Led Zeppelin :: The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair
When we got MTV back in 1988, I gravitated immediately toward the hair metal bands of the moment. I ingested it all and had no tools to examine it, taking in the images of female hotness presented in the videos – big hair, red lips, lingerie, big tits. I look back on that 8 year old girl, trying to learn about rock n roll, and the world of adults, and feel endeared by her eagerness, and also very angry about what was available for her to take in. The source material was just shit.
Led Zeppelin came into my life when I turned thirteen. I had a sleepover birthday party, and my uncle gave me the remastered 4 disk box set as a present. I remember waking up before everyone else and listening to my new CDs. I played them quietly so I wouldn’t wake anyone up, leaning in, brushing my ear on the speaker.
Meeting Led Zeppelin then coincided with that interesting time of growth for me: changing from a child into a sexual creature. Don’t think I was making out with boys and getting into trouble, not by a long shot. But sex had been a grotesque mystery informed mostly by the sleazier side of pop culture. At thirteen, the investigation that 8 year old had begun was being stepped up and restructured. Those previously quiet regions of my body started turning up the volume — reaching out spangly, flashing connections to my brain. I was figuring out sex wasn’t just something out there in the world, but scarily, physically close to everything I considered my self.
Led Zeppelin laid out a ballsy, bluesy soundtrack for this investigation/transformation. I picked up their swagger and intensity to cast the mold for how I walk through the world, and what I look for in others.
Robert Plant’s joyful wail, Jon Bonham pounding on those drums with such force, and of course Jimmy Page’s guitar — these guys just make me fucking grin. They reinforce the fervent love I harbor for human endeavor and help me feel who I am: a woman who really really really loves men.
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jenny said on friday, june 20th, 2008
johnny said on tuesday, june 24th, 2008
taut buttocks.
barbara said on tuesday, june 24th, 2008
If only the rest of the world were as wonderful as Led Zeppelin.
hiram said on tuesday, june 24th, 2008
Zeppelin Rulessssssssssssssss!!!!
(gets carried away by the tide)
Melissa said on wednesday, june 25th, 2008
As someone who is convinced that Robert Plant’s voice triggered my puberty I too heartily endorse this post.
yes, girl, yes. you know i’m with you on this one. tingly bits guitars and the crazytown drums. robert plant’s hoarse tonal scream=animal pants…