I like Led Zeppelin, and I really like their 3-CD live set "How the West
Was Won". It's a very fine recording. So I was looking for some
information about the history of the CD and I see this editorial review
on Amazon. It was pretty much right on, and all of it is reproduced
below, but it's long. You can skip it only if you, like me, bow down to
the last part of this sentence:

"Zep faithful will welcome the belated release as evidence for enduring
loyalty, but younger fans may find its diversity and dynamics even more
enlightening--indeed, whole careers have since been built on the musical
ideas Jimmy Page and company toss off here as decorative filler."

especially

"..whole careers have since been built on the musical ideas Jimmy Page
and company toss off here as decorative filler."

To me, that is an awesome sentence.


Now, Mikal will eventually get around to lighting up this, an example of
one of his favorite kinds of targets, with lots of his favorite insults.
So to save all of us time, I've included as many as I've recently seen:

"Your mother is named 'blackouts' then? I'd be tempted to just call her
'Black', it's slightly (but not much) more acceptable. Nuff said. My
address, contact details and I'll wipe the floor with you in court.
"Remember the twined noose is your friend, slip it over, jump and go
away. I'm waiting for your mistake to put a deposit on my new Gallardo,
another Lambo for the collection. Are you a drug addict by chance? You
do have a pakistanni look to you though I must admit. Do you claim
benefits? I'll pay, email the postal address to send it to, do you do
paypal? I'll enjoy meeting you, little worthless man, don't expect to
be going home though! (not in one piece). You've obviously no balls to
do the job of a man, you **Pussy**....and shit always comes from
arseholes..... you obviously another uneducated american arsehole. Reds
a fake, but we knew that anyway, scum-sucker. Maybe I can you meet you
in the states? I am doing business in the states next month, for six
weeks, maybe we can all meet up? Please let me know the time time,
place and maybe we can settle this? Just like the others, I'll be
pissing myself when you see the good' British' hiding you've let
yourself in for. Think about it..it's only your life your messing with.

"Asshole, Ferraris are riddled with problems, heaven knows I've spent
lots of thousands per year on maintenance, not even preventitive.
If you can't afford to run one, don't buy one. Ferraris are so cheap to
run compared to the real Italian thoroughbreads!

"Great news that the bitch actually saw what little sense she was
initally born with and dumped another halfwit loser. She really is
worth more that crap like you, even if she is just AIDS ridden. Free
speech miller, don't like it, go and stick your head up your ass.
Contact miller he's the resident weidro. If you think Ferrari is bad,
try running a Diablo, mine costs at least £5000 every 5K miles, I own
quite a few Lambos, but I'm waiting for red's mistake to give me easy
access to my deposit on my brand new one."









"For a band with such an overarching legacy, the official record of Led
Zeppelin's legendary--and unpredictable--live act has heretofore been
poorly represented by the disappointing, scattershot soundtrack to The
Song Remains the Same. But this triple-disc live set (culled from 1972
Long Beach/LA shows in advance of Houses of the Holy) addresses history
with a vengeance, if a few decades late. These shows have rightfully
assumed cult status in the bootleg market, showcasing a band at the peak
of its creative and performing powers. Zep faithful will welcome the
belated release as evidence for enduring loyalty, but younger fans may
find its diversity and dynamics even more enlightening--indeed, whole
careers have since been built on the musical ideas Jimmy Page and
company toss off here as decorative filler. Crucially rooted in the
amped-and-hammered American blues of the guitarist's former band, the
Yardbirds, the marathon workouts of "Dazed and Confused" and "Whole
Lotta Love" (which consume nearly an hour all by themselves) somehow
encompass Ricky Nelson, Morocco, James Brown, Holst, Elvis Presley, and
Muddy Waters amidst their trademark sturm und drang, while the acoustic
set that closes out disc one showcases the band's--and particularly
Robert Plant's--good-natured, crypto-Celtic folk appeal with energetic
aplomb. Bigger and brasher than just about any rock act that followed in
its historic wake, yet ever fan-loyal to its myriad influences, Led
Zeppelin's live juggernaut finally gets the monument it deserves."