Meanwhile my peers were switching from Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath (from “meh” to “epic yawn” in today’s terms, although there was a reference or two to Tolkien in Zep’s unnamed “Four”, which was like borderline anti-cool-ish) while I was insisting that Pink Floyd’s was the true revolution in rock-n-roll, if one simply must lower oneself to listen to it at all…

I never had it quite that bad, but by my second reading through the four-volume Hobbit/Lord-of set…
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Rachel Darnall
Feb 25, 2017 · 1 min read

“ ’Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor
I met a girl so fair
But Gollum, and the evil one crept up
And slipped away with her.”

Wasn’t the song titled “Ramble On” though?

In my day kids thought they were being anti-cool by liking the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Ha!

I wish I were cool enough to have an opinion on Satriani but I would be faking. I will take your word for it. ;)

Sounds like you fought the good fight.

    Rachel Darnall

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