LED ZEPPLIN II

A YOUNG, MALE WRITER, COMMENTING ON THE YOUTH OF TODAY, ASKS "HOW COULD YOU EXPECT 'EM TO LOVE PAT BOONE AFTER THEY'D HEARD 'LED ZEPPELIN II'? I ASK, HOW COULD YOU NOT?

THE 1950'S MUSIC OF PAT BOONE RHAPSODIZED OVER MELODY, HARMONY, ENUNCIATED LYRICS, UPLIFTING MESSAGES, DECENT SARTORIAL REPRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC MORALITY. TURNTABLES ROTATED TO THE TUNE OF A SORT OF RIGHTEOUS SECULARISM. BOTH AS AN ADOLESCENT AND AN ADULT I NODDED WITH APPROVAL OF PAT BOONE.

WHO OR WHAT IS 'LED ZEPPELIN II'? APPARENTLY IT’S THE 2ND ROCK AND ROLL ALBUM OF LED ZEPPELIN, FROM 1969, VIRTUALLY CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH THE MELLOW CROONER. 'ROLLING STONE' MAGAZINE HAILED IT AS THE 75TH GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME. IT APPARENTLY INSPIRED HEAVY METAL, HARD ROCK AND BLUES ROCK IN THE FUTURE. IT APPARENTLY INTENSELY ATTACKED MUSIC WITH GUITAR, DRUMS AND VOCALS. EVEN THE ALBUM COVER'S PICTURE SHOUTS TO ME IN A THOUSAND DISAPPROVING WORDS. IT'S APPARENT THAT NEITHER AS AN ADOLESCENT NOR AS AN ADULT HAVE I EVER HEARD IT.

A DIFFERENT MUSICIAN, WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, DESERVES WORLD ACCLAIM. APPARENTLY HIS WORTHWHILE MUSIC, UNLIKE THE EVANESCENCE OF YOUTH, HAS MAINTAINED AND SUSTAINED ITS QUALITY FOR CENTURIES. UNFORTUNATELY, A MOZART OPERA CELEBRATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH WAS CANCELLED RECENTLY BENDING TO THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS OF ACCOMMODATING PROTESTING MUSLIMS.

'LED ZEPPELIN II' IS A BAD, MAD COUNTERPOINT TO PAT BOONE AND MOZART. I GIVE IT MY RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.