Of course you're not going to see things like that in documentaries like this, where it's celebrating a band and their work. I think there SHOULD be a deep dive on all the underage girls that rock bands in the 60s-80s went through. Lori Maddox is just one of many from many different bands. - ThreadSky

ksgant.bsky.social • 14 days ago

Of course you're not going to see things like that in documentaries like this, where it's celebrating a band and their work.

I think there SHOULD be a deep dive on all the underage girls that rock bands in the 60s-80s went through. Lori Maddox is just one of many from many different bands.

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nospoons.bsky.social•14 days ago

I agree on your second point, but take issue with the first part. I don't think the band should be celebrated for their music.

At least not without an exhaustive list of all the artists they stole from.

ksgant.bsky.social•13 days ago

They did nothing different than everyone else did, including the artists they borrowed from. Who they themselves borrowed from others before them. They ALL stood on the shoulders of ones that came before. Zeppelin was just more successful. Should we just erase all that?

ksgant.bsky.social•13 days ago

Zeppelin was second only to the Beatles in influence and inspiration. Many, including myself, got into music directly because of them. Do I just throw that out and think the last 45 years of my life is trash now?

To hear some people, they think so.

ksgant.bsky.social•13 days ago

But it can be hard to separate the art from the artist. Cory Doctorow speaks on this:

“Life is not a ledger. Your sins can’t be paid off through good deeds. Your good deeds are not cancelled by your sins. Your sins and your good deeds live alongside one another. They coexist in superposition.”

nospoons.bsky.social•13 days ago

I'd give more credence to that argument if I considered them artists. Led Zeppelin is talented, absolutely, but by the time you take out all of the blues covers, songs with "sampled" sections, and Tolkien references, they're left with a very thin discography.

nospoons.bsky.social•13 days ago

The difference between Zeppelin and the Beatles is that while both of them started with playing black music to white crowds, the Lads from Liverpool actually grew as artists, and found their own sound.

90sdeadhead.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yes, some Led Zeppelin band members enjoyed underage girls. Yes, Led Zep absolutely stole music from other artists without giving them credit. But, the songs they did write as well as their performance live in concerts, as well as each band members musical abilities makes them the greatest band ever

nospoons.bsky.social•13 days ago

'Enjoyed underage girls' is not the same as spending two years commandeering a private jet to have sex with a 14 year-old, only to get dumped by said teenager when she caught him hooking up with Liv Tyler's mom.

I'd get better heroes if I were you.

90sdeadhead.bsky.social•13 days ago

I read what you wrote. Seems true. Also seems Lori Mattix was with more than a handful of now very famous ’classic rock’ musicians when she was under age. I’m guessing the only music you listen to are show tunes and gospel music if you feel so strongly against underage girls with musicians

nospoons.bsky.social•13 days ago

And I'm going to guess that, with such a laissez-faire attitude about age of concent, your friends aren't comfortable bringing their daughters around you.

You're seriously, in 2025, on Kendrick Lamar's Internet, going to cape for pedophiles?

Bad look, my guy...

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