Calef - Led Zeppelin and Philosophy: All Will Be Revealed

Led Zeppelin, who bestrode the world of rock like a colossus, have continually grown in popularity and influence since their official winding up in 1980. They exasperated critics and eluded classification, synthesizing blues, rock, folk, rockabilly, funk, classical, country, Indian, and Arabic techniques. They performed the alchemical trick of transmuting base led into gold-and platinum-and diamond. They did what they would, finding wisdom through personal excess and artistic self-discipline. Not a coda to Zeppelins legacy, but a blast of metaphysical graffiti as relevant today as the first.;Title Page; Popular Culture and Philosophy Series Editor: George A. Reisch; Foreword; Acknowledgments; And If You Listen Very Hard . . .; 1 -- The Oceans Roar; 2 -- When All Are One and One Is All; 3 -- The Song Remains the Same, But Not Always; 4 -- Black Dog: A Mood Mix; 5 -- Sometimes a Guitar Is Just a Guitar; 6 -- The Enviable Lives of Led Zeppelin?; 7 -- With Flames from the Dragon of Darkness; 8 -- Magic Pages and Mythic Plants; 9 -- Presence; 10 -- Physical Graffiti; 11 -- Let the Son Beat Down; 12 -- Celebrating the Agony of Life; 13 -- Bring the Balance Back; 14 -- Your Time Is Gonna Come.