax.UUCP> <2440@sjuvax.UUCP> Reply-To: lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (Larry Palena) Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA. Lines: 112 Keywords: guitar Summary: In article <2491@sjuvax.UUCP> kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch) writes: >In article <2487@sjuvax.UUCP> lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (Larry Palena) writes: >>In article <2484@sjuvax.UUCP> kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch) writes: >>>In article <2482@sjuvax.UUCP> lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (Larry Palena) writes: >>>>In article <2477@sjuvax.UUCP> kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch) writes: >>>>>In article <2468@sjuvax.UUCP> lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (Larry Palena) writes: >>>>>>In article <2457@sjuvax.UUCP> kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch) writes: >>>>>>>In article <2440@sjuvax.UUCP> lp102911@sjuvax.UUCP (Larry Palena) writes: >>>>>>>>> >> >> ...seven cross references!!!! It's gotta be a world's record!!!... > >(Another record broken--now it's eight!) > ...NINE!!!!... >>>> >>>>>high on anyone's list (read "In the Lap of the Gods" if you don't believe me. >>>> >>>> ...see now this is what I mean!!! You probably bought that book when >>>> the ink was still wet,read it from cover to cover six times,and now >>>> that you're a star on oh-so-sophisticated net.music you deride it.Every- >>>> body loves the Big Blimp in the closet,but when they've got nothing >>>> better to do they post pieces making fun of it's creator!!!... >>> >>>Actually Larry, I never bought the book--a friend of mine owns it. Are >> >> ...you know what they say about birds of a feather.You were pro- >> bably too chintzy to pay the $12.00 to buy it... > >Actually, it's has to do more with the fact that I wouldn't want to WASTE >the 12 dollares to spend on it... > ...just like you wouldn't waste the 30-odd "dollares" (what's the rate of exchange on them,anyway?) to buy all their albums but the Fourth,right... >>>you going to deny some of the stories in the book?--Like the time Page >>>and Bonham tied a woman down spread eagle on a bed and stuck raw fish in >>>her you-know-what. I still like Led Zeppelin and I will even though I think >> >> ...for the record the story is this; >> >> Peter Grant and Peter Cole were fishing out a window of >> a motel in Washington State,and were having a good day.In >> fact they had several small sharks hanging in the closet of >> the motel room they were fishing from.A young groupie came >> around to their room looking for the honor of being violated >> by a member of the Zep entourage.So she submitted to being >> tied to the bed and roguered by a shark's nose.Grant claims >> that she enjoyed it and was perfectly willing.Page was nowhere >> around... > ...actually,their road manager's name is Richard Cole and John Bonham assisted him,not Peter Grant.Bonzo was actually quite gullible and Cole could get him to do anything... >Well there was even an excerpt in Rolling Stone where Page was around. ...Oh BOY!!! Rolling Stone!!! They never had anything nice to say about the band anyway,and I dismiss most of what they say as horseshit anyway... >>>that as a person, Page is a consumate asshole. I also think Roger Waters is >> >> ...a CONSUMMATE ASSHOLE!!! How could you call a guy who owns cas- >> tles a consummate asshole?? A guy who owns about six cars and doesn't >> know how to drive?? A world-reknowned Satanist!!??... > >I forgot, owning castles definitely means you're not an asshole. (That's >meant to be sarcastic Larry--I don't care how much he OWNS--that has nothing >to do with him being an asshole. Oh--I never brought in the Satanist part.) ...tell that to Michael Des Barres,"Power Station"'s lead voc- alist.He got his big break thanks to Zeppelin,with the band "Det- ective".He assisted Page in some of the rituals... > > >>>a consumate asshole but I don't listen to his music for the type of >>>person he is either. I attacked Page because you decided that to judge >>>Pink Floyd on Roger Water's personal life. Oh Larry, by the way--David >> >> ...DID I???!!! When?!! I said that "The Wall" is a shitty album, >> undoubtedly Floyd's worst,and certainly not deserved of its place >> on that stupid poll.You introduced (quite irrelevantly) the fact >> that it was Water's autobiog.What this has to do with the over- >> all quality of the album is obviously beyond my ability to see... > >It's not Floyd's worst album--the Final Cut is. I introduced it as being >Water's biography (quite relevantly ) because that is the reason for the >mood of the songs--i.e. depressing/somber. ...I don't care if the mood is sunny and light,most of the songs are stupid and trite and I found the album to be tire- some for that reason.I love "Zen Arcade",and that's not ex- actly what I'd call an enheartening album!! The point is that the black emotions espoused on "Zen Arcade" are so real you can feel them.Is this true of "The Wall",which is basically a weepy piece of shit... P.S- Guess what Paul!! Someone told me "Combos" are great fried!! Oooooh,it makes me wonder, Larry Palena { astrovax | allegra | bpa | burdvax } !sjuvax!lp102911