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July 23, 2016
The Last Boomer: "It was the rock 'n' roll, mate".
I see them in the streets
I see them in the field
I hear them shouting under my feet
And I know it's got to be real.Oh, Lord, deliver me
All the wrong I've done
You can deliver me, Lord
I only wanted to have some fun.--Blind Willie Johnson
Even if he or she had been a head of state or Nobel laureate, I predict that the last thing the Last Baby Boomer says is this: "The best part? That's easy. It was the rock 'n' roll, mate". This year I am thankful for Jimmy Page. When England's best session guitarist finally chucked the Yardbirds, not as many people believed that fellow ex-Yardbird "Eric Clapton is God", and 4 guys started writing and playing about everything from femme fatales to The Rapture or something like it. Don't be fooled by the outfits or the legions of half-wit lemmings who followed them around. Led Zeppelin was the best band of musicians in rock and were otherwise, well, on to something. My bet? Centuries from now people will talk about them and listen to them more than the The Rolling Stones, Cream, The Beatles, The Who and The Doors combined.
Posted by JD Hull at July 23, 2016 09:34 PM
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