mistermikev wrote:I'm betting you are a younger chap... LZ was a few years b4 my time too.
I respect your right to think it's crap...
I feel the same way about anything Clapton has ever done... just doesn't do it for me... yet many think the guy was better than hendrix...
none the less I think Page's work on so many other songs was awesome...
who can forget that classic stairway solo...
the ocean...
the rain song...
Actually, Im about the same age as you
I like lots of stuff that Page has done, and was already familiar with stairway, black dog, dazed and confused.. and a few others before I heard Heartbreaker. That heartbreaker solo-break was kind of shocking to me, and I just havent warmed to it. Me no likey.
I try not to judge things because of sour grapes or envy. I just try to be honest with what my brain and ears are trying to tell me.
So you know, it's just my tastes and my opinion.
(And I respect your stance on Clapton. If he doesn't do it for ya, he doesn't do it for ya.)
I will say that I don't think an artist should automatically get a pass, just because they are on a label or are a legend though.
fisherman bob:
I like imperfections and nuances. (usually)
Plenty of imperfections to go around with this boy.
I'm not really for this ultra-precise digital frontier. Sure it has many advantages, but I see lots of potential negatives too.
For the longest time I was against digital recording because I thought it might be stripping the natural mojo out of the music. Had this strange idea that analog preserved the soul, because the universe used waveforms and not Ones and Zeros.
Yep, I'm weird.