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Day One Hundred and Forty-six:  Since I’ve Been Lovin’ You

     When you listen to Led Zepplin it’s something like…well, how can I put it.  You can’t turn it off before the song ends, you can’t picture anything but a guitar and Robert Plant’s hair, and you can’t stop being amazed by the fact that it exists.  I remember the first time I really got into Zepplin when I heard the Immigrant Song in that Jack Black movie School of Rock, I guess that soundtrack was where I discovered Stevie Nicks and the Who as well, man my fourth grade was all kinds of rock colours.  I remember discovering Zepplin and really getting into it to the point where now I can’t remember why I started loving them, why I only listen occaisionally, or why it makes me feel the way it does, but it works and I don’t question it.

Tangerine is one of my favourite songs that makes me want to get cosy and just listen to the entire album but it usually comes on when I’m walking somewhere so that doesn’t happen.  Right now Nobody’s Fault But Mine comes on and I listen to it repeatedly for hours, it’s just…so..mind blowing.

And then I remember the Zepplin songs Paul used to play when I was in the booth with him, and the rest melts away.  Who can resist two people who love music, the same music, sitting together and just…listening?  The theatre was empty, and we just sat and appreciated.  This doesn’t just happen with Paul, but lots of people with me, where a song will come on and I will stop conversation and appreciate.  Mutual appreciation is encouraged but not mandatory.  To eb honest there’s only a handful of people who truly appreciate what I find perfection, and those my friends, are the people worth spending time with.

It’s the guitar, really, that gets me in Zepplin, and the different-ness, the unique nature of the songs’ set up and tear down, the preface, the quality of Plant’s voice and his interruptions, his staccato-ness, the way that Jimmy Page immerses himself…IT’s…contagious.  I find myself replaying songs like that over and over, voluntarily driving myself into numb unconscious with the sounds of sweet guitar in both ears, pleasantly surprised (or not) by how comfortable I am with this.

Please listen to Since I’ve Been Lovin’ You immediately and listen to the entire thing, then reread this post, and tell me that song doesn’t convince you otherwise.  Zepplin is genius.  I dare you.

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