Another VBS.
Led Zeppelin, "Over the Hills and Far Away".
Led Zeppelin, "Over the Hills and Far Away".
For my generation, of course, this is a second-tier overplay -- "Stairway" is the most overplayed song of all time -- but if you can manage to hear it the first time. If you can just come to it fresh. This is stunning.
Do you know what I should like to know? I should like to know what Armstrong would have made of it. I should like to know whether he'd've put it on one of his tapes with his commentary.
You might think he'd be bothered by its strangeness to his scene.
That would be to underestimate the most influential musician of 20th c America.
That would be to underestimate the most influential musician of 20th c America.
The man *inhaled* music, including new music. If you hear his tapes, at @ArmstrongHouse, you will know. He might readily have adored that take, as he did many others from far outside the tradition at which he was the center.
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