The end of everything

dennisn
dennisn Posts: 10,601
edited October 2009 in The bottom bracket
The world is going to end, and very soon. Yesterday I was listening to the local
"oldies" radio station, mind you NOT classic rock, but "oldies" and they played a Led Zeppelin song. Surely this signals the end of all things????

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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    yeah probably.

    any minute now, i'd imagine.
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    Yup, the world's about to end, imminently....and that's when I called Claims Direct. "Have you been injured as a result of an all-consuming apocalyptic scenario with death and destruction on a global scale? Speak to one of our ambulance-chasing lawyers now...."

    :wink:

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • mask of sanity
    mask of sanity Posts: 610
    I don't want to live in a world that labels Led Zeppelin as 'oldies' So it had better hurry up and end!! :lol:

    Just out of interest, what was the song?
  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    End of everything? Thank God for that; I've made a total a*se of work today and am cruising for a complete bollocking. Phew, close escape...
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    mask of sanity wrote:
    I don't want to live in a world that labels Led Zeppelin as 'oldies' So it had better hurry up and end!! :lol:

    Just out of interest, what was the song?

    seriously - who are led zepplin?

    is it something to do with the war?
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    gkerr4 wrote:
    mask of sanity wrote:
    I don't want to live in a world that labels Led Zeppelin as 'oldies' So it had better hurry up and end!! :lol:

    Just out of interest, what was the song?

    seriously - who are led zepplin?

    is it something to do with the war?

    I'm 28 tomorrow and glad that, for the first time, I can say, with justifcation, what do they teach them in the schools these days?
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    We are having an office clean up afternoon, getting rid of dead paperwork and clutter. Sod that then Im going to leave early to have one last ride instead then. Oh Bollix, its payday next Thursday too, wonder if I can get a sub on it.
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    gkerr4 wrote:
    mask of sanity wrote:
    I don't want to live in a world that labels Led Zeppelin as 'oldies' So it had better hurry up and end!! :lol:

    Just out of interest, what was the song?

    seriously - who are led zepplin?

    is it something to do with the war?

    I'm 28 tomorrow and glad that, for the first time, I can say, with justifcation, what do they teach them in the schools these days?

    yeah - thats great - i'm 36 in january - now are you going to answer me or do you not know either??
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    gkerr4 wrote:
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    gkerr4 wrote:
    mask of sanity wrote:
    I don't want to live in a world that labels Led Zeppelin as 'oldies' So it had better hurry up and end!! :lol:

    Just out of interest, what was the song?

    seriously - who are led zepplin?

    is it something to do with the war?

    I'm 28 tomorrow and glad that, for the first time, I can say, with justifcation, what do they teach them in the schools these days?

    yeah - thats great - i'm 36 in january - now are you going to answer me or do you not know either??

    Led Zep were essentially a blues band gone large, they took old 12 bar structures and riffs and fused them with the guitars and amplification of the late 1960s. They essentially invented stadium rock and the concept of rock and roll excess as we know it.

    As they got older/druggier they expanded into folk influences too, the fusion of this and their more traditional work resulted in Stairway to Heaven, which you may be familier with.

    The members were Robert Plant- Lead singer with a voice like a howling blues banshee, Jimmy Page- Who redefined the role of a lead guitarist,and inspired generations of kids to play, John Bonham who was a whirling dervish of a drummer and John Paul Jones who had a van.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • mask of sanity
    mask of sanity Posts: 610
    gkerr4 wrote:
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    gkerr4 wrote:
    mask of sanity wrote:
    I don't want to live in a world that labels Led Zeppelin as 'oldies' So it had better hurry up and end!! :lol:

    Just out of interest, what was the song?

    seriously - who are led zepplin?

    is it something to do with the war?

    I'm 28 tomorrow and glad that, for the first time, I can say, with justifcation, what do they teach them in the schools these days?

    yeah - thats great - i'm 36 in january - now are you going to answer me or do you not know either??

    Please tell me you are joking!!!!
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    No.
    iTunes hasn't heard of them either.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    iTunes hasn't heard of the Beatles either. They musn't be famous enough.
  • mask of sanity
    mask of sanity Posts: 610
    gkerr4 wrote:
    No.
    iTunes hasn't heard of them either.

    Just in case you're being serious, try spelling it correctly! :wink:
  • pdstsp
    pdstsp Posts: 1,264
    Are you sure the world is ending? - just back from work and found that the dog has piddled on the carpet, Clealry I will just use water if the end of the world is imminent as there seems little point in using the odour and stain busting spray if doomsday is here. However if I do use this plan and the world doen't end, I'll be getting a bollocking later from herself.

    This is an important decision.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    mask of sanity wrote:
    I don't want to live in a world that labels Led Zeppelin as 'oldies' So it had better hurry up and end!! :lol:

    Just out of interest, what was the song?

    Whole Lotta Love.

    It's all very discouraging.
  • bobpzero
    bobpzero Posts: 1,431
    good thing youtube knows them
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73dvrir5kig

    there hasnt been a definite date for the end of the world. thought the latest possible was november 2012
  • CHRISNOIR
    CHRISNOIR Posts: 1,400
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    The members were Robert Plant- Lead singer with a voice like a howling blues banshee, Jimmy Page- Who redefined the role of a lead guitarist,and inspired generations of kids to play, John Bonham who was a whirling dervish of a drummer and John Paul Jones who had a van.

    :lol::lol::lol::lol:
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    Led Zepplin were over-rated. I thought it was disgusting how they plagerised Rolf Harris's Stairway to Heaven.

    He should have sued.
  • mask of sanity
    mask of sanity Posts: 610
    Smokin Joe wrote:
    Led Zepplin were over-rated. I thought it was disgusting how they plagerised Rolf Harris's Stairway to Heaven.

    He should have sued.
    :lol:
  • BigDarbs
    BigDarbs Posts: 132
    One of my regular training rides is past Robert Plants house, about 5 miles from where I live. He lives in a farm on a small country lane with a sharp, downhill bend around one corner of his property. A few years ago I was out on my road bike and it was icy on this bend. I lost it, and stuffed myself and my bike into one of his gates!

    Clearly that has got nothing to do with the end of the world, but it is a cycling related Led Zepplin story!
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    That sounds like a bit of an 'In Through the Out Door' moment. Or rather, gate.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • red dragon
    red dragon Posts: 263
    Thanks for the warning I was about to send off an order for a new bike. :D
  • Mothyman
    Mothyman Posts: 655
    BigDarbs wrote:
    One of my regular training rides is past Robert Plants house, about 5 miles from where I live. He lives in a farm on a small country lane with a sharp, downhill bend around one corner of his property. A few years ago I was out on my road bike and it was icy on this bend. I lost it, and stuffed myself and my bike into one of his gates!




    ....... :roll: bet you were 'dazed and confused'......
  • pedylan
    pedylan Posts: 768
    BigDarbs wrote:
    One of my regular training rides is past Robert Plants house, about 5 miles from where I live. He lives in a farm on a small country lane with a sharp, downhill bend around one corner of his property. A few years ago I was out on my road bike and it was icy on this bend. I lost it, and stuffed myself and my bike into one of his gates!

    Clearly that has got nothing to do with the end of the world, but it is a cycling related Led Zepplin story!

    Damn nearly a bustle in HIS hedgerow.
    Where the neon madmen climb
  • mask of sanity
    mask of sanity Posts: 610
    BigDarbs wrote:
    One of my regular training rides is past Robert Plants house, about 5 miles from where I live. He lives in a farm on a small country lane with a sharp, downhill bend around one corner of his property. A few years ago I was out on my road bike and it was icy on this bend. I lost it, and stuffed myself and my bike into one of his gates!

    Clearly that has got nothing to do with the end of the world, but it is a cycling related Led Zepplin story!

    'Thats the Way' you should 'krashmir' ( :oops:) if you're going to!
  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    You know you're getting old when the music you grew up with is found on Readers' Digest compilations. When you find yourself on the SAGA mailing list, that is when you should consider bowing out with dignity...

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