Led Zeppelin

[Petethebassman]

Hi all! This isn't really bass-related, but here goes anyway… what the &/%”## is it about Led Zeppelin's records that so many women hate so much? It's rare to meet a woman who actually likes their music. Yesterday I was at home, listening to the “Led Zeppelin II” LP (yes, vinyl LP's, remember those?); it took my wife about 30 seconds to yell at me to “take that shit off the turntable”. And this happens every damn time I listen to Zep! I recently read a review of Led Zeppelin's “Presence” LP, the review said that “listening to this album is a fool-proof way to start a domestic argument”: I know…

[_Sweet Willie_]

Hey Pete,

 

Many dreams come true and some have silver linings. I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold. Nonetheless, I have not had a similar experience. While my wife would certainly not reach for Led Zep as her first choice for our aural enjoyment, she would not tell me to, "Pull that $#!& out of the CD player!"

 

My wife gave me the 10-CD remastered Led Zep collection as a gift over 10 years ago when it came out.

 

Peace.

[coyote]

Zep ain't the only band to get that reaction. King Crimson, Deep Purple, ELP, Yes, Coltrane, Parker.... anything that ain't either 'dance' music or easy listening won't score high for the average woman. (Female musicians, this does not apply to you!!)

[BenLoy]

I have many female friends who like Zeppelin. I think it's Robert Plant's voice that's the big problem for a lot of people who don't like Zeppelin. If they find his voice irritating they just can't get past it.

 

Now, getting my female friends to like Mike Keneally...that's pretty much a pipe dream!

[The Bear Jew]

I bought How The West Was Won when it came out...

 

My wife watches it almost once per week.

[_Sweet Willie_]

Originally posted by CMDN:

I bought How The West Was Won when it came out...

 

My wife watches it almost once per week.

I guess she needs something to do when you're out gigging or rehearsing -- better that than "leaving home for a brown-eyed man."

[The Bear Jew]

To be perfectly frank... if she did decide to step out on me, I'd never know. I'm just not home that often.

 

But I DO know she likes Zep.

[dcr]

I think the Wilson sisters were pretty big fans. Heck, they even covered "Achilles' Last Stand." You may have heard it...they called it "Barracuda."

 

My wife's OK on Zep. She never listened to rock before she met me, but pretty soon I got her into Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, Yes, etc. But someone mentioned King Crimson--that's hilarious! That's the one band I like that she just absolutely doesn't get. She can't see WHAT I see in them. I've slipped the cassette in the car, at low volume, just to see if she'd notice; and yeah, within about 30 seconds she just stops whatever she's doing/saying, & goes, "What the hell are we listening to?!?" Cracks me up. We just can't seem to agree that all those shrieky, overdriven violin strains at the end of "Talking Drum" count as cool.

[_Sweet Willie_]

It was an April morning when they told us we should go.

As I turned to you, you smiled at me

How could we say no?

 

Barracuda.

 

[onamission]

Although my wife tolerates Zep it isn't her first choice. She likes Floyd pretty well though. I think it has to do with being able to decipher the lyrics. If she can't understand the lyrics she's not interested. I, on the other hand, pay more attention to the musicianship than I do the lyrics.

[rockinredneck69]

Some bands just seem to have a sound that guys tend to enjoy more, AC/DC comes to mind on that subject.

[zeronyne]

Originally posted by rockinredneck69:

Some bands just seem to have a sound that guys tend to enjoy more, AC/DC comes to mind on that subject.

At least AC/DC is a band that strippers love...

 

If you really want to clear a room of women, just put on "Caress of Steel" or "Signals".

 

There are a bunch of bands that everyone I know hates, and there are even more bands that only certain types of women like, but Rush is the only band I know of that many non-musician guys really like while almost all non-musician girls HATE.

[rockinredneck69]

Very true, I don't think I've every played a Rush album without the wife giving me a "look".

[bc_dup1]

I'd add Hendrix to the list, at least in my house. Anyone worry that the women may be right though? This is a serious question, it occurs to me from time to time.

 

(One reason I've never been in a rock band - playing is a social thing for me - who wants to spend their social life entertaining 150 bikers and the 3 girlfriends they've managed to muster between them)?

[rockinredneck69]

So then my wife's opinion that my musical tastes suck is correct? No way, just differant than hers. At any rate, I give her my "look" when she would play Crystal Gayle or Air Supply...even though I do like some of those melodys.

[coyote]

The women are always right, or so they all say.

 

It's simply a difference in tastes. I was not a Stones fan in my teens; I was listening to ELP, Yes, Mahavishnu, etc. But as I got into gigging, it did not escape my attention that the dance floors would fill with chicks as soon as we played a Stones tune... I learned to like playing them AND lots of different dance music. You can't really dance to Rush's 'Xanadu' lol.'

 

But I will NEVER understand why people like ACDC. It might be OK were it not for the annoying shrieking they get from their singers.

[dcr]

Yeah, but that's a bit like saying Steely Dan would be OK if not for that cheesy Rhodes piano sound.

 

Speaking of which, my wife really, really likes Steely Dan.

 

Nobody say ANYTHING.

 

Jethro Tull is another band that gets "the look."

 

Red, you're a better man than I. Any person who played Air Supply in my presence, at any time, for any reason, under any circumstances, would get a WHOLE LOT more than just a look.

[ibescotty]

My wife hates high pitched tinny sounds in music. What can I say. She's the wife of a bass player and loves the low end of things.

 

That means that she has a lot of disdain for 70's - 80's rock as there are a bunch of high pitched tinny voices out there.

She toloerates Zep.

Rush gets a sigh and a look.

Journey's right out!!

[george costanza]

Originally posted by onamission:

... I think it has to do with being able to decipher the lyrics. If she can't understand the lyrics she's not interested. I, on the other hand, pay more attention to the musicianship than I do the lyrics.

It might have to do with the lyrics themselves: While they never wrote anything as hard as "Look at That Stupid Girl" or "Under My Thumb", "squeeze my lemon 'til..." & much of their early catalog is not encouraging to girls singin' along!

 

There's also the music style---hard riffing music always seems to appeal more to young guys & maybe it's just a matter of percentages, i.e., Zep just has/had more male fans.

[SteveC]

Someone beat me to adding RUSH to this. My g/f hates Geddy's voice. She likes the music , but can't get past his voice. That goes for some of my male friends, too.

 

My sisters on the other hand, love RUSH. Go figure?

[Joel Wilson]

Just goes to show there's no accounting for one's personal taste in music. My wife picked out several concerts that we'll be seeing (seen) this year, included Steely Dan, Oscar Peterson, Ringo's All-Star's, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsallis, and if anywhere within 500 miles, Bela &/or Victor.

 

I, of course, keep my dial tuned firmly on the AM bandwidth awaiting Bobby Shermans' "Julie do you love me" and crank up the db's when the trumpets hit the double high G's! Go figure.

[jeremy c]

I go to fusion concerts all the time....not a lot of women there.

 

I don't remember seeing any women in the audience at a recent John Scofield show.

 

I also don't remember seeing any women in the audience when I went to see Jaco with his Word of Mouth band many years ago. A comedian opened for Jaco...and it was painful to watch...the fuzoids in the crowd (everyone)were a bunch of humorless stick-in-the-muds and basically drove the poor schnook off the stage.

 

On the other hand, I was surprised to see lots of women in the audience last year at a Victor Wooten show....although most of them seemed to be screaming for J.T. Blair. Go figure.

 

Put on Table Beat Science live in S.F. if you want to send your loved ones screaming from the room.

 

Or even worse, buy a copy of

The World\'s Most Unwanted Song

[Mr. Phil]

Originally posted by jeremyc:

Or even worse, buy a copy of

The World\'s Most Unwanted Song

THAT IS SO STUPID!!!

 

who you pay $13 for a 2 song cd, one of them being a particularly bad song (the most unwanted song)

 

I wouldnt.

[Basshappi]

WOW! I guess I'll just keep the wife I have then!

 

She likes everything that's been mentioned so for(with the exception of some that Jeremy mentioned, but only because we haven't listened to them before.)Actually I'm less tolerent than she is because I don't like very much (recent) dance music.

 

We were watching "Shadows and Light" the other night( )and she said,"I absolutely love the sound of his bass." and she enjoys it when I throw on a Bela Fleck CD.

 

About the only CD that gets 'the look' is when I put in something by The Bobs, but hey you can't have everything!

 

So eat your hearts out you poor, poor men!

[Tedly Nightshade]

"what the &/%## is it about Led Zeppelins records that so many women hate so much? Its rare to meet a woman who actually likes their music."

 

I've known a number of women who have enjoyed cracking open a bottle and dancing naked to Led Zep for their own private gratification. A lot of them are musicians and dancers. I worked with a woman who calls herself the Led Zeppelin Bellydancer. And a number of the female songwriters I know have Led Zeppelin as their primary influence.

 

I always wondered, what is it about Led Zeppelin that women like so much? I could ask the same question about Jethro Tull, to a lesser extent.

[getz out]

Originally posted by jeremyc:

Or even worse, buy a copy of

The World\'s Most Unwanted Song

Vernon Reid on guitar? Interesting.

[groucho]

My wife is OK with Zep but she loves Def Leppard

Scorpions,Alice Cooper and other "guitar

bands"

 

But then... she also loves Duran Duran

 

My highschool girlfriend used to cream over

Ledzep and would have been a groupie for them

if she had gotten half a chance

 

My brother in his youth, had a cadre of pals

that lived ate and breathed Ledzep...

This culminated in my playing a NY'rs Eve party

with them doing all Zep all night, complete

with Zep vinyl being spun between our sets!

[rockinredneck69]

Originally posted by dcr:

Yeah, but that's a bit like saying Steely Dan would be OK if not for that cheesy Rhodes piano sound.

 

Speaking of which, my wife really, really likes Steely Dan.

 

Nobody say ANYTHING.

 

Jethro Tull is another band that gets "the look."

 

Red, you're a better man than I. Any person who played Air Supply in my presence, at any time, for any reason, under any circumstances, would get a WHOLE LOT more than just a look.

My point was just that we all have different tastes, and I tolerate hers so that she will return the favor. She will put up with almost anything I play up until Pantera or White Zombie are put in. By the way, all women really like Steely Dan, I think they lie if they deny it.

[onamission]

Originally posted by rockinredneck69:

Originally posted by dcr:

By the way, all women really like Steely Dan, I think they lie if they deny it.

Well, My wife must be lyin cause she hates Steely Dan and I like them, even that cheesy Fender Rhodes.

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I've had several girlfriends that liked Led Zeppelin. I know LizzyD likes Led Zeppelin... Chime in here Lizzasaurus Rex!!

 

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