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I see several posters have mentioned Led Zeppelin. I saw them in 1975 in London, and did not like them live--even though I was, and still am, a huge fan of their albums. They were incredibly over-indulgent, almost to the point of parody, and the zenith of this was Jimmy Page playing his Les Paul with a violin bow for twenty fucking minutes during just one song.
A couple years ago, I had the misfortune to catch the end of a Yanni concert on TV, and for the encore number Yanni would play a few notes on his violin, flourish the bow to great applause, and then play a few more notes, ad nauseam. I instantly flashed back to Jimmy Page doing the same thing while playing the classic 'Dazed and Confused'. And it made me feel sad for a while, but then I just smiled . . . .
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