Herman by Jim Unger for April 14, 2024

Makes me feel old to realize that Led Zeppelin is classical music.

I guess he was climbing a stairway…oh, never mind.

Did you use the stairway to heaven?

Lots of music pre-1960 is considered classical. Something just special about the music of one’s early years.

Once at work a young co-worker heard a Beatles song playing and commented, “The Beatles! Just think, thirty years later people are still listening to their music!”

I replied, “Johann Sebastian Bach! Just think, three hundred years later people are still listening to his music!”

He allowed as how I had a point.

This must be a “classic” strip, it’s been a long time since music stores were big enough to have an “upstairs”!

Wow, now i do feel old.

I don’t get it.

Discount Records in Chicago once had three floors of merchandise. It seemed as if overnight they switched from classical records on the Third Floor to a very meager selection of compact discs. I was flabbergasted and disappointed, because CD players were fairly new on the market and I didn’t yet have one.

One elderly couple seemed disgusted. The woman commented loudly, “It’s called ‘Discount Records’ but they don’t have any d@mned records!”

Never thought I’d see the day.

If you really want some old Classics, ask for the Yardbirds!

Black Dog. Jimmy Page does one of the best closing ever on a rock song.

What is in those box things they’re selling?

Stuff my kids listened to in HS in the 90s are now oldies. I still think of them as current.

Lead Balloon joke. But still a chuckle.

A couple of years ago, my Old-Time radio show (thirties through early sixties comedies, dramas, and varieties) closed by playing Layla, which was #1 in 1972 and mentioned that 1972 was fifty years ago. I never looked at it that way!

The neighbour’s kids ( all teens) come over to my place to listen to Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, The Beatles, etc. They can spend hours in my music room listening to rock classics.

Classic Rock!

Classic not classical.

“Led Zeppelin? Right next to Pink Floyd and Jefferson Airplane!”

In my mid to late 70’s it was discovered, soft rock like the Eagles, Chicago, etc., plus hard rock. We had everything in the 70’s. It was a great Era.

That is NOT classic or even classy!

Or even that Led Zeppelin is an oldie.

Ah yes, I remember Tower Records in Sacramento and San Francisco. Large record store that was famous for its inventory.

they play Led Zeppelin over the system in grocery stores now

Great, another strip making me feel old today. (Luann was first)

Well, he’s not wrong…

“t…t…t….talkin’ ’bout my g..g…g…generation…”