----- Original Message ----- From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:19 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education
> Dan wrote: > > > I like both Zeppelin and Yes from the early '70s. They explored rather > > > different aspects of rock. Zeppelin did a wonderful job of exploring > >and > > > extending the blues that underlie rock. Rock and Roll is a good example > >of > > > this. Yes explored the possibility of a more classical music approach > >to > > > rock. > > rob replied: > >Even Zep took some hits over their penchant for experimentation that led to > >songs such as D'yer Maker. > > And Robert Plant seems to have made a connection fairly early on between > the "blue" note in blues (equivalent of a guitar string pushed to a pitch > that > is between the pitches of two adjacent piano keys such as F and F#) and > microtonal techniques of the middle-and-far east. > > And yet by the same token, Zep wannabe bands like White Snake are partially > to blame for the GlamRock trend of the 1980's. You might add Guns"N"Roses and Bon Jovi. Both started out fairly Glam. xponent Extreme Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
