dulcetly...notes on a bookish life

Last night, J wrangled me into going to see a Led Zeppelin documentary. While I did not know much about them, beyond a basic acquaintance with Robert Plant/ Jimmy Page and their bluesy late 60s/ early 70s sound (I didn't even realize they were from the UK!) afterwards we found ourselves at odds over what made the doc more interesting, ie. J wanted more long samples of concerts, and I, averse as I am to long self-indulgent guitar solos, actually wanted more discussion about creative process. About how the sound and band and creative dynamics under surface of the music more than the music itself. What stood out to me was how they just decided what they wanted to do and did it. What they wanted to create and created it. Sure, they dealt with music industry people, but actually after those first couple albums were already a wrap.  And listeners and radio play could not get enough of it.  Also what stood out to me was he confidence they had, though maybe its all in hindsight. ...