Comments on: The Led Zeppelin Guide to Creative World Domination

By: Amanda Walton

Amanda Walton — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:20:27 +0000

I really enjoyed this post, we as fans love the music of Led Zeppelin and many of the greats but many don’t realize how profound their lives and experiences can be to our own to keep us going and draw from. It wasn’t until recently I started reading beyond the music and into the legends behind the beauty of what our ears take in, it’s like re-discovering my favorites again, opening my eyes even wider.

It’s the after fact of the writers who carry on the meanings behind these legends including those involved in their entourage that will live on from generation to generation giving that added taste of perfection with the genius behind the legend musicians, like an excellent tasting wine and the perfect cheese to compliment. The ‘takeaway’ after each tidbit of history is very inspiring since it applies to our everyday lives in everything we do. Great read! Cheers!

By: B-Fisch

B-Fisch — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:07:25 +0000

I got the term form TV Tropes. (be warned, that site can be a massive time drain. One thing leads to another, and so on… as shown in http://xkcd.com/609/ )

By: Mark McGuinness

Mark McGuinness — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:38:03 +0000

“Adaptation decay” – I like that! Could be another article…

By: B-Fisch

B-Fisch — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:43:44 +0000

One thing I’ve found, and I’ve had someone confirm this recently, is this: if you want to sound like someone/something, don’t try to sound like them. Try to sound like whomever THEY were trying to imitate. (adaptation decay is the reason for this) It’s like paraphrasing a quote when the quote itself was paraphrasing. After a few carbon copies, it starts to lose the luster. Just watch Multiplicity.
Anyway, I read this shortly after it was first posted up here (thanks to Achilles Last Stand), and it is very good! Thanks for the tips!

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By: Mark McGuinness

Mark McGuinness — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:46:31 +0000

Thanks for the great comments guys, great to see everyone’s passion for their favourites coming through.

I’ll have to respectfully disagree about U2 though.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:26:45 +0000

@Lynn well… today’s music (I’m talking mainstream here) is mostly written by those that were big in the 70′s (think ABBA and BeeGee’s). While not entirely my cup of tea, I’ll argue that they lack creativity.

Mostly as a friend of mine used to say, “If the artist puts something in, I’ll get something out.” Strangely enough I feel that bands that were breaking ground such as Metalllica have now sold out to “The Man” so badly so that others such as Britney get a higher ranking on my scale (a least she’s honest about it).

Times change, again another reason to either call it quits or to re-invent yourself. Guess that’s where Michael Jackson was really great.

As for drugs being a muse, they always were, heck why do you think so many artists are constantly in rehab, or writing about that struggle?

One of my all time faves, Ozzy, need I really say more?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:23:36 +0000

Yet another example of the really weird coincidences (or NOT!) that happen in my life. I watched a program on Led Zepplin just last week on the Bio channel. So I know exactly what you are talking about. (Although I was familiar with their music and who they were from when I was a kid).

Just the week before, I was reading about how U2′s lyrics were influenced by people like Jimi Hendrix. That same week Jimi’s bio was on tv and, having been a huge fan of U2 since day 1, I can now look back and see his influence on their music.

Like Mary I find U2 and Bono to be very creatively inspirational, more so than LZ.

And yes, the music of today is so NON-creative and lacking in originality. What happened? Do we need drugs as a muse? Hopefully not, but there certainly seems to be a connection.

By: Martina Simonic Adamc

Martina Simonic Adamc — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:57:25 +0000

Mark thank you for this post!

Brilliant choice of showing us what means to be passionate, innovative and stick to you’re soul desire.

Most of mine best atwork come out among listening rock music… whole lotta love.

Have fun, Martina