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Led Zeppelin – Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)
IT’S BECOME A CLICHÉ, EVEN FOR POST-BA- BY BOOMERS, to look back wistfully on the early ’70s as some kind of untouchable golden age of popular music. But, realistically, when you check out a list of all the albums created 50 years ago, it‘s difficult not to wonder whether the best songs of all time really were created back then. In 1971, the psychedelic era hadn’t comple- tely withered away; progressive rock was nearing the zenith of its popularity; Motown was still re- volutionising soul music; and the folk-rock move- ment was in full swing. The possibilities were end- less. You know it’s a landmark year when you don’t even begin to scratch the surface — when both Jo- hn Lennon and Paul McCartney release definiti- HALF A CENTURY OF LEGENDARY HITS WAS 1971 THE GREATEST MUSIC YEAR EVER?
Cepelini su do početka sedamdesetih već biti zvezde ro- ka, ali su mnogi kritičari tvrdili da im je slava stigla nezaslu- ženo. To je bio razlog da njihov četvrti LP ostane bez naziva i pusti da sve eklektičnije pesme govore same za sebe. Al- bum, najpoznatiji kao Led Zeppelin IV , predstavlja master- klas u žanrovskoj fuziji, bez napora spajajuci hard rok, me- tal, folk i prog. Tu su Black Dog , Rock and Roll , prljavi When The Levee Breaks , štreberski The Battle of Evermore i sve- prisutni ep Stairway To Heaven , koji mora da nauči svaki gi- tarista. Pedeset godina kasnije koji ljubitelj roka nije vlasnik ove ploče? LED ZEPPELIN – UNTITLED (LED ZEPPELIN IV) By the ‘70s, Led Zeppelin had become the era’s definitive rock band. However, many critics claimed that their fame was built on unearned hype. This prompted the band to re- lease their fourth LP untitled, letting their increasingly eclec- tic songs speak for themselves. The album, best known as “Led Zeppelin IV”, is a master class of genre fusion, effort- lessly melding hard rock, metal, folk and progressive rock. There are tracks like Black Dog, Rock and Roll, the sludge- filled When The Levee Breaks, the nerdy The Battle of Ever- more and the ubiquitous epic Stairway To Heaven – a must- learn for any guitarist. Fifty years later, what self-respecting rock fan doesn’t own this record?
ve LPs and neither make the top 10. These are just some of the eternal classics that turn half a century old this year, yet seem as though they were recorded today.
Pedeset godina kasnije ima li neki ljubitelj roka da nije vlasnik ove ploče? Fifty years later, what self- respecting rock fan doesn’t own this record?
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