Hard core Zep fans who have lots of bootlegs like to try and make it sound like the show was just average, but I beg to differ. I sense the wrinkling of noses in disgust among hard core Zeppelin fans – I know some of the really hard core ones are mumbling things like “are you kidding me? The audience recording of the Bath 1970 show totally blows it away – or it would if you could hear what was going on anyway!” Among the initiated, the 1973 Madison Square Concerts have generally been pooh poohed, but I’ve always thought TSRTS gets a bum rap.
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Pulse wouldn’t even be my second “Desert Island” choice – that would be Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same. But, hey, at least we have high capacity SD cards that can hold hundreds of albums in HD audio. “No wonder those idiots didn’t survive” they would probably say to themselves. in 2020, they might find it substantially less tragic, and might instead just be more appalled at the rampant stupidity that abounded in that corner of the globe at the time. Although if they knew what went down on Earth in the U.S. Upon listening to the Blue Album these strange, alien visitors of the future would weep uncontrollably at the sheer inexpressible beauty had been lost at the destruction of planet Earth. Of course, I would want it carefully wrapped in Van Gogh’s Starry Night to try and save that also. Not only is 1967-1970 (Blue Album) my “Desert Island” album, it’s my “Destruction of Planet Earth” album – if the planet was facing imminent destruction and we could only save one cultural artifact to demonstrate to any alien visitors who might someday be poking through the wreckage of our planet that human existence had not been completely in vain, the Blue Album would be my choice hands down. Pink Floyd’s Pulse is not my #1 “Desert Island” Album – that would be The Beatles’ 1967-1970 (Blue Album) (which, oddly enough, isn’t even on my 400GB Micro SD card with almost 250 albums in 24 bit audio).
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We music lovers really are quite spoiled in 2020.īut let’s set that all aside and play the hypothetical “Desert Island” album game. I mean, these days I carry my FLAC player in my pocket everywhere I go with a 400GB Micro SD card with almost 250 albums in 24 bit audio – if I can have an album on a desert island, why can’t I have my FLAC player? It’s even smaller than an lp, fits in my pocket, and doesn’t require a magical record player. Back in the day, music aficionados loved to talk about which album they would pick if they were stranded on a desert island and could only pick one album to have with them (along with some kind of magical record player that doesn’t run on electricity I guess). Does the concept of a “Desert Island” album even make sense anymore in 2020? (Of course, in 2020 there are a ton of things that don’t make sense anymore).