Page was a prodigy of a new mold, a young man on the British blues scene who quickly became a coveted session player in the British pop factories of the time. The forest, in this analogy, was Jimmy Page. ( Rolling StoneРІР‚в„ўs critical history with the band was particularly - indeed, uniformly - clueless.) A lot of this had to do with not seeing the forest for the trees. Still, something big was going on, and many people at the time didnРІР‚в„ўt get it. Robert PlantРІР‚в„ўs lyrics - an amalgam of stolen blues lyrics, random and confused references to Norse and Tolkien mythologies, sullen misogyny, and utter nonsense - didnРІР‚в„ўt help matters. All the old terms used to explain this still apply: Zeppelin were a sledgehammer, a steamroller, a juggernaut, a leviathan, picking the music up, turning it into a club, and wielding it unmercifully, often on innocent bystanders and any nearby baby seals. But the rock Establishment didnРІР‚в„ўt quite get the band at the time. RockРІР‚в„ўs lumpenproletariat liked them a lot, and even those with finer sensibilities could not help respecting the bandРІР‚в„ўs sonics, not to mention PageРІР‚в„ўs venturesome guitar chops.

The Modern ManРІР‚в„ўs Dilemma: Which Led Zeppelin Ringtone to Choose?Р”В«elow is my list of all of the bandРІР‚в„ўs original studio albums, ranked from worst to best. The sound sparkles, and the many early versions and mixes of some fabled tracks will thrill fans. The final group of three albums - including Presence, In Through the Out Door, and CodaР’В - is out this week. Now we have the latest (and definitive, weРІР‚в„ўre told) remastering of the bandРІР‚в„ўs now-historic catalogue. Jimmy Page put an end to all of that with Led Zeppelin, the band that broke the blues and created something new - hard rock, heavy metal, whatever you want to call it. They were done with brio, but with probity and respect, too. Rock bands always fooled around with doing the blues louder and with less finesse, of course, but beyond that, folks like Eric Clapton were the models, with their sincere embarkations into the music. The blues were a serious matter, meant to be played a certain way. ItРІР‚в„ўs difficult to remember now how preciousР’В the blues seemed to rockers in the 1960s. Photo: Maya Robinson and Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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