Years ago Phil Lee, Ollie Hammerle and I were sitting around drinking tea after a party at his place when we got into a discussion about Led Zeppelin. Their music was on the stereo and all of us were getting into it.
"You know there are three phases to Led Zeppelin" Ollie exclaimed.
"Three phases Dude?" Phil mused.
"The first phase is when you are young and it is Robert Plant's voice that gets you. It is unique and realy just grabs you but then you get sick of that."
We shook our heads in understanding.
"The second is the lyrics and that comes a couple of years later. You have had girlfriends and problems so the blues aspect gets you" Ollie offered.
Again we looked at him as if he had the wisdom of a Chinese Shaman.
"The third is around 19 or twenty and you realize how mechanically well the actual music is composed. These guys were truely just great musicians."
All three of us shook our heads in agreement because it was settled.
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