Zepplin: The Recurring Theme to My Weekend

[feliciakw]

So I've already made mention of Dean's Tape Case. Well, Geo gave away said tape case and tapes, to 16-year-old Nephew. Who was quite pleased, as he is into classic rock. Also, when I showed him my SPN DVDs, to show where I've gotten my current interest, his response? "Hey! I watch that show!" Or rather, he used to. I assume he lost track of it when it changed times/nights/networks. And there's this whole he's-a-teenager-and-has-school-activities thing. "But I like that kind of stuff," he says. "Have you seen Saw? How about 13 Ghosts?" I then proceeded to find the "Thriller" video on YouTube to show him. "By the same director who did An American Werewolf In London," says I. "That's a cool movie," says Nephew16.

But back to Zepplin.

So we go to visit my Little Bro (who is not so much "little" anymore, as he is a good 6'1") and SiL. And Bro answers the door wearing a Zepplin t-shirt. Am I sensing a theme here? Should I be expanding my musical repertoire to include Zepplin? I told him my reactions to the tapes we listened to, that I was expecting something harder, and his response was, "Oh, they've got hard stuff." But yes, there's more to it than that.

I explained to him about the song with the missing 16th note. He said, "There's this song called 'The Ocean'--"

"Yes! That's it! How the heck do you count that thing?"

And he tells me, "It goes from 4/4 to 7/8 to 4/4 to 7/8. I had to look it up to figure it out."

No wonder I was confused.

Comments

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I'm going to have to listen to "The Ocean" on my way to choir practice and count it to see if I can, because I honestly never noticed the weird timing. If I crash my car, know that it's probably your fault. *grin*

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Let me know what you come up with. Because really, I was jamming out to it, and I kept losing the rhythm because of the "missing" beats.

[kimmer1227.livejournal.com]

Many moons ago, my big Bro listened to Zepplin. I just remember the hard stuff. But then again, I've always been bad about titles and who sings what. I have a Zepplin ringtone right now, and couldn't tell you the name of the song for a million bucks without looking at the phone.

I'll have to ask him about the softer side of Z.

[feliciakw.livejournal.com]

Well, up until last week, the only thing I knew of Zepplin was "Stairway to Heaven." I was quite surprised by what I heard. I'm thinking I'll have to do some investigation.